The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-27
R0SLYN'S GREAT PUMP WAR
IN ANCIENT RELIC WHOSE REMOVAL
CfUSED THE TROUBLE.
What the InnkeePer.th druggist. the Bnker, |
the Shoemaker, the Tailor, the Biae,esmIth, |
aud the " ntchmnker Say-suit for Damages |

what the InnkeePer.the druggist. the Baker.
the Shoemaker. the Tailor, the Biaek smith,
aud the " atchmnker say-Suit for Damages
On Friday afternoon John Charlick Of ROs-
Ign Long Island stood in tho bnrroom of his
inn, with his hands in his trousers pockets.
Everybody who hns ever been IN Itpslyn knows
Charlick's inn. Winding down from the rail
road station. tho road goes under the willow
trees. by the chain Of scdge- bordcrcd mill
ponds. past the four-auuare. century-old dwell
ing house OF VIM. Ballentinc, storekccpcr in
tho main street. almost Immediately bencnth
the prccarious Lliputan church on tho hill
side. right up to the inn door. John Charlirk
braccd himself ut his bar by resting an elbow
upon IL. glanced Mt The SUN reporter who had
accusted him. and fixing an eye then upon the
seven hog-gucssng posters that hung behind
the stovo on the well-seasoned north wall: "A
pump war 2" said he; well. yes"
Hard lines appeared ut the corners of Mr..
Charlick's mouth. aud cold. cruel look
came into his eye. There was" he continued
deliberately. shifting his cigar between his
teeth without removing 1t. "a pump in Roslyn
village. 1t was a chain pump. A familiar sight
to our children. it had been equally familiar to
the eyes Of our grandfathers when they were
children. Capt Jamcs W. Smith. who died last
week ut the age Of % years says that hs earliest
memory was OF that pump. II was a hundred
years old It's roots" and Mr.. Chnrlick flushed
n little na he gave u'tcrnnre To the rhetorical
hgure, were grapprd about our affections;
The first instinct OF the citzens OF Roslyn. |
think may say. wns to preserve that pump-tp
protect the ancient relic thnt-that has-pumpcd
Tor ns for 40 many years"
What has happened to the pump 2"
The eyes OF Mr.. Chnrlick rolled slowly and
,s9n upon hIs interrog"tcr lie con m
said. took II away"
That was ali that Mr.. Charlck had timo to
tell. He Jumped into hia aleigh. which nj that
instant slid up to the door. aud WIS OF in u
minute TO Mincolu, whore great hog guessing
match WINS TO come of on the same afternoon.
Across tho pond, in the main street OF the VIII
lage. Mr.. Hooper. the druggist. has his store.
Nearly across the way is his house. and II was
lust Ia front Of his house that the pump which
Landlord Charlick had nposirophized stood.
Mr.. Hooper WIS in full-bOdied man with u
pleasant lace and fluent habit Of conversation.
what MIR. Hooper. said the reporter. is
the trouble about the pump
.. / took the pump away said Mr.; Hooper.
IL was not necessary to anybody. and II was q
great nuisance TO me. The chain by which IL
worked ratified ut night and disturbed my sleep.
Lately. In Roslyn. everybody has got a well and
my own expense and conveyed II into my barn.
Then there was IA great howl about it. Young
made the most row.. and put up another
pGTip IN T., M pRace OF i had old one com
and they caused the new pump 10 he
taken down also. Now. there's suit against
the mon who took II down. Isaac Titus. the
roadmaster and William Wood. the carpenter
whom h. employed TO help him. The m"n who
got up the trouble about the pump are wild be-
cause don't have 70 bear the brunt Of the suit.
| The town, MS represented by the Road Commits
soners. ordered the pump down. and II Titus
| and Wood have N pay II will be the town that
will have 81 pay. and the money will come IN the
shape OF taxes from the pockets OF the men who
make the trouble"
Alexander Fitzpatrick. the baker. said that h.
was in the habit Of using the pumn TO water h g
| horses and wash his wagons. When the old
pump was taken away. he and some others had
caused new one to be put in. pump was
| necessary. he said. to most VI the neighhors
Hooper had had 2 new pump erected on his
| premises. and finding no more use for the old
street pump. had caused It to he removed. Tn,
| old pump. kilpatrick said. had been the means
Of saving several Of tho houses in the neigh
| borhood from fire. " Pure cussedncss" he CAV,
rs the reason for the removal OF tho pump BY
year-old house next the grist mill. in ih'
| West road Ia nearly tho only supporter o
Hooper. He SAYS that the people ot Roslyr
dislike Hooper because he came from New
York and took, as a Democrat rather to-
active part IN the politics of the place. Xii
patrick, Mr.. Brown says, had the singula
habit of going to sleep at In the evening an,
tho Oh pump. Tho noise OF tho chain dis
| turbcd the druggist. who wished 10 sleep Il
Dold the matchmaker; George Allen. VIII,
| owns tho house In which the druggist lives
| Tom MarmHnnus. the shoemaker; A. G. Thorne
| the livery stable keeper: the village blacksmith
| mo Lhllof. WHO. according 10 Inc SHOEMAKER
| would not quarrel with ny; WIN. Bailentine
| the storckeeper. and nearly all the Roslyn folk
side with Fitzpatrick and the pump. The shoe
| maker saws that tho druggist quarrcls with tn
| whole village. and ChAriick. the nnkeeper say
| the same. The druggist ana the livery stabt
man have not spohen for Ave years. and tn
druggist says that the other has "A suillciency O
wnier in his own place. and only wants tn
pump preserved in order 10 annoy him.
SUIT has been brought 10y kilpatrick an
| others against Titus. the roRdmastcr. and VIM
| Wood. the carpenter. who were active in re-
moving the second pump. Counsel ara EN-
| ployed on both sides. and the suit will be trie,
| in Flushing some time in the present week.