New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-23
ALBANY.
pc,s,,rrvr PROCEEDINGS.

ALBANY.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
PROPOSED REGULATION OF RAILWAY fKtiG,ia
CuARGEs-Two RAPID TRANSIT BILLS fAsshD
BY THE SENATE. - . ,,,,
A,p.sy. March 22-The four railroad men
-, ,,a senate Railroad Commitee reported this morning
an snator ohnsons bill 10 regulate railroad charges y"
local freights They begin by msrepresenting the oo
ect of the bill which not 10 require the raioao CUM
nantes of the state to carry freight at the same
rates they receive for through freight as sateu ny inc
oumftee hut TO prevent them from charging more Ior
carrying freight portion of their ROADS than 'hey
receive transporting the same class o ireen o'e
The entire length of their lines. The committee argue
with great force against their own hypothesis hhu '
,he merchants and manufacturers of the state have no
reason 10 complain, and reasSert their opinion 'ua Tue
hill ought not TO pass They also say that the local
freight charges OF the New-YoTk Central aud
Hudson Road no greater pnt' on ihe
contrary, much less than the IKE charges
AZ railroads IN other states ana countries
f eourse there fairness in comparing the charges
of the Central and Hudson with those of railroads less
favorabv situated for business most other railroads
are However, your correspondent has collected the io-
lowing statistics bearing upon the subject which are re-
specially submitted the consideration of members OF
the legislature ln the year ending SEPTEMBER 80 1871
the number tuns freight transported one mile by
the Central aud Hudson road 7G9osI77 for which
was received sS926 80, which is at the rate OF u IS
per tun per hundred miles II must be considered that
more than twothds of this was through frelgh carried
at low rates. and during months Of the year. by rea-
con OF violent competition, at less than cost The New
York aud Harlem railroad, under the same man
aremeut. carries chiefly local freight, aud may
be taken to show about what the average
charges pcr tun per mile for such freight reach
under the direction of Mr. Vanderbilt In the year 1870
tho Harlem Road carried l9602827 tuns one mile recev
Inn per 100 mics In the year ended Dec 81 1870. the
Pennsylvania Central Road report their rate per t1n per
100 miles al 81 IS the Philadelphia and Erie al II ~ the
Philadelphia and Reading their rate for merchanuse
exclusive OF coal - ~ Al e1pe% % over 9 tbe Rad
ing road should be considered as local IreIgnt 1Cl
ing Massachusetts roads, with the Harem Boston aud
Albany, 81 Fchburg, 81 81 Boston and Maine - 81
Boston and Providence s. 45 Compare. ALSO the aver
age charges Of the Erie with those Of the central
Number Of tuns carried one mile by Ere IN lo.o Sgs,
s62iS receipts ron freight S2oSV2 -; Iate per ,un
per miles, 81 81. IT will seems TO your correspond
emit. be found difficult to reconcile tne above figures Nun
the unsupported assertion OF the Railroad Cohhtlee'
that Mr.. Nanderbts charges are less than those mace
Tor SIMILAR by the railroads Of other States ana
counIries may be added that the Pennsylvania Cen
trail reports the average cost OF carrying inn OF 1resht
one mule 99s 1000 Of cent, and the Philadelphia ana
Reading AT 9lOO cents for MERCHANDISE anu % IOO o
cent for coal.
Further progress made today with the rapid
transit schemes the Senate having passed the Beach
Pneumatic and SWANS Ibreetier bills. There hut
four votes against the former scheme. and only two
against tue latter. The Gilbert Elevated Atmospheric
,tan was ziiScussed. After the bill had been READ
tbrouch Senators O'Brien and Weismann opposed its
,soce on the ground that several property owners
along the Bowey aud Thrdave were hostile to the I'M
dertakinc. The bill rerOInmltted 10 the hurotu
Committee, in order that they might pc hedIu PUP
ryoyucr. are TO be permitted TO dictate to the Legls
lat,re il IA TO be feared that no plan 1Or IdIlu
transit will ever he carried out. Inc oPPo-
sifion OF these property-Owneis IS an hul-
cation that Mr.. Giiberts rOad is nkel! 10 ,1e
huilt should the Legislature give him charter MI
GUbcrt's bill WAS also fdVOIaDly reported inns MORN
ing by the Assembly Railroad Committee toschci WIN
fhe Central Underground bill, which amends me calteI
by changing me route 70 hloauMdN'
H. sane Committee reported AGAINST the Beach FnCl-
matte. The report laid on the table 30 thal uIe
Unnee has the choice Of these two bs iOr an unucI
ground ROAD under Broadway. Both plans nave stongg
sa.sporters Mr. GARDENERS Warehouse ana ldlloau
scheme fayOraby reported ~ pV'h HV"'Vs u! INV
Railroad Committees.
There were several petitions presented in the Assem-
tyfor the passage of bill 10 regulate local freight
charges and member introduced &c remonstrances
aPainst legislative interference with the Erie Railroad
MT Judd introduced bill 10 change the name Of Rich
mOpd County staten Island County. The bill for the
audit and payment OF expense incurred IN NcW-1Olk
Civ by the direction OF the Governor and Attorney
General, being Tor the legal services OF Mr. OCOnOr and
charges connected Herewith, was passed by vote OF
the Democrats voting the negative. The money
10 paid of the City Treasury. The Brooklyn
bill tO establish Police and Health Departments was
passed by vote OF IS TO II, notwithstanding the
of the Brooklyn Democrats 10 ohsruct H. The
Judiciary reported favoraby Mr. Tldens bill 20 provide
for the holding of Courts Of oyer and Jermner IN GER
thieves tried By Supreme COuIt Judge IN whose
integrity the people haVe confidence
The Senate confirmed the nomination OF Jacob j.
Werner OF Albany, be Commissioner OF statutes. IL
investigation continued to-day, and several wit