The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-16
7O.CENT GAS BILL DOOMED,
ALTHOUGH SENATE ADVANCES 1T
TO THIRD READING.
Bin AboIlshiRg the CoroneT's once IN THIS
Cty Advanced In the Senate and
Then Heoommltt ed-BHl for Seven Rail.
road Commissioners Likely to Pass.

City Advanced In the Senate and
Then IIeeommltt ed-BIl for Seven Rail-
road Commissioners Likely TO Pass.
! ALBANY. March I5,-The Fitzgerald To-
| cent gas bill for New York city was adj
vanccd to-day to a third reading. There
! Ia no likelihood Of the bill being passed
! by the Senate, for the price Of gas il TO he
| determined upon by the legislative invesu-
eating committee which will be gin it's work
next week OF investigating the lighting
! situation in New York city. At the con-
ference OF the Republican Senators last
week, before it was known whether or not
enough votes 10 pass the Page resolution
could be occurred, it was decided that the
/ Fitzgerald bin should DO advanced 10 a
third reading when it came up in the COM
mttee Of the whole and that programme
was carried out to-day
Senator Elsberg's bill abolishing the
Office Of Coroner in New York city was also
advanced to a third reading in the Senate
to-day, but at tho request Of Senator
Cooper OF Brooklyn. Senator Elsberg had
il recommitted for a hearing before the
Senate Cities Committee next Tuesday
afternoon.
Indications to-day are that the Mcr-
chants Association Of New York city Is TO
win out in its fight Of the past two sessions
TO have the Legislature enact a law increas-
ing the membership Of the State Railroad
Commission from three 20 seven members
The additional four members are to be APP
pointed by Gov Higgins, and il the bill
becomes a law one of the new commission
ers will be George ". Aldridge Of Rochester.
Another Of the commissioners will be a
practical railroad man. The other two
members will be residents Of New York
city and will, 1t Is supposed by the Mer-
chants Association, be able 70 accomplish
much toward relieving the congested con-
ditiOn Of street surface railroad travel on
Manhattan Island and in Brooklyn. The
bill was introduced by Senator Tllly rep,
Steuben), and to-day II was made a special
order in committee Of the whole in the Sen
ate for tO-mOrrcw. u is the opinion OF
leading Republican members Of the Begis-
lature that il is on the cards for the bill
to become law this year.
The Tammany members OF the Legisla-
ture have refused to introduce a bill sent
here by the New York city Board Of Educa-
ton, Assistant CORPORATION Counsel
Charles l.. Guy went about implOring them |
to introduce the bill. but he hasn't found
one vet who will sponsor IL. One OF the
members, when asked II he wanted 10 in
troduce II, said: mo SIR, am OF a believer
in making matrlmony a crime. The bill
provides that when a teacher in the New
York city public schools marres she for
fets her position.
BY a rarity vote the Assembly to-day
practically ildorsed the selection Of the !
AIke" Baker farm in Washington county
as n site for a new State hospital. II has |
been charged that the price paid for it.
So 500 was far above the actual value OF
the farm. To-day Minority Leader Palmer |
moved TO have the Ways and Means Com |
nttee discharged from his resolution which !
called for "a committee to investigate the
desirabIity Of the farm as a site for a hos |
pital and also whether il was worth the
price paid for it, The debate occupied
several hours and wac a bitter one.
The defeat Of the Palmer motion means
that as soon a. the title Of the farm has
been searched and found all right the trans
fer will be made.
Assemblyman Wainwright CRep., West
CHESTER introduced the laws Delay Com
mittee bill Of last year which provides for |
the appointment 10y the Appellate Division
Of the First and Second departments Of
Supreme Court trial commissioners in order
to relieve the congestcd condition Of |
the calendars IN those departments. !
Commssioners are 20 be- appointed 30
that there shall be one to every 10000 in
hsbitants. The bill passed the Legislature
last year and was vetoed by the Governor
on the opinion of Attorney General Cuneen |
that il was unconstitutional.
senator Hill to-day introduced n bin !
n chief probation officer for q term Uf five
years at a salary Of s. 600, a. the head Of
the state Department Of Probation, which
the bill establishes. The chief probation
officer Is to appoint probation of3oarS, in
Guiding women, for every county, at ~ aries
Of 81 90 each.
Assemblyman Friedel to-day introduced
he bill which gives restul ant keepers the
right 10 sell liquors on Sunday. Another
bill introduced by him practically provides
that a saloonkeeper who has been CON
victed Of violation Of the Rainss law shall
not lose his right 10 traffic In liquors until
after he has been convicted twice within the
life Of the one certificate. Another excise
law amendment j. that OF AssemblymBn
Plank. which provides that a person who
has been convicted Of violation Of the law
can assign OF sell his business,
Assemblyman Moreland introduced a bill
giving minorsthe right TO hold shares not
exceeding $50 in value in building and loan
associations
Assemblyman TompSins introduced bill
which prohibits public accountants disclos-
ing tho discoveries made in going over the
book Of "a client In a court proceeding,