New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-30
WORK OF THE STEAM PIPES
MIR GILROY ARRAIGNS THE COMPANY.
HE SAYS THAT WATER IN a HYDRANT Shovel
49, DEGREES OF HEAT-PRESIDENTA AN
DREWS BEFORE THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.

Public Works Commissioner Thomas 7. GrOy Is
again after the Newlorl steam Company with a sharp
stck and Ac sent the following letter tho officers
OF the company yesterday
III my letter to yOu of July lG, ! called attention
TO "a recent interve" With the president your
pany, IN which he stated that the company proposed 10
put blank nangcs on your steam pipe, IN Wallst and
10 shut OF tnc supply OF steam and supply your
customers that street from other source. In
pursuance OF which permit was issued you 10 open
the street pavement for that purpose Friday, July
H. l stated THAI nothing Whatever had been done
ly your company 10 carry out This object repair
the damage to the asphalt pavement from the super
heating Of the soil by the steam III your pipes and
Gaping from the pipes, and that it absolutely
necessary that the arrangement closing the steam
pipes and shutting oil the i've carried out 40 once
and that the a,nphalt pavement, where damaged be
Immediately IclHd thereafter and requested YOU TO
state 10 me at once III writing what arrangements II
any you mad made for the performance of This work.
WIN that letter enclosed copies of TWO letters
oeived from the Barber Asphalt Paving Company
am sun without reply from you and you have
done nothing To carry out the requirements of the
letter. Under date OF 10th instant l wrot you thai
had been informed that the opening made by you
al No. 20 Wdl-st., under a special permit. had
been repaved 10y the VINO is responsible
the pavement OF that street, and that therefore con
sdercd the Of the permit violated amt would
for that reason refuse ~ grant any permits t.
Under date of July Il. wrote YOU that had re
front of NO AZ Vesey St for The purpose OF mailing
knowledge or permission of this department. ,4i that
Tor suon haSrant violation of the rules OF the de
city, all existing permits issued 10 your company
open street pavemCuts were revoked.
now have the report from the General Inspector on
street openings OF lO' places where your company
has made excavations in the streets and has not
repairs Thereto. notwithstanding the fact that list,
OF most OF these PLACES have been sent 10 yOur com
Phy, or were given to your superintendent, MI.
Games, personally 10y one of the department inspectors
wall and Water So an 0pyns at Sv made c9I nj
examination on the 2jh inst. reports mat lie found
the steam coming through the manholc head over
your steam pipe. and the water around 1t buhblrg up
WIN lie ncdt, ana me box over tHe 81 am pipe 50
In your letter of The 10th inst. by your general
manager, +. ii. Prcnss, You state there are stl signs
weeks AGO and Which I"n arbmir 70 Itlare from
the CrotOn pipes. and You suggest that If ! nave
for the pnrpoSe Of niakinr an Examination. i shont
have opening made by the Water Puryeyor and the
leak in the Croton mains repaired. ,o.oo
p. m. opening made az this place: the 2Oinch
waterman ana the branch Ppe cEdG to the fire.
N the lower part of The CITY, and the presence Of
Openings, and leakage whatever was found. The
general n,peGt2r i9"k TIE olp&rtsnty TO- test Ihe
from the fire hydIantS In the vicinity Of the cNcavt
Of the hacStoneS on the sidewalk; the tests being
made IN The presence OF James Wilson, chief en-
the Thermometer measured IN the open air . degrees
in the water drawn from hyGrant on the west side
- degreeS in the water drawn from the hydIant i'm.
mcdiatcly opposite the excavation on the westerly
L. degree; in the Garth in the trench. one foot
distant from The 2olnch Waterman, four feet from
h irS nn Icsdn5 f. Inc bydrant two feet from
tie 20 inch Waterman and three feet from The
stcaIn-p pc 200 degrees the fa->onc> OF the side
tro marked Nag. 10 degrees, ana an averag. Of o.
degree, on the surface of the hagstOuc-.
The examination exclusively proves the leakage
sol ard the water In the adjacent wafer mains by
tn steam and the absence any leak the
mains. aud that YOU failed 10 make proper repairs
10 your steam pipes when You opened the street for
In rc>pcc; 70 the places enumerated in this letter,
whore you have failed 20 properly restore the pave
s5mpany win cros, neglect There Wa ample
Time 10 completely and pcrmancntly restore tho
on the i'm Instant. and that revocation can there
for not be pleaded a. a" NIL 9r n2t m c
Irrespective Of action ~ opening street, without
permit from TIL Department ana WHcH was n ,l9
NIT. for the revocation and for the refusal !"
ard il calls for categorical and unequVocaI state
NJ nj and explanation from Won OF Your AcsIc't IN
nm. in r,fercnce t. them. Thi, -tatcmcnt and cv
PLANTATION have ri:ht u expect from YOU and here
also demand .ma~ statement ana eXliana'io4,
from You in respect 10 rcr nc5r'' - carry , "uo
yIus steam pipes i'm W,l st.. ~uhJecnS the new as
ticoir - destrIction which statement ! requested
.,rm T, ~ d,c also 81 yo.r uerlec; 10 make ar
(WHICH has been pacticslly destroyed by the steam
in a"d ron your Pp@>, 't S NAV. T,
President Of the Health DEPARTMENT.
Adtenda Under dat Of 18Th rt y%a aef'h o ioI
permits 10 open ballhy,t, opposite ~ ~, ",'u
William ST.. opposite Nos 80 and - for th@ sf
Of making repairs. The general inspector report tha
there are indications If leaks ia the steam pipes
Tndnr same date Won asked for permit 70 open the
pavement al the corner OF Fulton ana ''lceh"i'h 81
10 temporarily remove one ID" Your sIcc' 'a-Ih- MA
tho request Of the Consolidated Gas Cor ln' |
general Inspector report that in Thu cS" thr
alterations have been made OF are beng maze bS '1o
Consolidated Gas COMPANY. .,.o .,.. % ,,,,r rom
many in asking for permits for purposes when are |
not necessary and have n existence tus a''ehPu'!
10 miscad the department.
The hearing Of the steam Company before the lleatl
poa,d was ended Yesterday but judge HAYES. the
companys counsel, has until Friday 10 prepare bref
which will up the mass Of testimony ana u''''
then the Health Board will not decide upon me CON
pany's appeal from the orders to shut OF steam
from the mains at three places IN Broadway ana ono
place in Wall-,t W. G. Andrews, president Of the
coInpanv vestcrd ,y testified that the downtown plant
had cost the company about S3,OOOOO0 and That the
boiler station alone had cost about S1'O,VVO. JIG
mentioned Inspection Of vaults IN wall ST. "H''"
wa, made bv President Wilson and DR.. Cyrus Ed-on'
OF the Health Department, in his company on M'hd'y
and said that the heat in the vault at 30 - Wall st.
was caused by the service pipe ia the vault. About
a week ago, he said. emplCyes Of the company mado
an excavation in front Of Trinity Church 10 get at
supposed leak IN the steam main and found water
which escaping from the Croton water main
complaint had been sent 10 the Department OF PubHo
WORKS but the leak In the water main had not been
stopped Mr.. Andrews had received from Commls
sOner GrOy the letter printed herewith. Mr.. An
drcws declared that the Department Of Public Works
knew how not 10 find leak, In the water mains and
that tho heat In the excavation mentioned was cau.cd
by water from those mains getting in contact with
the steam pipes.
Nr. llawcs put in evidence "A number Of letters and
afdavits ia praise Of the steam company's service
and copy Of Chief Engineer Prnt-s's testimony be
fore the Grand jury on June -, as follows: