New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-11
SENATE FOR GOOD ROADS.
HrGFrE BILL PASSED WITH ONLY NINE
VOTES AGAINST 1T.
rurpr WAS LITTLE DEBATE. FX'ErT OK TIE
FART OF SENATOR KEtM. WHO 1E'HD
10 cnNLrEE Up lie srE.IRE

FART OF SENATOR KEtM. WHO TEiED
TO coXlrEE Up TIE SPECTRE
or VAST ExrEXsE
Albany March ln-Imn1ediately a'ier the usual
ro,,lA husincss had been transacted ~ inc S'"dI
today Senator Higb.e called NJ his "ood "od"'
hill or the order Of It's nna passase senator
Ellsworth moved to amend by making In" act
rcrr,isslve instead ~ mandatory az 10 me Nl''"'
s,op 70 be taken by Boards Of Supervisors IN 'he'
respective couutes This was lost
senator Krum. speaking against the bill onnrgeo
that fl was the entering wedge to inc e'ea''' -
rondlture ever entaled upon the State Inc com
hinol expense OF the canals and the ouio'"s VI w
Capitol would. lie said. he nothing ~ oo'"F"'
with A. , .,,a
This is but an experiment. inc declared an"
We are cited 20 no particular precedent III ~ J"
For four years tho state of Massachusetts '"S w."
building good roads In three years she mas eN-
pended 81 2o0 IN. and in return has receive" ~
miles ~ good roads what will two THOUSAND
,,uos m roads cost AT tie same rate. Then there
will, bo N nor cent OF the roads IN tho Stst" hps"-
1utev untouched At tho speen Nassachuse,,s re-
been huieing roads at the appropriation VI '''
a wear II .,l take i15 years ut,
senator Krum computed that the s'hsne w.
cos, tho sta,e 100000 year. and that the io'dl-
,., i,.i,, the benodt would have 80 contribute
-, ooual amount He cortended that the Dill "oup
IN lis nractical workings be compulsory
neonle he said. were nsiiat"d ~ IeaSo" W w.
canal and Capitol expenditures
81 say" he continued. "th't tho pcoI'r 49,.
OF the cities are in no condition 10 ia'n'' ..,.s
measure. particularly At THIS ii'ne. nv iar
~ this state are in a pitahle condition nnanc'',
Earnners are not sgtated about trusts ""s w
~. Z, n,crs care about dollar sas' what nave
farmers do with ga -.
BLOW Il out" interjected senator "'"''
Brooklyn. .o.
Senator Krln admitted that tne sussesuo" was
Z, some instances correct Rcsuming MS ans"
mon, he said that the roads that we're con
tenoplated ny the bill would he main roa'S'
would not result. he said, In improving '"' '
that lead from tho farms 10 the ralIFod" S'"'V'
lie charged that IN New-JersoY much Nun
been spon: IN building a road leading 10 A'I""'
CIV which was OF little use 10 tho iaiH',S' -
,,os +-,veued chiefly by taly-to coaches ana car
riares with coachnen and footmen. mere va.
never a time he said, wher the demah' io' so''
roads was less pressing than now. because VI IN
inprovenents that had been accomplished ~
roadmskirg machines in when farmers ""1
largely invested . 49,.
sena,ar vrsv arguing Tor the bill. said that
xow-ycrk and Buffalo would pay % per cent OF
tho State good roads tax and the o'her 0'"eS
would pay Is per cent leaving !" per cent TOT me
people outside OF the cities 10 pay.
Have yon stopped 10 consider what ms "ou'H
cos, the people Of the State II the working 81 the
hill should ne carried 10 its logicaI co"''NS'''
asked Senator krum
mo" said Senator Wray. and ! don't care
Every cent spent will be an Understanding IN
vestmcnt"
Senator Guy charged that Senator hr"i"
reu. was substantially the sare that mad neeh
-oteed IN orrosifion 10 every public improvement.
Senator Ellsworth moved 20 amend by striN'nE
out the provision permitting boards OF SUPERVISORS
90 ask for steel plate or other hai-oed rail- co"-
s,ructiou in pciitoning for State AID.
The amendment was lost and the Dill was pn.
,,ron ia final massage and passed hy a vote OF
o. 90 tho following Senators voting against II;
,'hahoon Ellsworth. Higgins Humphrey, Johnson
trun. Raines Sheppard and Srarahan.