Year: 1871

Albany, March IA, 1871


Now that the "beginnng OF the endn draws nigh


TIE RAILROAD FOLKS


who have pet schemes TO be put through and the
rauroad folks who do not want TO be euchred by
their rivals by ways that are dark and tricks that
not always vain in the long run are getting
themselves together nereabouts preparatory TO the
final struggle. The Erie people have come
up in strong force to-day, and, for the hrst
time since the Goodrich bill put in its unwelcome
appearance, have shown an unmstakable deter
minafion 10 fight for their interests, be the con-
sequences what they may. Heretofore Erie's pres
ence hes always been heraded with great sound
OF trumpets, and the man who selected to engi-
the road through the tortuous ways OF the Slip
perry lobby never failed to make his headquarters
known TO every body who could by any means have
. voice in the question OF Its life or death It's
policy has been changed il would seem, Tor
the remainder OF the present session
Ever since the day when the Good
rich bill introduced no agent recog-
n,zed employe OF the road has been seen officially
within miles Of the Capitol. To be sure, when the
bill WAS argued pro and con- before the Railroad
Committee. week or SO ago. the company had its
counsel on hand; but this was a necessity when no
policy could have wen withstood. What has
prompted the road TO pursue the course 1t has seen
proper TO take 1t would be hard to tell, but have
learned to-day that the 'agents" of the company
who have negotiating powers which the third
house know SO well how TO appreciate are now in
this city In lucrative force but with orders re-
main inco0 until the session has come to close.
1t would thus seem that the old style OF openly
fighting with


GREENBACKs IN HAND


every obstacle IN its path has been abandoned by
the road, with view, possibly of leading the gen.
eral public to believe that it doesn't care a
snap what the fate OF either the Goodrich
or Lewis bill may be- while at the same
time they can work just as stoutly as ever by
means OF instruments that arc well "greased' for
the purpose, and which work noiselessly in the
DARK tnat no one who has not been consulted as to
the working OF the machinery has the slightest idea
OF how the fuel Is supplied now the steam es
capes. II the Goodrich bin ever comes out OF the
committees hands, where 1t is. and gets before
the House, the engineers will have to roll up their
sleeves and do openly what they have SO lar done
underground. n II does not and the session comes
20 a close without any fuss being made
over over It's non,appearance they wlI have AVE
be made the wiser who Is NOT wise on the subject
already. SO iar the machinery Is said to run splen
turning In the right direction The Erie, however,
may be lost sight OF soon, even should the agents
have TO show their hands in a certain contingency,
Delaware and Hudson Canal men who now throng
the city is an indication OF a rough and tumble in





selfish Interests. Their presence looks rather sus-
plcious and although they pretend to have no 'ob''
on hand the lobby appear to know otherwise. The


THE WAR THAT Is TO COME


during the next few weeks, are concentrated In the
bills that are now under consideration In the lower
house. One OF them authorizes the Delaware ana
Lackawanna Railroad, the bosom friend tD OF the
Erie, its coal over any other road IN the
State; the second repeals the law of 1867, which
placed such immense power In the hands OF the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and the third
prohibits any canal company from owning or leas-
Ing any railroad. Now, the two last mentioned bills,
although somewhat different In their general fea-
lures, have l think, the same end IN vew and have
good reason 10 believe that the Hudson and Central
people are here TO see TO il that the bills do not get
ihrotted in the committees or In either House, If
they get through the committees unshorn OF their
most sweeping provisions. The reason Tor their
ANXIETY Is that the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company has now very nearly third OF The capital
stock OF Rensselaer, and Saratoga road IN its pos
session, while a fourth is held by the Central and
Hudson. Were the bills made laws the Susque-
hanna, Rensselaer, and Saratoga, II Is believed
pelling the canal company TO confne It's operations
solely TO the canals and coal carrying All TINS may
explain the wirepullngs that are now going on by
them in town at one tune. When the whole lot OF
them are ptted against each others interests there
viii certainly be nvey time, and The knowledge OF
this fact has done great deal to-day In making the
lobbyists look uncommonly happy and the strikers 10
become Ike Mrs Fezzlwlg .one vast subst antial
snllem Probably the very best evidence OF the eii-
cacy OF the tactics OF the Erie can be found in
the way that Door Goodrich is knocked about IN the
house when ne tries 10 STIR up the subject or


THE REPEAL BILL


To-day he again made an attempt 10 get the
House 10 pass resolution taking the whole subject
out OF the hands OF the Railroad Committee. but
again slgnally ialled The resolution came up when
there all sorts of mouous and counter motions
before the House. and when the speaker with his
usual qulctness and tact scattering them right
time was by no means an opportune one for the IN
PRODUCTION oi the resolution, and II got SO mixed uI
with The motions and counter resolutions that even
Goodrich lost sight or the real merits OF the stua-
ton and took an appeal against The decision OF the
chair by mistake, the consequence or whicn
that the resolution was lost by vote OF 60 10
81, every republican present voting IN the negative.
Several of the rural fragments ol the majority had
intended 10 vote Tor the resolution and had they
done SO the result would have been rather hard on
The Railroad committee; but Irving, OF New York,
blocked


by his usual good tact, which he never fails 10 dis
play wnen the majority are IN tight box which
they want 10 get out OF, and busted himself SO
actively among the 'greenies'' while the voIe
was being taken that victory was made certain
& ,of sne opponents or tne proPosaLioh noouric.,
he viii fetch The the thing yet. My opinion Is, from
AL can learn on the subject, that the apparent un.
Willingness OF the majority TO take the bill cut Of
the hands OF the committee was manifested simply
because they dont want TO let the leading repeater
and his friends take the nattering unction to their
souls that they have been forced 10 do IL II they
should give Nay j. need not be snrpris1g there,
bill on the mouon OF democrat.


BIG THING.


bill was introduced in the lower House today



the New York and Albany Transportation Com
pany." The title Is so much ike the titles OF hun
dreds OF bllls OF no importance that are presented
day after day that ii is likely 10 deceive any one who
would be content TO Judge Of It's real merits from Its
~.signboard" solely. The fact is that II Is of
the most important measures that has as vet come
before either House. In shor1, il looks 10 The lcor
porauon OF railroad company with a
capital stock OF fifty millions Of dollars,
who are empowered TO build narrow
gauge railroad from this city to Buffalo.
with the privilege OF extending II TO New York on
the west side OF the Hudson. Although the real
baekers OF the bill have not yet revealed themselves
Al is stated that tney large capitalists who really
mean business There are several excellent features
IN the bill not the least OF which is one prohibiting
The road from being consolidated with the Hudson
or Central from being leased 10 any other road or
obtaining lease of any other. Another clause pro
pldes that no director OF the company can be a
director IN any oihel company, nor the director o
another company be a director IN The new concern


',oN THE EUROPEAN PLAN.'


The hotel people who are favorable TO the
European plan were attended to today by IN,
JUDICIARY Committee reporting iavoraby upon