St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-22
WILL STOP THE WORK.
P1lIsbury Talks of HedderIy,s
4 CIaim to Riparian Rights:

. Claim to Riparian Rights.
2 ! expect this proceeding of Mr. He'd.
: derly's will stop work on the dam
/. said G. A. Pillsbury, yesterday after
noon, referring to the claim made by
"A. H. Hedderly, of riparian rights on
the west side of the river "T do not
4say positively that it WILL" he con-
St1nued, but we have to see bonds to
carry on this work, and the probabil-
1ty is that the capitalists we are de-
pending on to take them will be fright
sened by this foolish move, and we
shall have to suspend operations. AS
far as the claim is concerned, any one
else could bring one against US with
just as much show of reasonableness."
do you intend to condemn the prop
erty?"
mo. 1t would dignity the claim to
appoint appraisers. There is no dam
age done to the property Mr. He'd
derly has notified us that he values his
rights to be affected by the new dam
Sat $250,0 I would not value them at
$3.50. With that exception, Mr.. He'd
sderly and 1 are in harmony. Now, if
sthere is any property interest that is
going to be affected by this improve
ment, it is Mr.. Hedderly's property,
affected in any way, shape or manner
lsby the dams, except is it might give
him a. chance to sell it for manufactur-
ing purposes, being the nearest prop
erty to the dam of any that is not
owned by ourselves. If he has been
holding itf or water power purposes,
as he says, 1T SjuSt as valuable now as
ever
q DIR. Hedderly, when seen last night,
i'm answer to Mr.. Pillsbury's statement,
said:
ST never notified Mr.. PiIlsbury that I
wanted $250,0O0 or any other sum what
Sever. If this case is brought to a
strial we will sue for a considerably
larger sum than S250,00 They are go
sing to produce a 5000 horse power by
the expenditure of 100000. This. at the
SprSees which they anticipate, $40 or $50
ian income on over $4,OOO,000. They ere
lSate this power by utilizing a total Of
|stwhnty feet of head, and indoing so
|{diHert eleven feet of head from my
I{pr9perty. 1 have always considered
SthatsI had a. valuable water power on
I&.this property, and now that the means
{,of transmitting it by the generating OF
Eelectricity is provided, | do not pro-
spose to sit idly by and leta syndicate
| composed of English capitalists walk
"a way with it, and produce so valuable
t<a property at my expense, without at
l&1eaSt a strong protest L do not wish
stoi pose as an obstructionist, and have
fno9 thought of interposing any pro-
l3ceedingsN that will delay the con-
lsstruction of this dam. AS to Mr.. Pills
kbury's~ statement that the building of
I4sthe dam will be the making of my
kproperty, I take issue with him. With
mo greater expense than wire to
stranspit power, 1 can't see that it Is
ggany benefit to a piece of property ly-
sing near to the place where the power
is created. My property has always
as prospective water power property.
We have held it and paid taxes on it
for this purpose for forty years.
From the above statements, it is
evident that there is not a great
amount of harmony going to waste
between Messrs. Pillsbury and He'd
derly Mr.. Pillsbury's fiat-footed re-
fusal to concede any damages makes
an injunction suit very probable.