New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
THE COMPANIES AROUSED.
OFFER ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
rRUcKMrsN TO BE ALLOWED 81 AN HOUR WHILE

WAITING AT PIERS - THE LAW DE
NoUNCED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Every transportation company. railroad company
and steamboat company doing business In this city VIII
be in arms against the Tammany Hall Board of Alder
men, the Tammany Law Committee of the Board the
Tammany Mayor and the Tammany member William
H. Walker, when it is known that this Alderman's 5
resolution compelling these shipping companies to pay
each ruckman who is detained at piers 81 an hour for
such delay after the first thirty minutes has become
"A law and is now the statute booSs as an amend
mcnt to T.-e Revised Ordinances. The resolution re-
fcrrcd to is an amendment to Section % Of Article ~
of Chapter s of the Revised Ordinances of 1850, re-
lating to carts air. -caItnen, and is as follows
In shipping goods, other merchan
disc at any Of the shipping lines. by steamboat cana"
loat sailing vessel, railroad, from or to any ware
house during specified hours for receipt or deer Vi
freight whenever truckman IS unreasonaby oe'ahou
over thirty minutes by reason OF said steanloo'' '"
boat sailing vessel, railroad company or warehouse "o
.nployng sufficient help for prompt receipt OF oecr Vi
freight or ty reason Of failure to use all the iacltes
at disposal FOR the prompt receipt anu u,,ciN VI
freight said truckran shall entitled to be id inc sum
Of ~ per every which he Is so
detained the amount TO he paid Oy u'c company '
por,ton or person causing suth u''"N' ~
The resolution amending this section OF the he
vieca Ordinances was introduced III the Board early
in last February and by the president Of thc hoa'"
"a reformed 10 the Law Committee. No one outside
,hc measure seems TO have lad oAcial notice
that such a resolution in the committee 5 hands
and was shortly u be acted upon y paragraph nero
and there of the papers merely menuone1
the fact that Alderman Walker had introduced this
resolution and that it had been referred TO the Law
Committee 4 hearing was had. however but only
those whose interests would be served appeared
They of course. spOl.c earnestly i'll Its favor Inc
ordinance went into effect Wednesday last without
having the Mayors signature, because the fifteen Gays
which must between the passage OF an ordnance
by the Board of Aldermen and the time wheh II
becomes law without the Mayors approVal over
his signature had expired.
Mayor Grant in published statement Is crcd'oo
with saving that he would have vetoed the measure
if il had been brought to his attention Yesterday
however. declined positively to say anything about
IT, The words accredited TO him are probably unirur'
for tle amendment came before him at two different
times and the history of its course through the Law
Committee and the Board of Aldermen Is such that
il i, hard believe that he was not fully INFORMED
Oh the subject The resolution was first adopted by inc
s;oard Of Aldermen February II, and sent TO 'lo
Mayor. While in his hands IT was III some
WAY communicated TO the mcmbers of the Law
Committee that the provisions of the amendment did
no. strictly conform TO the requirements OF the
law The amendment. by resolution oi the
Icard was recalled from the MAJOR and referred
back to the Law Committee so that the necessary
changes could be made.
Corporation Counsel Clark prepared new amend
mcnt in place of the Old one, ana
the one which is published in TINS article
wa, drawn up by him and is now Lw. The amend
nent was then reintroduced from the Law Committee
into the Board OF Aldermen, passed. and went 10
tie Mayor for the second time on March H. The III
teen days' time expired on Wednesday. and the Clerk
TO The Board has stamped the document ana placed y
amons the laws of the city. Why the Board OF Al
dcrmcn should be anxious to put this law on inc
statutc-hO0hs and al the same time " hahS up III
committee another resolution which, If allowed 10 Dc
come law would give employment for several wears
TO thousands of worhmen l. one OF the mysteries
known only 10 the Iammany Hall members
There is little prospect that the ordinance winch
became law Wednesday Will stand ue test %
the courts All Of the steamship. shipping ana "a ra an
r-ad comranics on whom demands are MADE iVI ti'
payment Of this II hour viii probably refuse pay
ncnt and take the subject TO inc courts; =, aG sn
,f,ro ~ the Mallory Line the manager, When dshcu
Yesterday afternoon what that company would do'
said ,, ,rou a. do mat TINS
ordinance will not stand the test of the courts Il
- pS%t1y tbat we viii not pay cent under IN,
ordinance From whom are tey gong c 70 tcEmen
waiting at our piers bat unload their Neisht just do
"fit ihe Iiman Line Office the agent of the company
That the resolution has become law is news ssc' 70
nesr AZ far a. that As matter Of fact II %as
simply from newspaper cp9s rersveG rs s1' anS
resolution pending. but we never feCcT"u 80 az, y
official information Of any heane m o OF do not Emow
hiatt he
Put we will probably wait until 1t comes belorc u
in an official way before any action VIII be taken.
Do not zee however. how such an ordinance can DC
enforced. For Mayor Grant to say ne hhe" ho''"7
about II puts him in peculiar h-ht. A., oo
Al the Fail River Line Office one o. the maiasci1 az ~
eaid that Inc company would probably walt unuI
some ono tried u make collection before anS'ins
is done. ,., r,
Few men are better informed on shipping ana
Trucking than bernard Riclln. and when spoken l"
regarding the ordnance he said
This is the first time that this subject mas Dccn
brought to my attention. do not UNDERSTAND "IF
tie Board Of Aldermen should pass such an oI'i
nance IL seems 10 to be ridiculous ana VIII
not stand II will BE especially hard on the coast
wise steamship lines. >uppOsng a heavily -loah"
steamer In here late saturday nlcht ana Hist
20 out again on the following Wednesday lhey 90
not begin to discharge freight until Monday morning
and 10 load her in time for sailing the work must e
done quickly Merchants arc extremely aixlOn5 u
shin their goods and send the truckmen to the pier
carly sometimes they have 70 walt three. i've yes
nine hours before their freight IS taken from the
trucks IL wOu.d cost many companies several hun
drcd dollars each time vessel sailed. The cost 10
prove the law Unconstitutional VIII undoubtedly be
heavy as II is"
Many shippers and steamship agents expressed
The same sentiments. The members OF the Law Com
which il was reported back II the Board with
SAGE recommending its adoption by the Board are
Nicbolas I. Brown, William II. Walker and George b.
Morris.
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