New-York tribune., 1868-01-20
ALBANY.
THE wHARvEs AND PIERS COMMISSION hill
NEW RAILROAD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CONDEMNING SECRETARY STANTON-rHE
VACANCY IN THE POLICE BOARD.

NEW RAILROAD MEASURES-RESOLUTION
CONDEMNING SECRETARY STANTON-rHE
VACANCY IN THE POLICE BOARD
y TRIBUNE
ALBANY, Jan. 17.--Tho Senate only remained
in session about fifteen minutes to-day None of the com
mttees have gone work in yet and until they
do neither House will transact much business. few
bills introduced In the Senate two OF which are OF
Importance the citizens Of NewYoIk The most impor
tant these was Mr. Genets biz creating Metropolitan
Board of Wharves and Piers for the cities Of fNewYork
and Brooklyn It provides that the Cities OF New
York and Brooklyn shaI eonsututo anu hdo
hereby united into District S state 10 De Of New Yors
The following persons are to be known and dessnatGd a.
bald NJ Bliss, shepherd + Knapp A, 4. Low, Herman T.
Livingston, George @. Wilmerding william A. Fowler;
the Port OF York the Controller OF same city
Each OF said officers. except the Mayors and CONTROLLER
snail Tesde IN cI,er Of said BoaTd except
for services under the bill proposed Any Han, ne
or hold any political municipal office, who shall he
nominated for any Office and not decline such nomination
membershp q said Board Any member OF the Board
may DO removed from Office BY the Governor ghdsr tee
provisions Of law relative to the removal OF sheThi 81,
from office, which are hereby extended 70 Iele 70 sag
members counsel attorney &na m I'm snaFs an a.,
assistant superintendent to fake charge Of the wharves in
'd e sTch sad Osr board to be With
exclusive control Of the waterfront and wharves
heath ,"'' the same in the said district. and
the waters adjacent thereto. and all lands between high
and low watermark and feet beyond said marx in
the City OF ew-YOrk, and the same In Brooklyn me
bin also proposes to vest in the Board m & 70 Ge eeAsG an
men, Common Council or any other oihcer or department
e Construed to interfere with the rights OF the Metro
politan Police Board Of Health Fire Department. Health
sny properly as is now held by the Mayor Commonay
OF the Cities of BROOKLYN and NewYork the Board TO be
and collect rents for the same Any OF the said property
not under lease the Board may proceed TO lease 20 the
highest bidder for term Of ten years with the privilege
OF renewal for ten years at the expiration OF tho
first lease and with privilege OF stu further renewal OF
lease TO the 1900 rent to be xeo by
Notice of the place day, and hour Of such auction shall
given by the Board day for three weeks next
before such auction, In two daily papers puDlshed ia
New YORK. and one In brooklyn
Mr. Kiernan OF New-YOrk will introduce Monday
another underground railroad bill called the Peoples
Underground and Suburban Railroad CompaDy'-the
Broadway to Unionsguare, and across foureehtnSt.
under the square, TO Broadway ana continuing uhder
the latter 10 Central Park and Eighhave 0nd thence
northery under the to convenient point on
the Harlem River But the most important underxround
bill introduced this session was the one presented oy
Mr. Genet in the senate this morning IL names as ncor
porators Cornelius Vanderbilt, August Belmont Horace
Oliver Charick Erastus Corning John Ker, Shepherd
Knapp. William Butler Duncan, Hermann Livingstone,
Place j. I'd wilkins, william Trumbnll, John T. Conover.
Walker Joseph A. Ken@n LeSis opb ~ Masa iase
Roberts. Rufus Prime, 9. A. Benmer H. d. feler. John
NJ Ioug. Amos Robbins, d. s Jackson and L. " Jerome;
the corporation 10 continue 100 years from Dec 1861
with o capital stock Of N0,0OO0O0.
The following letter FROM Gen Grant WAS sent TO the
Senate this morning by Gov. Fcnt0D, aud, accordance
with the recommendations contained therein, Mr.. VIII
liams Introduced bill providing transfer Of the
island (which ia New Rochelle Eay with the provision
that SewYork TO have tie same judicial Jurisdiction In
civil and criminal suits as tine United States The fol
loving is Gen Grants letter.; p,r.rr..,, wunyero,
sra have The boao through yCu request TIE ps,,s Of law
:Ss oy a S iSas a. David. Island Se. Yoii 65r 70
s ,, -: ". S I % " H. 1: Gs as
has her.sos been granite, all cases where property h been &C
er.fsre request viii receive s and 'Orabe consideration
have tue hOIor to be, very respectfully, - u ohsr
To ToH.Y,e.l,reJ tn. Go,.mO, Of yswYork,
The question of retrenchment and economy came up
again u the Hoqse thai morning, and tins body under
seconded by SIR Ready Dem Brooklynl, established
good precedent which adhered TO, win do them credit
The report OF the Eclectic Medical Society was received
and a resolution was immediately introduced by Mr..
Frear that $500 copies be printed Tor the use OF the 30
took the oor and the proposed expenditure Of.
much money showing that II tins ray was granted 10
viii have 10 he treated in te way Mr Bigelow de
Onsred hatdf the Legislature would refuse to do any
more of this kind OF printing and also curta ts expend
lures In the line for other obects the State could
be saved this year at least 10000 NJ Bgelows ysor
speech followed by one from Mr. Ready OF BROOK
yn taking the same ground, aud the House took their
sensible advice and repealed the resolutions
dietary Committee, made his debut this morning IN reso
% Of s"FsSS 5ss,a Shsa NJ Ss
Mr. Murphy however moved that DO referred 70 the
ouenty tho Chairman Of tho Committee, Mr.. Ackert,
moved that It be taken from that Committee and put 70
vote Of the Assembly that that body could TO use his
own words. unanimously pass it,p The Republicans
were however alive TO the emergency, and MT Blgelow
rose 10 debate t which, under the rules aId the resou
tion over viii Of course pass the House. because the
Democrats will 90 soldly for IL.
| There is @ nice little fight brewing among the New.
York and Kings County dele cations with reference 10 the
Milling OF the vacancy the Police Commssionershp In
your Metropolitan District The only candidate with any
strep rth which has offered for NewYork Matthew T.
Brennan while Brooklyn furnishes two asprants the
positon-Hugh Mclaughlin cousin 10 the ex.Register,
who s supported by the Ring and the present Controller
~ that civ Mr. FsrroU. The friends OF Mr MCLAUGHLIN
were here strong force yesterday and tried 10 get tho
Brooklyn delegation TO go sodly for Mr.. Mel caucus
| and Smith withdrew, aud announced that they meant
light" The friends of Mclaughlin considerably OF.
ercised about this OF position Bro0kly entitled this
place but II IL doubtful thch OF s worthy citizen will