New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-03
ALBANY.

sI,E CI:NrRAL FARE BILL SENT TO TIM GOVERNOR
rur BRo,pwAY SURFACE RAILROAD BILL OF
prRED TO A THIRD READING.
~ 1YLzesAPa THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY. n y, April D. 1867.
The Senate this evening cOncurred IN the Assembly
amendments TO the Central Fare bill by vote Of Is
10 : and it now goes to the Governor for his colso
cration The bill authorizing bridge over the East
River from point above Ffty-second-st to Astoria
with the amendment stricken out exempting the
bonds from taxation, and the bill appropratlng Tor
educational purposes in NewYOrk city two dollars
additional for each scholar were advanced. An
amendment was made to the latter blllreqWrng that
one half of this additional appropriation snail go
toward building primary schools
The Assembly tonight was occupied until 10 MN
1tes past 10 on the Annual Supply BILL ana at that
bor b vote of - Yeas to "a Nays, resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole on the Broadway Sur
face Railroad The debate upon 1t was opened by
MIR. Millspangh moving that the name OF IhOmaS
Mcclellan the omnibus proprietor be included
among the corpOrators the list of whom was further
added TO by Mr.. ID. 7. Wood inserting the
names of Gems Grant Sherman, Sheridan, Alex.
e. Stewart, and others In offering this amendment,
MFR. Wood said the ncOrporatOrs he named had
done something for their country and for the public
whereas Those named in the original bill had no claim
on any one In the course of the discussion an
attack upon Alex. T. Stewart in which he was char
acterized ~ the foe of every measure which would
benefit the poor man, brought Mr., Dreamer OF New
York ont, and for upward of fifteen minutes he de
nounced the bill and eulOgized the character OF A. l.
Stewart wbO he said had too enyiable name 1or
any one to cayil at. Mr.. Dreamer characterized the
bill rs uncalled for and an outrage upon the peo-
pie. Mr.. Millspaugh of Orange took the
same ground in equally strong LANGUAGE,
Mr. Parker warmly replied in favor of the Dill ana
Speaker Pitts denounced it in unmeasured terms say
ing that all who voted in favor of the bill would Dc
sent into political Oblivion. LittlejOhn answered
Mr.. Pitts and made an earnest argument Tor
the bill. Mr. La Bau and Williams favored
1be bill and after the latter gentleman had
defined bis position he moved to report
progress which motion was carried. When the bill
was ND i'm the Assembly, Mr.. Bruce offered an amend
nent that tAe franchise be sold to the highest bidder
the sum to go toward supporting the charltaDie hS
buttons of the State Mr. Bruce supported TINS
amendment. and Mr. d. Z. Wood followed in the
same vein, and offered an additional one that
successful bidders shall only charge cents
fare and divide only 10 per cent BlgelOw TOOK the
floor dennumcing the Railroad Committee for not re-
nortinq the Arcade Underground Road and was re-
piled to IN Ilr Parker vote was then taken upon
Mr.. Bruce's motion as amended,'and it was lost
Yeas 81: Nays. r. The motion was then put upon
disagreeing with the report of the Committee, and
that the ball be ordered to third reading, which was
carried-Yeas 76 Nays, 81. The House. at lS5 a. No.
adjourned.
The Albany Democracy were iubilant tonight over
the result Of the Connecticut election. band OF
music paraded the streets fireworks were set OIL
and salutes fred meeting was held opposite Con-
press Hail. at which $40 men and boys were present
Several Democratic Legislators were present and
made speeches
Senator Sutherland introduced a bin proposing to
organize a company to lay water pipes for conveying
mineral waters from Saratoga to New-York City and
intermediate points. The capital stock is fixed at
S2OOOOO0 The cOrpOratOrs named are William ).
Huntington, Charles w. Eastwood, VIM. A. Stewart
G. L. Walker, Marvin j. Greene, Richard Carpenter
Samson Ames, Bernard McCabe, and Nj. l.. Sheldon