The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-30

are me rests 10 some real estate lew lots only,
which taey year WIN be Affected Dy the change. BY
great earnestness they have tried TO raise hue
and cry AGAINST tins necessary public work. But
the interests OF people cannot be sacrificed
10 the selfish views OF lew lot owners.
The three commissioners are having
PLANS DRAWN BY ARCHITECTS
who have maoe th n suDec. special stady' ana
calculations OF the cost made shat will show US
what the structure is to be and what TO dollar it
Will cost. When that Ii done ana the plans are
before the committee. and not before, we shall be
IN q position 10 form an intelligent opinion. As
these gentlemen were selected especially tor
capacity and trnstworthness, and as they work for
nothing, common courtesy and prudence require
that we should wait tn they show us the plans
wind, pass o law one session and repeal 1t the
next before we can know how it will work. it
the expenditure, but that cannot be wisely done
I'll we see the plans and estimates. II may also be
POLITICAL Wheel Il IN New YORK may not next O. ye eae
put the construction OF the new prison INTO the
hands q the party that squandered "a, oOO, 900,
and lett It diminished at last. The safety
OF the public money may require that
act itself be kept in ofice till the building is com
pleJe, ana that two such men as ex-MayOr Opdyke
and the President OF the Prison Association, SIN
clair TOusey, men Of like character, be added to
IL ia wen known that the zeal of certain parties
in opposing this matter arises from the fact that
neither the Communists nor the frien0s OF the late
Court House swndlers will be likely to get control
through wholly in the interest Of the general pub
lie and the taxpayers.
ask to have the whole subject lie over for one
month, to enable the commissioners to come be-
lore this committee with their Plans specifications
and estimates; then we can act inteiligently
Alderman McCanevty and Assemblyman Wachner
strenuously advocated . lun repeal OF the law Mr.
McCarerty argued that the general opposition
sSe nSs w p s and the
given against It's being allowed TO remain o law
any longer, and that Judge Fancher, IN pOstpOning
IF
property for a site Tor the proposed reason, had
done so TO give the Legislature an opportunity to
THE LAB0RERs' THANKS.
The members from New York city to-day each
received copy OF series OF resolutions passed by
the LaDorers' Union Benevolent Association OF
New YORK, In which, while attention is called to
the sad condition OF AFFAIRS among the working
men generally, the Association heartily thanks, in
the most especial manner, Assemblymen COughlin,
Spencer, Alvord. DAILY and Woods for their efforts
Legislature. The resolutions also
is. THANK THE HERALD
for interest 1t has always taken in the welfare
their behalf since the financial panic has thrown
so many deserving men out OF employment
introduced in the lower House to-day by Mr..
Wight IL an old friend, and Will probably meet
the fate bill OF tue same character did last WIN
ter. There Is always some secret opposition to
this kind OF bill from q certain class OF members
which most people are At loss to fathOm. The bill
recover damages FOR sander or i loci, snail be
held to bail IN any greater sum than $4,000. or
Imprisoned or restrained OF ms liberty by reason
IN any greater sum than $4,000. 1t further pro-
vides that II more than one action to recover dam
time ON behalf OF the same plaIntifr against the
same defendant, the latter shall not be held to bail
or y se 81 ANY orders
sum than $4,000. The act Is made to apply to all
orders OF arrest in clvll actions to recover damages
Tor SANDER or libel now pending, in which any per-
sons are now imprisoned or restrained in any way
OF their liberty. In every action in which any per-
son Is now held to bail or imprisoned upon orders
requiring him to give bail In larger sums than are
specified In the present act it is provided that it
shall be the duty OF the courts in which any such
action is penang to 80 reduce the bail that It shall
not exceed COZ IN any one case, or 5000 in the
aggregate. II there be more than one action pend
tug which the defendant Is required to give bail.
CITY RAILROADS.
The CRY Ii stil they come" in city railroad bills,
ana, Judging from the number already introduced,
wigging and probably In filing the minds and
pockets OF the unfedged as well as the full
nedged members with arguments that have availed
80 often heretofore IN making an honest Legisa-
ture swear by its vote that white can be made to
look black In the eyes Of whomsoever they please.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Fox introduced one bill
which gives several parties the right to run
D0UBLE TRACK THROUGH FORTY SECOND STREET
another which nv. The Dry Dock people the
privilege OF extending their track entirely nom
tracks, laid in Sullivan street. on Canal street
and VesHy street. and to lay double tracks, now
street. when 80 extended and opened. and iRronsn
and across Varick street, and through Grand
street. so as to connect with its present double
in Corlears, Monroe and Cherry streets,
s xsn s snas rssk to s%s ss1es
also from BrOOme street, through East street, by
single track to Delaney, through THIS street TO
over the road provided by Mr.. Blessings bill The
only difference Is that while the latter is TO run
Lexington avenue and thence down to Thirty
lourtn street ferry, the former goes simply 10
Madison + requires no keen per-
more nor less than scheme on the part OF Van
aerbilt 70 get the other OH knocked IN the
Forty second street VINO viii be accom-.
dated by road through that street
doubtless care very little who builds It 50 long as
open to nnd out which bill is offered in good faith.
II the one Is only 10 secure the rlg0t OF way to be
being built at all, 1t is high time, would think
that this c1ty railroad tOm.lOolery In the Leglsa
tSs WAS put an end TO- But the people Of New
generally, have ne right to interfere with their
schemes, no matter what they may be; and city
railroad schemes, dare say, during the present
session OF the Legislature, will meet with Just as
much success as ever
HENRY GENET's SUCCESSOR
There is . nne prospect tor brisk fight in AS
semby to morrow, judging from the talk being in
duged in this afternoon concerning the case Of
district, who has just arrived. 1t Is said that
Mr.. SPENCER WILL OBJECT
TO his being sworn IN. II he does. OF course there
will ne lively time all round. The objection TO
allowing Mr.. sullivan to take his seat will be that
the special election ordered by the Governor was
illegal in view OF the alleged fact that
Genet never having been sentenced, was never
disqualified from taxing his seat; that, in fact, he
is not convicted 1elon as yet in the eyes of the
law. The point Is looked upon by the generality OF
the leading members as rather q ridiculous one;
but as those who intend to oppose Mr.. Sulvan's
claims to the seat refuse to reveal all their points
Of attack 1t Is surmised that they have something
In the background that may raise very nice legal
question In regard to elections held under circum-
stances similar to those which surrounded that OF
q lew days ago in the Twenty first district.
The Abbott-nladden Case.
ALBANY, Jan. %, 1874.
The following ia the substance Of the argument
to be presented by Mr.. Abbott in defence Of his
claim to retain his seat as senator for the Tenth
district, as IL will appear in the Argus tomorrow
morning.
The facts in relation to the above case are that