The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-25
TWO EAST RIVER BRIDGES.
-vr rclRRHN BILL GOES THROUGH
THE SENATE, 80 TO 8.

...,ed Against both His, and said He
w,,,a give $500, 900 for the Charter
w.. Assembly Passes the hueI ,eberry
,,,n xvh,.h G,x.. tb. promo,.r,
Non" -.
ESe'S'"'"S
peillnE tho e"S 70 Lay '"e ir"eA' anu
Furnish tho Cars ana motive rover.
,,,xv Fob. o4-Tbe senate had made the
~. MIR fridge hill and the Cross.town
Is..,,,l pailroad bill a special order for this
h'o ,h, first thing. The hill gives an or.
mo 0..s ohartnr for tbe constructiop Of two
Gus Gus a,ross the East River. one from VII.
v vs shnreh and tho other from north OF Fulton
lAn, :, a noint near Delancev and Riyinpton
90, .ni tho T,owerv. From there the COM
80 Ia 70 have the power to build an elevated
,"aJ. no, to exceed three miles in length. as it
l0a Ar The capital OF tho bridge ia TO be
co, oooWD Any other corporation may guar
.o.tha bonds OF the bridge company. leaving
~. u,v man TO the BROOKLYN elevated road to
. Wv ,ho funds for the building of the
. ,ua Tho bridge ia TO nav no taxes. and
,ha s,svoted rond ia to pay no taxes. and
. w" ~ them ia TO nav INV percentare TO
ne.1 ".;as ~ Nav york or RrooLlvn and Tho
cities Of New York and Brooklyn are to have
nothing to do with them except to do what
,hsv saw. The foot path is not to be free as in
the present Brooklyn bridge. The terms Of
the charter are so favorable that Senator Will
iam l. Drown iesel,eu ptopVSi''oh' WHICH,
be says. comes from responsible people. to
give $4,000 Tor the charter r, which the pres
he would give S2oO.OOO for the charter himself
An n" satuoar senator McCarren ~ pronr,nu
s e% 1 Col. Brooklyn. COL Brown had made a
.....>.,t ~ worn 20 ho ofYaof - n ,,roe
bridge ridge, on real estate.
H HS., hs saws "ef' " n'' worn Oh truth Al
me- on this floor" exclaimed Col. Brown,
m ru "Ho must hs mora no1ita c.ii
Wrathii!. no iuust 10 noFe poiite Gull
/ him to order
\ liam willing to change that and say that
What the senator has said is not supported by
hras will amend"
the bill He said that it was giving too much
to the incorporators. and that the cities OF New
York and Brown should have an interest in
the bridge The franchise was too valuable to
ied to have charge OF selling IT. Tho bill ex
epsd the company from paying taxes; even
s sfs $4,000 preliminary corporation tax to the
Senator McCarrcn said that New York and
so costly Of tine ae ssd no
care to build another bridge. II the franchise lSe
we're sold at auction it might be bought in BY
bens ba tnq The brse shasd not
hetaxed. because the cities Of New York and
Brooklyn should give capitalists some induce
senator zerubabei Erwin favored the bill
lie sal! that the people in brooklyn were for
NTH os ss sFs s ndGns pro-
sudins The eeysssd saisoaf strueaTs be
tax. and in general repeating. the tax exemp-
ton CLAUSE This was deieated: Senators
x"n aone votns Tor It senator Gant"r
yno / nresHmabiy the Democratic leader
mcsn,.
, senat,r Ahnnrn. IN whose district one end Of
ne bridge will be. offered an amendment that
s S se 20 pwn t
+. IT, main @ri,!ge 6iif %ss then passed hy
In r thc negative.
the s',rnlemental bill. to build cross;;town
elevated d, railroad in New York; three miles or
was offered Ia the whole. bill by Senator Nc
sa 1n; 1t proyides for the eondemninG OF the
fourteen feet above any road which. it may
Tss p hs road hs
regard to tho, payment Of taxes The, proposed
eleMicd roal j. to- pay no taxes Mt all.
,,o Thsr present Brdoklyn Bridge has decreased lee,
me xnlt'r.t New York property S2OO.0OO.0OO."
said Senator Brown. u RECALL when every street
from Broadwny down to the ferries was bust;
ness street. filled with small shops. paying good
Rental ll to their owners and doing PROSPEROUS
iallen.. ,!n Fulton street property, has de-
Ereeaa,s'l 30 per cent; IL value since the OPEN
lng q the brooklyn Bridge"
min 1.-The Senator Sen Is in "A exaggerated state Of
tho From raI. ths entrance Of the bridge oyer to
Inc East River" said Senator Brown. prop |
erty has been hurt. 1t throws that part OF the
Ely Ely mt" ~" acSGround. This is specula.
Quart SHaf,cr :, o million dollSrs I9r it myself
t ,s., wny they, should present this charter to
uesc I"ollr
Senate Cantor said that a big public i'm |
pFTp Ts always DEPRECATED some property.
Ho yl hr1 Nv FL the only one n ths negative
ti va; going through but without so much |
n .ho lluckleberry bill provides for the |
annexed district and gives the consolidated |
company :. monopoly OF the street railroads |
a 100, M Harlem. 1t releases them from oil |