The New York herald., 1879-03-10

corporation tell me that although their hold thu
Assembly Is rather shaky. they can count beyond
doubt in the faithfuness OF the senate. There.
on the republican side. have a magnificent crop
OF gubernatorial candidates-Pomeroy, Robertson
and others. 1t may be that those gentlemen want
the corporation support in the fall But as things
look now. in my opinion. such support will operate
IKE the Russian plague. corrupting and destroying
is argued, cannot be eratified in 1879 or
1880 in pandering to further greedy robberies
on the part OF corporations. The people understand
something about it, this time. II the noble Senators
hitherto ranked with the conspirators will only look
upon the subject in this light may see several OF
the above bills passed. In the House, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the commttees-the Railroad Com
corporations, those bills can be taken out of their
t nanas oy majority vote The sitting process can
THE .'YoUSa LEsIs1Ar1vE CHIEFS"
Ihere Is no doubt that Mr.. George b. Sloan and his
active heutenants, Mr.. Hamilton Fish. Mr.. wads-
worth, Mr. A. b. Hepburn, Mr.. Terry Mr.. James NJ.
Varnum and others Of that class can absolutely con-
troll legislation in the Assembly il they pursue the
been freely circulated by the enemies of Mr. Sloan
that the gentleman had been captured by the cor
porationists and machine men; that promises had
been made to give him the nomination for Governor
and take care Of his friends in political sense.
don't believe word of these rumors. Mr. Sloan ap.
pears to me from what have seen Of him in Albany
to be gentleman far removed above such tempta-
ma; fdon He now stands sta as one Of the fore.
best elements of the House. the Assemblymen who
cannot be purchased either by the advice" Of the
rallied around him their candidate for Speaker
and came within an ace of winning that fight. They
all other systems Of corruptou Is II to be % be-.
lieved that a man of Mr.. Sloans reputation would
turn traitor to the gallant phaanx OF high toned
publicans who have chosen him their standard
bearer In the battle going against the thevng
cliques which have polluted the Albany Legislature
Tor many years is not at all reasonable, on the
other hand. as matter Of expediency. for II the
gentleman should secretly change front in this
way he would be buried in political grave
SO deep that he would never rise again.
Once in the hands Of the machine they would
crush him as Peter B. Sweeny crushed Thomas A.
Ledwith when the Ring nominated that gentleman
for Judge of the Supreme Court after he had vaanty
fought the corruptionists for number of years.
his ticket might be effectually slaughtered by
of his own party as Dix was slaughtered in similar
people, not with the corporations the machine poll.
tcians. II he fights under the flag Of the former he
road must naturally to puSc
IMPORTANT BILL.
Assemblyman Hayes. chairman of the Committee
on Cities, has introduced important bill, which
will test the dictatoral power OF the Central road
the present Legislature. This is intro
duced in the interest Of increased terminal facilities
for the railroads ending in Jersey CITY, 1t provides
for tunnelling the Hadson River from Jersey City to
Morton street for the benefit of the Erie Pcnnsyl-
following points are urged in support OF this
propositon:IIt gives to commercial interests in
the metropolis that which they wanted for u long
time; it gives to the merchants shipping and receive
ing goods to and from the West and Southwest the
their goods without trouble; 1t does away with the
system now in use Of having freight cars run'on the
sary o large freight depot somewhere down town.
The cars will run under the streets after passing
through the tunnel. The depot located near Morton
street will be used for passenger traffic. saving those
persons the trouble Of crossing the ferries when they
desire to travel the Erie Pennsylvania Central
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western New Jersey
Central Railroad. The work will cost about
and the capitales waiting for the passage
of the bill.
SINGULAR TACTICS IN OPPOSITION
The Central Railroad people, however. are under.
stood to be bitterly opposed to this measure as it
would interfere with their traffic. have been in
formed that resolution was handed to Assembly
man Grady asking the House to recomit the bill.
that it might be killed Dr. Hayes 1t is understood.
received Information of this covert movement and
set his friends to work. The result followed in the
introduced there is little doub: it would have been
badly defeated. Opponents OF the measure now con.
tend they strangle it in the Senate. The vote
will be watched with much interest
INTERESTS BEHIND.
The New Jersey Legislature has already granted
the right Of way for this tunnel far her juris
dcton is concerned. 1t is stated too that the tun-
mel will Erie tho great trunk line of the United
States and those behind the project are understood
to be perfectly willing to pay for any property taken
which Is necessary to carry the work. In connec
ton with the subject OF grants given to railroad
com ranies, the advocates Of the bill point to the
seizure of Fourth avenue by the Central road with
out cent OF compensation being paid to the city:
One-half the expense OF the Fourth avenue called
Improvement was also paid out of New Yorks
treasury. Some gentlemen with whom conversed
legally recover back the money expended in this
way.
FACTS AS HUDSON TUNNEL.
An act was passed under the general railroad laws
of New York and New Jersey in 1873 organizing the
Hudson River Tunnel Company. 1t is now found.
however. that additional legislation Is required in
order to successfully carry out the scheme. Extcn-
sive surveys and soundings made during 1878
and 1874 order to ascertain the best practicable
routes the tunnel The foot of Fifteenth street,
Jersey City, and the foot of Leroy street, New York.
selected as the points between which to locate
November.
Jersey City. The working shaft was sunk, when an
injunction raised. at the instance OF the Morris
and Essex Railroad Company. After q prolonged
legal contest the decidcd upon all points in
favor of building the tunnel. The sum or $l1 00
was to be paid for right Of way.