The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-17
PAGE TO HEAD GAS INQUIRY
THOUGH ELSBERG rs TRYING TO
SHOULDER HIN OUT.
Bul Increasing the Membership OF the
Railroad Commission to- Come 10 for
Passage Next Tuesday The Lake Erie
Water supply IlilI in the senate.

ALBANY, March lG.-There was much
pulling and hauling all day between the
friends Of Senator Page and senator Elsterg
az 10 who should be- the chairman Of h.s
Joint legislative committee which IL to in
vestigato the New York city lighting situa-
ton. Lieut. Coy. Bruce and Senator Raines
tried 20 unravel the tangle, and finally
Gov. Higgins took hand The impression
tonight was that Lieut. Coy. Bruce would
name senator Page a. the chairman Of the
committee.
Tho names Of the three Senators and the
four Assemblymen who aro to comprise
the investigating committee will Ia an
nounced Tomorrow by tho Lieutenant
Governor and Speaker NiEon. II Is eN-
pected that this committee will comprise
Senators Page. Stevens and Grady, and
Assemblymen Apgar. Agncw, Cotton and
Palmer, Senator Grady and Assembyman
Palmer representing the minority on the
committee.
The Page investigating resolution was
passed by the Assembly to-day almost
unanimously. only three Democrats voting
against it.
senator Tully's bin increasing the mem-
hcrship Of the State Railroad Commission
from three 70 seven will he brought up for
the Senate ordered 10 a third reading the
bill taxing mortgages and the bin taxing
stock transfers.
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported
favorably Senator Armstrong; bill pro-
hibiting the docking Of horses tails.
Senator Stevens insisted that a quorum
II the committee was not present when II
was decided 70 report the bill and Senator !
White urged that the bill should be re-
committed. The matter was compromised /
10y Senator Bracket, the chairman Of the |
committee agreeing to give another hearing |
on the bin next Wednesday afternoon.
The Assembly passed Mr.. NatCs'5 bill /
creating a pension fund for the civil service /
employees OF New York city.
Assemblyman's Smiths Till standardiZing I
the character Of railroad and municipal /
bonds in which savings banks may invest
met With some opposition " hen Il came up
for final passage In the Assembly to-day.
Finally Il was made a SPECIAL order for next
Wednesday similar bill has been re-
ported favorably in the Senate.
The Senate Committee on Miscellaneous
Corporations has reported favorably Sen
atof Gas sidy b bill permitting electric power
companies to take lands by condemnation
for the transmission Of power throughout
the State. This bill Is supposed TO be in
the interest Of the Niagara, LoCkport and
Ontario Power Company. The committee
will give a hearing next Thursday after
noon on Senator keenan's telephone rate
reduction bill
senator Amber has introduced a bill
carrying out the views Of W. f. d. Stokes,
which oontemplates AN amendment TO
the State Constitution providing for the
abandonment Of the present Erie Canal
and the construction IN its place Of an .
electric railroad between Albany and Buff
falo in connection with a water aqueduCt.
Senator Amber says that three big rail-
road companies stand ready to Ill up the 1
canal and construct such a railroad and |
will guarantee 10 carry freight at a cost
canal and that II would be carried at a
speed Of thirty miles an hour ON an aver
age. He says the water aqueduct. through
which II Is proposed TO supply New York
city with water from Lake Erie. could be
laid In the canal bed before IL Is filed IN |
and the railroad built on top of il.
Swearing through the telephone will
not be 80 popular II the legislature passes !
a bill introduced by senator Wilcox to-day.
The bill makes II a msdemeanor to Use pro-
fame or Objectionable language over a
telephone. ,
Assemblyman Tompkins does not APP !
prove OF the curriculum In the New York
city schools. To-day, when the Assembly
was considering Asssmblynan Hartmans
bill increasing from three To three and a
half mills the annual rate OF taxes for the
schools In New York city, Assembynlan
Tompkins INDUCED in some sharp criticisms
u the pre sent admmist ration Of the s2huol-
He said the old scheme Of solid education
had been abandoned In favor Of fads and
ianCies.
Our boys and girls- said Mr.. Hopkins
go 10 school now foI six hours doy end ,
devote al out forty minutes TO reading, !
writing, spelling and arithmetic. The rest
Of the time they have 20 fuss with sewing |
and cooking lessons
The bill wHs pssHed ly party vote.
Osteopaths feel sure that they will get
legislative recognition this yer. The SEN
ate judiciary Committee has amended thei
hill 30 as to provide that IL they lTe licensed
TO practise they will not bC able to hold !
public positions now filed ly practitioners
" medicine
was advanced to third reading in the
Senate to-day. The bill was amended in
an unlmpOrtant particular, the number OF
the law being changed.
The State BarbeTs' Commission has pre-
vailed upon Assemblyman Hartman TO
Introduce their bill, which provides that
they are to receive a tax Of 81 a year from
every barber In the State and thus con
tinue 70 enjoy their good things for some
years 20 come.
Assemblyman Leggett Rep.. Naeara).
to-day introduced rather drastic grab
hill In the interests Of the power companies
generating power at Niagara Falls. II
gives the companies the right 20 extend
their business 10 any village, town or city
by simply filing an amended certificate
II Incorporation stating the extension Of
the business, anu gives them the right TO aC-
quire lands upon condemnation proceedings.
But the companies cannot Use any streets
In a city without the consent Of the local
authorities The Niagara Reservation and
the conoourse lands at Coney Island can
be acquired by condemnation
Assemblyman Tompkins introduced a
TIL which makes IL crime for any person
20 oher 10 procure or to procure green
RoOds,
Assemblyman McManus introduced A
bin which l. believed to have a hearing
upon Farley, the strike breaker. Il brings
under the provision Of the Employment
Agency Law all persons providing positions
for persons who are TO receive less than
$500 a year. II also prohibits immoral
persons going TO an employment agency
and securing help. Agencies that supply
nurses. musicians, vaudeville artists and
theatrical persons are also brought under
tho terms Of the law by the bill The Mayor
and the Commi ssioner Of Employment
Agencies In New York city are TO be en-
powered to administer Oaths.
A bill introduced by Asse mblyman Cox
brings under the provisions Of the Hotel act
all apartment houses IN which meals are
furnished.
AsssmblymAn Agnew, at the request Of