, 1877-03-06
THE WEST-sIDE WATER-WORKs,
II tAs Editor of TAs Tribune.

NA4lAtVt NlAAcA 4Qul AuRHcE ~ --Euu%
scrlbcr's" letter In relation to tho West Side
Water Works Ii quite readable and lutclligently
made up, and, being 10, can hardly fal to Ia Ia.
teresttns IN the public. In Justice to myself,
however, and that / may not be misunderstood,
Il is rcgutsite to review few pointa In your
credttnbic report. You say that t'Subsctbcr ~
",nay rest insured that the boilers are not quite
70 bad a. he seemed to hnve beltcved.n III
I can only say that your report rorrobozatcs
what ! said % to rcpaiss upon the bo!lers and
tho need of those REPAIRS. II the quotation re-
fcrs to the character Of thu boilers, 1. e, the
them, tlen must liselai,n nay intention TO re-
1crt upon that, rs believe that the very best
material and uncqualed workmanship wero c1-
pended upon, those generators BY, Mcssrs.
Rclentlous builders. So much for that. II the
supervision extended to the boilers bv those In
charge had been characterized by that vIg1-
1alce md care which now boilers, or old onea
for that matteF. should alwaya receive, there
boier.shop at the West Side Water Works, Hal
precisely the " accident" undef discussion hap
poned to a licensed engineer In the marine scrv-
Ice, be would have lost llfs ltceuse for an iDde1-
nito time. Lad II happened to my one Of the
nen who are IN charge III boilers In the
"base.ncnt" service ID this city, ho would have
been Invited to "hist" himself ont. But Il may
NM ~ q tnose boess es when s bllsls in IL
New York are to pav tor swear and tgar.M
The, experience md competency Of thu men
Il charge nre not questioned, but they will
hardly ask us to accept the Developments pro.
luccd by tho late test as IN evidence oi carcaud
competency. The condition Of tho damaged
boilers ~ duo to carclesstlesa Of mn aggravated
type. aud this Ii quality which we sometimes
llad associated witi e1periensc; Should it he
answered that all this Is none Of Our business,
wuuld answcr TINT It becomes our business,
When y Is considered that the city Ia to tag
That transfer should include boilers uninjnrrd
and unpatchel % well rs the guaranteed duty
!. Of 90, ,060, ,0oo foot pounds.
II n,l wrong Let TnE TRIBUNE set ,nc right.
Who paid the expenscsi Tie "expenscs Vt
three u tho experts, sfcssrs. nasweii, Hcrtnany,
md Lane, Wcrs charged at tho rate OF $3.50
Whitman made . reduction Of probably ~ per
rent, ns through illness he was obliged to tom
tent himself With testing the comforts OF tho
Grand Pacflc Hotel. MIR. Warrington, Ees!ae,'e
Ids services. WHO pays this expense, averaging
high priced men slS51i per day1 a,a Informed
thas ihu city pays It.. Tie Milwaukee, Common
portuulty to make Il 81, co., as he has been H.
yltcd to sit down ou the ncw "tcst." Il Il not
yet ascertaincd II the Milwaukee Comrnun Coun-
t!iat nut approved u he trat 81 o6osxcufson. Mr
llaswcli is probably renuy to ,sonlc, as
pSonoaneo @ " ths% = KeelyMosof Ma4spa III risht H.
luSed stoekl!olitrs 70 Invest: las it % this pass
fur tnore serious mattcrs. Il the rtty was TO
pay tor the inlt!al teat, why did mot the parties
IN charge oi the West silu bollers Ecs to It that
seryleul Tho Expenditure of nearly s0000 Is In
this instance thrown away. unless 1t call ba