The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-13
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The QUarret between tue Young rnd Wa
Republicans spicy Time Over u Third Ave.
nue uasiroua B.ii-AiIeged Canal Frauds and
Their invessisasion-The Public Works Bill
te be kepUsted in the Senate en W edncs-
day. exc.
rcus. OLD RrPusIIcASsy.
The antagou-sm which has sprang up between the
yonng republicans and tho old republicans OF the Assem-
bly, demonstrated itself in very remarkable manner at
the evening session last night when the bill TO aaable
the Third Avenue Railroad Company 10 lay switch IN
l30th street came up for action. There but slim
attendance Of members and the preponderacd
IL sufficient force to carry point or two
IL necessary. The bill hsA been ratifi
fayorabiy by the railroad committee, and came
up in Committee OF the Whole. The railroad
men desired to shove the through quietly and
exped tously, but members opposed the move and
aston shed the old members by spnngng 70 their feet
and speaking against II very severely Messrs. Haynes
and Cregan declared that the would be serious
embarrassment TO tie people OF the neghborhood in
which the extension be made and that II would,
of necessity, be constructed TO endangeT life Sc
rously Mr. Parker OF Cayuga said he was as,onished
that New York members ahoud oppose tho granting OF
n title circle TO railroad corporation Mr.. creeun
snarly answered this with The observation that it
not at al, surprising that little circle" "a lite
rirosd RING, should favor - liiie railroad grant to
the Third avenue line, and added that il action on the
OF circumstances against H.
These objections against The bin caused slight breeze
among veterans, who gathered together Whispering
and ng the subject On the ,oe the triumph
was the veterans although Of the young
pubicans went the other way), who passed the bill TO
that stage preceding third reaiing 1t is threatened,
however, that when next the matter comes up 1t viii
take a diff rent turn the democrats and young
public MS have formed continuation .ieiea, IT.
ALLIANCE or YOUNG REPusIIcAss WITH DEMOCRATS.
Informed you over two weeks ago that an under
standing ad been between the democrats aud
many Of tie young republicans, and now reiterate the
statement The aDasonsm in tire House between young
and old repnblcanism quite strong and there Is
arrangement between the democrats and the former
work together against the supposed ring Of The
ancients Tho bargain hus exist is that
tur1 the democrats ing against canal railroad
bills the young republicans to work against the pro
posed c1nmlssion jobs Tor the city Of New York This
- anihor Of the sudden unpoprlari;y OF
THE AtLsrED CANAL FRAUDS
are exciting good comment political circles
and tho appointment Of committees OF the Senate and
Assembly make investigation Is sa to have caused
al unpleasant commoton among the canal officials.
There s som thing curious Ia the sudden proposed ven
tation of this canal corruption, which sad
to the very men who now play the roL Of grand
eyposers and detectives. TIC charges made
very general, and ucinde all the operations
Of Tho Canal Boards from the awarding OF
tracts for repairs to the matter Of claims for
damages caused by breaks. II is alleged that
the Canal Board, has been col usion with attorneys
and contractors given Jobs in corrupt manner and
realized therefrotn largo Sums Of money. Il Is also
stated that the claim business has been attended with
tne most baefaced swindline and instances are men
toned Of whose land sustained siqbt damage from
overinwing and accidents OF that kind Obtaining thou
sands OF dollars whera few hundreds would have
repae the damage, and even suiced purchase the
entire property. Bills Of this kind paid. said,
through the iuau nco Of certain prominent men, VINO
received handsome share Of tho sums thus stolen
from the treasury But these rregnarites," as have
already stated have been known 70 exist Tor . long
time and the reason they arc now dragged before the
public is mystery 10 many people. 1t IL proper,
perhaps to give one Of the explanations which have
heard According TO this the canal invest CATION has
been urged on by some or the friends OF Jadgc Noah
Davis rod Of chassement FOR the opposition Of the
canal ring TO that gentlemans eieva0 70 senatorial
honoTs Others that !. IL the mncons contivance
OF disappointed contractors and expelled superinen-
denls Others that Is the offspring Or members Of the
old ring kicked out By those now IN tho enjoy ment OF
the immense patronage and innnmcrable good things
pertaining to The management OF the canals The
bcrs Of tho comm tees appointed this morning make
the Investigator ARE Senators Stanford Gibsol and IL
G. Murphy, and Assembly men Bristol II. Smith, Grid
three democrats-Nurphy, MillsTaugh and Clarke IL s
sid that Senator Stanford and Assembyman Bristol
determined 10 probe the whole affair the bottom,
will not stand any whewsshng process The venerable
Benton, Canal Auditor in the Honse during its
Ieiohn and had the pleasure or , wn ~ 10 rs
attack Oh the Canal Board made by Harry Genet u
your city.
