New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-26
4 TRIPLE JOB AT ALBANY.
THE INTEREST OF CROKER. MURPHY AND
MCLAUGHLIN IN II.

ELEMENTAL RAILROAD BILL "HlDH
WAS sMUGGLED THROUGH THE AS
sEMBLY-JAY GOULD AND TIE
UNION ELEVATED ROAD.
Try TELEGRAPH 10 THE rhBUNEl
Albany. Feb. a5-There has been a strong s''Spic,on
that kim Polltios who in this instance Das as MS
u '. ,njstors upgb McJaughn of Brooklyn; Rich
ard Croker OF New-York and Edward Murphy IT, Oh
rrov the chairman OF the Democratic sutc 0oh'li.'
tee arranged for the simultaneous paSS'so !" "
Democratic Legislature OF the bill OF the oh'on D
waited Railway Of Brooklyn for ihe co''.'u''. "
two big bridges across the East River OF Dill Va
Law Gould's permitting him 10 buld eieVateo id'"'.
COS, and west across New. York. and OF Mr. MurphSs
Gun hin giving him the franchises Of all the street ra
,avs IN the Annexed District without any requirement
that he should pay the city OF New-fork lor e'e''
II js whispered that the elevated railroads OF po'h
cities made big contributions TO the De"''i"u. ~
r.,,cn funds I'm New-York and BROOKLYN as wen d.
m. Democratic state Committee, and that TINS ae-
commits for the smooth manner In which the Dns Vi '0
cornorations concerned are slipping through 'he Les
tslature That Mr.. Murphy has contrlVeo 10 rins N
HE Annexed District railroad with the DIS vi u'
elevated railroads only shows that he Is aware Vi ,"o
.,noth NJ tho combination which embraces the VOTES
n, nearly all OF the Democratic Senator'S and Assembly
men from Ncw-York and Brooklyn, ana iaree p'o-
posion of those In he.interior Of the state.
rho question which is interesting Albanians now is
what will Governor Flower do with the Annexed
District Railway bill OF his political creator Murphy,
and with the bills Of the elevated railways support.
by the same political Influences" fcriups ui.
Flower will be able to solve to MS own sausH'"o"
the mystery of the ability OF the Democratic e'a'e
Committee upon paltry contribution OF Soooo iro'
himself TO buy fifth OF the voters OF the etate ana
elect him by 10000 plurality. Mr. Flower shouu
make Inquiry upon that subject TO discover any puS
last fall tried TO mortgage his ACTON upon Ns''"uo
hills 1t Is said on authority tonight tha' unese 'u'
strongest kind OF political pressure is pfo"sn' w w
upon the Governor by Edward Murphy Ir', anu mug"
Mclaughlin. both the Brooklyn Bridge bill ana the
supplementary Railroad bill VIII be vetoed u''icsS '!
gre recalled from re Governors hands ana snehdeo
go that the company will have to pay taxes. Mr.
Flower NAV he induced TO sign the bills as they are
hut II he does sign them, 1t will be because NC "''
changed his mind from what 1t now >. -
THAT there has been some sort OF alliance between
the elevated railways of New-fork ana brooA'h
SUMMARIZED by leading politicians Of the Democratic
marty was clearly made manifest to-day by the
s,nu0gng through the Assembly OF the Important
amendments made in the Senate yesterday 10 MI
Suliivans bill ostensbly authorizing the eA'ens''"
of elevated railways from two big bi1dses oe'"eo.'
New York and Brooklyn that the Union Ee'"te"
Railway proposes to build This bill was hasuiy
amended in the Senate yesterday and was SO 'nof'
ough,v amended that no would now recognize
tho measure In fact it looks like a new measure
The immediate passage of this bill, with winch 'no
Senate had not the slightest familiarity, was recheSs
legislation of the worst type. The Dill was P'i'o"
verbatim in The Tribune OF to-day, and this sups'ah
tally the first kno"ieoge s"iiio' " - ~ '''
OF the Senators. -. ,,,.
In this new form the bill says that the Union Sie-
voted Railway Company Of Brooklyn, affer coisnuct
ing its bridges "msy determine. in lieu OF
such approach or approaches. to build. MAINTAIN anu
operate An elevated railway the route OF winch s'a
be codncldent with the route OF such approaoh VT ap
proaches as defined in said act.' Then comes inc
hloh, interesting statement tucked away In the ast
na-arraph of the act. that such elevated railways
shall not exceed three miles in length But no one
has thought until to-day that there was any oea upo
.he mart 81 the Union Elevated Railway Company OF
brooklyn to put down an elevated railway '"'e'
miles" I'm length IN the city OF New-1ork.
. NJ sullivan Informed a Tribune correspondent re-
oent,v that these elevated railways would not DO
a quarter OF q mile In length; that IL was ihoonuou
To erect them merely in order to connect the DooA''
bridges which would have common terminus 81
Delaney and Rivington sis. with Inc Ne~-ioi Err
waited Railway Company's track in Tlhrd-ave' bu'
here is bin authorizing the bridge company "
bu,d elevated railways three miles in length across
,hs city Of Ne,y-York one must suspect that this
nrovsion was inserted the request Of the New YORK
Elevated Railway Company; for Jay "ooin "o"u ho'
permit the Brooklyn elevated road thus 10 lnVaoo his
territory 1t has been notorious for years t'iat 'le
New-York Elevated Railway Company desired TO ouid
additional elevated railways in New-fork TO connect
IFS lines with the yarous ferries 1t would appear
that In this BILL drawn ostensbly In the interest Oh
the Union Elevated Railway Company, the New YORK
Elevated Railway Company has precisely what II de-
sired And 1t will be noticed that at no time mas
antagonzed the bridge and elevated railway pro'ocos
OF the Union Elevated Railway Company. Evidently
the two companies have agreement as 10 DIVISION
Of the spells, and are acting In concert
MI. 10 nspic
of the stature that the New-iork Elevated haii-
uav company intends 10 use this bill to build third
track from the Battery n0rhward on the east size o
the city, Is this structure to be subject 10 TAXA
ton Perhaps the lawyers OF the city OF New-iorH
had better examine the bill closely now that IL is De-
fore Governor FloEer.
It has been stated that the bill was sInuggieo
tbroncb the Assembly. That is shown by the fact
that apparently only one member Of that body, Mr.
Suffer- of New-York. knew that the bill TO be acted
upon by the Assembly was Mr.. suiivahs Dill as
amended by the Senate. 1T was announced "hen there
was good deal of noise in the Assembly Mr. sui
Ivan moved that the amendment made by the Senate
should be concurred In: and thus what was sub
stantialy new BILL Of vast importance to New-forK
was passed without any examination BY the AS
sembly. Only voted AGAINST it-Mr sutIer.
Did YOU know It's character ~ The Tribune CORE
spondent inquired OF him.
Yes" he answered.
Mr. :, Ter smiled. laughed and snswese1 :" What
would lave been the use' could not have beaten
It." III ...-.
ucre asleep or at least pretended to be: because
they are gentlemen who are often exceedingly wide
awake when ap parently oblvous Of what Is going on
In The Assembly The New-Y Assemblymen who
voted for the BIZ Dn Msneas DrSR9S9e w Pny
NJssic Southworth Byrne, Stein Webster and Sui
Iho %, MOT vDns wes GSn
conk1ing. Hoag and Wells, Republicans AS stated,
M rh Ha' iii passed by vote of "A to l.