Evening journal., 1893-04-15
ADDICKS EN- GINEER HERE
He Calls on Ex-Mayor Har-
ringron for Oxy-Hydrogen.
TALK OF SUIT AGAINST THE CITY

The Gas Plant in This City VIII BE
Finished This Summer, and an Effort
Made to Lay Pipes-The City Has Been
Receiving Taxes on the Gas Plant; But
WIN Not Allow 1t to Operate.
s. B. Conde, Of Ballston Spa. N. Y.
is In Wilmington He came here on
Thursday and will leave on Monday
Mr. Conde is constructing engineer
for Coal Gas King" ]. Edward Ad-
dicks, and has been in BROOKLYN, NJ
T., for some time, working In Addicks'
interest In the great gas plant deal
which came so near consummation In
New York and Brooklyn. When the
0xy Hydrogen plant was put in here
Mr.. Oonde had charge of its construc-
tion, and says he expects to 60 on and
finish the plant in this city during the
coming summer. If what he says is
to be credited the city will have to 10
to Court to answer for damages, or al
low Addicks to lay his pipes in the
streets.
The Engineer Talks.
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter found
the constructing engineer in the office of
the clerk of City Council this morning
During a conversation on the troubles Of
Addicks in this city he said
This charter under which we work
was given before there was any
| Street and Sewer Commission.
Bayard, Gray and DUPONT got it when
they ran the machine We got it renewed
about one year and a-half ago. We
| put In bid TO have our charter renewed,
and that would, Of course, have brought
| us under the Street and Sewer Commits
| sioners But there was another act. and
we got our charter heightened by filing
a bill with the secretary. They tackled
on it that all charters given were to be-
The same as given in the first place
Therefore, our charter is just as good as
il was when we first got it.
"0ur object is to work with men who
will show us where to lay our pipe and
how to lay It II we went to digging
up the streets in bull.headed way we
would soon run against something or
some other interest which would compel
us to stop. We would under their di.
rection, put on enough men to do the
work expeditiously and guarantee the
streets 60 be as good after we got through
as they were when we began to work.
Ii they will allow us, the work will be
begun this summer.
eve don't calculate on anything
There is a big interest lighting against
us and we can't tell what will be done,
hut have no doubt about II in the end
don't see any reason in the world why
We should not 90 ahead We didn'
push the thing before because the chan
cellor (Saulsbury, wasi In, he guaranteed
the old gas company's stock for widow
and orphans. IL would have been bad
stick for him, after directing widow
, and orphans ia that thing to go agains
, t. We thought it better not to put hin
to that test"
"Do you want to look at your assess
, mentf" asked Clerk Of Council Hersey.
c ''Oh, no. We are willing to pay al
taxes. The city accepts our tax as ga
, company right along. How is 1t goinl
? | TO say, you shall not be a gas works
] when It accepts our tax as gas works
We can't haul our gas around i
wagons2
p 1--WE will not only sue the city 70
: damages, but also for lost time. hav
a been up to see the mayor, or not th
mayor, but ex x-mayor. Mr.. Harrington
q simply made call on him.