The evening world., 1891-04-07
CITY HALL PARK IN DANGER.
A Bill to Remove Restrictions
from Building Upon It.
The Assembly Votes for n Fourth
Judge Of General Sessions.
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ALBANY, April7. 7.-Assemhlyman Bumenthal,
who ia SAID TO be osrrying out the instructions
OF Tammany Hall. has introduced a bill re-
moving The present restrictions on the location
Of the new municipal building In New York
City.
According 10 this new bill the building may
be located in City Hall Park or wherever the
Commission shall determine to locate IT,
Assemblyman Sulzer's bill providing for q
fourth part Of tho Court OF General Sessions
was passed by the Assembly at last evenings o
session.
Among the bills dropped into the Assembly
bill box last night, II being the last occasion
for introducing bills without unanimous con-
sent, was one by Walter q. Byrue, of the SIX
teenth District. New York CITY. amending the
General Street Surface Railway act
This amendment provides that where q
street, avenue or other place, through which
II Is proposed to run q surface railroad, is
under the control OF any other local authority
than the Common Council of cities, the con-
sent OF such local authority shall be obtained
before franchise can be granted TO such rail-
road.
The particular object OF this amendment is
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the PARK Department OF the City OF New York.
In the case OF any street or avenue through
which 1t In proposed TO locate u railroad, before
fran chlse can be obtained
BY this amendment, too, the Park Depart
nent can grant the privilege OF building line
througe the south transverse road In the Cen
tral Park rs well us In the Bronx and Pelh am,
and other parkw ys, without obtaining special
legislation In each case.
Mr.. BrodsEy, OF the Eighth, at the last mo-
ment introduced threemeasures affecting rapid
transit he says, but particularly the cable
one provides that chapter 10 Of the Laws OF
1860 shall not apply to any railroad laid out by
any board OF Rapid Transit Commissioners.
The second provides that The Cantor act,
which compels the sale OF franchises, shall
not apply to Ills pet road, and the third that the
rapid transit act OF this year snail not Affect
the cable road, and that existing routes may
be selected In the selection Of routes for tuat
road.
The innocent appearing subway Dill which
was introduced by Assembyman Drypoicher,
OF tic Fifteenth District, extends the term OF
the subway Commissioners ior another year,
while apparently only directing that the Com
mission secure the burial of all the wires In
New York City within that time.
The lie OF the Commission would have ex-
pired BY Limitation this year.
A bill introduced by Asaemblymau Connolly
allows the Park COmmss onors to operate the
stree, railway when they rsSsnty
Assemblvman Mullaney, OF the Filth Dis
trict, has introduced n bill making II q misde-
me"nor FOR any gus company to remove meters
from premises owned or leased by any con-
sumer without the CONSENT OF the consumer OF
an order Of court OF record.
The Assembly to-day passed Mr.. South
w0rths bill confirming the contract entered
into last December by the Board of Electrical
Control. with the Empire Electrical Construc-
ton Company, for the building OF subw iys for
high tenslon currenta The vote was 80 TO 80.