The New York herald., 1870-01-29
LegalizatiOn Of the Election Of Su-
peryiSor Smith.
REDUCTION IN THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The Gas Question i'm the
Assembly.
WORK STOPPED ON THE CANALS.
Another Elevated Project for New
York City.
ALBANY. Jan %. 1870.

ALBANY, JAN zo loaU
THE CANAL APPRAISERS SWORN IN.
Lest any more snap games should be played by the
retired Canal Appraisers the. newly confirmed
ofllcals-Colonel Samuel North ana George lC.
Greene-were sworn in yesterday, Immediately after
their confirmation by Che Senate, and took posses
sion at once of the office and papers. The other gen.
tlemen who have used the latest hours of Official
life to swindle the State out OF about half million
on the Black river claims p0werless for another
raid.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
as it will be reported by Jacobs, from tho Ways and
Means Committee, Will show a considerable reduc.
ton. For instance understand that the item for
the maintenance Of prisoners will be REDUCED tr2m
5000 900 to sSsaavuo; the Item for printing viii be
reduced from slSO,oOo to 100000; the item Of
$780, 900 for the Capitol commissions for the build
ing OF our new magnificent structure, whose granite
foundations are just peepng out OF the ground
hyacinths In spring time-wll not be considered
as deficiency at all, but the whole amount Oh
100000 asked for will probably be granted.
AN ELEVATED RAILROAD.
A bill was presented to-day by Mr.. 0'Keeft OF
Kings, with the unpretending title of IAN act for
the construction OF an elevated railroad In New
York city, careful revision Of the bill, however,
assures me that 1t is likely to prove the most import
ant and most practical of all the modes 10 settle
that perplexlng question OF how shall we obtain
easy locomoron from one end OF Manhattan island
to the other2- q question which must be decided
very soon shall all have TO einigrate TO some
proposed is 10 run an elevated railroad constructed
entirely pillars rails and all-of corrugated (or
more properly, lamlnated) beam iron, with span
from curb to curb, O light strong and 0rnamen
tai strnctira II annears from severe tests made OF
this material By expeTts anu scientific men that Its
strength is greater n comparison WIZ y xsSs y
to run a Iipe track from Harlem river to the City
Hal, comprising two way tracks, with stopping
a. snort ana m
IRON Harlem with only two stoppages, which Will
be accomplished IN fifteen minutes. Tbe cars are TO
be run by almost n0iseless dummy engines, with
coke for fuel. and boilers and furnaces made as
tight Us paror stove. the elevation OF the frame-
work above ne street s T be a fifteen zen feet II h1 ,rs
car. with friction wheels running on 1t,
VIII guard against all danger of falling on
route or the road is to be from Harlem through
Third avenue, the Bowery and Chatham street. Ii
s o Of fa Dc ana an 20 e
travellers. The bill PROVIDES for through fare OF
SIX cents. 1t is said that there is good deal Of
capital the back OF the scheme. and ii 1t has
fair show In Albany.
THE BROOKLYN CHARTER.
The BroOklynileS had caucus last night. They,
too, have city to save and a new government 10
create. A committee consisting of the grave and
reverend H. G. Murphy, the restless and indomitab!e
sits in the Speakers chair, and Henry j. Cullen, Jr.,
the representative legal mind OF young Brooklyn
III the lower house, was appointed to frame new
charter Tor the city Of Brooklyn. The banLllng Will,
probably, be presented next week at the baptisnal
font OF both houses
INSURANCE.
good many important subjects touching insur-
Will be developed ere long. The JOvelike brain
OF the lobby king, George o. Jones IL bursting with o
dozen Iull-armed Minervas, and some OF them viii
have to come out before many days Then there
Will be lively times among the Erie men.
The country Senators are tilting at each other
about the canal contracts extensions DC. See the
debate to-day led off by Mr.. Hardenburg, one OF the
most pertnaciOus gentlemen ON the 1Oor, who Is
not gong to let a matter drop when lie gets good
grip Of it. The subject OF canal management Is
gong to be a vexed question this session. We are
just in the beginning OF 1t.
SUPERVISOR SMITH.
The Assembly Committee on Cities legaliZed the
election Of .'Hankn smith as Supervisor, far as
they could. by reporting favOrably to-day upon John
H. Whites bill to that effect. All the democrats on
The committee, except two, Peter Mitchell and
M0sey, OF Kings, voted in favor OF the report The
affirmative democrats were Fiear M. 9. Murphy,
Tim Campbell Fagg, of Troy. and Lanahan.
Smith returned TO New York tonight. Harry
Murray had an interview with the Attorney General
to-day, and will proDaby get a>1uo lcay7a,ato
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