New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
WASTING THE PUBLIC MONEY
VARIOUS GRABS. BIG AND LITTLE. SEEN
AT ALBANY.
NEEDLESS OFFICES AND USELESS JUNKETs-THE
GREATER NETWORK BILL IN DAN
GER-sHoRT SESSIONS OF SEN
ATT, AND ASSEMBLY.

ATT, AND ASSEMBLY
[vRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE or THE TRIBuNE.l
Albany May 3-'rhe Legislatures record is not
Frightening as 1t grows oder. There seems to be
a campaign the part of spos hunters to pass
bills to take money out of the State Treasury by
manufacturing Offices by nventng pretended
duties for committees to perform this summer To-
day the Assembly within ten minutes passed
bill giving three or the members Of the state bodTh
OF Health 5000 eacn as members of tuberculosis
Commission, ordered 10 a thiri reading bll lh'Io-
dueed by Assembyman Gutter providing for Inc
appointment Of state Inspector Of Gas Meters,
put through resolution authorizing me irhh'l'
Committee. whiei has been investigating the f"hHl-
ton ~ wlfungwomen ~ New-fofh ana ihn question
~ lhof wages, 80 Ell during Tho summer, adopted
n resolution authorizing Speaker flEh to appoint
committee Of nve 10 investigate Misunderstanding y"
the Adifohdachs. ana passed q Nv To revive the
ofrce ~ Mining Inspector
Thete 10 no need ~ commission 10 investigate
tuberculosis In cattle for II WAS matter when was
investigated by a senate committee u ychr ago
and the Information thus gathered Is before the
Legislature In printed document The ONCE of the
state Gas Meter Inspector should he apolsheh ana
not recrcated under different name The salary
paid to this officer. 5000 year, u preposierouS
The bill permits the Inspector to live In any part
OF the State and obviously IS intended to permit
OF the appoint ment OF spokesman from some other
part OF the State than New-York City.
MFR Reinhard's committee has already made n re-
mort 70 the Legislature the subject II investigated
and there Is no necessity for It's running up more
counsel fees and railway AMI hotel bills. An AS
sembly committee investigated understanding IN
1894 and its report Is before the Legislature Inc
present investigation. II may be suspected Is ior
the, purpose Of giving five Assemblymen an oppor-
tunity to visit the Adronllck region this summer
and have their board bills at rst-class hotels PAID
by the State The present Legislature abolished the
Office Of Mining Inspector and should not revive H.
There was submitted to the Assembly to-day the
BILL Just passed by the Senate. authorizing the cities
Of New-York and Brooklyn to construct a bridge
across the East River from Grand-st, New-fork'
to Broadway. Brooklyn. Mr. Foley opposed the
bill because he said, II contained provision au-
thorizng a railway to run over the bridge. Every
one knew that this provision had been put IN uhder
pressure from prominent Republican poh'icah'
Every one understood this remark as a reference
10 Edward Lauterbach the counsel of the Brooklyn
Elevated Railway Company, which does uesiIe W
run over the bridge and connec, its lines with those
withstanding Mr. Foleys objectlon the ''ha!e
Mayor Strong Of SewYork and Mayor scheren
Of Brooklyn, for their approval or dsappr99V,aL
ably Mr. sSG Halpns Greater New-Ycrk b This is
the same in form precisely as senator r ,rS IN 5e
Senate. There seems be considerable doubt about
this BIZ snsa AZ ne % aa Wod
we'll for the friends OF the measure TO make can
The bill Of Senator Persons exempting National
and sas banks from b emb we was
ted to the Judiciary Committee ,,,.,ra,, - ,,s
Assembly: 81, 49,,
Mr. Halpn's increasing the salary OF police door
men in NewYork City ,,
Senator Reynolis's for completing the terminal
facilities of the NewYork and Brooklyn Bridge ana
providing for Board OF Trustees Tor the /
Bridge. , 49,
The House, without argument. concurred In me +
Senate amendments TO the Reinhard Dill TOT NE /
widening of the approach to the Third-ave bridge /
over the Harlem River. 49,,
The Senate held only brief session to-day owing
to IT'S members being away committee inVestlga- /
tons II ordered TO a third reading Assembyman /
Aiiller's bill providing for the running OF trains all
night on elevated railroads; Mr.. Paveys bin auc +
horzing the election OF physician az PRESIDENT OF
the Board Of Health OF New-York. and Senator |
o Sulllyan's bill authorizing the refundng or assess
ments for Improvements In New-York enormously |
levied - 1,
Governor Morton nominated William OConnor /
brother OF Senator Edmund OConnor, for Port /
Warden OF New York. in place of Daniel I~ahy, |
whose term of Office Will expire on July IA.
The Governor also sent 10 the Senate the nomlha.
tion of DR. c. W Coler. Of Rochester. In place OF |
Susan b. Anthony. who declined, 10 be member !
of the Board Of Managers OF the state lnlustilal |
School at Rochester IL was referred.