, 1877-10-05

agent negotiated In the matter, We wanted tu
ascertain what damages would Unclaimed. tine
party demanded $Il,Ma, but the property
clamed to ttc damaged was valued at nnly hat[
Of thlt sum. Twu suits fur damages were tired
~ the esufts, n,n9 shr plaintiffs were awarded
AK aml II anarler cents damages III zach ease.
Icec rrn,ic fanty that the city Is wealthy, anil
advantage. they estimate the quantity Of whtcr
tffnwh oil in gaiane, ntNL, claiming to own the
water, they cnntcthi they should ie rni!l for It
hY tho EalIun. Aotnc fc~ wr,e fnunh tn he
more 'Isatcratc an their demands, but, on tho
whole, could make nu arrangement viii. them.
We l.re never laitl cut one cent yrt fur tho
wafer taken from any Of the lakes. We claim
that the State owns Lake Mahorac, and mt
s!on ly tic LIKE Mal,opac Manufacturing Conn
rany, which controls the wa.crs, 10 ttrnw tlIciu
on. We hare nut sfttlef what amount VIC nrs
tn pay t1Ic Company. and will leavc Il to The
tor.ing: Commissioners to .lcc'.le. Tho fact
that the Supreme Court awarded the
plaintiffs In the TWO auts ulluc,l to nothing hut
nominal damages shuws tI'at tho courts approve
Of our cHrsr, am, will sustain o,lr right tn the
nnl *hc must nn1 stlall hare IT, ros what It nuy.
We should hc sursy. nf cn1rsc. tn l,c obliged 10
llsc Force: hit tho Hnter W. muat hare. Mt.
Emmett has written letters to these pcuptc and
las talked with them. telling them they Ind re.
dress In tlio courts they fclt nggricyc.i, ant
that they might safely submit their c1aitns to
the Commissioners e, be appo5ntfti. IT, in spite
uf all thIs, they set themselves up In 1etlnec Of
tho laws, they innst take the consequences.
Among the statements made in the claims for
damages set up by the sfahopaccrs w1,o received
the SIX ninf tllinrter ceiIts verdict was urc to
the effect that t,alar,a fever .was
produesd by lowering tl,e waters ut tho lake.
The first tlt1u the city ever drew upon tint
sheet Of water was in 1870. tn ts71 fever OF
that kind prevailed 1t, tho vicinity, but Mr..
Campbell clhiIlla that as The shores ol the lake
nfn clear, hard, anA free from vegetable tnntter
nomlach.u1 is .ldnr hy drawing oiT Il lew fcrt Of
to the fact Tint great tfcaI If new grnllnd waa
disease prevailed. The railrt,uI to the lake was
built nnd other works involving great tlcul Of
tiiugtnE we're dnnt at that time. We did not
draw nilv wnter frnrn Luke AIah0pnc after 1870
until lust year, When we tlrr'r utf So much a. to
reduce the surface muctt lower than VIC did In
lo10; vet 10 fevcrs or ilncss of any kind iot-
Lowell. md TINT would aectn to prove that tho
fever Of ISL WAS attributable to sonic other
cn,lsc.h
EcoHoMxrNu TIE WATER.
4 new stgtlal WA at1t'ptetl al,u promulgated
through the Fire Department last night hy
whe! il, cnse Of con.agrAttt,n the keepers vi tho
reservoir ran BE- llutiiec ,ttrcct frum the signal.
buxcs to increase the supply Of water. THIS wns
uUlc In view VI tile scarcity Of water anu the
necessity of ccnnonlzlng 1t.
sCARclTY uF WATER IN nH0OkLrN.
Tic Brooklyn Uoartl Ut City Works wis notl-
flct ycstrrtlny by Chief Enginccr Vun Durcn
TINT there is GnIy ktt cct fur inclcs depth Of
waller III The ftempstval 8torugu Reservoir. Tho
board us or,tcrcd, In view Of this met, Tor tho
purpose Of ecununizing tho wntrr consumption,
that alt tho public fountains bo stopped from
flowing 1t otscc. aml they request that tho hanl
lusc-pipgs be laid awuy for the present,