The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-09
RAILROADS GET ANOTHER JOLT
SENATE PASSES THE EMPLOYERS
LIABILITY BILL.

III uINe3 employees VI btcAEu huu Ou
Railroads the Same Right TO Begin
Action for Damages as O Passenger
Has-The Voting Machine Bill Passed.
ALBANY, March s.--The railroads again
received q severe Jolt in the Legislature
to-day, and this time It was from the bard
ened Senate. Some what to the surprise
Of all, the Senate passed Senator Barnes's
bill giving employees Of steam railroads
and electric railroads the same right to
commence an action for DANA ges as has
a passenger. Some time age when the
Senate Railroads Committee reported the
bill 1t amended 1t so as to limit Its applica-
ton to steam railroads only. This morn
ing Senator Barnes made an effort to have
the bill restored to Its original form. This
was bitterly opposed by some OF the
Senators. Senator Brackett referred to
the fact that it was hard to pass any kim
of anti-corporation legislation and referred
to his efforts to nave chapter Sc of the in
suranoe Law repealed.
Senator Grady replied to this and said
he was of the old guard who had opposed
repeating chapter SO. and he still adhered
to that opposition and would continue
to do 80.
While the dis cussion was at its height 1t
was discovered that the bill was being
taken up out Of its order and the debate
was stopped. Later when it was reached
on regular order a motion to recommit
was made. This was defeated by a vote
Of ayes, 81; noes. 20, as follows:
N~oes-Senators Barnes. Coggeshall, Cooper.
Davis, Fechter. Gardner. Hill. L'Hommedieu.
NEYN--- D@-o lava nyan Roma and
Cullen. Fitzgerald. Foley. Frawley. Grady.
Hasenfug. Hawkins. Keenap. Kehoe. Marks.
Martin, McCarren, Quinn and Riordan
(Dems. '-26.
Ayes-Senators Aids, Armstrong. Bracket.
Brown, Burr. Carpenter. Cassidy, Cobb.
Cordts. Drescher. Fancher. Gates. Goodsell.
Lewis, Prime. Raines, Smith. Tully. Warwick.
White and Wilcox. all Republcans-2l.
After this the Senate restored the bill
to it's original form and passed it by a vote
Of 80 to @. Efforts have been made for
several sessions to hav this bill passed,
and it looks as If his year Senator Barnes
would succeed.
The Assembly passed Assemblyman Stan
ley's bill compelling the New York city
Board Of Elections to place in use voting
machines in eight Assembly districts in
Manhattan borough at next falls election,
and also in four Assembly districts in
Brooklyn. II the machines are found to
be satisfactory the Board of Elections
is to adopt them for the entire city the fol-
lowing wear. The board is to buy the
machine recommended by the state com
mission appointed by Gov. Higgins to ex-
anime into voting machines
proposed constitutional amendment pro-
yiding that New York city subway con-
struction bonds shall not be considered
in computing the city's debt limit; senator
McCarren's bill, favored by Comptroller
Metz, providing for the compilation OF
the financial statistics Of the various
CITY departments and bureaus, and estab-
fishing in the Comptroller's Office a bureau
of investigation especially, concerning the
operation and value Of public utility iran
chises. and senator Cullen's bill. providing
a three cent fare for school children on
Brooklyn street railroads.
A bill favored by the city authorities
and introduced by Senator Riordan Will
interest property owners along the Nor hn
River, A, new section Is added to the
to wharf property or lands under water
south of the northerly line of Cortlandt
street, extending westerly in the borough
of Manhattan, it shall not be necessary
for the Commissioner of Docks TO make
any attempt to agree with the owners
upon a price for the same before oommeno-
ing condemnation proceedings. In any
proceedings hereafter brought fol, the
requirement Of such property a resolution
of the Commissioners OF the sinking fund
shall cause the title to pass to the city.
A bill introduced by A~ssemblyman Mer-
rift extends the term OF Office of the present
Judges of the Court Of Claims for ten years
after the passage of his bill, The court is
to hold eight sessions a year and the Judges.
compensation is to be s 5000, including ex-
penses and disbursements. This bill is a
companion one to that abolishing the
board Of barge canal land appraisers and
devolving the duties of the appraisers on the
Court Of Claims. The change was recon-
mended by Attorney,GeneraI Mayer IN nS
Assemblyman Prentice introduced a bill
providing that inspections OF pavement
removals or disturbances Of street surfaces
in New York city shall be by inspectors ap-
pointed by the Borough Presldens,d . Kin
compelling the placing in every room OF
hotels or rooming houses OF ten rooms or
more not connected with an OUTSIDE hre
escape a rope Of some metallic substance,
securely fastened to a suitable iron piate
near the window in SUCH manner rs 10 Dc
always visible. "
Unless a consumer OF gas or electricity is
In arrears to the company he shall not be
compelled to pay a deposit to secure llghti
according to a bill introduced by As sem ~
lighting corporations shall be returned to
the people making them prior to June
next unless there ere arrears to be collected.
The Assembly Committee on Char1ta6le
Institutions has favorably reported the
bill permitting the Henry Bergh Humane
Society to do humanitarian work in New
York city. This society is to carry on the
same work as the s. p. =. A.
Long Island Electric Railways Should Pro-
vide More Cars.