New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-25
ALBANY.

Albany. Feb 22-Senat0rs OF both parties
friendly to correct legislation have opportunity now Tor
Allowing their sincerity by prompt rejection OF seVefa
hills lust sent up from the Assembly The New YORK Gas
and Market bills prominent among the JOBS uesei'e
speedy condemnation. These bills affect the cause oftwo
the primo necessities OF Ilfe-fOod andlght ADemocral0
Assembyman tried vanly even to mitigate the Oh
noxious features of the Gas bill by proposing res'rco
on its charges, declaring after comparison WIN N"
citios Of Europe and America that our COMMIT %
metropolis Is afflicted with "tho worst light at tnc iN
price," while Republican member denouneeu ~.
Market bill as subversive Of the free eompe,'ion '
should rule in marketing, and caieuia'ou "
prolong tho oppression which now s'lnuS
the people OF your city with the "enorlnOus
of % per cent On their daily food al cN'0 VIZ" -
could not be safely practlced under the s'ei"'''
ism of the Old World. These two bills are prominent
ioneers I'm legion OF Jobs now crowdiDg on legislative
attention aud the action OF all honest senators vi" NC
watched anxiously whenever they come UP LOT acuon
Some sharpsghted spectators squee%eu 'nio"sn
recent Legislature a charter that is no" raSDs mug
strncture fof stock and bonds on muddy foundation.
A It's doings arc lust causing Executive ana
action IL may be said that this Company Is one OF the
chic that occasionally secure legislative sanction
for consideration Its charter authorizes IT to drain
the swamps the pockets sronHa
localities Lake OF the various Manhattan Malket
Cas- Bridge WaIc"Sei anu o' This Draining Cor
pOraon has almost unlimited scope iOr rodssstT
stock beyond It's cdpIal-NulCH SdPitoA -
imited TO million a trnlns , peiC Thcnis IF
which being enough TO grease the WneeiS o Ol
the mighty maclne--and TO manufacture any
amount Of bonds based its franchises and on snch
lands as It may seIZehaving the power OF taxing prop
ery from its draining rs IL Dkes then ASSESS
Ing the owners for alleged benefits aud selling the lands
for non-psyment Of assessments Moaef5!e ngenug,
under such liberal charter, and with brilliant examples
IN the Tammaiy Ring. may readily , iSm UP .n1 ~
few anilons IN TINS way, M,eho"t The neryer
sity OF human nature IN these degenerate dayS-some
ungrateful OF waterots thus beDeyoenty done
gruulhle at inc proposed lIlanHg II uot
rascaly. Of their patriotic benefaetors Az any RATE
Rensselaer, richmond the State Engineer; John T.
Agnew Of NewYork and Henry Chesebro OF OntaloJ to
nix the sum PAYABLE to the state ior snnne1gSd ahGs
beyond the lines of riparian ownership Included within
iS @ dShss maaS And n company
is about applying to the Supreme Court in Brooklyn Tor
Commissioners TO assess damages on swampowners WHO
nre lcggeheads with their benefacors about the mode
and cost of these bogdainng aud bo1dmanuiactuflng
lands around the harbor Of NewYork matter OF vast
importance 10 the health OF New-fork, BrookI!n,
Newark, and The surrounding thiekly country IAN
enterprise worthy Of the best men and heaviest purses ID
insurance matters in all their phases or less
involved pending legislation The latest shape they
ossamed before the Assembly Committee on Insurance
was IN the Temonsrnce Foreign Insurance Companies
against the pending bill for increasing their taxation ana
requiring larger deposits from them security for the
Insured. Delegates representing four Comprehensive
Imperial, Royal, London and Lverpool-prosented Their
iSe bill becomes a law those Companies win be driven
from this to other States The Committee VIII decide
their report after the recess
One Of the most important movements Tor increasing
the internal trade ana HaNighilOn sL
met with The Canal Board by which
matter is recommended for legislative cooperation
Tie Rome. WATERFOWL, and Ogdensburgh Railroad |
about 200 miles long DESTROYS OF attracting the lumber
trade from the Ottawa valley OF Canada aud also desir
Oas OF stimulating the trahc In and coal, proposes
extensive improvements In its own iaeihnes Tor !
