New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-11
FALLCWS BILL ON A SHELF.
SENATES HOSTILITY TO AMSTERDAM
AVE. PEOPLE SHOWN AGAIN.
ASSEMBLY MEASURE SENT TO AN UNs
FRIENDLY COMMITTEE-ANOTHER
SHAMELESS STREET RAIL
ROAD GRAB

ROAD GRAB.
Albany, March 10 (SpecaD.-Senator Grady
who is the mouthpece Of Richard Croker In tho
State Senate. exhibited hostility again to-day to
the Amsterdam-ave. railroad bin. Mr.. Croker
has written letter favoring the bill. his follow
ers in the Assembly have voted for Il. and yet
here is Senator Grady opposing II. Some one Is
insncere Who is 1t?
When the unamended Fallows bi passed
yesterday by the Assembly announced in
the Senate this morning Senator Ford asked
that It be ordered 10 A third reading. Senator
Grady objected. and his objection prevailed.
Then Senator Ford moved that the Assembly
bill be substituted for his own hiil. which was
amended by the Senate yesterday Senator
Grady once more objected and again his OBJ
lection prevailed Senator Ellsworth. who was
presiding. referred the hill to the Railroads
Committee.
"i move" said Senator Ford. that the Ran-
roads Committee be discharged from the FUR
ther consideration OF this measure"
GRADY TRUE TO HIS FRIENDS.
Senator Grady again objected and said no
hoped the Senator would not push his notion
this morning. According 10 Friday custom -
number Of Senators had gone To their homes.
but before their departure agreement had
been made with Senator Ellsworth that no bin
OF special Importance Of political characteri
should be considered to-day. He moved. there-
fore that consideration Of this motion 70 dis
cnarge the committee be postponed until Nom
day night.
Senator Ford said he had entered into no sunh
agreement. and gave notice that neither now
nor at any other time would he be party to AM
agreement which would preclude his right Z"
stand on the floor and use every possible en-
deavor TO secure the advancement OF this bill
Senator Grady insisted that IL was an agree
ment that had always been respected ana
whether or not Senator Ford had entered into
this particular agreement ne thought other
Senators should respect the custom and give
every Senator an opportunity TO he recorusu
on a bill of great importance.
Senator Ford again declared his right TO en-
deavor at any time to procure the advancemene
of this bill despite any agreement which others
might make. The same bill had been killed iase
year through delay. and he proposed TO save X
from such a fate this year II possible
Senator Grady's motion 10 postpone considera-
ton Of the motion to discharge the committes
from further consideration OF the bill was
adopted by viva voce vote.
LETTER FROM MR.. FALLOws.
Assemblyman Faows. who introduced the'
Amsterdam Avenue bill in the lower house. TO-
day sent a communication to several residents
NJ The section Of New-York City affected by the'
measure. calling on them TO bring every possl-'
Bile influence to bear the Senate 10 pass the
measure in an unamended form. The letter -
as follows
Senator Ford. this morning, moved 10 ds-
charge the Senate Railroads Committee from
the consideration of my bill. to which IL was
referred and the consideration OF that motoh
has been postponed until Monday night
Il ,f,,lr
has anv chance of passage is mine In It's pres
ent form, | don't believe the AsseLnpiy now
would ever pass again an amended Dill IL
therefore seems to imperative that Wa
should bring every influence possible TO pear OH
the Senate Railroads Committee, ana upon upon h'' .hs
Senators generally 70 convince thenl 'hat 'u'
friends of Amsterdam ave. desire the passdk'
of my bill in its present form. -,
would urgently suggest therefore Una.
campaign of letter-writing, such as inaugu-
rated on our side of the house, be at once De
gun: particularly letters should be procurei
from prominent attorneys giving their legal
oninion unon the advisability Of passing the bill
without amendment, and upon the consutu-i
tonality of the Grady amendment As many %
these letters as possible should be written SO az
70 he received before Monday evening:
I hone IL is clearly understood that the As
semblv has done it's full duty in thls nat'e,s
and that Il the bill r. emasculated ana nnhiiV
killed the responsibility is upon the senate
| shall be at my office nearly all day to-morS
row. and my telephone number Is -'' |oi ''"''A>-
AN AMAZING PROPOSITION
While the Metropolitan street Railway corn-'
pany and the Third Avenue Railway company
are attempting 20 strangle the Amsterdam-a aNe-'
hill the street railroad interests or the stats or
which these corporations form a large part. arr
impudently attempting 10 relieve themselves
OF hundreds OF thousands of dollars or taSa,ion,
AssemhIyman Bedell, chairman Of the Assembly
Railroads COMMITTEES. to-day introduced a biit
which would relieve any street raliroao com
nary Incorporated before May 8. INA or ns
successor In business from its present liabinty
for having the streets between its tracks anI
two feet on either side. This exemption would
extend 10 the Third Avenue. Metropolitan streee
hallway. Brooklyn Rapid Transit ana many
other big companies. In recent years there has
not been a street railroad measure 10 compaIu
with this one in the relief from just taxes u
would afford. , a
II is said the paveuents between tracks op
troiIev roads are not worn out rapiily nowsdayss
horses having been discarded. but that wagons
turning into the railway tracks soon wear ous
the two feet Of pavement outside or the tracks,
which the railroads have 70 keep In repair.
INDIGNATION THROUGHOUT THE CrTYl
To nOIrRT THE SINCERITY