New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-25
UNION Railway OF NEW. YORK
THE ASSEMBLY PASSES THE BILL CONSOLE.
DATING ANNEXED DISTRICT LINES.
THE NINETEEN TAMMANY MEMBERS VOTE FOR
IT-MR. DEYo's VIGOROUS ATTACK
ON THE MEASURE.

ON THE MEASURE.
WRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or The -nrnusr,
Albany, Feb. 24.-The "Huckleberry Road as that
street railroad is picturesquely termed which winds
among the huclleberry bushes OF the Annexed District
was authorized by the Assembly to-day to take unto IT,
self several companion street railways running through
the same region, and to start out on new career I'M
der the title Of The Union Railway of New York
The bill was strongly favored by all the Tammany
Hall Assembymen, nineteen in NUMBER under IN.
structons 1t was rmored. from Richard Cooker,
and they all voted for II. Assembyman Connolly
was the only Democrat from New.York who voted
against The measure. He had his companions two
of the three Republican AssemblymeH from New York.
the third Republican member, Mr.. Wells was absent In
consequence OF Illness There was debate over tho
bill, which assumed political tnge In view Of the
fact that Edward Murphy r., of Troy the chairman
OF the Democratic state Committee, who has q
pecuniary interest in the "Huckleberry road was
present. Nevertheiess, q good many Republicans
from the interior Of the State voted for the bill men
OF unlmpeaclablo character, like Mr. stranahan, de-
carng that as the representatives Of York In the
main were voting for the measure they also felt bound
TO do so.
Mr.. Deyo, Republican, Of Broome County attacked
the measure 1t was announced in the order
OF third reading. lie said that ordinarily he would
not NEEDLE with a local measure; but that inasmuch
as Mr. Wells the Representative OF the district through
which the road was TO Ill., he felt IL to be his
duty to express his sentiments about the measure In
his Judgment, II conferred enormous privileges upon
the Union Railway Company, without proper compensa-
lion. The Cantor act abolished, SO far as this
railroad was concerned. There was TO be no recon.
pense to the city Of New York the great franchise
which was conferred. The city would not receive any
per centage upon the net receipts in the case OF
other roads Besides. the corporation would not have
to put pavements between It's tracks
Mr.. Webster defended the measure lie said that
the Iuckeberry road, had never paid expenses and
with three other roads there. bankrupt. The
franchise conferred upon the Union Railway Company
would not prove profitable within fifteen years sincs
IL was proposed 10 run the road up through sparely
settled part Of NewYork and westchester counties
As for the Cantor act, II ought never 10
have been made general net: for It pre-.
vented the building of street railways where
they were needed In sparely settled portions OF New
York. Tie people OF the Annexed District desired
the bill To pass and so did the people OF New York
The road would have to charge more than cents fars
II II carried people five six miles through a thiny
settled region.
\. Il. Conklng. Republican. OF New-Yorh. protested
against the passage OF the bill vicious ones
which would deprive the people OF NewYork OF their
Just compensation for the Nnchise
william Ryan, Democrat said he represented The
district in WeStchester County through which the rail-
road would run. and he could testify that the people
OF the district desired the passage OF the bill Ex-
Speaker Hustled asked TO be from voting since
he had a pecunlary interest in n competing road
The bill passed by vote of 80 to b. as follows:
Yeas-MeSsIs Brinkcrhof Buck Walter g. Bvrne
Thomas +. Byrnes. Cah. Cljsin. Chamberlain Cahan
Cooney, Curran. Denns:on Dexter. Dinkelspiel Dry.
p,lcheIt Duffy. Faiquhar, Foley. Fraser Goldbcggt
G0odell. German. Gould. Cove Guenther Hahlo
Haley, Hit, Jones Judd, Judson. Kelly Kennedy
Kinnc Ladue. La Grange. SoIon S. IAing Lamont
Martin. Matthews. A.. J. Mccormick w f. Mccormick
McManus. Mulleney. Noyes. o'Connor o,pair OFT
Patchn. Patten, Albert H. Pierson Plant Quacken bush
9uigey; Rice. Riley. Roche Patrick J. RYAN, william
Ryan, Scleck Shields Sohmer. Southworh Stein Steven.
SON stranahan, sullivan. Sulzer Thornton Towneend
xanderwatfr. Narney. Walker. Ward Warner. Webster,
Weed. Weeks. Whitcomb. Willard, wissg, Woodbury.,
letman-s2. '''
Nays-Messrs Adams. Brink Everett Brown Walter
L. Brown George H. Bush. ron2don. Alfred r. Conkling
Howard C9nklns Connolly Conady. Cownn, Deyo. Ful.
Malone olin, J. q. person. Porter, c. y. Reed William
+, heeier