New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-08
ALBANY.

THE BEACH PNEUMATIC RAILWAY BILL RE-
PoRTED-MORE PAY FOR THE BROOKLYN
PoLICE-LEGIsLATIyE RoUTINE-How BILLS
ARE DISPOSED OF.
ALBANY, March THE Senate Committee on
Railroads reported the Beach Pneumatic Railroad this
morning. 1t is to bo hoped that the merits OF the sys
TEN will full discussion as there is at least
possibility that the Company viii receive o charter
The plan which will compete with it most STUD
bornly here is the Central Underground 1t remains
to be what consideration viii he shown TO the Com
mssioners OF Transportation" plan Of 8. E. Church. In
troduced week ago. 1t does not yet appear that the
Tammany powers support that project though 1t has
been taken for granted that they do because the road Is
to be constructed at the expense of the city, IL the
present Legislature cannot afford relief to the people OF
NewYork City, the city may at least look TO tho gis
latre not to grant extend any charters which may
interpose obstacles 10 such relief in future.
Mr.. Jacobs the Democratic champion OF Kings, De
seended from his high eeonomyhorse this evening" and
advocated increase OF pay for the Brooklyn police
force 1t that the policemen Of that city have been
occupying their spare time in going nom house to house
obtaining signatures to petition for an increase OF sal
ary According to tho statements Of Messrs. Goodrich
and Bayess people induced to lend their names
through fear that they and their property would not be
safe unless they signed In this way the names OF several
thousands citizens obtained, including 1t Is said,
tho of twohirds of the assessed property OF
NcVeTtnelC6S lNO OI Hlnc usScmpy-
from Kings could be got to support the petition by
their votes ths evening. The remainder were too Sc
riously impressed with the fact that Brook
Ign is taxed already much as the property
owners stand In fact the mine Ia getting
exhausted, as tho New-York will be in time. Mr..
Goodrich fOrcby brought forward the dulncss In Brook
Ign estate and the fact that many houses had stood
empty for long time last season, and were likely to be
left this year after the 1s Of May showing the bane
full effects OF Overtayaton Mr. Jacobs planted himself
firmly the petition and threw his tattered economy
to the winds With the aid of Denny Burns, Tim Camp
bell, John Brown, George Loutre and other conscien-
tous economists from NewYork he succeeded in getting
the pay Of patromen raised from $1,000 to 200 year,
and Of sergesnts from 1900 to sllOo The amendment
to raise the salary OF the chief to 5000 was lost by
single vote OF the 1913 members Of the Assembly, only
g. voted these motions, so that out OF body OF l2S
would have been sufficient to vote away Brooklyns
money The bill was ordered to third reading, and
will encounter no further opposition.
Senator Pierce introduced. In the Senate bill to
allow the Broadway and seyenthaye Railroad to ex-
tend double track through Foureenth-s from Broad
way Seventh-ave TO connect their present routes
Should the bill pass, line old route via Macdougast ana
Greenwich-ave. would probably be abandoned. The
secondave Railroad also wants to extends its tracks,
and Senator Genet has given notice Of his intention to
introduce bill to that effect
bill eharterng underground railroad from South
Seyentht Ferry Brooklyn toward the interior OF Long
Island was passed to third reading IN the Senate this
morning. DR.. Gilbert, the inventor OF tho Elevated
Pneumatic Railroad is here, and is earnest in tho adyo
cacy Of his scheme.
In the OF three hours session this morning the
Assembly passed 81 bills Of which, however were
OF any considerable importance. After bill has been
favoraby reported from Of the Standing Committees
II is placed on General ORDERS" and has then to be
considered in Committee OF the Whole. IL the House,
sitting Committee OF the Whole, approve OF the Dill III
is ordered TO ts third reading The bills which were
passed this morning ordered to their third feadlng
rms In Coinmltee OF tie Whole and their final pass
- ~ sre IA calling the eys ond nays but etll
more time T. saved by lodging the reading WINCH oh8
bin comes before the Committee OF the Whole some mem.
her viii to dispense with the further readlnR OF
the bill report progress and ask leave 10 SIT again. and
then when the Chairman OF the Committee reports tho
House will disagree with the report and order the bl 10
liz third reading Again, when bill OF u or 10 sections
Is read previous the anal vote the Clerk Will read the
title and the first and last sections Skipping perhaps, 10
or u intervening octave pages. by thus means a
hin viii have oatCnsbly had four readings without
ever having been read once. Considering that tho
legislature has every year from lOO 10 l,oOO uils
to act on, these timesayDg processes are more or
less exculbe though IL is Lot TO he DENIED tat they
nave the way for an incredible amount OF swimming TIC
Committee Of the Whole another device Tor saving
time which has often perverted 10 baser purposes
iar@e uiIncr OF bills are passed through this Commit
tee instead Of going through tine Committee Oh inc
Whole House. The Senate appointed It's SuD-Conmt-
tee this morning. 1t is made up as follows: Iweed,
chairman Norton, Murphy, Banks, C. +; Norton, NJ
DCmocfats and three Republicans. These Committees
are heller known a. "Grindng Committees, ana have
never been celebrated for too scrupuOusIy Consclen-
tiuls discharge OF their duties.