New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02
N THE GOVERNORS HANDS,
WHAT WILL he DO WITH VARIOUS ME-Io-
URES AWAITING HIS ACTION?
OVER TWO HUNDRED BILLS YET UNsl"Nf'D-
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AFFECTING


ryRox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRiD'Nh-
Albany. June This promises TO De puSS
week for Governor Ill., since on SATURDAY nishV
at midnight the thirty days granted nm ny .'
Constitution in which he may cN"niAho Vn' 'i'''
left in his hands by the Legislature VIII eNpiio'
Fortunately for the Governor no plii "a" ',Oo",
q law without his signature al'eI 'He NVsi''"'"''
odiou,ns 50 that merely by inaction he can defeat
"'SO'',1' o ,hicb does not meet with his approval
or one that he has not had time thoroughly l"
examine. o, ,.a.
Tho LEGISLATURE left in the Governors hands
oec h;IIs There vet remain unsigned over 200
hills fair proportion of these measures IL
NAV be predicted will not adorn the - Laws Oh
1seo.n The Governor has been absent from Al
banv for three days attending the Memorial Day
exercises in Brooklyn and Newly ork, and II is TO De
presumed that while in the vicinity oil Nc"-1 orA
he heard something additional about several I'M
portant measures relating TO that city whlch are
vet in his hands. Indeed, the principal measures
before the Governor relate 10 New-lorK' ohe oi
the chief of these measures Is the Dill ol tnc
New-York Cable Railway Company, granting 1t
seventy miles of the streets of New-lork Many
Democratic politicians were pushing that measure
when it was before the Legislature, so that 1t may
no presumed that Governor Hill has had to SUD
nit 10 a good deal of party pressure to persuade
him TO sign IT.
There has been a vast amount of Democratic
nrcssure upon him also TO sign the oliI oil 'hc
Aoueduct contractors. giving their claims 'nc
nreference in the courts OF newborn. linen o'o
Domocratic politicians of Richmond County nave
boen using their influence with the EoVcihoI 10
rersnade him to sin the bill OF AsschloINhiah
Cornell extending the bulkhead llnc OF staten
Island Every property y-Owner on Staten is'"Hu
sees a great future for the island as pi"ce VI
ocean shipments by the Baltimore ana Oiiio i''''
WAY if that bill is signed.
One Of the most important New-lork bills be-
fore the Governor is that OF DR.. Ranney lor 'he
construction of a railway bridge across the East
p;ver 50 as TO connect the New-lOrk Central
,,itb the Ions Island Railway. Assemhlymah
II G Johnson. of Queens County, has been mere
ond submitted a brief to Governor Hill IN favor
of the bill Senator NcCarren, of brooklyn, mas
.lso favored this bill, believing that Il II Is
signed the population of Long Island VIII oe
largely increased and the city OF Brooklyn esle-
clally.
One bill which largely affects New-AorK' Is
,hat Of Assemblyman Menninger authorizing uhe
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners 10 ~
duce the percentage of receipts promised by any
street railway company TO the CITY III pay Hi'"'
for its franchise, if the Commissioners are s@'Is
lied that the railroad Is unable TO pay SUI" %
bioh rate This is d dangerous amendment VI
the Cantor act but there Is this To be sdu-'Ha'
no more responsible board cCuld haEe p,eH -,
lected than the Board of Sinking tund OoH
mlssiOneTs. Political influences may oe pIo"enI
10 bear on the board, however, an4 tnereiSG iic h
experiment. will be watched WITH cohsideI""'c
aDprehenslOn. -, - A.
Governor Hill has in MS hands bill OF AS,
sebiyman Hits, amending tic SeheItI SUI vi
surface railway l3M by ,be Ioct Authorities Re-
fore acting upon an application Tor thcir co!sci'
10 the construction OF a suc'' e"i an
wav shall give public notice that sccu an ap
rGcca,ion has been made and shal! state W.,'4
The application will he considered by lhem. " "
other tiU in tie Governors hands IS that OF NJ.
KerriCan for the construction ol railways "o40''
Central Park in the sunken roads - -
One of the great measures before the U"Nelnpl
As Senator Ivess bill for the elevation "l ,;le
tracks of the New-YOrk Central IN ldriem diiu ,ic
CONSTRUCTION of a new drawbrdee over the HaTIeh
River at an elevation twenty feet above me NV,
II is said that this improvement VIII lmpOSc uPon
The railway an expenditure OF 81 ,oooOoo. Aho'hcI
bill which will touch real estate values alohi tc
Harlem River is that of senator Coggesh3l iof
the construction of grade crossings on 'ne pne ~
the New-Nork and New-llaNcn roao Wifit ~
approaches the Harlem River. The city authorize"
oppose this bill since it will impose large expense
upon them , ~, VI, l ,,,,,,o,,bt
edv obtained fresh information upon the merits ol
the bill putting the Sheriff OF New-1oIK upon d
salary of S12 900 and depnvlng nun 0i hIH rGes eF
The residents of the region beyond the iiaIIen
annarentIv favor unanimously the bill ol senator
Stader for the election this iali OF tohniis ,r1
sioner of Street Improvements in the Iwenty-thlrd
and Twenty fourth Wards: A., ~, r
,esa,ohI,,nan Rhodes taxing Western mortgage
companies the bill of Assembl lyman Peck lncreas-
ing the State taxes Of New-Nork and Brooklyn ior
the support Of schools in the interior OF the o'dW
Tie bili making an appropriation for the instruction
of common school teachers Tie bill declaring tllG
pubc notice shall be given of contracts proposes
by the State: the bin 10 regulate the price oI
gas in cities above 90, 900 population, ana lhe
seyeral bills of the Statutory Revision COMMISSION
codifying the corporation laws and the high""S
laws