The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-18

amendments that were not by any means essen sen
tial The bill was then read py SECTIONS anu was
finally ordered TO q third reading, alter -
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS WERE TAckED os
to It, One provides that work on the road shaii Pc
mn and the road completed 10 or near flty-nnth
street in three years the Dranch across to"n unuoi
the Park 40 be completed N seven sH nie ommttea
Of the Whole upon the Vanderbilt plan OF sinking
the railroad track on Fourth avenue, Tom the
Grand Central Depot TO Harlem River. This BID
which has also been published in the HERALD, pr O.
poses to sink open wide enough Tor four tracks,
with bridges for vehicles and foot passengers at the
intersection OF certain streets the city to pay
half the cost OF the socaled Improvement te whole
cost being estimated from seven to eight millions
OF dollars Mr.. Whtbeck's amendment which was
pending when the subject was postponed last week,
proposes that instead Of an open cut there shall be
tunnel now under Park avenue, and that instead Of
the present smoky locomotives the company be
compelled to use, from Harlem River downward,
locomotives which consume their own steam and
smoke like those In use on the London Under
ground Railroad. When the subject was resumed
to-day Mr.. Whitbeck and the other members who
were
IN FAVOR OF THE TUNNEL
system were efectually choked OF on the instant,
the respective projects For the moment the bill
was announced in Committee OF the Whole Mr..
Jacobs moved that the committee report
45 to q. Then, in the House, the moment
the committee. reported progress Jacobs moved
that the committee be discharged from the further
consideration OF the subject and that the bill be
ordered to n third reading. Mr.. Whitbeck then
moved that 1t be referred back to the Committee
on Railroads, with instructions to incorporate his
amendment, whereupOn Mr.. Hawkins obtained the
floor for IA few moments, and while supporting
Mr.. Whitbeck's motion, denounced the Vanderbilt
scheme as one OF the most infamous on record
With sweeping assertions and force OF language he
GIGANTIC swINDLE
to entail taxation on the city for the beneht OF
Vanderbilt, and in conclusion he sounded solemn
warning In the ears OF his associates
that the republican members would be
held responsible II they passed such an infamous
oo as TINS 4a r hs o. measure the
south of Forty-sXth street, as that section OF the
city would not be affected by the proposed improve
ment was lost by vote of 40 to 50: The question
then required ON Mr.. Jacobs motion ordering the
of 56 to Al, as iolIows:-
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1t seems to be very well understood here that
money has been freely used to secure the passage
of this bill through the House; for 1t was very
clearly shown last week that the damage to
property along the line from the Grand Central
depot to the Harlem River by the open cut would
be immense US compared with the Improvement
of the property if the tunnel SYSTEM like
that under Park avenue, were adopted,
This Legislature assuming the semblance Of
REFORM has already fallen into deep disgrace.
BkIBERX AND CORRUPTION
are apparent, and the prices put on votes for GER
tain measures are freely canvassed; The Beach
pneumatic scheme for railroad under Broadway
was taken up In the same Committee of the Whole
as the bill to sink the track on Fourth avenue
and was even more speedily disposed OF
than the other, and in precisely similar
manner. In Committee of the Whole Mr.. Moseley
moved to report progress, which was car
ried and in the House it was Immediately
ordered to a third reading by vote OF 60 to so.
The Assembly concurred in the Senate amendment
to the bill for the payment Of legal expenses in
CURED under the direction of the Governor and At
torney General in prosecuting notorious members Of
the Tammany Ring The amendment specifies that
$4,000 shall be appropriated for that purpose the
amount to be raised by the Board of Supervisors
and paid by the people of New York city.