The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-05
MUNICIPAL BUILDING SITE.
NO OPPOSITION SO FAR TO THE BILL
SELECTING BRYANT PARK.

Senator Plunkitt's Bin for n Trottinr Drive
Along tho West Wall or Central Park
Favorubly Reported In the Assembly
The Excise Mn Reported with the Local
Option Clause Stricken Out.
ALBANY. March At has been agreed by tho
Assembly Committee on Cities to report next
week the Sulzer bill to authorize tho erection
OF tho new municipal building in Bryant Park.
No objection has so far been made to the bill
by any Of tho municipal authorities. and they
soon to DO giving 1t their acqucscenco. This
bill Is to enable tho Municipal Building Com
mission to locate the building on some land
for which they will not have TO pay.
The Assembly Committee on Cities reported
to-day the plunkitt bill for n trotting drive
along the wost wall Of Central Park. In the
shape In which tho bill now is it meets with
no opposition. Maps OF tho proposed drive
havo been prepared which will not materially
Interfere with any Of tho Park roads. The
trotting drive Is to begin mt Ffty-nnth street
and Eighth avenue and is TO 60 straight along
tho Eighth nvcnuc wall to 10th street. None
OF the existing roads Is to be crossed at grade.
Tho trotting drive will DO lower than tho
street for most of tho way. although there
will DO an easy grade In tho up
per part Of tho Park. Tho cross roads
will DO bridgcd and most of tho cross
drives will DO tunneled. The walks will 10
arranged so that tho people who hive not fnst
ho.sos can SEQ and enjoy tho speeding.
Property owners worth over S4Q0.0OO.OOO
favor tho bill which Is ono OF the most popu-
lar measures to .l,orsemen before the I.eEisla-
ture Tho owners OF trotters are being driven
from tho Harlem avenues by business and
trucks and heavy wagons. Tho present Park
drives arc too crooked and crowded for them.
In tho Senate thcro were reported fuvorably
tho Donaldson bill to make railroads select
uniform car coupler; tho Mccarthy bill. to en-
empt Kings county from tho yrovisions Of the
r. hhSs bidder and tho sictSrron iii. to
over ten hours Il day on n street railroad.
Senator Parker reported adversely u taxcx-
city. He said ho Followed that tax exemption
Wns going too lar. and that It was III Unfair Tor
burdens by exempting other property from
bill to g5Srst the
was, reported adversscyin tho Assembly. Mr.:
Gonkling moved e disagree with the renorto OF
tended to prevent the buying Of judicial Offices,
and that under the, present system, judicial
der. MIR. Guenthcr did not SEQ why a tistinc-
ton should be made In favor OF canuiiates for
any other oilicc lie thought TINT ii such a
bill as Mr.. Conkling had introduced was to be-
S uses TSee on TIN mSon
reverse tho decision OF tho committee was IL
o5l. Speaker Bush cast the deciding vote in
The McCormiuk iii to, prohibit tho employ,
ment OF female baseball players was referred
be sent to tho Committee on Fisheries anu
@ pnsse d tho hny ANA oy
school hills to give tho Mayors of Albany and
sioners IS the Of Of
in New York tDr3;2Gyn and
Cd differently in, A!Jany. and troy is
that s th Of TIN nefs sss arc Po
School board; should Ls ncn:rartisan,. or in
passed by a .rarly vote; all tho Democratic
tor Smith said that tho Dsniocrats would bring
conduct The Democrats seemed t" have no
iear Of destruction and went right ahead. -,
to provide that the mortEasH S on nfonerty
tho pay sar rata Il .S tax
q the property SHOULD b. b. EXEMPT from taxa.
found four TINT the assessor en- s in msny Of tie
rural counties are SO far below the Taco of tho
assessed against tho farmer. /, was sa '
ing bils to relieve ti,emselvcs aud to sadcile
the taxes fSsv on th1 mHn WI" 3Wr9d the mott
Rs o s over tha
tho farm should be paid TO the owner Of the !
farm Tne to fEsI l,m nj meet w his in tina
ments. The Excise committe 20" met i dis
tion clause which they, had lMt in Tie |
bill Yesterday rs an amendment. The SUNDAY |
remain stricken, out. In its present shape TIE
Hl permits IL rIsht sGns and TrS"ia
ii Suor By druggists. exe.r, on a. pIyssiiins
prescription. No prescription should le re-
swGd than cnSG II Tp9his M H.
da mage act. 1t # a comnr3misc bill and is9;
reasonably expect.
:, The, Assembly ordered to, n third reading
srlaer mansion in East Grccnbush. the bill to |
label cottonsced oil products. tho bin to pre-;
ysss,a allies. the on; hour railroad .bili. ard lilo
bill to incorporate tho Niagara River, Tunnel
e9 fs On nRs
the Statutory Revision Commissio 5 iii.
RIA ID to Sn% If tnn IS
Of discount in cities Of oXer1o.000 inhabitants
must haye q Reserve of 10 per cent. and e!so-
where Of 10 per cent.
The meeting OF the new Municipal Building
Commission. which was to, have been held
IN , tho Mayors ohc: tH.dny hns been lndn
q Recorder Smyth nnu Register Fitzgerald.
that was appointed to confer with tho
which tho staais, ZeitHng building, stands.
was. not ready to report. Besides this
the bill providing for tho use o! bryant Park
as tho site for the building is pending. and it |
was thought advisable to delay matters until |
the way was clearer. Some of the city officials
are In favor OF ns~rsa part OF the City Hall
Park for the new building.