Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-06-29
TO THE PUBLIC,
I. Answer .. o. M. r...sr,. Gard.

TN NOVEMBER LAST WE COMMENCED
i TO build two reservoirs for two purposes
ono for skating and one for freezing ice. Before
doing 90 we vent 70 the agent OF tho water
that purpose, and he consented. Amor the res
eryolrs were built, tho agent Of the Water Com
pany told Us 70 tap the company's pipes below
the Central mill, which we did, assisted by three
workmen and an agent Of the company being
Amer tho reservoirs were hllcd with water, @:
n. Foster came TO us two or three times and
wanted 10 lease the upper reservoir for the pur-
pose Of freezing Ice, but we would not consent,
% we wanted 70 use It ourselves. G. n. Foster
then went to the Water Company and got the
agent TO stop the water upon us through mis-
statements, % no feared an opposition In Ice.
The water after being stopped on Us for q time,
we went to the agent and asked him TO let rs
have the water again, as we had built the reser-
voirs at great expense, and without the water
they would be useless and we would DO heavy
losers. Ho again consented; and from that time
forth, till the end OF tho season, we had sufficient
water for all our purposes.
Inregard TO running water from the streets,
we deny. Any other water than tho company's
that ever ran into our reservoirs was from o
heavy rain storm or the melting SHOWS nom the
sidehills, which was pure snow water. When
G, N. Foster found he could not lease our reser-
yoir or stop the water again, he went and got the
Gould q Curry pond TO ffccze Ice In, which no
did TO DO even with Us.
Before we got our leo cut and housed he came
to US and wanted US TO buy him out, but wo
would not as we had enough. A few weeks
since we entered the market, putting the price
Of leo lower than him, and ever since he has re-
pcatedly wanted to buy or sell, but we would do
neither, but stand Of our own merits.
And lastly, he got Abe Strouse to advance the
money 10 buy out Mr.. Kiman's Ice business.
And since he could not get Ms either to buy or
sell, hc has attached our characters In the streets
and places Of business, right and left and lastly
through the prcss, falsely and maliciously seek
ing to prejudice the public mind against US for
daring to sell Ice, which we In honor must de-
fend, and afix our solemn oaths TO the above
truths. GEORGE SIMPSON,
HUGH KERRN.
We, the undersigned, were In the employment
OF Messrs. Simpson q Kerrin ct the building OF
the reservoirs and filling Of the same with water,
and the above Is q true and correct statement.
R. BLANEY,
JOE SIMON.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 26th
day Of Juno, A. D. 1859. Il. BUSH, in,
Justice Of tho Peace Township No. q Storey
county, Nevada.
/ hereby state that tho water which ran into
the Gould & Curry pond nom the 9Th TO the a3d
Of January, 1885, for freezing ice, was nom the
reservoir above tho Ogden mill, and was sup
piled from the four general sewers OF the city,
and was conducted BY me ct the request Of c. II.
Foster TO the Aforesaid pond, as tho water which
ran into the Aforesaid pond from the mine would
not freeze on account Of Its warmth.
Subscribed and sworn to this 9Th day Of juno,
A. D. 1858. Il. BUSH, JR-,
Justice Of the Peace Township No. q Storey
county, Nevada. je29 lw