The New York herald., 1868-04-20
THE STATE CAPITAL.
SPECIAL cQRREsPakufNcf OF TAE HERALD.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD
Passage I'm the Senate Of the Erie BnI-The
Coming Great struggle iu the Housc-The
Tenement House Law and the Hill 10 Widen
and straighten Upper Broadway-Passage
ALBANY, April 49, 1888.
The great Erie struggle was decided this morning
80 far. at east the Senate is concerned The bin
ian act relative to the Erie, New York Central,
Hudson River and Harlem railroads. y having been
reached In the order Of third reading OF bills the
question was put upon its final passage. Several
frantic attempts were made to postpone and TO Law
on the table, but in vain The question prevailed
and was decided in the affirmative by q vote of
seventeen to twelve as folows:-
YEAs-Messrs. Banks, Beach, Chapman. Folrer
Graham Hubbard Humphrey, Mattoon, Morgan
Nor Norris , Nichols Nlcks, O'Donne, Parker, Stanford
NAYs-Messrs: Bradley. Cauldwen, Creamer, Grow
ley, B, Edwards. Kennedy, Murphy, Norton, Palmer,
Pierce, Thayer and Tweed-12.
Senator Campbell was excused from voting and
Senators Genet and Hale, both Vanderbilt men, were
absent. Their votes could not have changed the re-
suit as majority were in favor of the bill. Among
the names recorded In the affirmative is that of Sem
ator Mattoon who signed the majority report OF the
investigating committee adverse to the Erie Company.
The bill now goes to the House, which has been
impatiently watching every step OF its progress In
the Senate. is hazardng very little say that no
topic has for years created such an intense ex.
citement as will the Erie bill in the Assembly, The
great giants Of the lobby win rally their armies in
two grand hosts ana fight each other ut every STEP
determined, obstinate and bitter war Is at hand,
which viii defer the day Of adjournment to week
AFTER next. The Erie men have succeeded admirably
under the skiful direction OF Jay Could who In this
hQ oil fho hmm nf Iohr Il
Develin and his ooterte who here initiate the
first Erie campaign. Some idea may be formed Of
the rich placer which the rlng" are about to work,
when 1t is known that the Erie men have already
spent over eight hundred thousand dollars to accom-
plish their purposes.
THE TENEMENT HOUSE LAW.
The bill to amend, consolidate and reduce to one
the various Tenement House acts now on the statute
book passed the House last night by very close
vote: 1t was pushed through by the Tammany .ma-
chinists" in conjunction with the republican
minority. 1t viii pass the Senate full synopsis OF
It was given In the HERALD at the time OF its intro
ducti0n in the Assembly.
TIE WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING OF UPPER
BROADWAY.
An attempt was made today to advance out Of its
regular order the bill OF Mr.. Trainer providing that
Broadway In the city Of New York, between Thirty
fourth and Fifty-ninth streets shall be widened TO
the manner as f0llows:-The Street Commissioner OF
the city OF New York shall within four months after
way and locate @ AN and establish @ the eastery D1
ana sSs. MSsss5y ss., lines ns thereof in such manner
scribed, and also to straghten the
same wherever practicable; but no part OF either the
easterly or westerly iine "a so located and estab-
lshed, shall be more than one hundred feet from the
present line. The said Commissioner shall cause
triple certificates be made out and certified in such
manner as he shall direct, defining and describing
the said easterly and westerly lines Of that part oi
broadway as located and established by him; and
also trtplicate maps to be. made and certified
m nufin ri,a IA
ana boundaries OF that part OF Broadway az laid ont
by him, and the distance OF each OF the inter-
secting streets from eachof the next two corners
the same block OF ground and file certificate and
map In the ONCE OF the Street Commissioner, and
also se,d IN tne once OF the Register each OF which
respect to the matters hereby required to be
tanned therein. The said part of Broadway, as laid
out by said Commissioner shall be part OF the
streets of the city OF New Yo X, in like manner and
with the same effect rs If the had been 40 laid
out as public street in the map plan said city
by the commissioners appointed In and 10y the act
entitled IAN act relative TO improvements touching
New Y and % sTees s and oss IN S
April 1907; and All acts and parts Of acts now in
lating. sewering, paving and improving streets
and avenues In the said city shall apply 10
that part of Broadway as laid out under the provi.
sions Of this act SO lar as the same are applicable
except as Is herein otherwise provided II any part or
pafs OF nat part o. Broadway rs now laid out shall
located and established, pursuant to the provisions
Of this act such part or parts shall be Closed and
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map or plan OF the said city shall be changed accord
ingy. The bill then provides for the details of the
work proposed by its enactment.
THE FERRY QUESTION.
The bills relative to the ferries, introduced by Mr.
L. ID. Herman, from the Committee on Commerce
and Navigation, were passed last night advantage
being taken OF the absence OF the 'Ittic Objector
while the other obstacle seduced Into Congress
Hall barroom and thus temporarily kept out Of the
way. Speaker hitchman lent ali his assistance in
huence and parliamentary sagacty TO advance the
bill to its hna passage. II the bn becomes law
the travelling public will owe large dept of graft
tude 70 him, TO MIR. Herman and TO the members OF
the committee.
NO RENT ON GAS METERS.
The Governor this morning signed the bill prohibit
ing gas companies throughout the State from charg-
ing rent on gas meters, and it IL now law.
THE THIRD STREET RAILROAD.
The bill for the construction Of the Third Street
Ralr0ad passed the House last night. The route IA
given In the bill a. sfolows:Commencing at the foot
OF Grand street, East river, and thence through and
along Grand street, with double or single track, 10
Tompkins street; thence through and along Tomp-
kns street, with single or double track, to Stanton
street; thence through and along Stanton street. with
double or single track, 10 Mangin street; thence
through and along Mangfn street, with .
gle or double track, to Third street, thence through
and along Third street. with q single track, to and
acroes the Bowery, to Great Jones street, thence
through and along Great Jones street. with single
or double track, TO Broadwsy and returning through
and along the B0wcry, 70 Fourth street; thence
through and along Fourth street. with single track,
To Mangin street, together with the necessary
nectons turnouts and switches, for the proper work
ing and accommodation OF the road on said route or