The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-07

eadlng OF the bill 'Exempting the town OF Roches-
DAD fs ooaaiSg FOR the New
FORK Midland Railroad. Mr.. Loughran moved 10
vas opposed q some length BY Mr.. xivord. Mr..
sGrt OF .v os,wsgGo. one Of the champions
question. Honest Tom Felds'' was astonisned
upon tho city OF New York no such baseness was
ever heard of there. He stated that this gentleman
bin He lately voted for minority representation IN
New York city, and this bill only recognized ma.
lorlw representation. No mater II majority OF
thee!ect0rs did vote for bonding the town the MI
w6s lost. ami the bill passed.
THE sEvpNrY's CHARTER DISCUSSED.
The Committees on Cities OF the Senate ana AS
sembly held q JOINT meeting In the Senate Chamber
this evening for tae purpose oil hearing arguments
attendance OF persons IN favor OF and OPP
posed TO the Committee Of seventys measure:
seventy were John Waeeler SIMON Sterne,
exGovernor Solomon, Joseph Bumethatl II.
Mr.. Leo c. Dessar, Mr.. Charlottesville and Dr. Gerke
represented the German Reform association, and
man Falconer and Assistant Aldermen Conner and
Schwartz, Deputy Comptroller Strahan and many
others were In attendance on behalf OF various
Nj. Glaubensklee, in behalr OF the German Reform
naOure in support Of the new cnarIer lie gave way
to MIR. Leo c. Dessar who read the address or
memorial
Oswald Ottendorfer the president MIR. Gianbens
kee resumed, and presented his views as to ex-
penses Tor improvements and mourning debts.
HARD UPON POSTERfTY.
Posterity, he said, should reap the benefits OF the
one ana incur the obligations of the other:
said ,%ai he appea1ed before the comm,stee
IN behalf OF no party but as a represent
He claimed that $4,000 Germans had voted for the
members OF the committee whom ne addressed and
n a
pared written speech He claimed that one OF the
serious faults OF the oid system was the appoint
ment OF incompetent and corrupt men to Official
positions. He was in favor OF longer lien OF
office, OF appointing or electng competent, honest
or during gOOd behavior in some cases. he briefly
discussed the financial PROVISIONS OF the charter
and was
OPPOSED TO ISSUING BONDS
having long time or payment DIR Gerke, who
minority representation was approved by the COM
mittee He deemed IL q great reform. 1t was one
OF The best means Of preventing repeating and cheat
voting, OF permitting elector to vote or more
times. not more than nine for the same party.
should be tried thoroughly.
Mr.. OLIN was the next speaker. He said he
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION,
and that he appeared before the committee with
o II na 40 e true Sa
meeting in New YORK. had endorsed the
Co eel but LARGE was meeting very ssy so4 as
His association at their last meeting had propo sed
some seventeen important amen S some Of
Seventy. In their anxiety 70 obtain minority repre-
sentation had lost sight OF some OF the Important
ment He Thought the organization or the
Legislative Department was faulty. The ma
opposed the system Of only board OF legislation
tanned. new class OF Officers every year was also
objectionable: He said that the proposed charter
but with general responsible heads to hold office only
one year. The time was too short to be OF real
OF evS 10 5S ne as ne srcs e
able feature was the power Of removal from Office
by the Mayor. Since TINS charter was nrst pub.
tenor OF the FIRE Department and Police Depart
ment Ithad been heightened and the departments
A HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENT
The old Police Department mad been model for
present Board Of Health as highly servceaoie s
Under the proposed charter II would sink into
Department Of pocKs and PuSo Wo1Ks q Tn sne
who established tho Department OF Docks would
protest against ITS beng broken down. Any at
tempt to consolidate the Dock with other depart
ments would work great injury. lie desired that
the new charter should give the city OF New York
chance to try the principle OF clvl service reform.
As 1t Is all power Is gwen to the Board OF Alder
men, most DANGEROUS project. which had been
have been taken from the Common Council, advan.
tageously, as ne believed The rObberes In New
York had been committed In and by means Of the
After Mr.. Onn concluded the committee adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon.
THE EVENING SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY
was, ike the morning session. devoted mainly to
the third reading OF bills The House adjourned ut
given 10 the members OF the Legislature at the Al
bany CLUB this evening. The Committee on Rail-
roads OF the Assembly, which yesterday decided to
report in favor or the pro rata Railroad Freight b
reconsldered their determination this morning and
concluded to give the subject further consideration.
w.
Before the adjournment OF the Assembly the bill
which was introduced by Mr.. Morton, OF Kings, re-
ducing the rates OF ierrage on George Laws erries
running between New York and Williamsburg
failed on its final passage by vote Of thlrty-six In
ton from Kings county voted for the passage OF the
BILL while Messrs Blair, Cook, FIELDS Foley haugn-
beck Of New York; Voted against IT, Mes nq pe
Geib and Hawkins, OF New York, voted with the
SM york r @ the
weli-known lobbyists nave been working hard 10
nae i Il saa mat the ferry
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DEFEAT THE
The following is the vote:N
AYES -Messrs. Aitken, Alberger, Avord Badeau Balz
Rcas si Tasa v. ya.o sn0 EOr s
kneies Lewis IpP Lott Marcy Morton, MoseIey, Pe
sS'Sf s% anS
Mxxs-Mss s Abbott p L. BaOeSc. Blair p Brown
Cook ccucnmsn, Crandai DAVIDSON Dunphy, Eassman
ECsy hssh sns s1cf HILL 9ieI
ran, Lynde, Msckay, Moore, Mouton, Murdock Pale
Pierce Ray Rice, Rose, Sage ehcpardson smson, Smith,
snlper, Snyder, s9uires, D. Tompkins NJ M TompEins
Tucker Twombly, w j. Van Dusen Wells West, Whitbeck
Wiley, Woodward, Woolsey and wyman-58
RAPID TRANSIT SCHEME ADOPTED.
large delegation OF the Committee OF Ninety on
Rapid Transit, from New York. appeared before the
Joint Committee on Railroads and presented their
views in relation TO the most feasible pan Edgar
+. Brown stated that the committee mad devoted
considerable time to the investigation, and large
majority OF the members had arrived the conciu-
non that the Central Underground road was
ne most judicious and desirable plan, ana
urged upon the committee the Importance |
,f the passage OF the proposed amendment
20 that cOmpany's charter, changing its route |
10 as to allow the building OF the road |
lnder Broadway; that nearly four million dollars
lad been subscribed to build the road by perfectly |
citizens OF New YORK. one. hall the |
AMOUNT being pledged by large real estate owners
IN Broadway, aud that he mad been assured that
he balance would be forthcoming Immediately
ipon the passage OF the bill amending the charter;
hat nine-tentns OF the property owners IN that
treet were In favor OF Tins road that ne had no
confidence In the passage or any charter creating
commission aud calling upon the city |
or any part OF the expense OF construc-