The evening world., 1895-03-27
STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP.
itcd Pover--EAcisc Fight
Soon Due.
Especial to The Evening worldl

SPECIAL to The Evening wordl
ALBANY, March 2L-The senate Com
m!ttee on Judiciary Is devotlns good
deal Of time to the consideration of the
prize scheme so far developed this ses.
sion. This Is embodied in a bin designed
to convey in fee simple mortgage on
a good big stretch OF the State from the
Hudson River to the St. Lawrence.
Iae beneficiary of the proposed con
cessions Is the Maritime Canal Com
pany of North America" which enter
prise. II the bill ever becomes a law.
viii be empowered to construct $500
WVwo canal to unite the st. Lawrence
anu Hudson Rivers under the most IA
voIahle conlitions thai any trust or cor
poration coud demand.
the liberaity with which the projectors
or The enterprise propose the State shall
treat them l. Indicated in one section Of
the bill, which empowers the incorpor-
ators to relocate, alter. rebuild or change
me grade of any bridge, street. highway.
Railroad conduit or other avenue OF
TRANSFORMATION either public or private. or
Or main Or conduit, or any water. gas
or steam pipe. cuvert or tunnel. the
present location of which may he con
works.
Foi the lands necessary for relocat-
Ing and moving the Company is to have
the same powers of condemnation and
for its intended canals and works
The Company Is Incidentally to have
- telephone and telegrarh, monopoly,
sort and engage in "A general real estate
and transportation buslness.
The most prominent men named in
Ne Weed. IS of s N"W York 70 t'9I'sis ststs csam sam"
Allerton. the millionaire wheat man!pu-
lator of Chicago, and i. II. Burnham,
the bull liei of the Worlds Fair.
tl.ta
attracting the attention of legislators,
some of whom are d.sirous of finding
out more about the scheme before turn
| ing over the state entirely 10 them.
As soon as the row over the New
York political situation is settled salts
! factorily to somebody the Senate will
plunge into another sharl over the
| liquor question. The usual order OF
| dealing with such matters is to be re
N"rsed in that the fate Of the proposed
excise leEis sation will be determined In
/ the Senate before the Assembly tackles
The friends of the Ralnea "Ohio :"
! h'gh-liHense scheme and of the two or
| be tackled ON 10 II, have two plans in
view To secure the proper regulation OF
the liquor traffic that will concede to
the LIQUOR dealers privileges they now
| demand and which At the same time
! VIII not stir up hurricane of protes Is
| from the temperance folks
one scheme Is TO dovctail the desirable
features of all the excise bills into one
! general measure. which will confer the
! most liberal concessions upon the liquor
dealers. This measure is to hc tried
! l., iS asserted that the Assembly will
accept IL, II not, the hll will be modi-
fled so as to meet their most liberal
views
Champions OF the liquor men say al
most amy bill ndorsed by the Repuhli
can machine can be put through the
Assembly. Il is definitely settled that
the rate of graded licenses for cities
named in the original hill will hc cut
down to perhaps "n"-half. II Is also
the purpose to incorporate in the bin a
local option clause relating To the sub.
jet of sunday saloons in New York
Brooklyn and Buffalo. The present cN,
cas-" programme does not contemplate n
vote on the hill within the next three
weeks.
\ buffalo man with "A grievance, ap-
, puaTrd with a sad flCC and several IT,.
taucrs al the capitol YESTERDAY. TIE
chef uG his rctaiuCrs was Ex-senator
John McLaughlln. Tho man with III,
EI''Samyr was Milliam y. S'rrltI who
queen Ci,y,
A Mr.. Suritj having desire to l.,
wealthy, recently purchased "A strip o'
land aiou- the shores of tho Hcmlors
Lake, a resort In IN" western part uI
! IN" stat" II was III utllu 10 hui'.
cottages and hcautity tine shores.
r Ass"luhlNu an p'fraiN. tho new loaar
NJ the I"w,r llou." who shares m,
peculiar hatred nt Rochester folks fu
Buffalo, conceived a unique scheme n
= scoring one ON the Western mo'ropul
t 10y putting a legislative visit on Mr
Sirrti This o." iii ip h.l pEONiliu.
for m" condemnation of Mr.. SrrrrIs
Hemlock LAX" ~, r,I"rIy. Mr. D'Grtf,
asserts that Nj Strri't aui his shor,
colony Would poliuto the waters of tn
lake, and holds II 10 b" tho duty -
$ the state to project natures handiwork
and incidentally cyntsCate Buffalo Bill
, Sirritt's property.
. A hearing was had on the bill yeSter
day afternoon, and Mr.. Sirritt lal,
bare his grievance, lie SAYS O'Grady
, bill Is simply bit OF spite work agains
| Buffalo.