The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-26

ond category, aud that Mr.. Hustled Is, there
FORE ,ains them to e mS S tnsn i Eo"SS
among other lines proved that Hustled has been
charging them rates no less exorbtant. Tho
Anchor line was paying about the same az the
Williams q Guiou line. an average OF s7b
steamer; the WHITE Star and 1nmli lines from.
tlOo; TIE Pacific Mail about ESQ; the Cromwell
line, EN-.
was paid to Dir. CAmobell, Commissioner Of
Public Works. lie denneu the rates by deciding
tbst transient" steamer Is one that does not
take water daily, and that she must pay one
cent pei ton; while those OF daily lines can
nave nav. 70, Hussea sent in his June Oils
charging upwarG VI TWO cents Ton. J. ne asso-
citation Will decline WIN pniidos ve,,,nacy to
at any rate, on the ground nat me contract hc-
cordng TO Its pl in terms has ecu ti''1 1bpa.ts
Caulneld's agent and In therefore vO.' 81,
have already been made to cut OF the "a W
supply. They say, Let him dare TO do II. "e
onot begrudse the cit its money. but we won't
any longer be party to an obvious swindle both
on the city and ON ourselves"
The Havre line Of steamers did not join the
PROMISING to Ply him s5 steamer, or about a
/ INQUIRY among coastwise steamship lines shows
that the rates charged to them average about
! cent anu a half a ton, though some times falling
As low as one cent. The regular lines have run
piDes down the wharves at their own expense,
tHan ami !, :, costs can,,eId when the Water Bureau
gives building permit.
TnB suB.ooSTRACroR's PROFITS.
Husteds CHARGES for water supplied TO sailing
vessels are no less exorbitant and no lees clearly
In violation OF the terms Of the contract An
examination Of several years bills In the Offices
~ three OF the largest shipping agents, Brettj
Son a Co., Boyu Hincken. and the agents OF
The Anchor freight line shows that they have
uniformly been charged % cents yer hundred
gallons whereas the rate 70 which Caalne,d ana
terms Of the contract, Is 70 cents per hundred
gallons for water put on board sailing vessels;
extent ~ Husteds little "diyyy" The total tom
mage cleared from the port Of New York for the
York Chamber of Com nefce. was, Of steamers.
foreign, 2S2,189; coastwise, 1,7l3.2'5; total,
45l6,0H. At cent ana half a ton for SUPPLY
ing these steamers with CrOton water. Hustled
must have collected t67,TtO. In the same period
OF sailing vessels, foreign. 4ss7 .2ls; coastwise.
46, 1871 total. b,29q.855. Shipmasters' estimates
aud AN examination Of bills show that sailing
to ton viz, that 1,00Oton vessel will require
sbou, 1900 sallons OF water he,e go sailing yes;
sells, 10y that estimate. took 79h.V2 gallons OF
sailing vessels, $3.50 10; for steamers, CO.,
Quoted froul THIS amount he receipts from yes
sells supplied In Brooklyn and Jerssy CITY.
lrooklyu's yearly receipts from water boats are
5 1ossy 6iy rcc; from steamer: aaaai;
abou' ....... 80 w
peauo, I ,. amount, loasS 4
Balance......".............. ..tlo-.2pi s.
The calculation makes the amount OF Illus
ted's "divvy" 50 close to Caulneld's that the
sum would seem to prove itself, Clulheld re-
eeiyes sl4 "a Hustled receives sius.I total
S.DJ62l but there Is additional conurnatio
oi tue correctness " these estimates. jersey
. City and Hoboken have a total water trout 81
. about four miles New 1orA, tOtil OF ABOUT
a twenty seven miles, or merry seven times as
mucu. Including nve steamship lines ana four
ferries, jersey CITY supplies water 10 fourteen
+, | pOints Of consumption GU taat frontage, fOi
: purposes similar 10 those covered by Caulneid !
J. contract, for which she receives about sto'VS
/ ce,yed by the city Of New York on a cOntrac
+ for suppi,ing her water front q Iwenty seyei
u miles and of this tiOOyO not 80 Is receive d
d from sailing vessels. Aud Jersey CITY, rates FOL
e :uppyins steamers are st least nity per v vent
The 800 ton Cunarders pay only $50 trip
The White star steamers paid the same rate a
n Jersey CITY before they came under tae tender
!, mercies Of Hustled, with bis charges Of iron
u but while Jersey City receives from shiopin.
