New-York tribune., 1891-05-01
BILLS OF LOCAL MEMBERS.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE INTRO.
DUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY.
THE LARGEST NUMBER PRESENTED DY BLU
MENTAL, AND TIE SMALLEST BY soHMER
A SKETCH OF THE VARIOUS
MEASURES AND WHAT IE-

MEASURES AND WHAT BE-
CAME OF THEM
Albany, April 30 Special. The New-YOrli members
Of the Assembly especially industrious this
sion. They introduced total of 131 bills, which, II
all had been passed would have cost the taxpayers OF
New York City many millions OF dollars. OF course
there were many Tammany steals put forward, and
IL wS owing the Of the Republican Senate that
most OF them dead for this year
Mr.. Blumcnthal leads the list with the greatest num-
Der of bills introduced; his name is twenty-five.
Next in order come General Mcmahon and Timothy ID.
Sullivan, each with twenty to his credit Then the
numbers decrease from Mr. Brodsky, at the unIucky
thirteen, to Sohmer, with only Jackln-theBox'
Connolly fathered seventeen bills Some OF the men,
bers were luckicr than Others In getting bills out OF
committees. While Blumenthal managed ~ pull out
most Of those which he presented. John Kerrigan did
not get a single measure out Of committee The
bills OF the latter member not OF sort that
one expected would sec the light They were Of tho
strike" order. Two OF them were aimed at ferry
companies, another at the pawnbrokers, and still
other at cgarettedealers
The first bill that Mr.. Dumcntha introduced was
the Enumeration measure drawn mp by the Senator and
Governor. For this bill substituted the measure
afterward drawn up by Hill for the chairman OF the
special Enumeration Committee which earned the
nsme OF the Featherwcghts., Then he had an
law. This bill died in The Judiciary Committee
NJ Bumenthal was moro successful with his fourth
bill, which compelled the construction of ire-escapes
on all school buildings two stories high. This
bill got to the Senate. His bill taxing at 81 on every
800 collateral inhcrances Of 100000 and over also
reached the Senate. This House got also another
measure, giving the Department Of Docks in Now York
power to set aside dock for the use Of tho Fire De
partment for It's ireboats. This is also the case with
the bill allowing the transfer Of the Central Park
Geological Garden 10 one of the new parks north OF
One hundred-and- -tcntl-st.
The first bill that Mr.. Blumenthal got to the Gov.
ernor was authorizing the Issuing of So 900 900
school bonds for the construction o. more school.
houses in New-York City. lie followed this up with
bill allowing the Board OF Education to re-
move the bodies IN the old Marble Cemetery,
in East secondst.. which has been taken for
schoobulldng site. The Freedom Of Worship BILL
which, as he introduced IT, a mild affair." but
which when 1t passed the Assembly had all Of the
features Of the old of that name Just got out
Of the Senate committee TO which II referred but
in altogether di1erent shape. The Governor also
got Mr.. Blumenthaps bill, aimed at preventing rab-
bis from granting divorces. The bin making appro-
priations for Quarantine buildings and improvements
only reached the Senate. The Senate had when Hill
forced 1t into deadlock, bin allowing the New-York
Board CT Estimate and ApportOn to transfer ap
preparations that were unexpended i'm a department
lOr one purpose 10 anOtnef In the depart
ment. The bill that Mr. rSunenthal introduced turn.
ing the control OF the Nautical SchOO-the schooshp
st. Mary-over to the Chamber Of Commerce, died in
his own committee. The measure extending for
year the term OF Office OF the Gettysburg Monument
Commissioners got no further than the Senate. The
Committee on Gas and Electricity sat down and held
tho bill introduced by Bumenthal. creating a Tele-
phone Commission. His vicious bill to give Tammany
power TO erect q gigantic Oficebulldng in the City
rced Ia Assem hly nv
cratic votes, but in the Senate ii received It's death
blow.
Mr.. Brodsky started in the session with the Cable
Railway BILL which lost In the shuttle In the SEN
deadlock; this bill would probably have passed that
house by The same vote which II received last year.
Then he got through TO the Governor bill Of a claim
for legal services against the State BY A. j. Often
hoefer and Elliot Sanford. This was the case also
with the bill which compelled the Board Of Estimate
to pay TO the who obtained the contract for paving
Wcst-st. from Canalst. to Chambers-st. the amount
Of his contract Another bill OF his which went to
the Governor gives balf-pay to four police captains
who retired when under the law their pensions
eoud not be higher than 81 900 a year. Mr.. Brod
skys Andrew H. GREEN'S Bridge Commission bill
reached the Senate and the bill giving the Green Com
mission for the consideration Of the plan to extend
New-YOrk City By taking in Brooklyn and other
smaller cities in Long Island power TO draw up q
charter for such a city. substituted for the
Cantor ard came over to the Assembly. The bill in
troduced by Brodsky, allowing ths reopening Of The
budget OF this year. that more money be given
10 the Street Cleaning Department went to the Senate
Walter G.. Dyrnc made railroads the special point Of
his legislative attacks He first sent in bill ining
every company $50 which did not give n seat 10 every
passenger riding three miles. Tho Railroad Committee
sat down on this bill. Then lie put in bill which
made it a misdemcanor for the engineer OF a locomo
tive to fell to blow the whistle sound The bell eighty
rods from street crossing The Railroad Committee
took care of this bill, too. Immediately after The
tunnel accident Byrne jumped mp with bill com
pellinR the lighting and ventilation of tunnels OF the
State which are 2OC feet or more long. General
Hustled put In bill after this, giving the Railroad
Commissioners power to determine what shall DO done
toward lighting and ventllating the tunnels. This bin
TO the Senate but before IL left the Assembly
Byrnes name substituted for That OF liuscd The
bill which Byme introduced making Good P!day a
legal holiday. also went to the Senate.
Christopher c. Clarke introduced Interesting lot
OF bills lie started out With bill reducing the cost
OF telephones Sa4 year. This bill died in Blumcn-
thas committee. Then he put in his old scheme for
a tunnel under the Harlem Rive. The Committee on
Commerce and Navigation killed this measure Shortly
after This, he introduced bill providing for bridge
over the Bronx Kills and the Harlem Ever. 1t, too.
met death in the latter committee His 1900, 600
drawbrdge scheme-a Tsmmany measure-g0t ont Of
Mr. Clarke had the introduction Of the Botanic Garden
measure but senator CantOrs bill for the same purpose
took its place. Then Clarke went TO the relief Of
the residents Of Taryown and Yonkers. who want the
extra track I'm the Battery Parkafter McCleand had
PLAYED them false and had introduced the bill which
would give the road another slice OF the park, 1t
went 10 the Railroad Committee for the long sleep
Mr. Connolly started out with the Tammany Rapid
Transit BILL for which the stewart bin was substituted
Then he fatnecd the old HI scheme to increase the
number Of state Assessors from three to five. This
b1l was killed on the floor Of the Assembly. Then hc
took I'D the FasseiI Cooperative Loan Association
bin. which the Democrats in the Assembly jumped
with all their might and killed. lie got his Build
ing Law bill-a codlfeston and revision OF the
building laws affecting NewN York City--tO tho
Senate about the time that the deadlock
began Later he passed bill IN the Assem-
bly widening one hundred and enth-st. and calling IL
Cathedral Parkway but II reached the Senate too late
% ge; through. Ills bill to appropriate 100000 ~