New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-06


reOrgaIizc the company, ana he hlmsell oi''io"
to subscribe for the stock
This ended Mr.. Jenkss list, and Mr. PearSall
then brought forward long affidavit OF 4. H.
Trecartin, president OF the water company lie
SAYS the company organized IN 1881 lof hl'S
Years The company OWNS twcnty-cight acres OIL
land n reservoir with capacity Of 100000
gallons of water, pumping station with a ca
pacity OF 5000 900 gallons day, and elsht NcliS
with capacity of 100000 gallons day. The
company has laid fifty miles of pipe ana maintained
over 400 fire hydrants 1t supplies 300 dwelling
houses and factories. and during tie last year
the number of subscribers was increased by 700
Its income during the last year was $4,000, an
increase of $4,000 over the year before. III loVo
the company purchased APO tons of coal MT
Trecartin said the company executed tmrd mort
gage for $3.50. 900 on April s, 500, and that was
fine reason why he on May 81 swore to 'He as
SCISSORS that the stock was worth only S!5 share
The third mortgage had only recently been DIS
CHARGED Since his oath to the asSeSsoiS' he
says, the company paid per cent uiVi"ehu d"
its stock That was on October 70
IL may he worth noting i'll THIS connection thaO
if the City of New-lork paid for It's water at tne
same rate as the city paying for lrccaruh
3 600. 900 day. the waterworks wonid cosC II
about 1928, 0O0. 900, whereas the actual COST ol
the new Aqueduct, which furnishes %0o'o""'ooo
ge Hons day. about S2j,OoO,ooo'
Samuel A. Livingston, the superintendent OF t"c
Long Island Water Supply Company, denied tha'
there was any secret connection between Tue Guy
and company's mains, and said that the a'huaNiV
of BENJAMIN Rausch that Livingston had Uo"
him there was connection was false. lie a'so
said the company bought plenty of coal and kept
its engines going. Mr.. Livingston dcposc, that he
once made experiments with the gate between the
two systems and found that the water Moved
from the company's mains into those OF tAc city
If this is true. that connection as a safeguar"
against fires in the Twenty-siXth Ward, IS eN-
ceedirrly valuable. The water would run away
from Ne fire.
Moves G.. Palmer upon whom, it VIII DC re-
membered. strong efforts were made to induce him
to change his affidavit, prcSented to the court
with the complaint, swore that he knew nothing
of the secret connection from personal kho"I-
edge. lie thought the watcrworks worth
81 100000 Noycs +. Palmer, who II was said
could not work for the water company or the
Carnarse Railroad unless satisfactory aiiidavits
were made, thought the water work, could not be
replaced by the city for less than 81 100000.
This was the last of the defendants ailidavits'
and Mr.. Gaynor then introduced some new dcpo-
sltons.
Peter Milne, Water Purveyor from 1877 to 1886
said he was well acquainted with the plant OF the
Long Island Water Supply Company and thought
$3.50, 600 a liberal estimate Of its value Ic de
scribcd the mode OF getting permits 10 make con
nections and o; Keeplne the records IN the same
wax that it has already been described In Tie
Tribune.
Mr. Gaynor presented affidavit bT Ben
iamin Rausch who swears that he IS law partner
Of NJ. l.. Towns aud that III Octohcr, lo90, John
Adams Commissioner of City Works, came I"
their office AMI talked with them about the cor
nection between the water mains oil thc t"' - ~
TENS Samuel \. Livingston had SAID - ire U
pone nj tAat there was such cJhHecuD" o"' il, "''
not wish % say any thing about II, as he was 1lIii
that il he spoke OF II hc nj -lt be lit ~ the h'''
with stone. Livingston ut maj Time WIS no'
feeling friendly toward the company "'iu '"ir"'
ened 10 tell what he knew AlletWari De va
IeconclIed by Influential persons having an IhIci
est IL the company, and mad passed az eA"uilh"
ton before the Civil service BoaI' OF nf1NSn
and placed on thc eligible list. Mr.. kausch SAYS
that after the connection began u ne spoEch ol
Mr.. Adams talke1 w,h Towns ana iIh's'H WI
and said each time that lac knew oI no coiieoul'h
whatever between the mains
Mr. jerks SAID MIR Adams had an answer 10
that statement and would make an alidaNit on lh1
subject. He added that when Mr. MANS 'IsHVu
Towns where the connection was, Towns shh IL
WAS legal business and he must have Zee, ana
that Adams declined 70 give IT, saying the corpora
ZION Counsel did the city law work. MI AuaihH
had also asked for map showing the connection,
but never received il. Mr.. Gaynor sad 1t was
ridiculous for Mr. Adams to ask for a map when
he should know all about the wat"Twork'. justice
BARTLETT did not see that the connection had much
to do with the case, but Mr.. Gaynor said hc would
SHOW that it did have
The affidavit Of Roscoe {. l.. Brown was read,
in which he said that on January ?. he went /!
the offices of the Commissioner Of City Works ana
Of the Water Purveyor, and demanded 10 %" shown
any records concerning the connection at Man
titan Crossing and Broadway, and these officials
refused 10 show him allow him 10 see, such
records.
Elihu J. Granger made affidavit that hc had
laid water mains IN territory that he was develop
ing iecause the water company had refused 90
lay them and be also gave n list Of other pro perry
owncrs in the Twenty sixth Ward who had done
the same.
{. Frank Colycr. real estate dealer. swO5c
that the land Of the water company was bought
at an exceedingly low price, and its value now
if cut up and sold as lots was not more than
$4,000.
Mr.. 0aynor asked for time 10 read the afldayits
presented by the defendants, some of which had
not been entirely read in court, and by consent
the arguments the ease went over until 10
a. H. to-day.