New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-10
GRANTS BILL ADVANCED.
EIs RAPID TRANSIT MEASURE SENT TO
THIRD READING IN THE SENATE
warm xrrHnap~s TO AMEND rr-MADE SPECIAL
ORDER FOR NEXT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rAssETr DEFgND1Ne HrMsEI,R.

warm xrrsanaPws TO AMEND rr-MADE SPECIAL
ORDER FOR NEXT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
: rAssETT DEFENDING HrMsE1F
rsY rELkcAAPH 10 TEE TRBUxnl ~,
albany. Aprti e-Mayor Grants Rapid-rransS oin
was to-day ordered 70 third reading IN Ihe oo"o'
sfrf hard fight between the friends 81 'he hon 80"
ana The advocates Of the cable road the arcade railway
ara -. .,.vated railway who desired to amend me
snA.snre m thcsr interests. An amendments 70 @o
blu were ovposoA BY the New-York Senators WIN
one exception ..,,n, ,ha,
SENATOR Pierce began the discussion by ASKING 'nse
o. BIN 10 lad aside and made speciai oruDr .o
1nursdsy because he wished to ofef some oso0
snnendmcnts to section 10, ana whnteo uno go -
fhen pr,nted Senator Ives, who took me osa ~
ssht,ng for ,he bill objected. @Msy ASK the son
.nr 4 hss amendments ore those desired BY tho oao
,..n,.,u ha tuauifed; don't propose 70 have tnom
< 50 hfll.s senator Pierce did not press MS sas-
xscfoa 70 motion. ana the clerk read the Dill WIN.
out .nterruptlen down TO where the appointment 70
commissioners 10 provided for
Ee,, senator vcdder moved for the purpose OF an
axpsnstlcn % strike out the first section; and sshod
for information regard lg the appointments Oh i"0
eoypynlxsieneys who ne a not DO residents OF Now
york o,sy In rcply Senator ives ssid that a. sh's
was q arcat engineering problem, me promo'oiS
the plan might visa to call upon OUTSIDE ta.eh' ios
ssstssanee senator vedder withdrew ms mouon
ustis snrthcr along the second section scnsaor
Cesspshaai moved 10 strihs cps Broadway nom .ne
INST Of streets excepted THIS no explained was nov
AN attumpt 10 allow an elevated road In Broadway.
en- Ms a reytvihcxtion Of the Arcade roadr sshea
seass,r ryes. Swe have hsrs measure thai Is h
,snded 10 bring shout fsyaa fsnst tn Nev-forA olv
thersfDrs trust tAss the committee VII re'eo' s'S
xmcadmsnAs
IN rcplv 70 shis Senator Coggeshall SAID: u tor
ons. Mr. Chairman, at Q loss to understand upon
what authority ths Senator states that tAere Is no cs
In ths city OF New-York in favor OF the Areade hA
rosa Every senator voted for It whom was up hee
except ona II got oil tho votes OF the members VI
tAe Isksixfre except ave. and the only nene OF tn'e
amendment b 30 allow the commissioners sPp''n'e0
under this act TO Investigate and consider ~hetnef'
fhsir Judgment better mode Of rapid sransit IL nos
an underground railroad under the streets OF Now
Yorks
M Grady said this was not bill to help aione
schemes which could not be helped In any otner way
Ths biu was devised by the New-York authoriues 10
Five tss people rapid transit BE made vigorous
speeoh IN fsyer of the bill and in Pronunciation o. inc
efforts of taves Of private interests 70 amend
Il. !, go.
aHas me Mayor any rapid transit schemes >" wss
asked By Senator Coggeshal
sNo," replied Grady.
swh.t 4 ths objection to permitting, in the pre-
vis,cns Of s&is b the night Of the Arcade people 10
presant fhsr schemes 10 the commissioners " lnoer
posed Senator Pisrce
This question was not answered and ene sensOOt
continued his speech. He said that the mayor ma
found 1t impossible to got the simple reitef he ASKS
hero unless private corporations were sls' noRca
The arcade scheme lad bean pronounced dead Ok me
doctors of the Court of Appeals, and Jet the repre-
s.ntasvss of that scheme said II you don't taze IN
our prouosron your bill can't pass Tbs elevated
railroad peopJs had also made similar tnrea~ lbs
hin had been met ct every step By pnVsts insofe
which hsh % be considered before an advance oouh
be made.
senator coggeshan again came UP Tor speech.
