New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
SUBJECTS OF LEGISLATION.
RAMAPo, SCHOOLS AND TAXATION TO
BE CONSIDERED AT ALBANY
THIS WEEK.

serious tasks before It. There Will be- for in
stance, hearing before the Assembly Commit
tee on cities on the bill of Assemblyman Fall
lows prohibiting the city authorities of New
York from making any contract with the Ram
apo Water Company or with any other water
company for supply of water for the city The
committee on the same day also will give hear
ing on Assemblyman Demarests bill to repeal
the charter Of the Ramapo Water Company.
Edward Lauterbach, counsel of the Ramapo
Water Company. it is announced will be here to
make speech in opposition to the repeal of the
charter of the Ramapo Water Company. People
are curious to know what Mr.. Lauterbach will
have to say this interesting topic whether he
offer any good reason why this company
should not lose rights which 1t has not made use
of up to this time, although it's charter was
granted many years ago.
People also wondering how the Legislature
will be divided on this question Of the denial to
the city authorities Of New-York of the right to
make any contract with the Ramapo company.
What will the attitude of the members of Tam
many Hall be on this subject? What support
will the Falows bill gain from the members OF
the Republican organization, some Of whom
heretofore have had friendly relations with the
leaders of Tammany Hall?
1t would appear as though bill to prevent
the authorities Of New-York from making such
posed it should make with the Ramapo Water
Company ought to pass both houses of the
Legislature easily, but one never predict
with safety what either the Senate or the As
sembly will do.
BILLS TO PAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The Senate Committee on Cities will give an
other hearing on Tuesday the so-caled
emergency bills to provide money for the pay
ment of the salaries of the school teachers OF
New-York DR.. Seth Low, president of Colum-
bia University, according to dispatches from
New-York will be here to make a speech be-
fore the committee regarding the various bills
providing for the payment of the salaries now
due the teachers. Whether DR.. Low will ex-
press his views on the bills which have been
introduced by Senators Elsberg and Marshall
in regard to the form of government or the
schools is not yet known.
The various bills pertaining to the schools OF
New-York City which have been introduced
thus far in the Senate and the Assembly pre-
sent such diverse and in some cases such con-
| Trajectory views that it is wellnigh impossible
to predict what the final outcome will be. Po-
Iitical jealousy has also done much to make the
situation still more complicated. This could
easily be seen at the public hearing on the Ford,
McCarren and Grady bills on Wednesday, before
the Senate Committee Cities. Then, too
there is division among the teachers themselves.
Some advocate one measure and some another.
OF the nine different school bills. it may be
said that four are emergency measures. the
direct purpose OF which is to afford relief TO the
unpaid and suffering teachers Of Queens and
Richmond Thus the bill introduced by Senator
Havens provides for the needs Of the teachers
of Richmond alone and authorizes appro-
priation OF $50, ,102 Is from the Board OF Esti-
mate and Apportionment. In like manner Sem
ator Norton introduced bin looking only to the
relief of the teachers of Queens. This measure
provides that the Controller OF the city OF New
York shall transfer and apply amount suffi-
cient for all the unpaid salaries of these teach
ers from the fund out OF which judgments
against the city paid.
The Ford bill Is another emergency bill which
practically embraces within its scope the pur-
pose of both the Norton and the Havens bills
Accordingly, the Ford bill would meet the needs
of both boroughs by enabling the Board Of Esti-
mate and Apportionment to direct the issue of
bonds in such sums shall be necessary to
meet the deficiency In the general school fund
OF these two boroughs Lastly. the Coler-Grady
| bill, having a still wider scope than the Ford
bill, provides relief by empowering the Board OF
Estimate and Apporttonment to transfer un-
expended balances from one appropriation to
another.
NCARREN. AHEARN AND FAILoWs
BILLS.
Besides these special emergency bills looking
to the relief of Queens and Richmond. there
are three emergency bills which pertain to the
schools of ali the boroughs. These bills have
been introduced by Senators McCarren and
Ahearn and Assemblyman Fallows> The hrst
has met with the approval of most Of the teach
ers, who were present at the hearing before
the Senate Committee Cities, and was drawn
up. by Horace E. Dresser, member Of the Board
of Education and Of the Brooklyn School Board.
1t provides for the issue Of bonds by the Board
of Estimate and Apporttonment to enable the
School Boards of any or all the boroughs to put
into effect the schedules of salaries for teachers
as they were in effect in September, 1899.
The Ahearn bill provides that the salaries Of
the Borough Superintendents and teachers shall
not be less than the salaries established by the
several School Boards before September l.
1899. 1t also provides for a graduated scale of
compensation based upon time of service under
the approval OF the several borough Boards of
School Superintendents. In addition the Board
of Estimate and ApportiOnment Is required to
ment of these salaries as stipulated in the act.
The bill introduced by. Assemblyman Fallows
also provides for a graduated scale but 1t is not
only determined by length of service. but also
by an accredited certificate of experience as ap-
proved by the City Superintendent Of Schools in
the Of teachers coming to New-York from
other cities The schedule Of salaries of the
teachers according to the Fallows bill is con-
siderably higher than that OF the Ahearn bill,
and IL specifies that the salaries to be finally
established should not be less than those fixed
by the several School Boards on February l.
1900 1t is thought that the Fallows bill is IN
some sense a compromise between the Ahearn
and the McCarren bills and is the one for1nu-
lated according to the wishes Of the Republican
majority.
The two remaining school bills pertain to the
control of the schools One was introduced by
Senator Elsberg and the other by Senator