New-York tribune., 1870-04-12
ALBANY.
A BROAD LAW FOR PREVENTING DISEASE AND
CRUELTY-ENLARGEMENT or THE CHAMPLAIN

BROAD LAW FOR PREVENTING DISEASE AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or THE CHAMPLAIN
CANAL-TUBULAR TUNNELS UNDER THE
HUDSON AND EAST RIvEIls-Two NEW RAIL
EOADs-NEw POLICE FORCE N wESTCHEsTFR
AND RICHMOND COUNTILs-BILL TO REGU-
LATE STREET CARS.
ALBANY, April 1.-THE benevolent hearts of
Henry Bergh a Company would have been comforted
were they present in the Assembly to-day The bill OF
Mt Jacobs "for the better prevention Of disease and
cruelty essentially improved from its original shape,
considered to-day, without opposition. Committee
OF the Whole and ordered to third reading One OF its
prominent features is to provide supplies Of water for
cattle in transportation railroads. wen occasional
food and rest We said formerly that however laudabe
the object, the proposed would not hold
water " but the amendments have nearly, II not quite,
rendered the watertght The bill requires that,
all cattle trains, there shall be watorroughs filed
twice each "a hourshat the animals shall be unloaded
from the trains every "a hours, except In case OF
accidental detentions, and be provided for six
hours with sufficient food and water. The penalty for
violation Of this law shall be not less than $780, and not
more than years imprisonment and the President
chief executive officers Of the railroads are the people
to he punished in case of violation The bill requires
that competent inspectors OF all living animals destined
for human food shall he appointed ny municipal boards
of health 9ndh supervisors OF countless and that no such
creature sha be slaughtered tl II shall nave been eh
amined by such inspector and certified to be 1T foI ood
WITH Tfi' lee sDi1' haa so inSabant ina TIE bin pro-
ydes That children under u years Shan not De
to public observation. One provision regulates the mode
Snma az obT provons 9S h S are eaued to
cruel practices Of similar knds-one Of these provisions
such as shall be deemed dangerous their lives
health Mach Of the vitality Of the hl consists in the
concluding provisions, authorizing any agent Of the
American Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty TO
Animals to carry out the ohleets-by making arrests
aespt s r m wei as Mastftes and Poee Captains to he
destroyed, if unfit for further use, any diseased
MANNED animals. Another important feature
Of the bill is that the employer Of any servant or agent
found violating any Law for the prOtecuOn OF dumb ami
mails shall be liable to al the penalties" except when
shown that the person employed off nded Of his own
vOlti0n and unknown 10 sid employer. Inc bill winds
an county Of this state shall inure
AnC Crelty Society, in aid OF the benevolent purposes
Among the important bills for internal Improvement
Canal introduced by Mr. Fuller. The steady and large
increase Of business on this canal encourages effort 10
put it in proper order for doing its work better and
cheaper The bli proposes an appropratlon on Ssteo
year for four yearshe total cost being So 10000 and
that tax for that amount shall be inserted IN the
uniform depth of feet like the Eric Canal but with
where hS "'t the "t Canal BSard may think greater
width needed for business purposes. The bin forbds
have been approved by the Canal Board and requires
that the work shall be let 10 the lowest bidders after
suitable public notice. Mr. Flagg OF Troy moved that
in view OF the great Importance of this Canal improve
ment the b be made me special order IoT az
ton as il passed to-day in Committee Of the Whole Its
success in the Senate cannot be doubted. ,
The amendment proposed BY Senator Creamer 20 the
charter OF the New-YOrk and Brooklyn Iron Tubular
Tunnel Company, allows the Company TO construct a
tunnel or tunnels Of iron or masonry across the bed of
the East River, between NcW-NOTk and Brooklyn, and
also TO construct similar tunnel or tunnels under the
Hudson River point points may be selected
by the Company and 10 connect the same so as to form
a continuous line" The charter is altered TO allow
the Company TO convey passengers and freight through
the tunnel tunnels by rail or otherwise and TO charge
three cents mile ior each mile OF part OF Inile
CcrtCatOns Of incorporation for two more short but
important railroad connections have just been fled in the
state department one OF thesels called the iocnes-
ter, Munda and Pennsylvania Railroad" but is only
continuation Of the Genesee Valley Railroad long work.
ing between Rochester and Mount Morris The proposed
extension from Mount Morris through Munda tO the
Erie Railway and the coal mnes on the border OF Penn
sylyania distance OF abou 30 miles, lbs VII secure
advantages long neglected o. the people OF Rochester and
With ihe coal minc as wS a. greatly promoting the in
and Of the section Of h valley through
r. Hammatt Of Geneseo and Mortimer f. Reynolds OF
Rochester (Stu another road from Rochester to the
arrangementsthe route being westward OF the Genesee
River, through Warsaw, Wyoming County, &c) The
other road just incorporated by fling its certificate is
named the Utica, Chenango, and Cortland Railroad
TO from the terminus oi the ithaca ana fort-
land Railroad at Cortland Village, 70 branch Of the
Sew-York and Oswego Midland Road at Otselc Chenan-
The outer fragments Of the metropolitan Police SYSTEM
scattered loose by the Withdrawal OF New,lork ana
under new shape. Mr. Decker Of staten Island has
reFuations in that section And in the Senate Mr..
Cauldwen has introduced a biu concerning the Tour
namely Norrisana, YoukeTs, Westchester, and West
Farns-whch are now proposed to be included in po
lice Of their own, 10 be controlled by three
Commissioners, who to hold office for three years
from 8st Of December The Supervisors Of those
towns are be OciO members OF the Board OF Police
Commissioners without extra pay. The cost not to ex
eoed $4,000 year for ca town to be raised as By special al
the town OF Wescheter III the people vote that they
want il The trustees OF Morrisana are empowered to
issue town certificates Of indebtedness 10 meet any iu
creased expense under this arrangement for the cur
rent year The powers and duties of the Metropolitan
Police are conferred, far practicable on the new
organization. -, -. -,
An effort 10 promote the passage OF Mr. Mchells bin
preventing overCrOwdng and nXng the fare at
five cents In New-YOrk hOrsecars below SXtyiOurth-t
met with slight encoura cement to-day IN the Assembly
MIR Fields thought II mpracticable, and, though the
mover urged necessity the bill STAYED of In the
Committee Of the Whole by merely reporting progress
The interests OF and brute are concerned In this
effort 10 prevent the overlooking OF cars ana may yet
be boped. when more OF the New-YOrk members are
present, that this bill, amended wherein requisite WILL
soon Weld some relief 10 the suffering multitude.