New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-11
TRYING TO DODGE FACTS.
MR. TOWNS HAS LITTLE 10 SAY.
SOME STATEMENTS WHICH 80 EXPERT couLI
FIT TOGETHER.

SOME STATEMENTS WHICH 80 EXPERT COULD
FIT ToGETHEE.
! Fxpert Miia6eau l.. Towns. who has just returned
! from Georgia wa, seen by Tribune reporter yc NfdA'
,,d asked # he had any additional statement 10 max"
I'm regard TO hi conversation with John T. Adam' tt
ur,oLIyn Commits. oncr Of City Work.. about the cor
cc,ion ~ ,bn KroDhl.n mains with those Of the Long
/ Island Water supply Company. lie ,did maj ne
Thought his letter already published contained al ui'
/ Il. cared b. say. lie added however mat HIS h'u"'
i ,ho c,-o wa, taken in entire frIcudnc,e toward Mr.
/ Adams III, duty done when he Informed the
/ COMM, -iolcr what h. know %! the cohhc u'n'
4 rrilure reporter Yesterday morning called upon
/ ,le Water ptrvcyor sir. Hawke and a-Lci 10 see
the letter pulpotius t. have been written 10y '''l
p. shor, on November /. l,-". reporting The mARi"t
Of the COMIC ou 20 81 airIF and Manhattan Ju''I
Mr. Iaw he, -id De- Md nj Raid tie !ci'i' ne Wa -fN
f., ,iv nni hov,d ,hc daily report of the repair >aH
on which tine work .- recorded. lie remarked i''
lie would have -aowu tacm Oh JtnuoN =. when tn
/ r.pogtor asked for them. had he thought 81 ih"-'
uaucr, III, mind va, liked ON the letter 81 'h'i
Lggncrr %cvus when he lid on mat 0'ci -lon t"it
the record, had been sent 90 Mr. Adam IL J. 9'Ia"F'
how he could have forgotten those papers i"F ne VIZ
asked % Show anything in his Office IN any way having
reference to The connection.
That same day Nj. Adams declined t" how 'hc
r.co, i'm hi, Office (ui sad they might BE- seen when
fine trouble Wa, over. lie wOad not say where th"l
wee ON the ncAt Tuesday NJ. Adams tih MI.
Zcccr and hi, counsel That thee wcre no r'"id> q"
the connection in hi, Office. now copies Of me T'o'
ar. given out. The rrrvcyOr Is subordinate 81 IN
Commissioner of city Works, Mr.. Adams t'ad h' ma
ma record. H., subordinate said If there were any
ec3.,!, Mr. Adam had them. NIW they arc puhlohcd
These Crl, Ike several other, III this tid-i''IIh a.
not lit together.
40 one ha, yet seen the original of shorts letter
or Of Ncyiu,', In the County Clerk o'h'' "h-''
fine latter should be lille, il /, not to he i0Hho.
The official, Of the city Works Department dcnIeH
Mater inrvcyor Miles, statement that there should
be a record Of the connection and said that - me
work va, done by the gular foreman OI inc icPUr
.nop 10 permit vaa needed 80 one has yet eApi'i"'1
the change Of plan the part OF these oholaIS ''''
led to the -coycry Of the papers and the IuDhcanoi
Of copies thereof
The Tribune has already announced iha' II was
matter Of common rlnor in the Twenty SIXTH ward
that the 100 MIGRANTS put down there ia'i year
hclor,cd to the city of Bropldyn and w,re
sci Ly If, men Yesterday it was learned thai Dccplc
there we're prepared to testify Is L" the way III winch
TIE work done; In The morning "a , ~iIr
ward, and 20 into the yard of the Long IHahu wafer
supply Company. There the ua'cIi'Hs "1In ne IRAN
nnrtmcni of lily W0rns 10 one labelled with the water
cjmpiry', marh. The horses "0uId DC cHali-cI' an"
then The men would 20 and put down me Nd'dhl-.
~ nirt the cty wagon. when lad been left stand u;
all day, would be hilchcd on ana nINch bd," 20 III.
yard. Then the city pad 80" wear i'' "' "'c =
each hydrdnl. ,., r,.,..i
IL i, learned that The third mortgage" winch ne ar'ln
SAYS wa, the rca On for low vana;On Il te : ck
In Nav and winch was cancelled IN D'c'HUcI' o NAV
thc vaIuc increased never hat any bonds bc!dnd H.
The files in the Registers Oc' 20 SAT Ih"' IcI.I
the case. 1t j, nconcciyabl. that the purpose oi 'he
mortgage not fraudulent . - .
The change from the Mercantile Trust conn any -
the Peoples Trust COMPANY a, the plcc iog pain
the interest on the bonds also looks queer me
latter company is composed largely OF Ican NJ pom
cians IN the circle Of city governors, ara tIcrr !, re-
danger of the n;.1es Of the bOndhOlders VINO wore 20
be enriched ~ the guarantee Of their bonds by inc
city, being made known by IL.