HI said Far DO It from me, In the presentation Oh
nav casa b attempt to build 1t UP by attacking other
psrttex The senator answers my question rcgasaine
road under Broadway by saying that there Is Cable
or Arcade scheme, Gould men, who want 70 tacR
their plans on this bill" Senator Cosgeshau then an
nounced his amendment authorizing the use OF Sroaa
way Intending to follow It with an amendments pre-
hfiting ahe use of this street for an elevated road
This motion was beaten by the following votes Atnr
st,ye-senators Coggeshall, Erwin, Fsssett, Raines
Russell and veddsr-8. Negative-Messrs. Cantor 70
lew. Grady, Ives, Kellogg, Langbein, McNaughton.
Robertson, stadler and walker-i0.
Senator vsader thought that there was too much
mower allowed TO the Sinking Fund Commissioners
senator Fassett called attention provision which
allows the Sinking Fund Commissioners 10 reject any
or all lids II the amount bid is insufficient or for
any other cause He laid special stress upon the
phrase: g Any other cause The commissioners could
reject bids and continue to reject them.
nnea the friends Of the Mayor are satisfied.
swbat win be the probable amount of the Sspital
stock to be subscribed ~ no asked I" In hs frat
place. this bill eliminates every possible mems ID
propulsion except steam, and every possible scheme
except William NJ. Tweed's old scheme OF pushing
vieduct through blocks AZ the best estimates made
q win cost rom S6o,0o0,0oo 10 S12oooo,ooo to
DO this work. It cannot be possible 70 get . sub
ssryton Of $50 0o0, 900 within SIX months believe
that the city of Nsw-York requires solution OF the
rapid transit problem is a difficult problem, eu'
bcieys IL can be solved.
81 believe that We can consider and question this
bin withcut being after money without sub
mistng 70 the pressure which is said to be brought
BY the great money kings or political hngs, Of thii
country. But any one who has cared TO intimate
that he would oppose this bfn has been attached u
cowsrdy manner. not only by the press but by the
friends Of the bin. The Mayor. Tsmmany Hal
Mayor, has the appointment OF i've commissioners
they are 30 report tAer evidence 70 the sinking Fund
COMMISSION all of whom win BE Ts,nmany Hal
POLITICIANS, entirely controlled By Tammany Han
In tina frzt place. the bnl confcrs unusual powers
as understand It. l would like some time to iooi
thts BIN ever 70 compare II with the Law OF 1875"
Mr. Fassctt then read an editorial In Tho New
York Herald which severely criticised him, apt
replied as follows: want the bin 10 stand here OF
IFS inertia. II tt has any. would like to know wha
they are Why cannot We have these commissioner
50 reelected that we may know who they afe' AMI
that they may have permission TO traverse the Whoh
hs,d in the possible solution Of this question, ana
not confne them to the narrow channel OF invest
gallon provided By this blll1 This is progSesslv
AEGEAN sge. perhaps. 10 which there may be foun'
sox,e better motive power than steam.
1it Is not money an AFTER. and II It is dishonor
able 10 crtciss and challenge openly the merits or dc
raertts Of any measure that is proposed, emanadn
nom any source whatever, then covet dishono
rather than the cheap fame and reputation that come
.6snta n that could would rd
thst axsiole which have read. ! believe ve shoul
txse ample and abundant time to understand TIL
measure.
swe are told that q gentleman BY tho nsH,o Q
Croker is Mkply to have the position Of Chamberiai
placed IN bis unwilling bands did not get up her
to ussks innusndoes, but cannot sit down vithou
ashsns segles of questions Where does this Oh