New-York tribune., 1869-03-16

THE BILL FOR THE ELECTION OF POLICE CoHhIs'
sIoNERs-THE ADVERSE REPORT DlsAShEED
TO, AND THE BILL REFERRED TO TIE CoM-
MTTEE OF THE WHOLE BY THE AID OF kE-
PUBLICAN NOTES.-THE ERIE RAILROAD
ALBANY March 15.-This evening in the Assembly
the adverse report of the Committee on Cities on the
bill forcing the people Of NewYork City to elect
Police Commissioners TO take tho place Of those IN
Office. came up Mr.. Herman moved to disagree with
the report and refer the bill to the Committee Of the
Whole This was carried by the votes OF two kepub'
licans, Berry of Montgomery and Truman oil lloga-
Another Republican, Crane of Schenectady dehDer-
atcy lodged remaining in the cloak-room untlI tne
result was announced. The vote was 40 Yeas to ~
Nays. The Democrats are very jubilant to-night
over their success They have had already two
evenings to debate the subject, but now they want
MORE and the Republican votes indicated will give
them chance to waste the most valuable time OF the
session.
The following bill is before the Senate Railroad
Committee:
Whereas It is for the interest of the state that every
facility should be afforded for the economical MANAGE
ment Of the railroads or the State Oenabie them 10 COM
pete with rival routes terminating in cities IN other
States
chase, the owner Of connecting roads and branches
which, If managed and run under the name Oi onS ~
such management, and enable them peter 20 eoPe1o
with such rival routes the people or the stare Oh ae
follows: ,,,., A.
SECTION l. The Erie Railway Company, in addition to
the line OF road covered by s original articles OF asso
catlOn having by lease and purchase become possessed
of the following property and roads, TO VIII, mo
property Of the Long Dock Company the Paterson ana
Hudson River Railroad, the Paterson and Ranapo Kali
road the Paterson and Newark Railroad and the Nort-
ern Railroad I'm the State of NewJerey the New YORK.
and Newburgh Railroad the Buffalo, New-Yo and Erie
Railroad the Rochester and Genesee valley kallroad
and the Chemung Railroad in the State OF New-1oIk;
the Hawey Branch Railroad, the Jefferson Railroad tho
Buffalo Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad In the state OF
Pennsylvania; the Atlantic ana Great western Raroad
extending from Salamanca I'm the state OF NewIork'
through the States OF Pennsylvania and Ohlo 20 CeVe
land and Dayton In the lastnaned state; the Ccinna
Hamilton and Dayton Road the Dayton ana Mlchlgan
Railroad, n the State Of Ohio and contemplated no
of railroad between West Salem and Toedo also IN tne
State of Ohio aud thence 10 Chicago In the State OF %
no and being necessary to operate all OF said roads
successfully line that the said Erie Railroad Con-
pany should have additional and enlarged powers lor
that purpose the said Erie Railroad Company hereby
authorized make aud file articles OF ASSOCIATION ~
cover the railway and Its branches, ana eae1
lnes extending from Ncw-York city 70 Cincinnati ano
Chicago such articles executed and subscribed W
the President and majority OF the directors 9l sas
Company and when executed ana ned IN tue Oeo =.
the Secretary OF State they shall become obligatory ana
binding upon the said Erie Railway Company lts suce-
gnr and