New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-28

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OPPOSING THE QUAKER BRIDGE DAN,
The Aoueduct Commission yesterday ns eonStruc
the arguments of o. b. Potter against t IT was
ton of the proposed Quaker h bIds 70 the Croon
uSL as 20 tie Onaker dam On the score OF heatm
was better not to put all the wafer nGF reoured
IN one reservoir The seC1rlty Oh Wy The centre of
snnnlv On the Judgment of the 70 ~ m eration
pendcd the prosperity of the city iQr Th ctv has
and those which shall come Sl'eI INV additional ex-
noNditure should be carefully considered ;dg ne
Quaker dam is built the eXPenndnl'uTSo proyde for
alone WI t w or thirty years 1T Is only
necessary to build an addlto44"ul oscoot Mount-
Brewsters Station and anotneI a. GOO 600 600 TO
an St 3ehf Of the city for water supply Ir Hdo
viii not he needed for the next thirty rornsed
amount can be S SaveG ro Sg Dam. This will leave
% sunnly under absolute control ana pre-
t tine w tbe Thsealuness Of the city on+ %
no,nr Edison said that it was the Judgement VI
SS an Sncers that it would be cheaper TO go 10
the Quaker dam than to the Groton Jam ut the
The Instance would be less. lie eXpalhe4 nnn V u
debt of the city was between %o4'o00'0'0 '"N
Potter thought that this could not include
the possible assessment bonds when "Ouiu h"'0
The he Mayor said the net debt would not go beyond
the amount he stated. -, ,,rosot II,
ES-'JUdge Arnoux said that he could present III
+be future figures that would show that more IMAM
one-haif of the water brought into tins ely Was ths
wasted. This would 90 far 10 prove 'n"' wv
Quaker Bridge dam was unnecessary
CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND CREW IN JAIL
limited States Commissioner Shields heard 1urtnT
evidence yesterday i'll relation to th9 cr Ibs
oiioGed IN have been praCtScd by captain joshua
Siocnm. of the schooner Northern Light; Henry a.
Slater the second mate of the vessel VINO mas hcch
in the Ludlow Street jail for the lasi lew , unS .,
was present as Il witness. lie was sun su'itie
fror, the effects of his incarceration ior MY
three days in a small pen on the NeSse' , Ia lac
scribed the operation OF Ii't t,cs Tbc chain
Which was attached to the irons on ms lect ran
along his body and through hole III the pen Oyer
his shoulder This chain would be qulGky PTIivt
l., +brea men so that he would be whirled ABOUT
and his leg elevated to height OF ABOUT WV tI
and bent at IN awkward angle AS inc moor "a I I
non WAS uneven he could not lie Gown VIM" H' -
was triccd up without placing ms heaa III I1Mci
nosition than the rest of his body; HioSoll nii-
merman a sailor on the Northern iIRh', oollpI ~
rataJ Sloter's statements as to the blow struck ny
tLe contain He admitted that he dld not nave
friendly feeling toward Captain Slocum as ne had
suffered eight days punishment lor al "h's'"
Canaan Slocum was arrested yesterday IN a sun
far so 600 as damages begun by isaac AhgT
Siotcr,s counsel i'm the City Court lie was unanic
- frro,sb tLe - 600 bail demanded by Judge
Me Adam and was taken 10 the Ludlow street jar
The mate Robert Mitchell, IS stu az lle J2l
having -
as hal i'm the civil suit against hm As HIaici II
also confined in the jail, and SIX members OF VIZ
crew are detained as witnesses, the Jall Is wen
filled with the seamen and officers OF the NOrlheIh
Light.
SELLING "BILLY" McGLORlS HALL
week ago Billy McGlory's Armory Hall, with
adioininr property in Hester and Mott sts'' was p
| mn at auction ut the Exchange SalGsrOOHs ana
! knocked down to person, looking IKE a farmer
| Who gave his name as Joseph Dunn, hNlhg IN loIh-
| Vile Mr. Dunn kept the auctlonccr ana liWhtl5
| waiting while he went out TO gel u c',t,uIIu
check for The usual 10 per cent deposit uhtli inc
| croyds had dispersed from the auctiOn-IoOIhS As
| Mr. Dnnn never rcappearcd resale OF the prop
crtr had TO be ordered and II took place yesterday:
| 1lSS ale was under a foreclosure of mortgage OF
| SIS 0OO given to the Mutual Life Insurance Com,
| xony Inv Herman b. Lanfer David McMasterS ana
others really agents for the executor OF the estate
of Francis A. IIillenbrand The property compIiSTd
| ms 156 1913 and 100 Hcster-St ithe hddie
| number furnishing the entrance 70 Armory nam
| and Nos 40. lOsl2 and los Mott-st. ~ was
| bonplt bv John NJ. Ruck, lawyer at No. u Ialk-
| row. The price paid was T2l,0oO IN excess ol lhe
! mortgage and interest since june /; Inc gross
| sum realized was $51 $50 or $3.50 less than the
| auount hid by the mysterious Mr. Dunn. ltls sup
nnscd that the trick which made the sale failure
! last week was inspired by some prominent zen
ant who wished to secure the delay OF MS possible
| "eyacuation day.
ENCOUNTERING A CYCLONE AT SLA.
Tho steamship Tower Hill from London, and the