New-York tribune., 1907-03-19
BLOW AT UTILITIES BILL
COMPLICATES SITTT. .tTIOv.
Gr0dy and McCarren Want Bills
Considered at Hearing.


Albany. March 1s.-Just to cononucs4. -.
seneral sir0FAon, Senator Grady moved to-n,gb+
10 nave his bill creating a board Of control 40
FNaOhc utilities in New York City considerad o4
the nearing set FOR the Governors Public TY,5i
'ies Dill before the Senate judiciary Committee
on March p Quickly catching the idea sena-
Tor McCarren at Gsnc1, ehimed in with a sfr,,I,-
request for his bill gi9ing the Board of Es+i
mate the powers now possessed bv the Rants
transit Commission. and Senator FoeIker f,l-
Io"ed with his bin making the Rapid Transit
Commission elective
me result will give an excellent opDortuntt,-
70 Grady and NGcCarren to oprAr a,,,a5 =
Any or all Of the bills under considara4io, a
VocaI'G VI the Governors measure cors,5a- 49,.
a..io" to-n'1Ss the first real opposition ~ 49,,
oiii ana are not i7vii-- to treat it ua-btIv co.,,
iHs as II does from Grady nd McCar~an =.
OedIs out the expected line o. o=posst,op-tb.e
VI hhoeklng few holes in the C,ove-rrx,- .,UT
winch would weaken it sufficiently TO suit ~
traction and lighting interests IN New vcrIx
City. -'0W A0lN
me Grady bill is similar TO his measure 90
,lSC year. IL creates board Of control elected
IN New York City. to have charge OF the raiI-
ways hshtins companies and telephone CON.
Germs. It was the first bill presented this vaa-
and now is before the Cities COMMITTEES. ssna-
Tor Grady asked that the Cities Committee h.
ulscharSed from consideration Of his measure
ana that IT be referred to the judiciary Com
nllttee Tor hearing when the Public JytiIitfea
OH was considered. Senator White chairman
u Ihe Clties Committee, was willing If the bin
were again referred to the Cities COMMITTEES
Just to add TO the gayety OF nations. I recent
ly introduced a bill relating to the transit s,t.
uation IN New York" said Senator McCarren-
I would like that to be considered along with
all the others
Senator White objected that this v-as M.
parallel situation Senator Cassidy recalIe5 +ba,
the Public Utilities bill was under an agreement
10 De reconstdered by the Finance COMMITTEES
after the judiciary Committee had finished with
IT, ana wanted TO know If Grady and NIcCarren
wanted their bills TO follow the same course. Hs
and Senator Grady had long argument over
that point.
Well my bill deals with the rapid transis
situation alone" broke in NIcCarren, '.tust as
both these other bills do. Perhaps was too
modest In not Including the gas and electric
lighting companies I understand the reason
there IS so much desire to have these bills re-
ferred to the judiciary Committee Is thar bv an
indirect proposition they abolish the LEGISLATURE
If the rapid transit question Is to be dealt with
properly. it is only fair that my bill be consid-
cred with the others"
Senator Page explained that within the week
L4S WOuA1 introduce a Dill amending the FaDid
transit act generally in connection with the
Public Utilities bin. This measure would 90 to
the Cities Committee. and could be considered
properly with the NIcCarren bill there. But Me-
CarTen persisted in his motion. and il was
granted Then Senator FoeIker's similar motion
was granted
Senator Grady presented tonight the Attor-
ney Generals bill providing for scent fare
ard universal transfers within the city limits On
lines controlled by any railway company. While
this was drawn with reference primarily to the
Coney Island situation, 1t would compel a scent
fare with transfers between subway. surface and
elevated roads
Il want this bill 70 be distinguished from the
ordinary bill which strikes widely at its OBJ
1ect" he said. This is the only way IN which
the situation should be met. We have a trac-
tion monopoly IN New York City. II our transit
facilities must be controlled by a single CONE
Pany. 1t is only right that we should have the
benefit OF single fare in one direction with
transfers between the subway. the elevated and
the surface roads"