New-York tribune., 1901-04-24

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is appointed by the Mayor and the
As an accompanying piece legislation BIZ sIse Tas
passed providing for bipartisan Isa of four
bers to composed of two Representative. h.a is
each Of the two dominant parties the duties
tofore performed by the New-YSrk, 81 S'S elections
T4a foar Of to be
PSMsa paFfssa fnas4 shsH this
Mayor appointed John r. vGo5his o5 dTe tGTe. former
efste leader Of the Asssmsly from
tbe XVIIth District and Michael Dady ctee OF
Of the Republican County Executive 0'''
TENEMENT HOUSE LAWS.
-, .a,arent house laws has been enae'
"a nursuant TO the recommendation OF tho -
ment House Commission which was p,ausevslt
der the administration OF Governor 80 cot NJ
Robert w De Forest. IN explaining the he"
statutes, said ,,,
bring Viii be more air and light to daEk ths interior
and Cellar proper sanitary appliance sTe
for every family proper protfecbbe nf the laws re,
gard TO tenement houses in the city TLIS ,ene-
be So1se ny wcR 95
The bill creating the naad OF the department
wbo shall be called Tenement House CGnhh snail
shall be epPsntsa 10 remoT Sy 's by the Mayor His
salary viii be 800 annually and ne wan &c Of his
duties He will power to appoint and whose
win one or m95E & deputy b6t sy,eeed $500 each he
Tenement House Department VIII Ile lncluue and A
RIsa Budns Of Racords and the Com
missioner will have power 70 ioIlI ar 80 ~ appoint
ali registers. examiners INSPECTORS aaI a,as e'p
| in the department and to nH their sa'a'
A supplemental bill has also been passso "nun
extends the time for contractors who n'eo 'i7'.
| plans prior TO April TO- Fhese CONTIGUOUS ~
| bound by the new law
REAPPORTIONMENT.
The r-anportfonment OF the Congress districts
| has been accomplished by the legislature 80 'a>
| New-York State now has thirty-seven hep'e'
tvas IN the House. instead OF thirty four The three
nav' ~ ~ dstrtcts are given to NewYork City ard
some OF the upstate districts have been reo' ea
Gccordlns to srransemsn the S. city is % %
the xVITfth incusive westch.ser County made
the XIXth District and & the 1.s't1c nccspv the re-
naming part OF the State TO the north and west
FOR ATLANTIC-AvE IMPROVEMENT.
The bill introduced by Senator Wagner con'em-
| plating the Improvement OF Atlantc-ave Brooklyn:
| has become a law this session. after s"uss %
several years. The measure was severely scored pS
| Navor Van Wyck who vetoed IT, and by the Dem
| ocrats in the Senate and Assembly. The new law law
provides thsf sba be- borne G M by city In
iS act author5.ias the tba T OF Brooyn
| should pay one-half of the expense provided the
ns Isand shasf Rs RsFSaa Eas
City and brooklyn The tunnel s sss by the eg
sIa5ure relieves the railroad COMPANY from Its
| obligation 10 construct tunnel and makes one
| half OF the expense general city obligation
NEW-JERSEY BRIDGE BILL
A hill which excited considerable discussion as TO
| the real interests behind It that introduced
| by Senator Raines. permitting the New-fork anu
New Jersey Bridge Company to build elevated
| railroads in West-s:, alongside of the wharf
| nronertv of the city These elevated structures
| were TO be so connected with the terminal of IT'S
bridge spanning the Hudson River that freight
and passenger trains might be run direct from the
| uharves Of the North River to the Far West
Under one Of the Bills provisions the Board OF
| Aldermen would be compelled to grant what fran
| chIses were demanded within a reasonable time
after application therefor
The bill also provided for the incorporation OF
new company which might inherit all the original
| rights Of the New-York and New-Jersey Bridge
| Company as established by its charter In 1881
| Such new company might also receive the op-
tional privilege OF bulloins eieVa'eo raiifoauS ae
| the river front
| The only conditions imposed on the building OF
| such elevated structures which were to be con-
| nected with the bridge proper. and thus permit
trains from New-Jersey Goa! and iron trains from
| PENNSYLVANIA and wheat trains from the Far
West to enter New-York were the following:
| First-They should not be built public
second-They should not be built lower than
fourteen feet fom the @ Oh sad Street on these
structures must meet with the approval of the
Fourth"Four per cent Of the earnings on the
elevated railroad approaches to be paid to the city
| GontroIler during the first ten years per cent
| for the ten years. and per cent thereafter
| The bill was fought by the Corporation Counsel
| of New-York and also by the members of the
| Sinking Fund Commission who declared the pay
| nent offered for the franchise too small. The
| bill passed the Senate Monday and the As
% Anoiher ' bill was introduced by Senator Marshall
| and Assemblyman De Graw which provided for a
| tunnel under the Narrcws and bridge over
| interest of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
THE BRIDGE APPROACH BILL.
| AS result Of the popular agitation for better
| terminal facilities at the Manhattan end of the
| Brooklyn Bridge Senator McCarren introduced a
| bill authorizing the Commissioner OF Bridges to
| prepare and submit to the Board OF Estimate
tenn for pedestrians, railroads and vehicles. Upon
| adoption of the plan. the commissioner might en-
| ter into contracts for the completion of the i'm
| provement. The bill passed by the Assembly
| the last night of its session.
| IMPROVEMENT OF ONE NE-HUNDRED-AND-
THIRTY -FIFTH-ST.
| For several years a bill has come before the leg
| islature proposing to widen and extend One-hun-
dred and -thirty-hfth-st in New-York City. Here
tofore the bill has failed but this year It passed
| both houses and Is now In the hands of Mayor Van
| Wyck Inasmuch as it's provisions permissive.
II said that the Mayor will not veto the bill. as
| he threatened to do when 1t was mandatory.
CEDED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
| After considerable fight In the Assembly ia
maica Reef which lies off Governors Island. has
been ceded to the United States. for the purpose
| of enabling the enla cement of this island. The
| measure which provides for the cession was per-