New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-24
TO ADJOURN ON APRIL 81.
THE SENATE ADOPTS THE ASSEMBLY RESO
LUTON.
PASSAGE OF THE NETWORK STREET CLEANING
B1LLl-sHLRMAN MEMORIAL EXERCISES
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Albany, March 23.-The Senate settled the matter
Of the final adjournment OF the Legislature In
five minutes to-day by passing the Assembly resolu
ton providing for final adjournment upon April 81
Before this was DONE however. kindly meant resolu
ton OF the Republicans, providing for final adjourn
ment week earlier, April H. had been rejected
The bill providing for reformation Of the system OF
STRENGTHENING I'm NewYork amended In a true
Tammany Hall spirit By Increasing largely the salaries
Of the big officials OF the street Cleaning Department
and the wages of the streecleaners themselves TO
petty extent; and by reducing greatly the penalties
for filing the streets with garbage ashes and dead
animals. Senator Brown moved TO amend It by max
ing the salary Of the Superintendent OF the Street
Cleaning Department So. 900 instead OF $4,000; and
the salary OF his deputy $4,000 instead OF $1,000
Senator Roesch moved TO amend by making the pay
OF sweepers and drivers S60 instead OF $50 month.
Mr.. Brown favored this amendment. and Senator Can
tor spoke against 1t, but afterward withdrew his
objection. Senator Roesch then moved 10 amend the
bill by allowing the owners OF vehicles taken by the
Department to be redeemed at any time for not more
than SO. lie also moved that the penalty for vioat-
Ing the provisions OF the act, instead OF go and I'm
pnsonment, should be IS for the first offence, SO for
the second and sos and Imprisonment for the third.
The amendments adopted and the bill was passed
The bill has already passed the Assembly.
Senator Erwin, rising TO question Of personal
privilege, said that he had discovered from an Albany
dispatch to The Tribune of today that the bill Of
fered by senator McCarrcn submitting TO the people an
amendment to the constitution Increasing the number
Of supreme Court judges, applied to the whole state,
and not to the I'D Judicial District alone, as Mr. Nc
Carren had said at the time Of It's passage lie asked
that the bill be recalled from the Governor for amend
ment. to make it apply to the Id District only.
Senator McCarren said he made his representation in
good faith. lie was willing that the bill should be
recalled, and promised TO attend 10 IT,
The Legislature last year. at The time OF General
sherman's death, appointed committee 10 arrange
memorial exercises. 1t has been settled that the cXer
cises shall take place on the evening Of Tuesday,
March 30 ut Iarmanus's Bleccier Hail. In this city.
General Henry W. slocum will preside and Chaunccy
NJ Dcpew will deliver the Grafton Miss De verc
will sing several songs. among them Marching
Thro' Georgia.
The Senate Committee on Railroads reported favor
ably to-day the bin Of Senator Plunlitt prohibiting
the building Of underground railway In MadI-
sOnave.. NewYork. This cuts into one OF the routes
proposed by the Rapid Transit Commissioners, but
II must be said that this route is an il.seected one
The Senate passed senator McCarty's iii author.
zng the City Of brooklyn to purchase the property Of
the Long Island Water supply Company. This Is the
famous water company that Mayor Chaplin thought
should receive el.2j0,OOO for It's wrctchcd plant
The Senate also passed the bill directed against Mayor
Gleason of Lons Island City, permitting his re
"oNa' ana eepator Plunkitps bill abolshng the
board OF trustees OF the Washington Bridge
The new Insurance Code was a special order in the
Assembly for this morning. but IL seen soon after
the bin had been announced that II would create much
discussion. so IL was laid over until next Tuesday
Inc Hogan bill, extending for another ycar the
terms OF the members Of the Board Of Electrical Con
trol, and riv1g the Board power 10 allow the string
ing OF electrical wires passed the Assembly mi.
morning. Crder this bill 1t Is possible for the Board
oil Electrical Control 70 grant permission for Tn,
stlinging Of trolley wires
The Assembly passed Mr.. Plunktt's bin relative
10 the opening Of streets between one hund rci and
fifteenth and one cumberland twenty first St. New.
York City. "