Year: 1866

Out Albany correspondence


ALBANY. April T. 1906


TIE NIAGARA STRIP


have already indicated that the Niagara Ship Canal
was the pioneer Of the Assembly combination of bills
which, having been finally matured. have been passed
within fortnight and up the Senate The latter
body will have the balance or the session overhaul
these measures although they have been much dis
cussed already that their details well their merits
well known and the Senate be pretty closely tai
lied already No better indication OF this could be given
than the action Of this body the Niagara Ship Canal
bill to-day The President Of the Senate referred it,
matter Of course, 70 the Committee Canals,
up from the Assembly. motion then made 70
take II from that committee and send the Com
mirtee Commerce and Navigation which by
vote Of thirteen to I'VE Although this does indicate
the certain passage OF the BILL II Is very strong evidence
that Its merits perfectly understood, and that the
respectively Tho Canal Committee is conceded to
be hostile TO the scheme in any shape and hence the
which sent the bill to the Commerce and Nav cation
Committee, understood TO be more favorable to the
measure


There very positive opposition to this BILL and %
the people OF the western part Of the State bears tho
same relation the underground railroad does to the
property owners on Broadway do not 50 fully realize
this however seeing that such charter has been given
once DO ore some ten years since, and that 1t expired
by Limitation, nobody would embark capital in 1t.
of the bill should he deem 1t, like Lieutenant Gov
Alvord, so dangerous flank movement upon the
interests Of the western counties OF the State.


THE REVISION AvD THE TAX LEvIEs


An effort s being made TO calculate the pro ramme OF
the combined upon bas which shall not need
the Of York city, and so move through both
houses without concessions sacrifices 10 the tax levy
interest and the corporation officials Should Senators
Thomas 'rphy and Lent fall INTO the party traces
without kicking there would b. trouble But as this
may achieved the shape OF th ms In the Senate
Is as yet uncertain The of this attempt to get
along without New York Is na effort for passing
tain reform inca sures including the Board Of Revision
It Is propos In the As emily TO take tho tax levy
passed by the Senate strike out the sections put in 10
restrict expenditure and ito up the city officials by legal
gatures the place OF these sections substitute
the Assembly bill creating the proposed Board of Audit
Revision II certain that the Committee on Cities
will be divi ited such proposition, Mr.. jenkins ON
the SIDE and the charman Mr. Brandreth, on the
other against il.


TIE AtDrRMASIC ASSEMBLY DrTRicrs


Although am d sposed TO think that apportiou-
en bils will finally passed this year, and the sub
cct thus left until alter the constitutional conven
tion, yet some pro made In tho bills for the re-
specve Senate Assembly anu Judicial districts. Lents
BILL creating twenty-one Adcrnanc districts for the
city of New York. forestas the action Of the Board Of
Assembly srcts allotted by the constitution. This
bill also suspected o. being Trojan horse other
resp cts, and suspicious OF charter amendments and
danger TO the pay OF tic Common Council as well M
provisions for aboshng the Supervisors Board are
talked about For these however, have little appre-
hcnson, Lent has himself becn member OF the Com
mon Council and "A member OF the committee before
which the bill will come completion. He has pro
cured very good hearing thus far for his former asso
catcs and respect than they have been allowed
here for many years.