The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-06
THE ALBANY LEGISLATURE.
PASSAGE OF IaE HUCKLEnERRY ROAD
BILE IN THE SENA1E

PAssAGF OF 1nr nOCxbEnERRYR oAl
BTLE IN TIE SENA7E
Anendments t0I.init the Capital 60 $4,000
600, and 10 Remove various OtJeetios
able Fentures-Scnstor Walker the OIL
Democrat Who Opposed the Bin.
ALBANY. April5.-After making several radi
cal changes in II, tho Senate passed tn
Huckleberry Road bill to-day by almost
party votc Three Republican Senators vote,
with ths Dom crats for tho bill. and Senate
Walker was the only Democrat who opposed
Il. Tho bill did not receive tho Democratic
support until 1t Ind boon amended so rs I,
remove tho most Questionable features. Ithn
changed no n, ,rcli thiLt Sir Percival Webster o
Harlem, who introduced It Into the Assembly
would hardly recognize It. In it's presen,
shape tho bill provides for tho consolda
ton aud extens sion OF the street rail
, roads In tho iMneSed district Thei
/! oro to charge u fve.cent fare and te
takc cnre OF tho streets between thor tracks
Their capital Is Unite 4 to S2.O0O.000 and they
must mako nominl payment to tho cIty
I whom thor receipts ,%ceed sI.7O0 n day
, These changes were ent brood by Gov. Flower,
. who announced that he would not sign the
bill in tho shape in which 1t passed tho Assem-
! bly, when It was an Unlimited grab ut the
! street railway franchises Of tho annexed dis
/ trict. It was plain that tho bill would not
become q law unless 1t wae amended. so those
changes wore made as tho .least that Gov.
: Flower would accept.
: Senator Walker innde tho first speech In op-
position to tho Till. Ho said:
II nm told that this franchiseis worth three
or four IN lllion dollars. Arc 40 doing our duty
to allow this bill to pnssp 1t provides now
that when tho receipts eXce,,d $1.7OO q day
compensation for tho franchise shnll be paid
to the city That means that the directors
mood never pay cent. for they cAn juggle with
the receipts. Tho majority of the Legislature
Is Democratic. md tho responsibility for lesis-
lation rests with tho Democratic party I
would to God wo were not in tho majority II
we are going to pass 1ins like this"
Senator OConnor said thero hnd been.n bad
odor about tho bill and there was talk OF the
way In which tho Legislature was serving u
combination OF private inteEcsts
1.-THE Senate could be bot or employed than
in carrying out tho CONTRACTS OF other people
made outside this body" ho said. Tho
amendments bv Gov. Flower AFRO maseshift.
The receipts OF this corporation will not roach
S1.7OO day for many years. 4 over"
Senator and Col. William !. Brown sald that
originally he was opposed to tho bill. but after
careful Investigation no had como to favor It.
The property owners OF the annexed district
WuULeu tno pllIs ~ WdS III sApo huuuo VI III
close corporation. II Scnntor' wanted to get
in on the ground floor with tho big whales
they could be accommodated.
Senator Paxton asked what'the difference
was betwccn this bill and the accusations two
years ago that Senator Vcdder and others
helped send the Worlds Fair to Chicago be-
cause they owned real estate in Chicago.
Senator McClcllnnd replied that the differ
ence was that in tho Worlds Fair the Demo-
gratis were on the NTH story. while in the
Senator o'Connor offered an amendment
without surrender Of the special privileges.
ssss s5ss5 g s s EeF ss G Se b
Senator McClelland said that the people Of
f fhee 1sse%Symea s from tie annexed dis
change has there been in this bill which viii
"a Isyss ss se this Bill and
The Senator Senator from tho Twelfth is always
sns to sIaMe Change no may
senator zeTa6a6ei Erwin: - Your explana.
tho s %S55 s' ana @ to ss
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nsnt and the Eli was passed s,
rate bepart@cnt q buildings in Now Yo sEEpo Of
tendent Of buildings. is to be the head. Tho
new Il to have all the powers Of
nnder the Fir" "n Of ths
powers Of the Board OF Health This will make
hH Hssa IF a an1 ts Bans
than slOo.O0nn year to architects and build
tects and builders hnvo appeared before tho
fntSa TT mak X Ss 81 the
morrow, IN aseoSnf Of the long debate over YER
Senator Roesch said to-day tl,at his anti
rnst M wpSs be on
feading on March -. and has not shown wits its
head since. Tho bin prohl bits ali foreign cor
ton or to enlance Prices from doing 6usipess
in tho State OF New York. It also mnkos ali
such contracts illegal and void. and gives the
any corporation belonging to or tuking part
Tho Assembly passed tho McManus bill to
$Ses 2 month TthoHt hayISs tho;r Letters
biil. tho Blu to to- exoWIt brcokIyn S"nds f ron
taxation, the BRINK Park bin: the Hotel Keep
sionors OF Records In New York City at q sal
nry OF s;soWi md Senate, plunkitts BIZ! PRO
the now parks OF New York. and authorizing
an expenditure Of SiN.nOO for for this purpose;
.,cnns Wh" nre not eixnns o from No p
public institutions.
sembly has reached LOO There is a raft Of
them. and most OF them will sink before they
font very far.
Senator MoCarren presided over tho Senate
during part OF tho session. He used tho gavel
several times. md Senator Cantor told him to
stop. as tho Senate was no blacksmith shop
There is some personal feeling between SEMI
tore Cantor and McCnrren, on account Of Sena-
tor Mc(nrren's having given tho casting vote
on tho Cohocs Inspectors bill. WHICH virtually
removed Senator Cantor from the Democratic
leadership OF the Senate.
The Assembly defeated the code Of evidence
Senator McClellnnd introduced n bill pro-
vidinG TINT Coroners may Investigate fires.
The Senate passed tho McCarty bill. provId-
Inn n ~ fl tha anIa