these purposes; aud asks the State to cooperate !
by authorizing the canal authorities to provide |
suitable canal basins and grounds for receiving those
roads may Interchange feighs-one OF The great advan
tages for the Canal Trade lying IN the return frsgt
which boats bringing coal from Ptnnsylvais would have
IN return freghs OF Canadian lumber W!c tile RAN
roa1 COMPANY tsi eoAse ooAs an !"5 ~ a. Nv" I'm &
ests, the piolect mas Coinincudea h-i 70 'ae eaia
sutborties aud wlll probably receive e small amount
OF legislative cooperation required fO tc success OF the
scheme 1ie mailer Is also iu Pr ils 10 ITO
mote the distribution OF cOai al lower rates through the
interior OF the state
THE ANTI-CEI ELTY LAw-WOLK 10 BE SIS
PENDED on THE NEW CATITDi--rEOTECTION
OF LIE AT INSTRUMENTATION VITO
THIS sKAsoS-ThE AbohrtI"N or 1Hk
CANAL CONTRACT LAW.
ALBANY. Feb. 24.-Popular scnsitiveness con-
corning the AntiCruelfy law occasions many express
sops OF surprise AT the present aspect Of the case com
pared with what was expected from the proposed amend
nent agreed Oh between Mr. Bergh ard AssembiyInan
Burns in the Capitol. On conclusion % the interview he
tween those parties Mr. Burns written satemht
OF the proposed amendment which he had agreed to
offer when his own bill should under consider
alton IN the Assembly-an amendment which, we were
told, would be satisfactory to Mr. Bergh ana hlS AMI
Cruelty Society, by enabling them not merely to punish
brutal drivers and other employees bnt also TO reach en-
plOyCrs, whether indiVlduals OF cOiOiellus-H'I''1
siren gthenng them" FOR the good work The Judiciary
Committee however reported the bill back TO the Assem-
bly, in form different that If 1t becomes law Mr.
Bergh says the AntCruelty Society may az well break
up Its organization.
The presence 10 our Legislature OF men VIGOROUSLY
connected with the corruption Of the NewIOrk Court
House. suggests the danger Of such men selling control OF
Capitol building, by legislatng the present Com
nissOpers out OF Office RghtIninGed men OF all parties
prefer suspend operations on the Capitol rather
than involve State IN architectural luxury that
would cost at twenty millions, II reekOned by the
sutays on the NewYork unnishedl Court under
the operations of Tweed Sweeny and their confoderates
In the Tamnany Ring. The bill presented today by
Assemblyman Ray Of Ontario, concerning the Capitol
ed6ces old and new, provides $4,000 for improving the
mode OF warming and yentilang the present Od CAPITOL
and then requires that all work upon the New Capitol
Building shall be suspended until the further afrma-
awe action Legislature directing its continuance
and the Board Capitol Commissioners are directed to
cease and entirely suspend the same until directed to
oceed by tho Legsature and under the proper author
itY OF law.
The bill for regulating steam ferries and preserving
human life 10 the cities NewYork and Brooklyn IN
trodueed by lIr. Nachtman Of New-IOrk, passed the
Assembly today This measure is in accordance with
suggestions often urged By THE TRIBUNE. II requires
that all persons concerned In ferryng passengers be-
tween Eew.York and Brooklyn, and between New.York
aud jersey CITY, other neigborDg shore or island,
shall erect and keep In operation within 10 feet OF tho
river and Of each and every wharf dock or bfdgeway
from which their respective feryboas depart with pas-
sengers strong, high, sliding lifting locking gate,
and 70 cause the 10 be fully closed and locked so as
Others 10 any iesyns terrvoa ofore such boaf sial
leave the slip or wharf, dock brdgeway from whence
locked until the next arriving erry-boat with passen-
gers shall pc iniiy secured TO said slip, wharf