New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-16
RIVAL OF THE CROTON PLAN
HEARING ON THE RAMAPo SCHEME.

ARGUMENTS BY r. A. coNKIING AND W. s.
ASpREws-coNTsoLLER GRANT MAKES CON-
PARIsIoN.
Recorder smyth and Controller Grant were ap-
v0inted committee Of the Sinking Fund COM
fnissioners TO listen TO arguments for and asalhs.
The scheme 10 bring so 100000 gallons of water
daily into the city, with pressure suincent 10 ue
liver it 500 feet high In the upper part OF me Guy
and Dos feet at WhitehalSt The hearing TOOK plaCe
yesterday in the Mayors office The kamapo s9hene
was represented by Colonel Frederick A. SonKnhg'
president of the Ramapo Improvement C0 M9payy;,
W. S. Andrews, its counsel, and Engineer Mina a
]. MoAlpine Corporation Counsel Andrews was
also present W. S. Andrews said that the CON- COM
pany proposed to give bond agreeing TO io Thav
1850 600 IL the contract was not carried OUT. ihoy
were ready TO supply water whenever IL was
needed. UNA
formed. Mr. Andrews replied that it was and con-
sisted Of F. A. Conkling president, and the follow
ing trustees: Richard Kelly t Mi1% Me-
Cl h'es and William j. Morton. Mr.. smyth then
asked if they had acquired title TO the iau oo
Mr. Andrews SAID that they had NOT spent vere
given The contract they would acquire the land
Needed for reservoirs aud conduit line in thirty
DAYS. The company could take lahu uhuel siie YIN
Elected from Colonel Conkling the IN
formation that they wished TO- to rec receive I've
delivering sc, 900 600 gallons daily; This sum was
necessary to pay the interest ON the bonds TO 90
issued provide sinking fund TO pay the o9nus anu
for renairs to the work The land TO be Hooded Is
30 600 or 60 600 acres the conduit traVeTses !IIy
one miles The work can be completed IN Two
wears The CrotOn cost the city last year ~ 10OOOO
ion 95 OOO, 900 gallons daily. The R2mapo Company
opposes esq., 10 iurn''n 0V'OV'''OO S' :.
II could he shcwn that the Croton did not cost the
city more than 100000 last year; MI.
Ccnkling said that his company e ssdd o not
Mr.. Snvth asked if S9S3.650 was, the least that
the company would offer Mr. Conkhng SAID that
If they could not get what they aSkea Ihey WOu
receive propositions. Engineer william >. meal
pine was certain that the work could be hnshed III
two working seasons: -, -.
run the risk of laying down an expensive plant
from Yonkers to the dTy-goods district. MI. NC,
Alpine said that there was no rlsk: Inc Work eoId
certainly be done Mr. Grant said that time en-
tered largely into the calculation. Additional reg
isaton would probably be needed 10 e1aDIe INC
Sinking Fund Coma lSscnes 10 issue OohIs 20 lheSl
the sum asked fol- If they favored the scheme IN
three years an ample supply OF wafer would De oD-
tanned from the CrOtOn Water-shcd / ms saoout
the time the Ramapo scheme called lor me o OUT
was SOS. 900 900. The annual interest charge on
this would be about $750,O0O Taking the amount
asked for Ivy the Ramapo Company and II would
represent interest on capital OF about 800 UUo,Ooo
and In addition the city Il asked 10 bring tls water
eighteen miles, al a heavy cost. ~ ,.,1
j. l.. Douglass, secretary Of the Merchahts IN
surance Company declared that the amount OF
Croton daily delivered less now than IN former
years The aqueduct in 1877 and 1878 delivered
Zoo 600 900 gallons Since then there have been
DAYS when Ii has only delivered IooOO,VOU gar
Ions. He and Others had shown the city aUth0diies
how the amount could be increased 3O,OOOOOO OF
go 900 600 daily in six or eight months but no at
tention was paid to II. Give good pressure down
town and there would be no danger OF iaIge ne.
There was nothing In the Ramapo scheme. hat
company proposed 70 go on and take water that
does NOT belong 10 them The cost of the Crot0nup
10 1889 was $39,9lO, 100 This was paid for and
belonged TO the city. He believed that the city
should own itsown water works. He argued strong
~ in favor OF tie Holly system