New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-14
THE STATE LsGIsL1TCEE.
THE TAXATION or sHIPPING-A BILL TO TURN THE
ADls0>DACK WILDERNESS INTO PUBLIC PARK.
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THE TAXATION or sHIPPNG-A BILL TO TURN THE
ADIso>DACK WILDERNESS INTO PUBLIC PARK.
rBY rLLEoHtIH To THE TRiBuNEl
ALBANY, March 13.-Nlr. Brooks presented
for.i1.y worjed ie, ton to-Ig against - peal II
The law passed ast year cXomrtiuc from taX1-on Auei
clu registered vessels This Law passed the sC2
ees,ion Of the Govern RS Taxation Commission. with
the direct object Of ing American Shipper TO compete
n better lvantl-s with the If foreign y-7,c j.
The petitioners stue that under the Federal navigation
avs the American i4- only be doatei ovr Ameri-
cau-but bottoms, cos Ina; from - 40 per cent more
uan vessels OF similar tonnage built eseWnoT'. Beyond
the pryiles. Flaming at the whtrves the c,y Of
New-Yolk. shared D. foreign vessels. 10 lrot ction
wha,eyeris grantedby the municipality o, tIat city.
Yet ~ % last year. ect Afforded the AmcI1-
can ca-purAt.ou was taxed, whether its business
was success nj or unsuccessful, 2l2 pr cent
upon the value a. IL capital stock, wnle at
the same time foreign competing vessels were su1san-
italy untaXed. The petitioners call attention TO
the ease Of the Pacific Mail steamship Company say-
ine: It's capita stock S2,OOo,00O. That stock
was rated in The make during the LAST five years al an
aycrag. Of ab.ut So. l. has not been able To pay %
d.yl end 10 it, stockholders in fifteen years. Or
its feet Of about twenty vessels, only t"l
ever Touched at New YORK. The remaining SIX
teen vessels never entered that port or received any
advantag. therefrJm. Yet they Were all taxed In
the CITY Of NewYork. List year this tax amounted 10
S1O4 600 In the past fifteen years nearly S0ooO)2 has
lcrn taken from the company by the City Of New-1Yrk
without one dollars worth " compen-atng advantage
During hat period it la, been forced to cope with
British adversary. the Atlas steamship Company be-
tween Tie port of New-York AM AspmwaI The Amer
lean line has gradually become weaker and weaker The
British line has increased from two old hults to
fleet Of ten or fifteen beautiful vessels. its
stocsnolcrs receiving steady dividends in
the meantime During That Who'll. period
the Atlas steamship Com any taxed upon IFS Office
furniture OF the assessed value Of $1,000, the tax
amounting 10 about S35 q year"
Mr. Clearv Of Rockiand introduced the repeating act
BE said tonight thar in lis opinion, the American ship
owners we're Of such wealth that they ought 10 pay
taxes I'll. sta ed that the Pa.dc Mail steamship Com
many had recently transferred its main ONCE from New"
York 10 Carkstown in Rock-nd County, in order TO es
cane the large taxation imposed upon in New-YoIk
Nevertheless the authorities OF ROckland County be
evad that the company ought wholly to escape tax
atlon. A. ,,,
tck wilder 5rs- He Introduced BIZ tonight Tor me
formation Of pubic park there Inc pill piIb7 me
frthcr sale OF lands owned by the state IN the wilder
mess THIS will be fhe land apart Tor the PARK A.
the State owns thousands OF acres there the PARK prom
ises 10 be an enormous one H..
des 'e-s arrived here today, ana nave since brth
LOBBYING ndustrOusy against the Dli de-l 5hed 10 pro
- Moor per-ons ~ no buy goods tIe us aHcnt plan
The h provides that 80 per cent OF the amOuu Una Tue
buyer paws shall b. returned IN case there Is Ialfe 10
ma Ike 4 the pavmcnts.
declaring that grave charges nave becn niadc ~ E'u
10 he mana cement of the Department OF fuhnc w oIh
Of New-York and directing he Committee on tIles 81
the senate to investigate tHe affairs OF the department.
m IL aid that there Ii a suspicion that the contracts OF
the Department are awarded 70 flvore contrac
tbs viii be made the chief point OF the investigation