The sun., 1891-01-29
RAPID TRANSIT PASSED.
UNANIMOUS TOTE FOR THE STEWART
BILL IN THE SENATE.

UNANIMOUS vOTE FOR THE STEWART
BILL IN THE SENATE
Aneadnents to strike Out the Elevated
RailroaA Section and 20 Prohibit - Third
Elevated Track on Third Avenue Were
Defeated-BatteryP Park secured Against
Further Isvasion-The stadIer wine.at-
Balls Biii ProEressed In the Assembly.
ALBANY, Jan. 2s.-Ar rafting string Of Ayes"
ansWsrod the roll call on the question OF the
nnal passage OF the Rapid Transit bill In the
Senate to-day. No call OF abscnteos was
necessary. Everybody got In on the first call.
But VI course 1t took all day to get TO n vote on
tho question. and in the consideration OF tho
bill section By section the protection OF tho
Battery Park was made yet stronger by an
amendment Some Affect to believe that the
chance OF the passage Of the bill in the Assem-
bly, Is endangered BY this but tho unanimous
vote OF thirty-two Senators In favor OF the
measure would soon to indicate that there is
not likely to be any disposition to stand In tho
way Of tho bill becoming law.
Tho report Of the Railroad Committee put
the subject before tho Senate. and Senator
Dtswart ~ the bill was In tho order Of third
reading. asked to have II read at once This
meant rapid transit In legislation a. much as
the bill means II for tho city. No one objected.
and Clerk Kenyon. who won't to bod carly TO
rest ~ TO voice and general strength. began
The assault upon tho thirty-pnge document
Whom he had got through about half OF 1t,
6onstor Cantor came 70 tho relief OF tho
Clerk and the Senate by the suggestion that
only tho sections TO whloh amendments we're
made In committee needed to DO read. Prog
ress WAS thereafter much moro rapid. Ono
important amendment thus read. though not
attracting any attention, was u change In the
language Of the provision exempting the limos
OF the elevated roads from use under tho new
bills provisions. Tho exemption formerly
read. "stroets occupied BY nny railroad struc-
ture." but now reads. that portion Of any
street" so occupied This would ssem to give
power to take whatever portions OF Second.
Third. Sixth. and Ninth avenues not actually
occupied by tho elevated railroad structure
for tho purposes OF some new system under
this act But no discussion was had until Sec
tion 80. sometimes known as tho elevated road
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Bsnater Linson stirred things ND a little by
zion was stricken out the measure could not
q psssse on ascoHnt OF tn .Rnossi'ion 10 Of the
terests slluded to really did control the LeGis-
pu the en bS
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pTovislops we're safe. He had not been inter;
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ssnssss; S'esnnor though. M . tha. hat the bill was
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eerved, He had not supposed i!possihle that
action OF the Legislature. but said that tho
supposltion might be duo to Rrernness on his
part. II he thought that any one did believe
that sueh power oyer the Legislature was pos.
sessed by any one he would bo willing to stand
with Senator linaon and strike out the sec
tlon to have tho question tested. He referred
10 bis record as rong believer in homo rule:
and said that I was probably on account of
hispationaIity that he WAS In q minority In his
party on that But no was willing TO le' the
commissioners havo the power OF the section.
And let tho power and the responsibility 70 TO-
Senator Snxton mildly hoped that the section
OLD not coptain any danger 70 the park tha' he
persistently called the Battery place" as
,,s any extension t, Il the elevaol road there
could get under the bill. But he WAS confident
that II the people did not want the park to be
Commissio ners would make 1t Impossible for
ths roads TO get their consent to its use,
Senator Coageshall said that Mr bowers,
who represents the head. body. or narrative OF
Tsmmany Hall. had ronounced the III ali
right. and il Mr., Ivos undertook u olstruct it
the Indian would point at him as nm iutgrcrer