The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-09-23
Mr.. Hubbard Asks for an Investiga-
ton. and Promises to Pay for
the Water Used.

ton. and Promises to Pay for
the Water Used.
Full Text OF the Affidavits, Statement
and Letters.
For the past two years the Board O.
Publ. Works has been engaged il
trying to locate tap in the cit,
mains which it knew must exist, bu
without success until last spring. The,
had suspected that r. d. Hubbard's
mill used the water, but the propri
etorS and officials always denied that
such thing was possible, when
ever approached upon the subject
Finally, six weeks ago during tenn
porary change of engineers, Mr.. Hub
bard ascertained that the mill was
actually using water stolen from the
city mains, through a perforatiOn of
the valve under the pump in the the
mill, connecting. with the water main
The perfOratiOn was about 5-S of an
inch in diameter and under a free
flow of water, 100000 gallons would
flow through in day, which at meter
rates would be $3.50 a day, or over
$1,000 a year. 1t is pretty certain
however, that much less than this
amount was taken, but exactly how
much cannot be known.
The statement of the facts connect
ed with the discovery is best given in
the sworn affidavit of Mr.. Hubbard
below. This is fair, open statement,
and seems to hide nothing from pub
lie view, and fully eXonOrates Mr..
Hubbard from any blame in the mat
ter. The question of who is at fault
can be left for the public to Judge.
Mr.. Hubbard's offer to pay for the
water taken is in line with his desire
to clear his good name of any sus-
picionS which he feared might attach.
The council will be upheld by public
sentiment in the action which it took
concerning the matter, stated in an
other column.
The following are all the letters and
atfidavits which were presented to the
council last evening, and they make
so full and detailed statement of
the case that nothing can be added to
it at this time:
To HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANKATO.
GENTLEMEN
For reasons that seem to me quite
sufficient hereby tender my resigna-
ton as a member of your honorable
body to take effect Immediately.
Yours very respectfully,
+. d. HUBBARD.
To r1y1 >r,v,>, AMI Co>,,,o>- cc,->-1,,,
OF THE CITY OF MANKATO. GEN
TLEMEN:-
In rendering my resignation and
making the sworn statement which l
herewith endorse, | beg to say that
the causes leading up to these steps
have caused me more regret than any
transaction during my business life.
and assure you that nothing but du-
ty and the desire to deal fairly in all
business matters induces me to take
this step.
| cannot and will not remain
member of your body during the in
vestigation OF myself, which you are
now called upon to make. You can.
however, at any time call upon me for
any assistance in my power to render:
III Will De Cneerlully given.
Yours very respectfully,
X. ID. HUBBARD.
10 THE HONORABLE PRESIDENT AND
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MANKATO. GENTLEMEN
Owing to recent discoveries having
been made regarding the use of city
water by x. ID. Hubbard & Co., and
later by Il. d. Hubbard, L deem it
proper and right in justice to others
and myself, to make under oath the
following statement, viz:
-Four years ago during the writer's
absence, but through his advice and
consent, the firm of r. d. Hubbard &
Co. caused to be drilled, as an expert
ment, hole eight inches in diameter
on their premises, with the hope of
striking a volume Of water having
sufficient head to flow to the earth's
surface, and possibly to higher alti-
tude. The result of this experiment,
which cost some 81, 200, was, when at
depth OF $40 feet large volume of
water was struck. having pressure
OF some 81 lbs. to the square inch, as
SHOWN by pressure guage, after
moving to the earth'S surface. | was
mrlGIen py MI. Palmer, also by Mr.. Z.
l.. waters, partner in the firm and
mechanical manager of the same. Civ
Ing me these facts and was assured
the flow was three times as much as
was required fer our purpose. On nv
return these statements were given to
me verbally by Mr.. Waters and 9th
ers that were in position to know and
In whom had confidence both for
their mechanical skill and truthful
ness.
In this way our business moved on.
On the 10Th day of September, 1891. /
bought the interest of F. L. Walters
in the firm and became the exclusive
owner thereof, retaining Mr.. Walters
as mechanical manager until April /.
1892. Some time during these latter
months the report came to me that
MI. Morse, engineer of the city pump
Ing station had said that we were us
ing water from the city's mains. I at
once went to Mr.. Walters and asked |