The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-15
NEW RAMAPO DISCOVERIES
TAN WICK, CROKER, M'LAUGHLLN
AND LAUTRRBACH TESTIFY.

Mako Its Money out of water-PoweH
Electricity, not Water The Mayor 10
Pert and snappish, and Mr. Croker L.
Painfully Jocoss - Both Attack Frank
Moss-Hugh Mclaughlin VIII Answer Ne
Questions of Moment Touching Ramape
md tho Long Island Plant-Committes
Declines to Receive the List of Ramap0
Stockholders In complementary Get 10
without Conditions On Tuesday Next.
The famous Ramapo contract to supply this
city with 200 100000 gallons OF water a day
for forty years was stabbed in the presence OK
the Mazet Committee yesterday. when Edward
Lauterbach counsel for the Ramapo Water
Company. announced that II II ever went
through the Ramapo company would DO
ruined and that he would sell his stock at q
cent share. He declared also that water
wasn't the commodity the Ramapo Water Come
rany intended to profit mainly by. but that 10
was going to make its money by supplying
electricity in this city using its water power
as generator.
"What-where-how then. did this contracU
ever get itself into being?" gasped Mr.. hIosse
and tho committeeman. open eyed and open&
mouthed echoed the queries. which are yet to
be answered
Reluctant to claim any acquaintance with
so mysterious thing. the Democratic states%
men who were called declined to have any
opinion of the contract at ALL Richard CrokeF
was Investigating" Hugh Mclaughlin
OF Brooklyn didn't think his opinion
mouiu 10 Vi any ,a'ue W '"o p"oiloS
our urpahe NUS mayor shaPpeu an"
snarleo. ana salu IL wasn't up 10 MIN
ye', ana ne couiu run 'ne CITY without any Inv
reference oy Mr.. MOSS AS yet the committee
hasn't found out who make up the Ramap0
Water Company, which was supposed to bel
pehind the contract tor water that lammahy{
was gong 10 make IN such hurry with an
eiectrlcty company chairman maze. ans
houheeu the uecison Oh tne committee NOT "
aceep' tno hss Vi s'ocAho'uerS oneteu oh "eue
hesoay py MT Lauteroheh win 'he pro's0
tnat the names shouid not DC naue pupicl
lhere Will De meeting Oh inc oiiceFs Vi .ho
company 10 decioe "hether or not the hse shail
De turned over TO the committee withoue
restrictlon, ana the decision VIII Dc announces
next tuesday shoulo IL De NEGATIVE. the COM
miteee VIII oouotiess aemano .he s'oek pooS
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contingent a.t him RI .miIin0 cheerfullv and
preening himself with an approving hand until
another question aroused his wrath or at
tempted sarcasm.
THERE AMT ANY CONTRACT.
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get here.
" lou Know ooh you 'has !, .hae eoh'rso.
were maue IL woulone como before you 'oR
your approval "A Con'ra''' ~ "ash coh-
tract. IL was uh option
V, linen you 'e eAa"'neu '' A' NO oh'S
IN inc newspapers
v. why maven you examined 'he orig'na'
a. inere am any
" 10 you think tue oom'n,,s,onel iheren
meant TO taHe an optiohf a. les ana 90 oo
you II you re lawyer
CALLS WILLIS THIEF AND scouSDREL.