!; only the rate tast Hustled was entitled To ch -
l. one cent per ton-yet for the class Of waite
a supply controlled by Coulheld she receives more
" The re- ason Is that Cauneid competes Tor sup
j. plying the ferries, a.. Hence u ls that Brooksi
y. ferries with water. About ten yesrs ago b.,
- charged tue Uuion fer, SdVU year Tor wate
held only s5,OuO q year to dav. Inc Jersey Ctt
q ferry runs oniy six boats 10 IN. btookyn Terry
y be no unfalrnsss III estimating that New YOr
70 ought 10 receive seven times a. much rs Jerse
"a Cit receives from slmiiar Of W ter sup
J. ply, or that, Ia round numbers. her receips
g ought to be- instead Of S5o,OOJ, al least S2sO0t
" Caulaeld's money IL earned Dy LAVISH iuIprON
4 dence Ia the le u water that cOsts MIN nothing
IN but which costs the city great deal husted'
; earnings are an unjust additional impost upo
y our commerce, wnicn carries too much "eiSh
u without this for successful competition Will
X now THE JOB WAS ARRANGED.
!. George Caulned used to run with the maclin
4, In the old Seventeenth Ward. he became al
!, time was willing to he an Alderman. lhroug
o the influence Of Charley Cornell. who va
h then boss In the Seventeenth ard he "a
- the ear Of Mr.. Stevens, VINO was Pfesl
=. dent OF the Croton Board ia 1868, and Sc
n cured his hrst contract. When stevens wa
!, forced to retire from the bo,rd he male hi
A. nome with CaHlned, aud, having no family, hi
- property was cared for by Caulheld up 20 III
time when II became necessary to send him I
an asylum for inebriltes. Meantime CaulhviC
frou. n condition Of comp .rative poverty, ha
M become wealthy. About nve years ago he pal
le casa down for iArn AT mite Pains Al tue rat
D. Of tlvo an acre, which Win some .Sd,lloniI
~ extent, and which has since been opened nv g.
MIR. Caulield SAYS that the prices CHARGED wer
es made by the department; that the cOmpane
having applied to Cumnissioner Campbell h
A. decided the question and that that /, all Their
AZ 10 abou IL. In his opinion the whole fuss wa
= raised Oy the Comptroller out of personal spit
,r against hin, aud was only a repeti Ton ~ wa
4. he attempted before when Van Mort and Porte
n IN ONCE. The question wil, in uls opinioi
N be sent to the Corporation Counsels onlc
n where II has been before several times. MT Gnu
~ field relies upon the fact that the city never b.
At fore got 50 much money FROM tnis source {
a |
IL New York city have not been changed Tor th'rt
4 | years.
= James T. Hustled was an Eleventh Ward boz
lie made some money running an omnibus lin,
M aud married the sister Of weeds right IA u
M man, Cornell COrsou, whose wfe Is daught'
IA Of Charley Cornell. Then he went West AN
., succeeded In losing what money lie mad ii
- came back ~ New York In poor circumstance
~ several Judgments against biin were put y
H. record M New York. and he was forced To d
III business under the name of j. ;. Turner, VIII
M was. aid sin l., "A clerk in his employ. lie -
~ cure d, through tue influence, II Is said, OF A
.r derman afterwards Street COmInlsslonerl Bool
IN the business Of supplying the shipping IN Ne
~ | York hufUOT with Cruton water some tim
A teiore 1850. When Caulheld got his contra.t d
IN | tried to GUST Hustled. He thought he mad u
a. game In his own hands, having the eXclusN
n | right to supply CrOtOD water. But Hustled 81
ar cured a supply for his water boats from Jers.
81 City under the name Of j. > turner ana m I'd
m the pace SO warm for Cdulheld mat he was gia
r 10 arrange tue matter anu let II listed ia, ~ d.
m signing that part of the con rhct To hin.
MIR. Hustled Detrays "A liite more concern
his manner tnan c ,ulheld does, put ur
. iesses confidence. lie said at first, wne
q questioned, nat he had Gu rged no NOR
"a 10 the steamers than he was eDuted
M | cDurzc. 1t ratner nonplussed hlm when ahkt
- way the White Star steamers were charged frO
"A -trl rufa IA e a.