New-York tribune., 1869-04-10
ALBANY.

THE BROADWAY SURFACE RAILWAY BEFORE
THE sENATE-AN AMENDMENT PENDING TO
SELL THE FRANCHISE AT AUCrIoN-THE EX-
CIsE BILL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE
wHoLE-ANoTHER VETO MESSAGE FROM
THE GOVERNOR.
| ALBANY, April 9.-The Senate was in session until
81 p. m, being engaged for two hours the Broad
way Surface Railroad BILL 1t was the plan of the
friends of the bill to order it to third reading this
morning, but this found impossible, so much de-
bate was ELECTED on the subject, and much re-
mained to be said after protracing the session
an hour and quarter. The bill was made the spec
ial order for tomorrow morning. The Fifteenth
Amendment was yesterday made a special order for
today, but the order of special orders" not being
reached the Amendment was not touched. The fight
on the Surface bill was very bitter and ordinations
| and recriminations were numerous Senator Morgan
of the Monroe District. offered the following amend
ment to the bill, which is still pending in Committee
of the Whole: ...r .... ... ID. JIG .-.. ...-
SEC TO- 1t shall be the duty of the Controller Of the
sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Court
House the City OF NewYork, tho franchises, rights,
proceeds Of said sale to the Chamberlain Of The City Of
EewYork. to form part OF the Sinking Fund of said
shall then be substituted IN the place Of the person named
| In the first section OF this act.
He also offered the following as a substitute for the
| bill under consideration: ...t
SECTION The city OF NewYork is, from and after the
ity and all the powers and privileges OF the officers Of
said municipality are declared suspended
sEC The President OF the United States Is requested
TO constitute the city and County OF military
the United states to govern said city by military law
This, of course raised the yirtuous indignation Of
the Metropolitan Senators, and Senator Morgan re-
ceived scoring which was only limited by the
ability OF the scorer. In reply he said that the bill
no offered rs a substitute, although not seriously
offered, was yet as sensible the bill under con-
sideration. Senator Genet is the champion of the
Broadway bill. Iio stated in an able speech in its
favor that there not one of the New-York dele
CATION but favored the measure Senator ODonne
charged that the bill was surrounded by stencil
Senator Folger denounced the bill in unmeasured
terms. He said there had never been an answer
made to the fact that responsible parties
had offered s. 100000 for the franchise, and agreed
to carry passengers for three cents head while tins
bill proposes TO give as gratnity the franchise to
few persons and authorize them to charge sir cents
head for passengers lie offered an amendment,
now pending which changes the grant from fran
chise to corporation. thus rendering il amenable to
future legislative action, in the NATURE of amend
ment repeal The friends Of the bill claim that 1t
win receive about twenty votes or three more than
the requisite number. The section authorizing the
road to run on Fifthave was expunged.
Mr. La Bau from the Committee on Cities, reported
the bill for the regulation Of gas in NewYoIk, which
was drafted by the Special Gas Committee. Mr.. La
Ban proposes, so soon as the bills printed, to get it
referred TO the first Committee of the Whole, and to
push il through as soon as possible.
The Committee on Cities also reported the Broad
way Elevated Railroad bill, of which Mr. A. i.
Stewart is u leading cor porator II is by no means
IL. 4. xtith fu
The METROPOLITAN Excise bill was reported adj
yersely but the friends Of the modification succeeded
in dsagreeng with the report and ordering the bill
20 the Committee of the Whole This was accom-
pshcd by tie votes of IA Democratic Senator'S aided
by two Repubhcans-Morgan aud NATION. The
noes were all Republicans Senator Mattoon
stated in explanation that while he wns not III favor
of that clause Of the bill authorizing the sale of lager
on SUNDAYS he yet thought the friends Of the bill
should have hearing in the Senate. Hence his
acton. Aud all this in the face Of the unanimous
action Of the Republican Senatorial resolving
70 oppose any modification whatever Of the existing
lawl The action OF the Senate this morning strongly
indicates the passage Of the Assembly bill. One
Democrat was absent when the vote was taken
Granting that tho bill retains the support IL received
this morning only the additional vote is needed
10 pass IT, and that vote will of course be forthcoming
There was lively tilt in the Assembly over the
report of thb Conference Committee on the bill
relating 10 the leasing Of railroads. The Senate
amendments in which the Conference Committee
concnrred. make it unlawful for railroad companies
outside the State TO lease any road In the State. The
members from along the line of the Oswego and
Ithaca Elu,ira and CanaDdagna and syracuse ant'
p,,........ icu-eu by the fehuSyI-
yonia Northern Central strongly oppose the amend
ments made in the Senate also the friends
of the Albany aud Susquehanna, which Will also
he leased to the same Pennsylvania corporation.
Mr. Truman of Toga charged that the object OF tho
amendment was to aid the railroad monopolists OF
the State by restricting the leases, so that none
others could take them. The subject was finally
made the order for next Tuesday, when II will elicit
n spiritcd discussion. Probably the representatives
of all the districts pierced by the railroads running
portherly from Pennsylvania will oppose the Senate
amendments
Both Houses for the FIRST time, hold Saturday scs-
siOns this week.
Yesterday the Governor returned 10 the Legisla-
ture without his signature an act 10 authorize tie
town of Sodus, in Wayne County TO hold its annual
town election by election districts. Tho Governor
states that as such applications are becoming ire-
ouent they will eventually have tendency to abol-
ish the system of town meetings which he considers
tie most purely demoeratc of all our local govern
ments besides as the act provides for other matters
than those referred TO in the title it violates law
| Of the State.
THE BROADWAY SURFACE RAILWAY.
The following is the bill passed by the As
,cmby aud before the Senate for Surface Rall-
| . .luov.