New-York tribune., 1896-12-01
A WRANGLE OVER GAS.
ALDERMEN GO ON RECORD AS FAVOR
ING THE TRUST.

THE COMMITTED on ELECTKiCili A->D ~
Ae1,E TO AGREE on A coNTRAcT-AN APPlL-
CATION FOR FRANCHISE SENT TO
THE LAW coMMIrrEE-soME STILL
on THE OUTSIDE"
The proddine by The Tribune precipitateo
ARht over the gas contract at yesterday meet
ing OF the Board Of Aldermen. The only i-
portant result was the placing of eighteen Al
dermen on record as supporting the Commit.ee
on Gas and Electricity in the do-nothihs po'cs
by which 1t Is bringing Joy 70 the hrooN'S"'
Union Gas Company
The gas matter first came up when the aPpi-
cation for franchise was read from the Long
Island Gas. Fuel and Power Company Alder
man Leaycraft moved that II be referred 10 the
Committee on Electricity and Gas Alderman
LEIGH who Is chairman Of that committee oo-
iscted He said he had found It impossioie 70
get the members together or to get them 10
agree upon any proposition for gas contract
He wanted the resolution referred 10 announcer
committee Alderman Guilfoyle moved that "
m 70 the Law Committee, and there II went
without dissenting voice
The BOARD reached the point where individuai
resolutions were in order at 4:13 p. m. which
is about an hour earlier than the Board usually
sdjourns Alderman Stewart promptly moNeu
to adjourn. Alderman Stewart has long oeen
IN m. employ of tie Kings County Elevated
Road and General Jou-dan is president oi 'i'e
comnanv and likewise of the gas monopoly
The only effort that made 10 give color 10
80 unusual an adjournment came from fresi-
de,, CLARK who said that the members had to
:ign tho official statement Of the Board OF can
vassers that evening Alderman Guilfoyle asked
the president by what right he was making a
sneech When Mr. Guilfoyle's name was caiieo
on "absentees" he explained his vote against
adjournment by saying that he wanted 'he op
portunity Of moving to discharge the Gas |o'"
mittee from further consid 9ration OF gas oo"
tract Mr. Guilfoyle had resolution au'hoil%
tho the Commissioner of City Works to make a
contract with the gas trust for one year.
Alderman LEIGH. In explaining his vote. said
that the members of the committee alChe khe"
whv this contract had hung fire for eleven
months.
When Alderman Ruggles began with 'ne ioi
NAL II ask to be excused from voting Aioer-
man Maurer convulsed the Board by moving
that Ruggles be e <cused MI Russ'es 'o'" '''
him and said sharply:
ware on tho inside would want to vote to
adjourn too. But am outside of the breastworks
and want nothing l have handful OF resoiu-
,,ons that I want 10 present. 1t is very early
.ra tb,s Roard has not been overworked re-
Gently
The five voting against the adjournment were
LEIGH. Ruggles and Messenger, Repuphcans' anu
Guilfoyle and McGarry. Democrats. Inc eis"-
teen who wanted the early adjournment "e'e
Comfy Dunn. Dunno. Leaycraft, Taylor Myers
stewart Curtis Thompson, Doyle. keegan. OIL
,roege. Donlon. Clark. Welton. Maurer FRAN
cisco and Williams.
The meeting of the Board OF Canvassers AFTER
ward, and the signing of the statstcs ias'eu
only few minutes. The canvass must De ii'eo
with the Court Clerk to-day. and this is the nrs'
time It has been finished in time in many years
The Board has until December ID in which TO 90
the tabuating.
Alderman LEIGH said after the meeting that he
uou,d make another effort to call a meeting or
the Gas Committee. He added that the Board
should relieve the public of apprehension that
the gas CORPORATION. which came in the gulse Oh
a petitioner. was now the dictator Of the action
Of the Board.
The Board Instructed the Nassau Railroad
Company TO make its tracks In New-otrecht-
ave, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-eighth sts.'
conform to the established grade of the street
A petition was received from the residents OF
Irving Place asking that their street be renamed
81 Pauls Place 4 protest was received from
a large number of residents OF Boerum fiace
against the new name. Mutual Place whlch 'iis
thing about this selection of a name is that j. r
OConnell Democrat. owns the Mutual Bot
Ting Works in the new Mutual Place'
A resolution presented by Alderman Oltroeee
as chairman of the Law Committee permitting
the City Clerk to spend $1,000 in handling the
records of the late Board OF supervisors; precipi
tated some heated discussion about Aldernahc
patronage Alderman Francisco hit the marx
without any preliminary shots by assertns; Una,
this money was TO provide berths Tor aooi'ioha'
II laid down for the canvass patronage and
would like to know VINO are 10 hai'e 'he'e
clerks?" ne asked.
"Ali can say is that that little detail has been
satisfactorily arranged" replied Alderman OIL
trOgge. frankly. ,s
Alderman Francisco Il got buncoed last week
and don't propose 10 be again ,,
There are others" interrupted Alderman
LEIGH. -
Mr. Oltrogge explained that the records were
scattered. some being in the City Hail some IN
the Corporation CounseFs once ana some III
safety vaults A clerk in the Corpora ton Coun-
sels office was at work tabulatlng them, Dut
he needed clerical help. All voted to lay the
gan. McGarry. Oltrogge Wassmuth and Will
civ Works Commissioner Willis recon-
rnended the REMEMBERING OF Egh'h-ave Tor i's
entire length. .,o,
lanes G. Tighe sent an offer Of $1,000 year
for the old 18th Regiment Armory.
Tho special committee on remaining streets re-
norted in favor OF the following changes. and
the report was laid over for week:
Adams Place. from Coney 1sland-ave TO Pros
pect-ave. to Rieve Place.
xdams-ave from Railroad-ave. to Enfield
st. to McKinley-ave
Agate-st.. from Grand-st to Mau)er-st'' 'o
Florence-st ~..
Bay-st.. from Commercial-st. to Newtown
Creek to West-st. ,,.,
at to St Edwards-st.
D,xon's Alley from Sands-st. to York-st.. to
Dixon Place. ~
TO Leo Place.
Elizabeth ST. from Columbia ST. TO Ferris-st.
to Bcard-st.
Market-st from Jamaica-ave. 10 Jamaica
Bay. to Euclid-ave.
Plummer Place. from Dean-st to Bergen-st
xo Povere place