New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-15

The,ew pipe cannot be laid down, nor can 'h' OLD
nine he covered to protect it ffom toe action oil
fost or accident except by recourse tot'e t'a''us
ormalities Of aw.roi a chtiact, and rsklng
method of doing the wo'k which is known to DO
DANGEROUS. Ttere is danger that through the eS-
po.ure Of these pipes, 'he city may have To sui'r
famine of wate'; but to all representations ~
10 such CALAMITY, and all solicitations to remove
the Cd reheusion of it, his EEcelency does not
col descend even tn listen.
But Mr.. Woods war on the Water Board does
not stop here. His last onslaught was upon the
Fourth. averue meiD. To remedy constant and
well founded com ,lsints from the lover part OF the
city, that water which once ran freely in third aud
fourth stories does not rise above the second,
the Board asked power to Jay, By contract o. by
days work as the Corporation might order, four
feet pipe IT, Fourth avenue from the upper to the
lower reservoir, to increase the flow from the
latter. The resolution passed both Boards to do
the job by days work, ard went to the Mayor,
who Kept il under consider alton until the ten
days expired, when it became law. On due
notification the Board began the work, with
prospect of finishing it before cold weather.
Before c'mn encipg, however, they addressed a
note to Mr.. Wood asking if he had any objection
to signing pay Ios for the work. They received
no az swer. 1t was soon announced THAI the
Board of COuDcilmen had resolved to reaclnd
The authority to lay the Fourth avenue pipe, and
early the next day the Mayors clerk notified the
Croton Board TO stop work, as no more pay would
be allowed. Since the passage of the Council
mems resolution could not have the slightest effect
until concurred 10 by the Aldermen, and sIgued by
the Mayor, this edict from the Mayors office was
a mott unwarrsn able use of executive pOwer
Still the Croton Board exceedingly anxious TO
pu.h forward this Fourth avenue work, sent soma
days ago a note to the Mayor, calling his attention
to the urgent necessity for its completion, remind
ing him that they had proceeded with it 10 pre-
cisely the way in which it was ordered, and re
auestiDg, therefore, that he would counters'gl
the warrants for pay. To this important and re-
specful request au equivOcal reply has been re-
csiSed, leaving the Board 10 doubt as to the final
course of the Mayor.
The real reason for the Mayors course is plainly
st firth 10 the answer of Mr.. Craven, Engineer OF
the Croton Department to the general c1arges
made against the Board by Mr. Wood. HIS pur-
pose is 10 get control Of the Department, so that
be may put in office men who will cooperate with
bin in paying off the obligations incurred in his
election to the Mayoralty. This is Mr.. Woods
own admission. To pay bis political debts, he
grasps at every particle of patronage under the
Cover ment-wth "an eye single to tho good OF
" The people," of course.
Since this enforced suspension Of the work on
Fourth avenue, FIVE weeks have elapsed. The a.
dermen hold firmly to their first action, and the
authority to lay the ma is still complete. Any
competent Court could compel the Mayor to sign
tie warrants for pay, but the Croton Board do not
desire conflict on the point. 10 the mean time
the supply of Croton in one section of the city
must remain at low.water mark and the danger
incurred of its being cut off altogether from the
exposed condition of the great arteries at the High
Bridge. Such is the behest of Mr. Wood, whose
creatures no doubt are clamoIous for the pay he
promised them. 1t should not be in the power Of
any one man, or any body of men, to expose the
city even to the chance of such calamity as may
now at any moment oveltake us.