The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-14
HOW THE CITY Is ROBBED.
a CONTRACT THAT HAS BEEN null
LIFTED ny ITS HOLDER.


n'I' iarneu OUT 10 one man tne p'N"eHe VI eu''.
plying oro'oh water 10 INC en''re s''"p'"s VI
'ne port Oh ne" orA ior "No yeas '"' '"' SUI"
OF $5sOOJ per annum, a sum upon which the CON
tractor makes Il uront Of probably 100 yer cent.
r,vS,. n, e. . ,,,, h,, ~ "a ,.ra.,nt
NJ NV '''''' pO''''" "'' ~ Wv 49,,
co'hn''ss'"ner can revoke 'na' con''o'' "'o''u
"R W us p'"'" 'e'n''' %" '"e k'o""u 'u", ~,
contra tors agents have systemati ally N"Ilteu
Its provisions byextortinR double rates from tho
sh,,,rins Tha cortr,c,ing -, riic. npfcrd that
charge moro than the rates specified in toe con
"",. "is r.o'sV S"ou'' ,'',''
ana void. 1t was shown that the sn"-cohtract"r'
Hu.tci. had regularly charged 0fty cents a hun
dr.l snl. ons to sailing vessels where the rate,
u'e' E"''""S =" S''''"N ''o9''S' ""'io W. '"'o'
restricted MIA I" twenty-five cents, ana thAt he
had exac,sd from u cont ana a h III to two cents
- 60, tt,,., ma ,,r.,,,,o,,, ,,on,
'""' 7'"'' az '''''''' '''' '''''"
ships, when the rates allowed him t. charge
ON, one cent q ton. Cauineld says that he has
,ub le. 10 uastcd the contrn,t for sun,lvinv
.s,l,n, vs,seIs and nm, .,o s,.n,rsn,,s and ,nst
70 himself supplies water 20 river ste ,rers, fer.
"""' ''N"'"''' an" io' o"''u'nX pd'Po'c''
1t has alr.ua, bscn said that while uu.ted,A
H., - 49,, ,,...,. H., 49,. =, 49,
''' Va '"i' i"'""'oh mas ooe" "'"uc al" ""'
lus' and onnrous inpjst on our commerce,
rauincio's INV , ,,r,as ~ ste If vater at tba
.,,,,. ...a ., b., 49,, go. sr g., 49,.
s'N expense ana TOT us 'front.' HE HVN mas
nron,.itinns and sho,vn tina Non rtuont M
Pm, v.si. -, =, ,,a, a., -,
'up"c " orhs Wn'Te " may "ot"h inc written
proofs OF the Viol ton OF this contract. II the
department Is not yet salts i-d I'll It the contract
DnS9t To- ns annnil d. Hernans T. VII 9e ate,
Tor. - establish the sec md proposition.
ANorsr CONSUMED.
ire ioli9wlng lhl1 SHOWS tue consumption OF
wafer ~ Now ! "rh. UT 'ohifh' ana Jorsey CIV
tc- 'c'NeiN' IN no. dHu the mount OF mote
'o''''" '"V''io' III eaeu 'i'i
New Y TX ............... as3,i do10o siIS.s7i
Brooklyn. ............... pol74l5Ooo $4,000
Jers,y Iib ............... it3J.-05,V91 4G2,iOi
Il will thus be seen that Tor nearly four times
mici water cousInc New YORK gets only
. ,y "a, & ins n, snnn , e'ohi.h
erv OK, con atne. NV York ..ots oui, between
three ard four times u. mach revenue. what
will account ti,r INF s. enormous cisrrcp,ncy?
Brooklvn's W Ter ra,es are nearly the me "a
those OF New York but there re on, hundred
gall ~ # water cons ined dairy for every man,
wri..n and cailu la New Yo.k citV and only
niN-a,e gallons Z r every man. woman, ana
child ~ BROOKLYN. one r. ason IL that Caulleld
having an UNI tied supply of water m New
York, ,s enotIcd To und,fhid BrooklSn fot the
susfly nf tho shippinr. -fonmhoats xc and
.vea the multitude Of furry boats RUNNING to
Dfn,kiya.
