New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-11

would be Tor tne oeSt Observation-Disclosures and now
he seems to be In the position OF iaeneii"S "
sne 1eope We're saying yesterday that am
many leaders made enough money ne ,bn amendment
p on here and Third-ave. and MstIoptv'wSdii
stock began TO soar anS nr Croker was seen
terday and asked about the SITUATION hS rave said
San se' exnressed myself about the tor9 n r sn
pledged my support 70 II; W wsre here talked
MEN them and told them that thGug95 nv th dd not
bin sh9 %,tb be me- PaS this bin Was Democrats ndi
narty measure. and, OF couisse,, tbev could not
hound down but am sorry that '"e' '0''
Igbs statement brought an amused sini,e S not
ssv Yesterday what he thought would De tne S enc hi
The matter but reiterated MS hope '"
would pass ..,r,,r
,,o,,,o,o,s who should know the reasons for
rarnanv onposition TO the bill said yesterday tna'
the man responsible for it was Danel f. NC
Nahon. tho chairman OF the Tammany EAecu"'e
committee who is the greatest power IN INC %
sSaPpr1o1n t'0M SNahon is The partner Of BernarG
Nauchton IN the firm az Naughton * ~ H'' Ioh6
~ Srimmins's hrm it VAS said. was forced to ot
Naughion * Co have the contracts on "ccOo, res
%n9 Gs'an ac;on mai NaTeh;on & Co were the only
frm that would be allowed to get the Pe aaasT
OF the municipal authorities To avg up bIodu~@S'
Third-ave. and other thoroushiares Tor Ine eST ~
version OF the cables lines TO electric lines: 10
enable McNiahon's firm 20 carry out It's contIac
with the Third Avenue Railroad Company ana , iue
Metropolitan Street Railway Company, thg DOLL
clans said the Tammany leaders were WoIkns rs
defeat the FORD bill
tors the bill has been something OF ny
Senator Plat has taken the trouble 70 SEM 10
the Ford bin passed Benjamin B. Odell, jr chair
man OF the Republican State Committee, mas Deeh
IN A9 s BELIEF lief ih ha. hs 5 viii III be
by the State Senate without amendment; =, r.
tee has been working openly for the Dill also. Az
the same time several prominent kepuDnff,I,nS ~
the bin Edward Lauterbachs connection with the
Third Avenue railroad company ntnrs nrnninent
Republican. who is understood TO be retained 10y
HE Metropolitan Street Railway Company as an
attorney has been talking quietly in opposition to
The declarations Of paid attorneys Of the railway
the vested rights of the corporations has been re-
never has been n time when the courts Of the
state Of NewYoTk could not be trusted 70 uPh9 }
and that tho talk about vested rights In connection
with the amendment which was intended 20 XIII
The Ford bin was than nonsense.
There has been a deeply rooted belief that money
a5S Nat the action Of some state Senators with
regulations not too clean could be UNDERSTOOD pest
upon the theory that they were ws ~ also e NAT
Iuptea ' ,,sed - seSyre he passage Of the
bill TO give enormously valuable franchse 10 tne
Astoria Light Heat and Power Company mat
East River from Queens c unity to Manhattan.
Edward Lautorfach yes erday afternoon denied
story that the METROPOLITAN Street Railway Con-
oany had bought er was about 10 buy LOT $500,
or any other sum- The rights Of the Third-aVe;c
road in Amsterdam-ave. He reasserted ms be.e.
that the proposed amendment to the Ford bI Wa Wa
the only reasonable and equitable solution o. o"e
Amstcrdam-ave controversy. end IN answer TO q
question about the report IN he afternoon Pup s
Eugene Wood Of Albany said that he had sem
up his cara to NJ Woo ra WAC W. an T5S X Brady
with whom he had talk. after when ne 'e''
the hotel
TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT
The West siders who went to Albany on Thurs
day believe that they are going to have hard
fight 10 keep four trolley tracks off Amsterdam
ave- but they eons TO keep Up the hsht
They viii hold another mass-nleetng on Monday
night Ther will send representatives to albany
again when the Farows bill gets into the Railroad
Committee of the Senate, and they vii he W TePPI9
scented before the Senate Committee OF me WnU cs
on Tuesday when the Ford bill as amended comes
simon Stern. John l. Bean. John McDonaid and
John G. Coleman. counsel for St. MlchaeI tIQs ~
ToNisndl counsel for the society for the Relief
Of the Destitute Blind the pIantifs in the 1}une
Company from reconstructing racks on AmStet r
dam-ave.. between SeventyehTst-s ana Si,rre1n
Court, yesterday 10 settle the orders on his deo1
sion rendered on MSnGhGy last IN % Because the
necessary number Of consents OF the adjoining
property.owners to the change from horse wer
10 Electricity had not been obtained. The orders
which Justice Scott asked 20 sign did not pro
vide for any bond being given by the plaintins 10
indemnify the railway Germany in case II proved
successful on the trial Of the action. They also
provided that the Injunction should apply to the
avenue from Seventy -trSt-st 10 Manhatian-st
F r. Minrath. Of Hoadly Lauterbach John
SON. opposed the signing Of the oTderst as Q,
sented by the plaintiffs. lie said that they should
contain a bond TO indemnify the railway company
and asked that Justice Scott impose bond oi
SIS 900 in each He further contended that the
Injunction should only apply 10 the blocks in Am
~ sterdam-ave. between Nnety-hrst and Ninetythir'
III SITS, and between One-hundred and-hrst ant
~ One-hundred and third SITS fronting and ad1onins
the two institutions which had applied for the IN
functions. He argued that the injunction could no
he made 10 apply TO the whole avenue from SeN
enty-frst-st.. as the property-owners on the otne
portions Of II had made application 10 the court
Counsel for the plaintiffs said that the imposi
ton of such a bond ASKED for would be prohib
itory. and unless the Injunction were 10 apply L
the whole Of the avenue on which the tracks ar
20 be II would be utterly useless.
Justice Scott said 80 far as the distance GOV
cred by the Injunction is concerned. think mus
restrict II TO that portion in front Of the buildings
The action would be different II the suit wer
brought by the city. Then no question would aIis
as TO the application Of the injunction TO tn
whole road. l think ! am bound to require tn
plaintiffs 20 give proper bond, but Will no
make that bond of a prohibltory nature