New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
THOMPSON'S TURKISH BATHS
NO METER IN USE FOR SIX MONTHS.
WHAT AN APPLICATION To MR.. THOMPSON MARNho
Personal" ACCOMPLISHED.

WHAT AN APPLICATION TO MR.. THOMPSON MANNED
Personal" ACCOMPLISHED.
Among the business enterprises more or eSS con n
nected with the Department of Public WORKS III
which Commissioner Hubert q. Ihompsotni SOL 10 nro-
ported TO have had an interest Is the o 90 Che
pnetorship of the Turkish baths III b hns Trks6
batb.bouse at No 3i4 Broome-st, was, unli WitnIn
few months, the manager OF Ine oats IL, T WHO
made inouiries of him yesterday on the supJoct MI
EastOn said; . ,, ,,.o ,-,s ;,+orostod
in the hath-house at No. East Forty
Mr pF to me to establish Turkish bahhouse
6sE He did fou RGt P That any 7 %SSa In
n great deal more money han at first supposed;
and at the suggestion OF one OF Mr.; Ihompsss3ns
friends a company was established called the Man,
haitian Bath Company. Mr. Thompson put forward
his cousin, Conrad Smyth, as his representative In
the company. The place was made KIND OF neat
onarters for Mr. Thompson and his friends Maurice
T. FLYNN and Richard A. Cunningham, and other
persons At one time, when Mr.. CUNNINGHAM was
SICK, We kept HIM at the bath-house I0r weeks. :,
lis bir. Thompson still interested in the estaD-
"Oh. il has changed hands as the result of an at
tempt on Mr.. IhOmpsons part to secure cOntIOi VI
IT, had a majority of the stock and refused "
allow Mr.. Thompson absolutely to contr4l te P.re
AS consequence he was the means OF nomsd the
ceiyer appointed. The AttOney-Generai Ialnou ono
receiver and il was not the man MI, ho.uPso11
wanted lie thcn went before judge IN inns anu
had Maurice Is. Flynn appointed c s1i secTTe
oontroi NV allowing the leases to lapse But DC
lieye thew got caught in their own trap,
MD the bath house pay water rates J.,
y"Wben we were fitting up the baths tnoug1t We
Hi,bt as we'll lave plenty of waters so L toId tle
ni15rber 70 put in twO-inch pipe CONNECTING WIIn
The street nam. When he went 70 the pepsi t
Tor the hermit he applied to one OF the su0ordnaes
who laughed at hun and told Inn thai suct a tnlnS
as n two-ipch tap was not allowed, III TACT, was
aSainst all the rules of the Department. lie so re,
n9Tted il TO me- and Mr. Thompson was informed
pf Il. He told us to send in another appiica-
fion and mark it personal 10, nun !
I'm short time we receIye1 tne
permit, signed by MIR. Thompson. Wien tne
plumber went to the Department. Tor zap Trey sap
they had no twOinCh tap, and he would not o9 az
loved IN mt in one He showed the permit signed
Inv MIR. Thompson ard got the reply, ali right go
ahead He found tap somewhere aud phi IL ID
and nobody from the Public Works Department
came TO inspect the work or say anything aoouV III;
No water meter was put in the establishment aOSi
nothing was said about IT. Several months atterwaru
of the Public Works Department, some persons from
me Scr Office called 10 make inquiries about the use
Of the city water from this large tap without Meier
AS soon as this was brought to Mr. thompson at-
tention he sent up inspectors, and they puV III Z
meter and dug up the street TO inspect the zap alu
made flourish generally. The use OF water W"SS
averaged by the meter and penaltyInposed eq9dl
IN what the rates would probably have been mao Il
meter been placed in the bath-honse IN TIE nrst
rlace The Joke of the matter was that the money
Tor the payment Of the penalty came out Oh MI
IhompsOn's pocket" -.
"What became CT tie peTmitV
"The plumber was Induced TO give IL VI anu IL
disappeared"