New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-18
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Albany.
LEClsLATIvE PROCEEDINGS.

ALBANY.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
TIE VANDERBILT UNDERGROUND ROAD-AGREE-
MENr ON THE CHARTER-PROCEEDiNGs
AGAINST THE CORRUPT JUDGEs-TIiE RED
RoOKD FRAUD REy,VED--NO CHARITY BILL
THE CANAL CLAIMS DISCUSSED A6AIN-
BETTER SECURITY TO BE PROVIDED Foh
OYER AND TERMINER.
IpRoM TIN REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TiIk ThibuNkJ
Albany, April 1.-THE Senate this morning
considered in Committee, and ordered 10 third reading
Mr. Vanderbilte oil TO corp .te the New YORK C'y
Rapid Transit Company aud to authorize the said Co'
pany to construct aud operate Az underground railway
I'm the City Of New.York" Mr. William II. Vanderbilt
who is eutlcd to credit whatever merit there may
the scheme present throughout the oiscuSson
and IL satisfied, the whole with the shaIe III wnch
the bill comes from the Committee OF the Whoe. Ihe
amendments made require the branch from Fifty ninth
St TO the Hudson River Railroad TO he completed In
seven years. work the main line TO be commenced In
six months, and tho main line finished within
three years and six months after the passage OF
the act Open any street avenue are prohio-
tied Between the City Hall and Forty secondst, the
way stations not be more than bali mile apart
Openings the parks places and public grounds must
not exceed 100 feet by and must he made only for sta
tions and then only by the permission OF the Comm
sioners OF Public Parks The fare for distances under
four miles is to be ten cents, with two cents nS vi
Il
mann the great enemy Of all rapid transit bils was az
sent Senator Benedict offered multitude VI ainenm
m n"a was and al poRe osPSted by the ave-mn
ute rule. He wished TO have ne ,nnI ,o
he provided with ventating shafts with lofty orlck
walls and gratngs. that boys could not co up
other ingenious provisions for preventing the construc
ton of the road The most serious objection 10 the OH
is perhaps that portion OF it's route IL under the Cen
trail Park hut this is engineering problem whch IL
hich he m
Senate is certainly very strongly disposed 10 pass the
bill.
The Conference Committee the Charter have sub
stantialy agreed their report The Senate amend
mens the present Controller and Commissioner
of Public Works. and prov dng for two Boards OF Alder
men and the naming OF the Commissioners OF Pubic
Safety Police dc by the two Judges OF the superior
Court last elected. abandoned The bill in other re
spects conforms pretty closely "a the form IN which II
passed the Senate. The Committees report Will be pre-
scented to the Legislature tomorrow, ana ordered 10 pe
printed.
The caucus which held last night TO consider ac-
ton charges against the corrupt Judges has mad
the effect Fastening the action OF the Assembly judi
oary Committee, for, notwithstanding their desire 10
wait until the whole OF the evidence shall he published,
Mr. Prince the Chairman, thie morning asked leave TO
introduce the following resolution ANA tDat the be
laid on the table,
Red That conclude legislative business far a.
tie charles against certain Judges New
ork Oy oe n@e Wv and Sa, notice thereof
be Honorable and to the Controller the State
Mr. Jacobs Dem Kings Oh ected, and the resolution
was returned. Mr. Prince then moved that the rules tie
suspended and all orders of business laid aside down to
resolutions order that resolution might lie intro
duced. The motion earned by vote OF 81 to TO- at
least half OF those voting IN the negative being Repub-
several OF whom are known 10 DE strongly IN favor
ston simply from the Discrimination 70 Interfere
with the regular order OF business There If tle reason
TO doubt that had the resolution been immediately put
upon its passage II would have been adopted by much
larger vote than gwen the first motion IL can.
however, be called up motion AT time. The reso
luton is drawn III the ordinary technical form but the
general opinion il that II gives very strong Indication
that the Judiciary Committee have really determined Ia
report against the judges whose they have nyest
gated and the prohabhy ~ ilat such ''port viii be
unanimous.
Among bills passed by the Senate. We the act Ia
relation to certain local improvements the City OF
New-York, known as The Contractors b!u"
In the Assembly quite a uumter of bills were consd-
cred in Committee, AMI ordered to third reading The
Senate returned the General Appropriation bill with "a
number Of amendments, which were non-concurred in,
and q Committee OF Conference, consisting Of Messrs.
Alvord Marcy, Kennedy, Fort, and Jacobs, was aI-
pointed and like Committee asked for on The part OF
the The Senate also returned the bill to provide
the audit and payment OF certain claims and eX-
RttorSey Genera in the city of New-York with an
amendment the Of $4,000 shall be appropriated
for snch purpose and the Board Of Supervisors are
thorized to raise that by tax, which unani
m0usly concurred IN. The Beach Pneunaue Railroad
bill came up, aud was ordered to thTd reading by
vote OF GO Yeas to SO Nays
The resolution 10 authorize the "steal" OF ab0ut
for the printing Of many copies OF the Red
Book" for distribution among the constituents and
bers of the Legislature, called up motion OF Mr.
Smiley, who moved reconsider the vote by which it
was lost days The motion 70 reconsider
carried by to 81 and the motion to adopt the resou
ton carried 10y "a vote OF 6s 10 40.
The bill 70 improve and regulate FOuTth-ave up
for consideration In Committee Mr.. Whitbech moved
to recommit the Railroad COMMITTEES, with instrnc
tons strike part OF the first section and insert
which underground
road The amendment lost 10y a vote of 40 Yeas to
IS Nays, and the bill ordered 10 third reading by a
vote of Sc Yeas to AZ Naye.
After hour and half spent in the third reading of
bills the Assembly into committee this evening
the Assembly bill making appropriation OF sl,3l0,4s5
10 pay the expenses of the collection OF tolls superin-
tendence, ordinary repairs and maintenance Of the
Canals for the year commencing Oct /, 1872 The bill
ordered a third reading. The Legislature of 1871 APP
propriated for these purposes current fiscal
275750, and by supplementary act passed on the
making 81 $50 ion the wear for superin
tendence and ordinary repairs only.
The next bill considered that appropriating
moneys canal fund for the interest She
debt and other purposes, as required by the Consu
ton debate started the clauses providing for
the payment interest in coin and Messrs d. Wood
Woodin and Lord repeated again the speeches they
made this subject last week Messrs Wood and
Woodin advocated payment OF principal and interest in
greenbacks and Mr. Lord insisted payment IN coin
the debt had been created before the war; Tor the
very thin Senate, the amendment to pay III currency
was carried by vote OF IL to O. Mr. Lewis made mo-
tiOn reconsider and moved that this motion lie
the table. The Senate then adjourned.
1t appears now that there will be no Charity bill
before the Legislature this session. Mr. Jacobss
luton nstructng the Committee OF Ways and Means 10
report the C1ary Dill lame up AGAIN ,4aay ana was
the State Treasury drained OF l,0vO00G which
hospitals of the state than twothirds going
Roman Catholics Inc Cahal COMMITTEE presented "a