New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-12
LEGISLATION ar ALBANY.
AMENDMENTS TO THE SUPPLY BILL.

EXTENSION OF THE GRAND CENTRAL DEPoT-BiLlN
RUSHED TO 4 THIRD READING.
rpPov THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT NJ THE TRIBUNEl
AInANY April The Senate Finance Commit
toe reported the supply bill this morning with
many amendments The appropriation for the
Civil Service Commission is reduced from S3,OOO
TO So 900 In order TO provide against the fa'nrc
of all the Adirondack Commission bills, 10000 Is
appropriated TO the Controller to secure the services
OF experts to report on forest preservation. Inc
amount of $4,000 is added to pay for printing
expenses incurred by the investigating commit
tees of the year, and $1,000 in payment for
counsel for tho Roosevelt investigating committee
is stricken out. The bill of $2,4S0 incurred by the
Assembly Committee on Contested Elections at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel during the SpTague-Bliss con-
test is also disallowcd. Provision IS made for
new tug boat for the Health Officers and for re-
pairs nj Quarantine amounting 10 81 COO.
Mr. Gibbs's bill adding Joseph Garry aud Thomas
Z. smith to the Tax Commission was amended
bv substituting the name Of Hugh Gardiner for
that of Thomas L. Smith.
Mr. Robb's bill for the extension of the Forty
second-st depot was ordered 10 Il third reading In
explanation Mr.. RObb asserted that The extension
was not only an accommodation TO the travelling
public but 70 degree a necessity 70 its safety and
the bill had been carefully drawn so as to preserve
amendment was added providing that the corpora
ton shall not acquire any portion Of any street be-
longing TO the city without compromising the city.
Mr. Campbelrs bali requiring gas companies to
charge their patrons uniform price for gas deslg-
mated by Mr. Ellsworth the same old gas joO,
brought its author TO his feet for the second time
this session in defence of his probity and reputation
as 4 LEGISLATOR. He declared that the bill was az
purc rs the pebble just tossed upon the beach by
the waves Of the ocean, and eulogzed his own
career of eight years in the Legislature. Progress
was reported.
Mr.. Robb's bin regulating the height Of dwellings
in New-York City and Mr Earls bill liking the
hours Of abor of horse conductors were ordered
to a third reading without debate. The latter was
made q special order for Monday evening.
The Field Civil Code and the Montgomery
Throop review of the Revision Statutes were
ordered to a bird reading together in order to es-
cane the debate which seemed imminent over the
respective merits of each.
ACTION or THE ASSEMBLY.
The Surface Railroad bill was advanced one stage
nearer enactment in the Assembly this morning
motion to lay aside all orders Of business down TO
nations aud resolutions was first carried, and then
by a vote of 4 to 81 a resolution offered By MI
House was passed 4uspending rule %. which rem
ders twO-thrds vote necessary 70 the adoption OF
"A special order. After the rue Hau bcPn Sueptuutl
the bill was made a special order for Wednesday
by a vote OF u to %.
Speaker ShclTd announced some days ago ms
intention OF into posing objections to the order OF
bills IN third reading unless they had first been
printed or considered in the Committee of the
Whole. Advantage taken OF his absence at
CooperstSwn to-day to order more than fifty bills
third reading by unanimous consent As nearly
eyer, member had a resolution 10 that effect IN
hand no objection was raised, and the good, had
and Indifferent were all jumped ahead. While tine
members were endeayOrlng in considerable disorder
to secure the adoption of their resolutions the AS
sembly was compelled to adjourn through lack OF a
quorum. - =,
Mr. House had little difficulty in bringing the
Anti Free-pass bill ont of the railroad Committee
and into the Committee of the Whole. Only seven
negative votes were registered against resolution
offered BY him to MAKE that disposition of the nlll
Mr. HOwe's bill for the immediate beneht OF the
dry goods district was passed. 1t permits the fOrma-
tion of companies to bore wells conduct water by
underground pipes TO all parts of the city
under prescribed regulations
The friends of the bill allowing pOol-selling on
race-tracks made two unavrlling efforts 10 send IT
to third reading. Mr.. Murray made the hrst Ell
fort, and followed with equally poor success
by Mr. Van Colt. ,
Mr. Shoemaker introduced a bill providing that
the ma ximum charges for the elevatng, storing,
dscharging, etc, of grain by elevators shall not
exceed the following rates: For eeyatlng. weigh
ing and delivering grain y of l cent per buShel,
vessels and canalbOatS to pay for the trimming
onlv for storing grain for each tea days OF part
thereof, a of | cent per buShel.