New-York tribune., 1875-11-30
nRnnKIYMS- GRrAT REsERYoIR JOE.

BROOKLYNS GREAT RESERVOIR JOB
TIE COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN DOUBT WHAT
TO DO-CoNTBACTOEs' PROFITS ARE SHOWN ~
COUET.
The Joint Committee OF the Brooklyn Com
mon Comci, 20 which referred Tie matter Of appio
pliatue 500 900 additional 10 complete tie Hcmpstcad
Reservoir cid NOT make its report to the Aldermen yes
tcrday, although before tie announcement mad been
made that Mr. Parsons had been auth 10 begin sns
against the contractors and officials Of Tie Water Board,
many OF the members had sSn1ed their willingness to
sign the report which had been pu in slips for pubca-
zion in yesterdays Brooklyn newspapers The Com
uee sent requests the newspapers moi 20 publish the
report but II had already been set ~ IN The hGqie Office,
and accordingly appeared in that paper YESTERDAY Ihe
Jri0 ard AF9ts, requested suppressed the report
The Committee is cmDa rrassed as TO what action
u shall take, aud VIII have another meeting
to-day. II is not considered probable that il
will recommend the appropriation OF 100000,
bat will compromise the matter by advising the apro-
uaton Of S2j 600 finishing the stone facing Of the
DAM and test the capacity OF the reservoir TO mold water
before appropriang the larger sum- The main features
OF the report have already been published IN TIE TEt-
UNE, occupied several columns IN yesterdays EGge
The matter of The reservoir NJ yesterday in the
BROOKLYN Board Of Aldermen Alderman ROwlcy offering
communication from contractor, who Offers 10 supply
the city with water 10y open conduit at an expense
far less than the present outlay. motion made to
Alderman Demas Strong, Chairman Of the Committee.
said that c communication had already been submitted
10 the Committee, which not yet ready 10 report bat
would consider the whole subject further for few days
longer Alderman KOwlcy thought the plans looked
feasible, and there enough IN the proposition OF the
Company warrant a thorough investigation Alder
man French took substantially the same ground. Ine
communication, after further discussion referred 10
the Committee on the Reservoir.
The subject OF tie Reservoir contract has also got into
the courts Wm. c. kingsley engaged John wright, a
sucOntrac0r to eXcayac 100000 cubic yards OF sand
M 81 cents yard. After much Of the work had been
cone Kingsley ordered him to stop Wright has there
fore sued The contractors OF the Hampstead Reservoir
Kingsley & Keenoy-fOr 5000, tie amount claimed
under the contract which Wright says hc not per-
mted finish. Mr.. Wright claims that he was making
a profit Of - cents yard the work for which Mr..
Kingsley was receiving 50 cents yard from the city.
Inc case trial several days before n fcIeo.
John RO g. tho first witness FOR the defence, gave unn-
pOItant testimony yesterday. The evidence so lar mas
shown that not only the contractors Kingsley hecney,
have made large of money, out thtt the SUB con
tractors have made large prOat at tlei prices III IS
understood that the ic5mon! OF MI wright VIII De used
by Mr Parsons to prove how immensely profitable the
has been 10 the rt contractors and 20 support the
testimony OF Wm Beard. That the work could have been
done many thousands OF dollars less than 1t has cost