New-York tribune., 1891-05-01


to construct and TO lease transverse ROADS 'rous .,
! Central Park. The Railroad Committee kiileu 'hs
bill. Then he had advanced to the thru reduiis
bill authorizing tie Issuing Of bonds to pay ior pu'F
the Fire and Police Departments wires uhuer sVuu
Mr.. Connolly had also bill providing for the grazing
! OF West seventy-nnth and Nnetyslxth sts. NIlcd'
! Moses Dlnkelspel introduced only two bills when
created any attention and these had reached the Gov
| ernor before any opposition TO them was raised
These were the measures which Hill vetoed extending
for two years the time within which the consents Oh
property could be obtained for the construction
Of the Thirty -f0urth.st and EleventaVe railroad auu
the Fulton, Wall and Cortandt sts. ferries railroad
Mr. Drypolcher had short list OK interesting
measures. one OF these was intended TO compei
Gamers OF goods to stamp the tin the date OIL inc
| canning. The Assembly Killed this on the hoor. lie
had better luck with the bill authorizing the expendi-
trc OF S25O,00O 10 build soldiers and sailors arch
at the entrance to the Central Park This Dill got 10
| the Governor The Railroad Committee he'd on TO
his bill to compel the trains all OF the elevated
roads TO run all might! and the Senate had his bill per
mittng the erection Of flower stands within the soop
| line.
| Mr. Duffy had only two bills of any consequence
and neither Of these got out Of the Railroad COMMITTEE
One OF these TO compel tho elevated railroad to
run its trains at headway Of at least thirty minutes
all day and night and the other bill compelled the
conductors of street surface cars TO make daily returns
to the city authorities Of the amount and number OF
| fares that they collected.
| Mr. Farquhar became wen known through his rldic-
ulous Beer Garden scheme This bill was never hearu
OF after 1t got tho Senate Committee on Cities lie
had better with his bill providing for warden
for the Grand jury This bill got TO the Governor.
Mr. Farquhar was equally successful with his bill pro
yidng for the destruction OF ballots which have been
used The Hill Forest Commission BILL which he In
troduced was worked By the Committee on Pub
lie Lands and Forestry to correspond with 'he majority
report of that committee after it had made the most OF
HIPS attack on the Commission The same bill was
further amended by the Assembly so that neither ll
nor Farquhar knew it. 1t went back to the committee
I'm this shape and remained there. Mr. Farqular dd
not have any success with his bill reorganizng the
National Guard so that AdjutantGencTal Porter would
have life -nce as Major General. This bill did not
| even pass the Assembly. ~ 80. - /.
! Mr. Foey nuoduced only one bill. and that was to
increase tho membership Of & the Il, C BoaG bS,r SI
Of after it was sent 10 the Cities Committee, until Mr.
Foley's wife died. when, out of sympathy tof mm IL
wa" ID Morgan idrch introduced the bill giving the
consent of the state TO the Federal Government ing
land in New York City for the Cuson House site rms
Lili was Jumped on By Tammany and held In cOmnit
fec MIR IIildreths measure to give the Mayor Oh
New-York and the Board OF Excise power to gran;
| democrats The measure making voting compulsory
ncSr Mr. 1Tocomb introduced only few bills. One OF
these was the 1T" Rail BILL called, which gives the
con of ro sba be put down after rails have been
/ taken up by street railway companies for repairs
OR, mRrSvemsss EoRmeweTe in the % assembly, s bin appro
priating 5000 for the purchase OF books by an
~ the " Ways and Means Committee. The General
| Laws Committee also killed bin Of his providing that
iii veterans I'm the employ OF the state city, town
or county could be retired at sixty years OF axe with
haiI oPn PPS Kergan S introduced only four bills one of
| these was the Pawn.roiers BILL which compelled all
ggt s M business o6s to on seV W to tine oS9 pSe lad da Se
advanced the day before, and when at the same time
reduced the fees WHICH ho c9G% sHe 9e c bse bs f s T re
kduclng the fare charged by the Newlork and Green
point and the New York and brooklyn ferry companeS.
provided for two new civil district courts.
| Educational matters seemed 10 be Mr. Martins
| hobby lie got through the Assembly a bill setting
aside in each of at least ten SCHOOLS ior library
and measure extending The term Of the superintendent
Vi General Mcmahon was fairly Industrious; but his
lie introduced got out Of the committee to which
they were sent These bills sought to regulate the
aapnfsciarns g % esa6lisRmens The Committee on
Labor and Industries held on to these bills The b
Senate. The also received Mr.. McMahon's blu
ang the Of Gpt stock o comEa ns nt odd9 9
cST' S% t e to MS gd anG Gd ea Ss
Committee also hung on to his bill extending until May
Of next year the term of M the m ths trpGHs
from this State at Gettysburg. Then the cues Som @
@es mt ESS R G sog e. erireS Robert G A. cheese
| brough John If. Watson, John Cls1in and Charles
strauss commissioners to lay parks in the Twelfth
Ward. Ills bill making the state pay the annual eX
pcnscS OF the Port Wadens offcc became law inc
John Ericsson Monument bill went to the Governor
General McMahon's bill allowing the Governor to ap
point commissioners to erect monuments az Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge to each state regiment
and battery which participated in those battles was
| held down by the Ways and Means Committee. The
Dsy e dU Of Sd @ 95 O Of Soa
to Buffalo at the reunion of the Army o. the Potomac
the u" lin TedsHr 'sTS thc aa Which SI % the twenty
eighth street Railroad COMPANY shall pay to the city
the Committee on Gas Electricity. to which it was
| referred, compelling electric light companies to put
subways along the same routes shall have been con
strpcted The Committee on Public Health killed for
him bill giving the Board of Health power 10 deter
mine where pipes for naphtla and petroleum shal'
be laid liI 9 which 3 was reported sdveTsfH tHs
o 0hy one that s9t OUT OF thiS commttee Inc e0
from taking out meters after contracting to hrniSh
| gas 70 a consumer.
gard for tho telephone companies by killing the bill
| Introduced 10y MIR Roche reducing the yearly rent
S race m S eHsd m6eT Sc G & rSSfp SS
90 per cent never got out Of the Judiciary Committee
the PARK police force and the bl changing the rate
Of fares on the New York and College Point Ferry
| can be employed on any one kind OF work got only
& GSd o%T Ell %heh % sf Sr A:SS soaEor managed to
at which tuned mr. Eyer to the S Wesern Sas oHen ben
constructed This blll became 3 law. lie introduced
another important bill but II failed to set through
rGs provided for the Issuing OF police building bonds
| Mr. Stein was the member who introduced tho
Police Increase OF Pay bill. II never got ont OF com
| mt;se lie also introduced bill repeating the
section in The Death Penalty law making II mis-
dcmeanOr TO write publish anything more than the
| bare announcement OF the death.
Timothy d. sullivan had glorious lot Of bills
The first one that he introduced the Raney Bridge
| bill This was passed In both houses and went %
| the Governor. Hlll would not stEn II. and sent IL
| back 10 the Assembly with amendments Intended to
| MI L. No effort was made after thls TO pass the
| bill sullivan also got TO the Governor bill in
cbrpOratinC the New York and Brooklyn Tunnel Com
pany Then he introduced the O'Donohue Bridge BILL
which in his committee was transformed nto the
nirkett bill, and In this shape went to the Senate
| lust before the deadlock began Ills Insurance bill
which insurance lawyers say would let down the bars
OF the law 10 any number OF wildcat concerns went
| throngh the Assembly though II had been we'll
| oiled II got no further. Late In the session he
-, has crantaa 20 ar, rai,road rhis