THE LONG ISLAND RAnRoAp Bnn
has given rse TO much discussion and soreness thai IL
calls for some notce at my hands Alexander Frear,
behalf OF Oliver Charck President Of the Iona Island
Railroad Company, introduced the bin early stage
Of the session IL contained provisions for the
Of the capital stock Of the company with tho view as
asserted BY Charlick Co OF investing the Increase
about S300 OOOin new engines, and repairs to e
road. There is old gentleman here, nained Haynes
member from Brooklyn who hao contract to carry
the mails between Sag Habor and Gecnport 10
ton with the Long Island Railroad trains Last summer
the rates Of fare and freighage raised twenty-five
per the road, and this change had suh damag-
ing effect u at people altered their channel o. commnn
by from New York rather than yield what
they considered gross imposition. fhe effect Of this
TO take iron Mr. Haynes large aud lucrative
trade that he bad in the conveyance Of freight from sag
Harbor 10 Greenport. This so incenscd him that |
Long Island Railroad bin canc up he indueed |
oil his friends to go against IT, Mr. Wsg- |
the ground that the COMPANY did MOI live decent accom-
modatcEs 10 the public aud was unde CRYING of any
favor Il said that TO induce his friends vote against
the measures, Mr. Haynes represented that there
money be made by the bill, and that (, would be
foolish to lot the thing pass without having frgsr in
Indignantly denies This impu,atou. However, an I'M
preston got abroad tina. ereenbacks the bottom
Of the affair and the consequence that when the bill
came up in its order r'ost Of The democrats aud
many republicans voted against It. Ia the meantime
0lIvr .na ma, bad come up and had an explain
was satisfied Haynes assured that the increase of
ratios on the railroad had been done without Chr ks
sanction and that the old had been resumed On
learning this, Mr.. Haynes ceased his opposition and
endeayored TO get his friends do likewise. But tho
ffiepds 20. the idea that HAYNES had been s..en'
and that they TOO would to be sccn' before they
would vote for the bill The most assurances
the contrary failed to remove this impression and hence
the stood against tho bill IL only shows how eager
of these model Legislators after the spoils aud
how keen thoy VIII DO after real ''scent' whenever
there Is one. ono OF the New York members IL said
have asserted that there we're $5 900 floating around
to promote the bill. Charick and his friends rcpe
these assertions while Haynes laughs the idea and
calls the Long Island Railroad line "poor house
Germ A republican member up his opinion
the subject thus:-"You might well expect draw
water from stone or extraci blood from urEip get
money out o. Iharlckn
The proceedings to-day in both houses have not been
particularly interesting. In the Senate the bulkhead
sub vim railroad scheme was introduced by senator VIII
hor and there discussion OF the Pawnnrokcrs' III
published in your paper this morning. Tha Assembly
was occupied almost allo,e with general orders
BOARD fuBIic
Three members OF the senate Municipal Committec
met this afternoon and, after lastiug th eight
O'Clock, agreed To report the Public Works bin
morrow. senators Andrews and Lieut. favor the meas.
Gre, but Senator Pierson opposes IT.
LOOKING Ar1ER sloilg.
lo' d republican politicians have arrived to-day To
look commission bills appointments for harbor