Five or tx yea.s ago the Union Ferry Com
pany took ncir water ia Bro)klyn. Ihey paid
aunf 5000 "A ,c.r ON IN estimated basis n II
~ cam. 10 tho knowleire Of Water puryeyor
RI, drs that the W ter was allowed to run CON
tinu,Iy in winter 20 prevent freezing, ana he
insisted upon putune III meter ana measuring
the W ttcr Rather than vtV for all Tho " ter
they usrd the TnlDn Fefry Company en- ansAl
over II New YORK where they hal a standini
offer from Ctulneld to furnish, for SitsD less
than they paid lIruoklyn ali the water they
wanted. It didn't make any diff renee u Gut
held how mu IA water tscy used The COM
pnnics receive a permit from the department
after they settle with Caulhsd Then they
attach their hose to the hIdrInt and tike what
thry want. That Is how the Croton goes. and
This Is one reason WY the inhabitants OF Brook
Ign use only 81 gallons each, while New Workers
Seem to use lDO gallons each.
WHAT THE nryrsrr suouIn nv
In many respects Jersey City and its water
,Sppiy an3tu mnen pevtet oasis OF eonpaf's1n
man brSoHy ran broTnyn osns on lee IeSrs
mootihg pace iot the steamships ana they Ill
Eide themselves netWe,h New 1 ON aud Jersey
City Moreover, Oauineiu OILY .rlaIy Supplies
some 81 the Jersey civ ferries, consequently
lalr proportl9n OF we amount collected from
water rates III JERSEY Citi u from these sources,
namely ABOUT so,D1,' ot nearly ieleventn OF
totsl collections, and wilma trihe OF two-thirds
Of the amount that New York receives for Iike
10 ino Taei Io ~, VI c,oT yin 10 npou.
Hoooken which are snnpl,ed Inv inc Jersey NV
water works. Hut as lnrse pIoportI"n of their
irnnt,ys ia sngrnsssd hv ths ratIrnsd danofs "a
rs they have no wharyes TO accommodat. any
,hipping except the ocean steamer. n ia IA =, 10
Ter ia used on The New Y ork frontsyc Nnw VIZ
has about eight tlLes as many inhahitsnts as
nortsd contamination Of yatar ia hetwaen atom
ind nine times ts vrea, as thnirs Here are three
fen,arkatlo ,oinci1. nj fac,s upon which 10 b az
The calculation The water consume o. lar
,ev civ ami Hnbnt en- r,,ss abnIt ~ W lii
Ia eyerv inhstita.t or ahrut ona MA ,,,''ra
nsr can,ts than tnaf ~ urnouivn ~ aia,'.s
Sefer.tlc ~ m. tct - M Iiv, s,1,,,,iis 90, -,
isrrics and varv nm snir,i,,, a. ,d.,i
mia from thae sourrss Ia, Ca 90, ,
inc tn only 60 -oi - he digsra,''ca Hat ,.a,,
thr New \ o,'t'r.i i'm gsGlons a az ascn s,d
IN Isrsav ~ raonI. - .stiars go :, ii '
may be attributed t. tls fr,e sit,nlS ,,f tbe MN
York cnarlturle and corr.rfIv. institnttnns
parks Ac Thts will arord a f.ir rasts Tor (, ~
lssuunution tnat Nav YnrL's revenns. trnr1
Nntrr Lonestlv admin. tered ounnt 10 ns ais,h,
Hines A, mucl, as is rrcel,sd frnn Jarsev c1tv
and Urhoker MIA xnuId ~, "a "a 40 D. -
water rsysntle nedurt fnr ~. Ill tt,rs,,'o ,o
tween 81 gallons mar canita and IN o,iIons mar
,afit. sav ons otohth ana Na,v VI .raptii
have a revenue. Of - ga M rom nor xsst.r I'M
DIV nj The same rat. as nose Of Jersey CIV I'M
AN inyastip.t,nn ~ m. rasnacf,va rata. 81. .,rs
that those OF Jersey CIV re nearly lat mar cant
greater than New Yurk's Dedurlinv lax nrr
cent, we sin nave A revenue OF A. ~ iU1 when
New YORK ought to receive even Al her present
low rates, or nearly double what she now re-
ceyes.
PAT FYys
Tur StS d.mons,,.ta, Ia, MAIL, t.o,, q. ,.
III ue u, M ast week from olQse
ping. ferries, &C. TO Cauldeld and his s,Ib.oon
tract rs that they receive between S2OJ,UU AMI
<DJ'Vp year from this source. An ex NINA
toh ot the statistics given above and based
upon the olhcih reports, ought to confirm the
results ~ HE sun : independent investigation,
II those Results were properly arrived Tue