New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-06
T1UWANYiS LATEST SCHEME.
SEEKING TO BUILD TIE GREAT QUAKER
BRIDGE DAM
OPPOSING THE PROJECT AND A1h'
orHEE DAMS UNTIL TIE AoUBDUCr CON
MISSION CAN BE ABOLISHED THEN ~"
.prc ION IN THE CRoTON VALLEY.

ornEE DAMS UNTIL TIE AoUDDUcr CON
MISSION C,N BE ABOLISHED, THEN foH
. mo JOB IN THE CRoToN VALLEY
Tsnmauv, appetite for plumber Is unbounden'
The city and almost everything belong 10 'a'o
Wiywam vet the braves war as lurouNS do
ever for more spoils. The Mayors oi'oe' INC
rublic Works, the courts, the police iorOo' 'n0
Street, leaning Department the DOCK boSru' LIE
District Attorney, the Sheriff, the Register cn'
Countv Clerk and the Common Council are under
the Wigwarn's control, but all this and much else
besides Is not enough. II wants everything III the
.ho,., of noy,cr and patronage that NewYork has
70 Offer and will have everything, too. unless ths
,oxp,vcrs of this city and the Republican menl
I.rs of tbe LEGISLATURE keep n sharp lookout
Inst no,v thc ayariclous gaze of the Temmany
managers is bent on two particular objects, the
Aoueduc, Commission and a gigantic rapid transit
scheme II has sought to secure both OF these
far soma time but never before has the prospect
lo, 40 bri,ht for the successful capture OF them.
The dancer of getting rapid-transit bill through
tho LEGISLATURE, however, ls less immediate than
tho enactment Of law abolishing the present.
,,r.duct Commission, and for that reason TINS
a,,icc will deal with the Wigwam scheme TO ODD
,aiu control of the great waterway aud the
reservoirs above II.
In his message TO the Common Counch SeSOei'
dsy Mayor Grant has this to say:
vb.tner II u wise 10 longer continue the Rresehn CIV
Aquriuct Commission Is ao open q1esaSE ,branah IL
my month, past and with almost All inc "orh Va
-, ",' irartors nnsled 1t would seem that tie eA
pense, Of that commission nns"t oonnection with
at, The main work remaining ~ - m eTyoirs for
thr anucdn,t T. the completion OF t'Ice ,h, aour
Tie storage Of water intended To nor Tne 6cSartent OF
irilc Works is AT the present tlho ensae'u ~ ,tnp
bud.ns of Two reservoirs Ia inc an amtgact have
Are located the reservoir> for wnlCn "' TSe "%inf
Geen nnd., by the Aqucduct CYnmlsS"A Inc LII I,h
engineer If, the department OF Pablo "0rh' ,yr-t
~ ~ ,,,.,.,, A1ucdnct Commission we're 10 urn
nv-r II. accomplished work to the Guy ,su ,,or.
prpartncnt Of Public Works 70 compete uie ~ MO- r
Iartng a. mo civ u not less than Sloouo' per
annun would be HNo' ,,,,nio
=, ,Le average citizen this sounds plausloe
.,ou,d IN any one who has been watchhB idin
meny's lnanocuyering in regard TO the A4neou''
,,r ,be last si\ months il s simply confirmation
- v,bst has been suspected all along, that la"-
many intends TO obtain entire control oi 'ie
,oucduct tbe dams and tho reservoirs; ana
What - most important of all, II proposes TO ma We
the building OF the great dam an or above p""Ncl
Krdgr which is to take the place oil 'he o'u
Crotnn Dam To do this the present Ai'eu"o'
Commission must be abolished. 10 Abolish ""'
Board II !. necessary 10 try 10 prove JuSV ~
Mayor Grant seeks 70 show IN his message, Ch"O
the Commissions work ID done; That lis u"'es
can he performed just as well ana moi,
economically by the Tsmmany Commissioner OIL
Public Works. H.
Xoy ~ whot the Mayor says really true? Has
the Commission exhausted lts uSei"i"o''' "
-. ,obors ended? Have the purposes for which
j., WAS created been fully accomplished lnes@
ou.stions cannot he answered too emphaticaliy
l.. hn In
rho Hoord exists will make this point clear The
Aqueduct Act, chapter 400 OF the Laws I'll i'o"' 10
entitled. An act 10 provide new reservoirs,
dams and = new aq1cduct, with the appnr'ehahces
thereto for the purpose of supplying the City OF
New York with an increased supply OF pure an"
vbolesom. water" From this it appears that the
Commission is charged with the performance OF a
tyo-fold duty Firstly. it must build new
,,ueduct secondly il mus provide dams and
reservoirs sufficient to give the city plentiful
,rrI, of ,vater lis first duty has been dis
b,rged Tho new Aaueduct is finished. The
second dutv of the Commission Is only partially
ncrformcd. in fact. the most important part, that
NJ building a dam TO take the place of the old
Croton Dam. has not yet been begun nor VIII II
e. if Tammany can prevent it, until It's con-
,truction is placed under the supervision ~
Thomas f. ,.Ilroy and his political associates
IL tx hardly necessary To remind the public That
The Tribune is opposed 10 the construction OF the
gigantic Quaker Bridge Dam. 30 are tee present
Aaucdnct Commissioners. They, II Is understood
hold that this vast undertaking. which las Deem
from the first the pet project Of the Department
of Public Works, is not needed, or rather bha'
il will be much better, from every point oil view
TO build the new Croton Dam, as recommended
by Mr. Ftclcy. chief engineer of the Apuednce
Commission This dam would cost about one
third as much as the one proposed AT Qua"'I
Bridge. It will assure an abundant supply OF
water TO the city for at least generation, ana pI
that time the cost of it will have been more IMAM
Offset by the saving Of the interest on the dlner
once between the cost of the new Croton Dam, ana
that al Quaker Bridge, that twenty-five OF
thirty years hence the big dam further down t'e
valley might be built without increased cos'
To the city. with" as Mr.. Fteey points QUIZ
&. tho odIitiopoI and obvious advantage of having