New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-02
THE AOUEDUCT BILLS.

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Tn the Senate at Albany yesterday the olo
ton Aqueduct bill was passed w Dss,soa tn
of 10 to 10. The senate l' ISot;+rto
AWAIT the action of the Coopoi In For
meeting or to recommlt inc onn hor
ybe purpose of adding another cltzeh inV p;Uor
to the Commission. The hamapo iMota W.
Aoueduct bill WAS also passed. tlio w.
he;no 10 to 1. At the Cooper lns'itu'o
lost NIGHT James NJ. Brown presided. Speeches
rere made by the Rev. DR.. Crosby, Hse-
non g. Sullivan, o. B. Potter, j. Il. "asnpaaa aa
ond Mavor Edison. Resolutions were auop.So ~
in support of the Aqueduct bill prepaleu ~
Movor,s Commission, and committee u. s-"
leading citizens was appointed to 60 10 Ai0"N'
10 carry out the purpose OF the mee'in"'
r,,r spN.rr PASSES THE AQUEDUcT BILLS
,xp THE VOTES on THE cRoroN AND
'hI DHn 'Nn .,1..sI,prs-REJECTING A MOTION foK
,,no,, ,pr REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF lhh 80 ,
AIp.NY. May 1.-The Croton Aqueuu OH. &C.
be.n rushed through the Senate. len
iswas done the Ramapo Aqueduct scneh,o vas ~
oanroved bv the Senate. After only an hour oe
pta ,ho (,itv of New York had imposed upon IL an
.~ns,diture of at least $3O,OOO,000. This action
IS taken in the face of an appeal by one OF new
york,s Senators. Mr. Boyd, for postponement Oh
Ias, vote on the bills till after the citizens meeting
IN New-York tonight. Four Republicans senators
Holmes. Macarthur, Mccarthy and Thomas Voteu ~,
The Croton Aoueduct bill on its final passage anu
AGAINST the motion to delay action on the Dill 'i
to.morrow. On the other hand, Senators 1acooS
and Titus. of the Democratic msJoriS'
aided Senator Boyd in his efforts to delay the pass
age of the bill. ~. co,,roit+oe
Refore the Senate met the Committee
an Cites had been hard at work on the
Croton Aoueduct bill. o. B. Potter ana ilii,'i'
Dowa were present as Mayor Edson's representa-
tives Mr. Potter afterward said: we PeiSu'uou =,
tbe committee to amend the bill by aduihs " ~ q"
The MAYORS amendments with two exoep'ions ino00
axceptions are: first that the Comm ssloheIs arc
named in the bill and secondly that 'ne rehoNa'
Cd onno,ntmepts of the citizen members OF the
snn.anct Commission are hereafter to be made by
,ha Governor. Our amendment provided that reno
wills should be made by the Supreme Court ana
annointments by the Mayor. But they would no1
accent this amendment; nor that authorizing tue
Mavor TO nominate four citizen members" Tx
Navor Cooper who was also present In the COM
uittee room. corroborated Mr.. Potters statement.
He said however, that there was single amend
ment adopted which was not IN the Mayor DILL
It's an amendment of Section 80 and is as follows,
the new portion being in brackets;
The work and materials called for by said contract shs
ne done and furnished under the direction ana super
on and snbiect 10 inspection or the sad aqueuucV
commissioners their engineers, supervisors anu ispee
S 10 the engineers other subordinstes OF
the Department OF 50 lar as sad
commissioners shall so directJ
TIE DEBATE on THE cRoToS AoURDUcr MEASURE.
When the bill was called Senator Grady sald
that the Committee on Cities had found that the
D~,, coin nOf
eouaIly distributed, and they had amended the bill
in this respect so as give all the Commissioners
eonal powers This was roundabout way of saying
that Commissioner Thompson had been given the
lions share of power and had been deprived Of It,
Senator Boyd said that it was the desire of every
citizen of New-YorS that an aqueduct bill should
be passed this session. but they desired an honest
measure They had begun to think also that they
had better take measures in their own hands. They
would hold great mass-meeting in New-fork TO-
night to express their sentiments on the Aqueduct
bill. The Senate ought to wait until tomorrow
and learn what they do He would therefore move
that the bill be laid aside until the Senators had
heard the views of the citizens.
Senator Grady opposed any postponement of ac-
ton on the BILL stating that the only difference be-
tween the Senator's and the citizens of New-York
who were about to hold a meeting was that the
Committee on Cities named the Aqueduct Commits
sioners. whereas the citizens desired the Mayor
TO name them. The bill as ameaded embodied every
feature of the Mayors except in two particulars
I'd that Commissioners were named, ~ that the re-
moving power was placed in the hands of the Gov
ernor instead OF the Supreme Court.
Senator Boyd said that the meeting at the Cooper
Institute would be in relation TO this very matter
OF the manner of appointing the Commission
The Senators ought TO lay the bill aside TIL to-
.l.o@ i,fn he A.p 81 sI...
the Board of Underwriters protested against the
duetion of the number OF citizen commissioners
from four 70 three.
senator Daly the especial representative of Com.
missioner Thompson, was as smooth andsly as usual
He said that the Senate desired to put all possible
safeguards around the bill, so that not one dollar
Of the money of the taxpayers Of Now-1Ork should
pe squandered This had bean done in the amend
ments adopted i'll the committee room. The
only material point at issue was whether the
State the Mayor should appoint the Aqueduct
Commissioners. The first Aqueduct COmmissiO on,
appointed many years ago by the State. had built
the aqueduct TO the universal satisfaction of every
one. There was desire to exhibit a lack OF conf
dence IN the authorities OF New-York In Difference
TO public sentiment in New-York an amendment
had been made providing that all the Aqueduct
Commissioners should have equal powers. HC
would earnestly advocate the immediate passage OF
Senators Fitzgerald and Mccarthy also argued
that the bill was perfect az 1t came from the com
mittee and should be az once passed Senate, Russell
thought that there ought TO be four citizen mem
bers OF the Commission, SO as TO give the taxpayers
the majority.
THE VOTES IN DETAIL.
Senator Boyd then moved that the bill should b.
recommtted 10 the Committee on Cities with in
structions to add another commissioner. The mo
. ton was defeated by the following vote democrat
in roman, Republicans IN itahcl:
Yeas-Baldcin, Boren, Boyd EHs,corh, EeGn,
Jacobs, F. Lansing. Lord Lynde Pits. Russell rtus-l2
Hdys-AHea, Browning, Covert, DAILY, Fitzgerald
Grady, Jones' Herman, Koch. A. Lansing. MaeArHW
MackU, Mccarthy H. A. Nelson II. C. Nelson, Roberts
hoDios, Trelnor-lS.
The amendments adopted in the Committee Of
Ciues were then read 10 tine Senate. The chief 0
lnese amendments that the salaries of tn
eitnsn commissioners should be fixed by the Boar
oi Apportonment and should not exceed SIS, ,00t
each that the commissioners shonld be permitte,
~ aopt reject or modify the plan
% %auop.ea by the committee of eIper
have the power az rsnon,;,l. '0 .ho r, sor @