New-York tribune., 1869-04-02


old tools Under Section 5, contractors being dis
charged, the Commissioner is put in charge; and by
Section lie is to have the help of q small army of
assistants, TO wit: .., .....
Debutv Commissioners Mt salary of$ coo each 5000
Clerks to same at q salary OF 81 500 each.... t11
90 az ss,a of - 10 each 5000
80 Wood work fofemen a salary Of 81 500 each. 4e00o
80 Captains OF at at salary OF 1900 each 10000
Tota, 800
Two hundred and eight thousand five hundred dol
lars, beside travelling expenses Twothnds OF these
new officers are to be DemOcrats but this Is not tho
only objection to them weghtier one is that they
are mainly unnecessary. The Seventh section pro-
yides that Superintendents of Repairs shall pay no
bills but make up vouchers while the eighth section
appoints Paymasters whose duty 1t shall be to pay
all claims &c. sworn to by the Foremen, certified
by the Superintendent, approved by the C0mmis-
soner, and audited by the Auditor. These payInas-
ters are to be- all Democrats. and, with their clerks
will cost tho people not less than $1,000 per
anDum. Under the existing system the cost OF
doing this work does not exceed go per year
1t is serious objection to the bill In the minds OF
those we'll informed in canal matters that no addl
tional power is conferred on the Commissioners LOT
enforcing contracts not abolished. mat Is Tue
trouble with the existing system. III tao ooh"@e'S
s,oner was clothed with the authority he should pos
ess and yyonld exercise it, 1t is believed there would
Ia no troubIe The difficulty is that no one ls made
resnonsible for the failure to provide good nayiga-
| tion and therefore we do not get it-at least not
aIways Let somebody be made accountable and
| zee what the result would be. Mr. Stanford's blIl
loavcs In operation the two systems Of reparssys-
| tens wholly at war with each other-and under
which every difficulty that has been complained
of has been experienced. Perhaps IL is this fact
| which 20 commends IL to the Buffalo Board
of Trade. There is one fact that has been almost
wholly overlooked in the discussion OF this subject
That fact is that had good navigation last Sum-
| mer-as good ~ we hayo ever rhad-n0twithstandlng
| the assertions that were so freely made year ago
that the contractors had allowed the canals to be
| filed up and navigation 20 be destroyed. We had
good navigation in 1868 aarger tnnnage than in any
| previous year. and would have had larger tolls had
they not been reduced since lss3 IL is not material
who has the credit Of this state OF things it may be
Auditor Bell it may be the contractors themselves,
il may be both together; we only insist upon this ;
the fact is n significant one and fair-mnded man
senator Canldwoil introduced bill to amend the
charter Of the New York City Central Underground
Railway. by changing the route as follows: Com,
mencing at point east Of broadway and City Hall
Park southery Of the tagging in front Of the same,
curving TO the left passing westerly Of the Con-
trollers Office to Ccntre-st under and across to City
Hallplacc by open cut or tunnel to Pearst, in open
cut north-eastery In curved line TO Mulberry St,
between Bayard and Park; thence northerly
through Mulborryst to Iieeckerst, Lafayette place,
| hstor. place. across tho latter TO Eighth-st
thence across the block between Eighth and Ninth
ats. easterly Of St. AIMS Church TO Fourth-aye.,
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and across 10 Union-square, Soventeenth-st 10
Twenty third st., either through the blocks between
Broadway and Fourth-aye., near as possible in
q direct line by tunnel open cut or through Madi-
son-aye as it may be hereafter extended southorly,
or TO and under Broadway 10 where the center line
of Madison ave. if projected southerly, would inter
sect the center line of Broadway; thence northory
| along said center line of MadsOn-ave IL projected
southerly; thence under Madison-square or Avenue
TO Twenty -sixth-st., TO Madson-ave, 70 Eighty
sxth-st TO 0ne.hundrcd- -Twentieth-st, thence
| 10 Harlem River; thence eastery and west
| erly along said river, connecting with bridge ut
Thirdavo In case the lownoss of tho surface at any
point north of Ninety nnth-st Is such as TO render
the construction of tunnel unadvsable, said line
may be operated on an elevated or surface railroad
from Ninoty-ninth-st to the Harlem River. .'
The argument on the pro rata freight bill was con-
timed before the Joint Railroad Committee to-day.
Mr.. Newell of the Michigan Central and Mr.. Whit
| ney of Rochester were examined, and showed that
the passage of any such bill by the Legislature would
be ruinous to tho railroads and detrimental to the
people. Cbauncey NJ. Depew made an able argument
against the BILL and was followed by Thomas q. ALI
word, who urged ii. Mr.. Fairchild OF the Central
| road answered him, and then Senator ODonnell
stated that while he favored pro rata charges, he
could not support this bill Indeed, those who have
urged 1t have been convinced that the original meas
ure il not exactly the right one, and they have sub
stituted another bill more moderate IN it's provisions
| II win be defeated ut any rate. 10 ... ....I
The Senate Committee on municipal Affairs. this
afternoon had up tho tax levies and showed dspo.
sition to cut down as much as possible. Nathaniel
X. NJ MclIenry and Joseph Daily jr., appeared IN
behalf of the Citizens Association, and made forcl'
BILE arguments in favor Of general reduction of the
different amounts of the levies. They also proposed
the insertion of provision authorizing tho Control
Ter to sell all the markets of your city.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary have reported
favorably Judge Folgers bill furnishing tho issue OF
fraudulent naturalization papers. The bill was
printed in Tuesdays tribune. 1IH..rI
The Committee on Privileges and Elections made
their first report yesterday morning, IN the case OF
MoKeYer agt. Whalen in the XIVth New-York DIS
trct in which they recommended the ousting OF inc
latter to make room for the former The COMMITTEE
was unanimous with the single exception OF Moseey
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