New-York tribune., 1886-03-17
GABLE ROAD FRANCHISE.
TO PAY NOTHING FOR IT'S PRIVILEGE.

vRDDHRs AMENDMENTS ADOPTED RY THE SENATE
Low FARFs THG ONLY GUARANTEE.
rrpov rur RrGrrtE CORRESPONDENT or rIIE TnIRrNEl
Atp,xv March lG-The New York Cable Railway
Cpop onroorcd at the doors of the State Senate to-
cox, wearing the nasg of the Poor Workngman,'
and was at once adLitted free communion with the
Senator'S Tie petition of the company that II De per
mittod 10 take possession of seventy miles oI t"'
streets OF Now-lor at once granted ana tne SUM
tor4 being IN good humor also told 1t that II neeah
pay nything for its franchise. BEFORE tue
Cable Railway Company. maequeradag as "oiA-
incman," obtnined the hill they desired, however
there wa. considerable amount of dust throwing
Senator Hendricks of Syracuse, the chairman Oh the
Committee on Cities came from New-iork last mSht
bearing with him a bill providing that the iranchse oi
the Cable Railway Company as wei a. all other sue''
railway franchises, should be sold at public auction to
the bidder who would give the largest percentage DOT
aunum OF its gross receipts to the city corporation
granting the franchise This bill he pressed upon the
attention of the Senate when met lie moved tnat II
nc made a substitute for Assembyman Cantors bill,
which he said all Acknowledged would not have the
effect of compelling the Gable Railway Company to
nav something FOR il franchise Mr. Cantor, he sa'u'
consented 70 iii. substitution If the Cantor bill was
at once amended and passed it could be hurried
through the Assembly and put in Governor HiIiS
hands for signature before the Board of Aldermen OF
New. York would be able 10 pass the Cable Railway
Company's franchise over Mayor Graces veto.
The Senate wa. in a cOmmotion as soon rs Senator
Hendricks ended his speech Senator'S Reilly. Fedder,
Raines Cogecshan and Fassett roteste1 against the
Cantor bill being amended In their opinion 1t
should be lai aside and the Pitta bill be passed and
sent 10 tie Assembly. II was doubtful, they ackhowl
edged If the Cantor bill wa, drawn as to compel the
cable Kaiiway Company to pay anything for it, ran
fIt r'. lp SDI I,s
the Pitt, bil sAoIld iail TO pas. the -emoy then the
senate could turn about and send the cantor bIl 10
the t;overor NO risks coGld be run. a. the Board OF
Aldermen Of Ncw-lork would act on Mayor Gr'eeS
veto next Monday or Tuesday.
Senator'S Iittr Sloan, Daily aud Dunham opposed
fbi. view hey agreed with S'Hat)r IienGrcks that
Tho oI, chance ot pa 4iug any Ia that would urlng
tht Gable Railway Company franchise ~ the market
was 10 amend lGe Cantor bill and Iy to pass II Ia thr
Assembly Their arguments al last -cemed 10 HtFdu
with tho senate and the Senators turned To tn con
.derati,n OF Senator Hendricks, substitute Tor the
Cantor ILL., ih- substitute provides tor selling ti"
franchise At public auction 70 the dcr who viii give
the orpc.t p,rccniag" per 3nnum O th" gross receipts
Prior to such sale notice OF the time place ana 'tihs
at least three weeks in two daily newspapers To De
designated hy the Mayor.
1hc Cable Railway Company's plan of attacking the
measure was at once disclosed by senator IlphaEen
ono o the Commissioners nhO laid ont the Cable Rail
way Compluys twenty nine routes lie moved that The
Li .onld be- ~ amended to nr0l iGe for the sale o
street railway franchises to the company Offering 10
carry pl-s"ngers at the lowest rates. BYsaudeIs re-
marked tha, nf cpursc the Cable Halfway 'ompany
would claim every franchise offered and make the
claim that under it, transfer system IT carried
raSsengcIs at the lowest rates The general fare W"nd
be cents but transfer tickets would be gwen Tor
nothing The company would claim tha II ractl'fIly
carried passcrgcrs over two lines for only - cents
a line Senator Trdphagen confirmed these suspicions
by euogiling the transfer system 81 me I aOle tom
uany a, under actual operation IN Philadelphia.
senator Neddcr charmed with this idea OF Scna-
for Traphagcn's With that gcntleman's consent he
framed an amendment which went one step fu ther
1, aha
n street railway franchise should pay yearly large
percentage Of its receipts To the city from which
il obtainrd it, franchises. Sc Aior Nedders amend
mcnt merely provided that street railway franchises
should be sold "at public auction to the bidder no
will carry passengers at the lowest Iate 3i IHIe;
Srnat Ir Neddcr supported thus Amendment Wi'h All Us
power II was time. he argued. for the people 10 hc
considered in tie passing ct bills. The \auc crOl's
ana other rich men rode IN carriages bur the poor used
the street cars II would be much more TO the interest
of the pcoI e of New-l Ork to Lave 4-cent street rail
way fare than that the city should get one mil ion for
a franchise
senator Hendricks suggested that the city might do
both In his opinion Mr.. Vcdder's amendment loaded
down the bill and might prevent its being passed in
the Assembly.
senator Day said that Senator vediers soctude FOR
the "dear people" was refreshing The amendment was
intended to XII the bill Ostensby IL was IN the InIsr-
OF the people OF NewYor Actually it was not The
oante haHWny way Lsp IopSS frnchisn am nieased" said
Senator DAY. "at this sudden leap into the arena OF
discussion of several Senators who are posing IA friends
poor The only purpose of this rider Will be to de-
feat the object for which we are striving
workingmen OF New York. The street railways had
not 5000 mile, but they were bonded TO
the extent Of S3jO.OOO mile.
Some minor to the bill suggested by Sell
PITTS Ftssett were accepted by Senator Hen
dricks without question. The senate then re-
turned to the consideration OF the We'd
der amendment. 4 vote was finally
taken upon Senator Nedder's amendment and II was
adopted by Il to 10 The voting was watched win in
tense interest. The vote as follows RepuDhcans
In Roman. Democrats IN HdttcS:
Naps-Comstock Connolly. D1iy, Duntafn, Hendricks,
HaySradt Kellogg Knapp Low, Marvin. MurDhA Pitts,
Sloan smith Walker. Total, -.
AUes-Barager C0gqeahal rVcR, Faqdn. Fa,sett, Girls
void Nc MILAN NclSon PaTkr Pierce, IiuHkW, kaihes,
Kelly, TraphGgen, Vcdder, Ueidgl> Worth IL
Tue bill then passed by unanimous vote. Never
theless Senator Hendricks thinks that the Nedder
amend has practically killed the bill Assembly,
Cantor IA of the same opinion and Will
probably that the Assembly dis
agree with the Senate's amendM ITS and
a conference committee he appointed on the bill
The Cable Railway Companys friends here seem highly
pleased with the bill 1t stands. 1t Will not be com
PEELED pay anything yearly for Its franchise To the
CITY OF New-YOrk. The Board of Aldermen imposes "A
OF 2l2 per cent the gross receipts All that the
bi practically does Is to that II the Cable Railway
Company will issue transfer tickets 1t may have It's
seventy mile franchise for nothing
PRISON LABOR PROBL. Ms DISCUSSED.