Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-18

Pocahonas from Liverpool the SIN OF June, for Phl-
adephia and learned from the captain that the Bank
of England had suspended specie payments. The
next mail from Philadelphia will doubtless clear up
the whole affair.
The Water ~ Orks--The Water Conn
nissioners.
The Water Comissloners-good easy souls-begl-
nng 10 be alarmed at the state of public opinion on
one hand, and their own conscences on the ether,
have engaged few of men to break ground on
the great Water Works at Westchester. This VIII
hardly satisfy the sumbering energies OF the great
body of mechanics and laborers, who are wandering
around the city, with their hands IN Their poche's anu
their pockets empty When DE WIT Cin'oh' inc
great benefacor Of his age agtatsd the poect Oh inc
Erie Canal he met officially in every form, ana Cd
stacles at every step. The state having authorised
the construction and appropriated money TO defIay
the first expenditures, that remarkable man began at
once threw all his force into the first efort-and urged
on the design, that, under other hands-such heads
and hands as we see IN these days-mlght have been
delayed TO this day. before its benefits could have been
realized in New York.
The supply of this great city with pure and whole
some water OF the creates, designs that ever
occupied the public attention. Cleanliness, health,
strength comfort convenience, to all classes and to
all ranks are involved in It's accomplishment 1t IS
now several years since the authorized the work
appropriated the money-and appointed Commits
soners carry il into execution After lapse of
time, during which one half of the work might have
been nearly finished we told that the Commits
sioners have just engaged 100 men, when they ought
10 have 0000 employed
This deay-lhis sience-this wrapping up mys-
terry begin to beget strange suspicious in many minds
In time of great pecuniary distress and pressure,
when money is worth TO per cent per month"; what
made Of the funds that had been prepared TO
construct this work? The uses and abuses which
have been made Of the Surplus and Canal Funds be-
longing to both Gle, eral and State Governments, are
warnings and suggestions TO the public mind, when
they reflect on the singular conduct Of the Water Com
mssioners, and the money sleeping in their hands
Where is the money placed? What use has been
made oflil In what napkin has IT been tied up and
hid in the earth What was the color of the napkin!
Was il red or blue or pale, or green? Whose neck
would il fit without strangulation, or without BRING
ing the blood the face, as to cause series OF
bushes equal in intensity to the night blooming &C.
reus2
Some of these questions are peculiarly interesting
not only TO naturaliss and sdrans, but also TO the
Water Commissioners, well as the public al large.
1t is full time to wake up the undying energies ofthe
mechanics OF this city to the utter mismanagement
and imbeclity of the Water Commissioners. In
stead Of turning their attention to the leading points
of this great work, they have been frt,ering away
time-parHg their nals-shaving their beards-and
perhaps something else-in ridiculous if not injurious
negotiations with the land spectators In Westches
ter. II time to put end TO this oolery, and II the
revusion has yet left energy and just Indignation IN
the great body of The mechanics of this city, they Will
call together public meeting OF thirty h0usond men
IN the Park and command their servants 10 attend
10 the business for which they are so well paid, or
give up the places they hold. There are three large
reservoirs 10 be erected on this island. On these
works there could be employed at this time ten thou
sand men Why is il not done? Wages are cheaper
at this moment than ever they were. AT nearly half
the usual cost Of labor, the Water Commissioners
could engage that number, and thus save TO the pub
lie many thousands of dollars, while they would be re-
lieving The great bulk of the laborng population.
There is no use disguise position any longer.
There is sufficient work-and sufficient money in the
hands Of these Commissioners-to give employment,
for a whole year, TO every man now unemployed IN
this city Why is it not done? Is il owing to inca
pacity or TO design Let the people without delay,
meet in their majesty in the Park, and demand the
reason of such lmbeclty and lnactlon in the public
servants. The Commissioners enjoying their
$500 year. with their hands in their pockets. IL II
not time draw their hands out and 90 TO work. The
sun is up-the weather clear-and all waiting for the
word " Co."