New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-02
COMPROMISE AIDS GAS.
slLL BILLS INTRODUCED.
sTammGny Appeased by 4Uoscing
Gradg Resolutions To Be Read.
Tsr -KDEGRkFz 10 THE TRIBUNE-I

rsY ~KrEGRGFz TO THE TRIBuNEl
? ,,nsn-. May 1.-The Assembly will consider
( - even measures finally introduced by the
aus gas committee tonight as special or
s., IN Wednesday. and the Senate on Thurs
- the plan being to pass them in this man
- ana IN this order. The only opposition to
-S.r being advanced so that a final vote might
= .sken at that time came from Tammany,
W. was compromised by permitting the long
.-,outions Of Senator Grady explaining why
= minority members had not signed the re-
= IN be read. The minority will have until
gg~.snesdsy in the Assembly and IN the Senate
Ell the same date TO sign the report or else
L-hr,,t q minority report
senator's McCarren and Bracket both oh
80 70 the advance OF the bill providing for a
go commission, but gave way when they
- told by Senators Raines and MaIby that
80 affection would merely mean q days delay.
= resolution suspending the rules OF the
e.,sts would be promptly brought in Then
.sev both retired. This Is the measure that Is
NV 70 provoke the hardest fight, although it
= ,s,6 as yet TO secure any definite notion of
=. ,robable line OF attack that viii be followed
- -. friends Of the gas companies. II IS even
Tested that certain Democrats viii vote for
=. tlls reducing the price OF gas and electricity
: .hs ground that this course is the only
-. thev can follow and escape a political
shipvTeck
charles 2 11athewson, attorney for the Con-
situated Gas Company. sat beside Senator
Sens to-day and watched the progress Of
~ ess bills he said that he had nothing 20
ga n his talk N New-York.
. have paid no attention TO the State COM
-.ssto, hills" said he; that IS not my concern
The 75-cent gss bin is the deadly one"
Re followed the protests Of Senator Grady.
who insisted that the Democrats declared that
tbsv had 10 chance to read the report and
asked for more time. There was long wrangle
oyer this question. and the falsity OF the Demo
cratic charge Ras established. but the request
WIS then granted on Senator Raines's motion.
The friends Of the proposed legislation seemed
confident tonight n the face Of the GER
taiDrv Ct Z special session Il the bills failed and
the hes!tancy Of the Tammany members openly
70 oppose the bills reducing the price. that the
bills might so through much more easily than
had been expected. The main hitch will come
on the State Commission bill, although the as
sertol has already been made that II the Dill
masses George ". AldTtoge Will head the COM
mission and that will strengthen the bill in the
Senate OF Speaker Nixons ability to secure
speedy and favorable action on these bills in the
Assembly no doubt has been expressed.
Speaker Nixon talked with the Governor this
afternoon and was asked subsequently If there
would be caucus on these measures In the
Assembly. 7 don't know that we need one"
was his answer. It is generally assumed, how
ever that there will be a Republican caucus on
each side these bills making them party
measures on the nights before they are voted
on-that IS. tomorrow night IN the Assembly and
Wednesday night in the Senate.
AssembIyTnan Agnew tonight introduced a
measure carrying out the recommendations of
the Stevens committee, covering that portion
Of their report with reference to permitting
New York City to employ for power purposes
poses. This bill is intended to supply the section
stricken from the Tompkins bill which was ap-
pareutly intended to accomplish this. This bill
reads as follows:
The Board Of Water Supply Of the City Of New
York may, subject 10 the approval OF the Board
O. Estimate and Apportionment. utilize such
water as il now owns or as It may hereafter &C
Quire for the purposes Of generating electric
current for the uses Of the municipality, pro-
vidIng 10 additional water shall be used for said
purpose than would be otherwise required by
the city OF New-YoTk.
The long consideration Of the Public Service
Corporation Commission bill resulted in only
two important changes IN that measure when
the Stevens committee introduced 1t tonight
The salary OF each Of the three commissioners
Is made 5000 instead Of $1,000 to make it con-
form 70 that OF the Railroad Commissioners. The
right is also given to compel obedience OF the
directions by mandamus. In other respects the
bin IS as already described IN The Tribune.
The text Of the bill compelling the local Com
missioner Of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
70 appoint inspectors to test the illuminating
gas manufactured or furnished in New-York
City was made public to-day. The importan:
provision Of this BILL which takes effect in July.
the following:
The gas manufactured. furnished or sold, as
Aforesaid. shall be tested with reference to
Illuminating power, pressure aud purity in a
suitable manner and by proper apparatus at
least once each day, and shall also be tested
whenever The said commissioner shall direct.
The inspectors shall report under oath the re-
suits q their tests TO the said commissioner
daily. and the said commissioner shall file the