New-York tribune., 1910-05-11
Seek Legislation to Regulate
Ticket Rates.
p. S. POWERS INCREASED
Senate Amends Act Permitting
Commission to Deal with
Transfer Situation.
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was placed on the order Of final passage
Among other changes in the law, this
bill makes explicit the powers Of the COM
missions as to joint rates and through
rates OF railroads and street railroads, thus
giving to the New York City commission
requisite power 10 deal with the perplexing
! rrarsfer situation there. II also stlnens
| up considerably those sections Of the law
applying to gas and electric lighting con-
Germs
| Senator Wainwright had large delega-
ton OF Westohester people before the
Governor to-day TO ask that he urge legis-
lation to permit the commissions to take
up the family and commuters ticket sirua-
ton
The recent notice Of the New York
Central that rates would be raised meant
in some instances an increase OF 50 per
| cent, they said. This would injure West
chester County so far as the building OF
small homes was concerned. and It would be
great hardship to the men who already
had built small homes there Mayor Elske
OF Mount Vernon headed the delegation,
which included officials and citizens OF
| Rye, Larchuont, New Rochelle and other
residential suburbs in the county.
Employers Liability Bill Passed.
| Without a vote in opposition. the Senate
to-day passed Assemblyman c. W. Phil
Eps's bill amending the employers liability
law by providing a pernlissive coupensa-
| ton scheme TO be agreed TO by employers
| and employees. This measure IS one OF
those recommended by The Employers Liza
| bility Commission.
II places the burden Of proving con-
| tr'butory negligence on the employer; pro-
vides for compensation for employees in
| jured through negligence of supertntend-
ents or other superior employees and
stipulates that if an ernploye continues TO
work after discovery by him Of danger
or defects in machinery his continued en-
ployrnent shall not be construed as as
sumption Of the risk OF injury
! Mr.. Phillips said Of his measure after its
passage: The bill seeks to bring into our
| Jurisprudence a scheme Of compensation
by the employer TO all employees in limited
amounts and in accordance with the shed
uIe prescribed in the bill, which scheme
Of compensation IS entirely voluntary on
the part OF both the employer and his
workr2en, and is brought into operation
only by consent to the same signed by
both parties and fled with the county
clerk After the fling OF such consent the
employer is relieved from liability under
the employers liability act, and becomes
in place thereof liable for the com pensation
provided for in schedules Of the conpen-
sation scheme. This scheme saves the waste
involved in litigation, and many employers.
after examining their own experience.
have stated that the saving Of this waste
by the adoption Of the compensation
scheme would reduce the cost Of complying
with the liability law"
The Senate refused by g vote OF Is to 1s to
adopt Assemblyuaan Jesse Phillips's olI
permitting the issue OF shares Of stock
without nominal par value. Senator Brack-
EFT favored it, saying he was q convert
Senator Hinnaan and others opposed il
Lawyers Bill Amended.
The Assembly amended the bill OF AS
senbIyroan Lansing, Of Rensselaer,. to pro-
hibit legislators from doing any legal work
for the state, or in which the state is in
volved- The majority leader, Mr.. Merritt
although q lawyer himself. said he looked
upon it as first class reform. Now that
there was 8 clanor for refdfn, ne wanted
to see how some OF the reforulers in the
| Legislature would look upon = measure
which affected themselves.
Tho first amendment offered TO the bill
was by Assem- mblyraan Dana, who sought 10
modify II 10 permit Ia wyers to take retain
ers under certain conditions His proposal
| was defeated, but the House adopted an
amendment offered by Assemblyuoan Shortt,
| OF Richmond, which would give lawyers in
| the Legislature the right TO appear before
the Court of Claims, file certificate for a
| corporation and do other work which could
not be construed as employment for any
branch Of the state department
! Asseublyrnan Phillips reminded the
legislators that If the Lansing bill passed
| II would be impossible for banker whose
firm had business with the state to be
member Of the Legislature The minority
| leader, Mr.. Frishie, was inclined to be for
the bill but when It was made plain 10 him
that it would prohibit his Democratic
newspaper in schoharie County from ac-
cepting money for state printing he
changed front
Asseu1blyrnan John L. Sullivan, of Cha
tauqua, said that the persons seriously be-
hind the Lansing bill must look upon the
rnennbe Of the Legislature as weakIings,
who ought to be under surveillance OF de-
tectives or guardians all the time
BY a vote OF 81 10 10 the Assembly passed
the New York County Republican Commit
tee election bill. providing that the number
OF voters in an election district shall not
be more than $50, and that when that num-
Der is reached the Board Of Elections must
reapportion the district TO be as near as
possible to that number.
Assembyrnan Ward, introducer Of the bill.
said that on Election Day there were about
$50 minutes during which voting goes on.
AS there are often more than six hundred
voters in a district now, voters get not
much more than q minute each to vote.
He believed with only $50 voters in an
election district, the inspectors and officials
would have ample time to receive votes an6
carry out the provisions OF the present sig
nature law in New York City.
On the ground that subways are OF great
er necessity than q courthouse, { number OF
New York Assenablymen to-day opposed the
Ward bill, drafted by the Citizens Union.
empowering the city OF New York to buy
new land for courthouse
The cost is to be 81, 900. 600, which is TO
be paid in four installneats- For that
amount OF money said Assemblyrn2a
Bates, you can build about twenty miles
of subways. and subways are a necessity
while . courthouse IS q luxury. 7 believe
that the present courthouse IN New York.
by renovating and ventiladng. could 3e
made to do
AssernbIyrnen Raldiris, for The Bronx
and Ebbets, for Kings. declared that their
constituents preferred subways to a court
house The bill was laid ever until to-
| morrow