New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-08
NO DOLLAR GAS THIS YEA II
TUT cENATE PASSES BILL PROVlD-
ING FOR GRADUAL REDUCTION.
,.,,.,- ,,,>.rs orr EACH YEAR TILL 1901. WHEN
THE GOAL OF 81 THoUSA>D
WILL. BE REACHED.

rrvr, CENTS OFF EACH YEAR TILL 1901 WHEN
THE GOAL OF 81 THOUSAND
WILL Re REACHED.
,o, sr,rr CORRESPONDENT THE rRIpuNEl
Albany April THE Senate to-day gave a ihoi .
80, 80 hro,d 70 the people of New-York City, wheh
u.bole ,oaf Is needed II passed a bill crets''s
tho nrice OF gas by the paltry amount OF cents d
thousand feet whereas n reduction Oh al "
cents ought to have been made III Jusucc ~ '
gas consumers It was the Committee on N'Soe'
Iancous CORPORATIONS that presented the pill ndh-
TO-, ,ho r,cavune reduction noted. The bill. II IL
,ruo nrovides eventually fer dollar gas Uu'
that price is put of to 1871 In the mean t'i"e ~
surers must pay an excessive rate-Si ~ per i'.oO
feet in 1921 after May /; 81 10 in 1885, u ~ IL ''
81 o. in 1900 and finally 81 In lvol ana succec"''ie
years. 49,, ,,no
When the bill was announced on tnird rea",'s
to-day Senator Cantor moved that MS own D'
Giving Now-York dollar gas at once be suos"-
tuted fer the gradual reduction BILL ana chai seu
that the latter bill was that oil the gas Fo'''p"
"The graduated-reduction bill" he said, rs OIL!
desired by the gas companies ana poil'i0"'
eency 1t is a fraud measure OF reIei 10 ,'I
"a consumers Of New-Yo:k. and IL Only SuPPy ~
by the rural members Of the committee WIN" &c
Senator Coiey Of BROOKLYN moved as an amend mo
mcn to the bill that his city be nc'iu 's ,, ~, Cor
Gas reduction system provided in the me"S"'- vi
sNratnr Nolbv opposed the amendment. SAYING
,hof h. al been surprised at Mr.. coieys apathy
on the gas-reduction question, Tor ne ne nnu, ~" ,o,
plessed nj. brooklyn eas-reductlon Dill az" "a
here he was waking mp and asking mat II % ~ -
to The New-York bill. Both Cantor ana ,,D.tte3'
Mr. Maby said insncere IN ms opliIu.
ANY amendments made TO the biIl wouiu i''iPe''
MI Coffry said that Mr. Malby had mi5s'a ta3
the facts on two occasions Brookyh PcQpic ""u
hcen present at meetings Of the committee on
Nlscel aneous Corpora tons and mad Sought He''
ir,. on MS gas-rcductiOn bill. 49,
Mr. Malby called Mr.. Coney to ORDER lot UNI
pMr 1ofcv said Id in defence Of HIMSELF well
meant everything that said. and STICK ~ u =,
Were there not hearings on otntr pi,,H, ,,,,,
nufr,d Mr. Malby, land therefor" your bioCMlyH
nsopIo could rot be heard from lack or tme! -.
What | say" replied Mr.. Coffcy, rs that Inc
agents OF the gas companies were given d VIZ
respcctful hearinS whereas none was given 10 US
4 vote was then taken ON corey amrhnin IN
and /; was defeated oy Ii TO q Mr.. cantor tnen
,rovcd that his dollar-gas bill be substituted tor
he lii OF the committee. This motion was de-
f.s,cd bv 70 TO g. MI Cantor next moved that a
Munlciyai Gas Commission be established. TINS
also was dictated. % -. = TIL
The bill was then passed by vote OF - to Inc
negative votes were given by Senators Ahearn
,'antor Coffey. Patterson, Foley, Grady ana Mar
I'm The scent reduction bill received the votes OF
Rrackett Brown. Brush, Iturns, thahoon' l1aley'
G. A. Davis Ellsworth. Ford. Gallagher Grant
Guy. Harrison. IIgbie Higgins. Humphrey J0hn-
.on kochlen, Krum. Lamy, Lexow. Many NC
CaTren McNulty, Mun1inger. Nussbaum, rag
Parsons Pavoy. faincs. Seihert. Sheppard, Stew
art siranahan. 1ibbits. White. Weiman wilcox
am