New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-25
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II so. % authorize corporations to refuse >uCi'
transfers OF course. this means an enort |"
relieve the New-York city Railroad from me
,,e,asei,,- or transferring al Twenty-thrd-st-
md Broadway. at sixth-ave. and Twenty-thiro-
g. and AZ balf q dozen other points where
public agitation has forced the giving Of trans
fers. James 6 I.ehmaier at the hearing yes
teriay said:
M. Cravath has So far failed to show why
a man who receives a transfer becomes thereoE
exposed TO deadly peril from which he was
rendered immune by the possession OF an extra
nickel 10 pay his fare"
such is the character Of TIE railroad Dill re-
rorted Yesterday by Assemblyman BedeTs COM
nfttee or the character Of the Niagara grao'
The Rem-en East River Gas bill and the Dutch
ess-Ramapo measure. all passed by one body
and awaiting passage by another. enough is
already known These are only samples OF
pend,r,r legislation There are other bills OF
shady character or vicious features. There Is
the Merritt water storage bill, Of which some
waE has said 1t has no other merit than It's
rame" There is the Adirondack little bill. cloth
ing three or four clerks IN State departments
with legislative authority 10 examine into the
title OF lanG i'm the Adirondacks worth millions
Of dollars. There is a poolroom telegraph Dill
spoken Of IN Albany dispatches; a NicoN-N al
lace railroad bill revived from the WILCOX ON
,,ibus grab ~ last year. and there are other
minor bills Of strike grab character, or less
importance than those mentioned above All
these avail. action in the three weeks remaining.
As a pleasing little contrast to these bills
,bosa following the trend OF the present legls-
,.t,,-a turn the widespread indignation aroused
Ia, the alleged effort Of District Attorney Jerome
n menace the constitutional rights OF an eX-
convict hv his Garfield bill. Whatever lack OF
activity there has been in fighting the CraNath
bills there has been conscientious regard lot
the law in this respect. OF course. the Jerome
bill as unconstitutional may be defeated III the
Assembly. which has stood for the Niagara
grab The same Bedeu committee which yes
terdav reported the Cravath bills has, with ten
der solicitude for public interest. consistently
refused to pass the Carpenter-W ainwriFht meas
ure to break the Aldermanic hold-up on the Port
Chester
II IS difficult 70 say lust why the impression
exists so universally that the Cravath pills are
20 pass Since they were introduced not single
person. other than the attorney that drew th'hl,
has appoarcd for them. Not single interest
other than that or the New-York city Railroad
even SAYS IL is benefited 10y them. Every publI'
BODY In the city OF New-Nork Of a civic char
aCter mas protested against one or All OF thell'-
Even the Republican club to Mr.. CraNath IN
tense disgust. is on record against one OF thein'
Still the word is passed from one 70 anotheF IN
The legislative corridors that the bills are going
through Equally provoking comment IS IN" rae
that the Carpeut,r- Wainwright bill Tor Whl'h
Waetrhester county and The Bronx have asked
IN no uncertain tone. which mas heeh OPP
posed 10y no one save certain railroad interests
and few property owners with land TO "e
benefited by a rival road. has failed - receive
4 favora BILE Judgment at the hands 81 the Kan
road Committee which reported the Cravath
hills Against the Crayath bills haN" been ar b.
r7ved citizens and public organizations Al
most without limit while for them has been
o,1,, tho commemorative Of a corporation. Ia
favor Of the Carpenter Wainwright bill has oe-n
arraved hundreds % public spirited citizens.
dozens Of orga nizatioDs. and I'm IN" opposition
only certain corporate interests Tho action Tn
both cases seems 70 establish a fair comment on
the relative importance in the present leSiSi7t-
IRE OF the public and the corporation