New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-21
TREASURY ORDERS Of

TREASURY ORDERS q"
Frank Moss continued his probing into the
Rau1apo mystery. as it has now come 10 be
called yesterday. but he made little headway
He was virtually unable 10 add TO his knowledge
n. the resources and business Of the Ramapo
company or 70 obtain any further intimaton
Of the whereabouts OF It's elusive secretary. who
saas B. butcher says is taking vacation" in
another State with the company's books and
napers Il. c. NJ. Ingrahan. a counsel and
s,ockholder OF the corporation. who might be
supposed % know a good deal about the mat
,s-s upon which Mr. Moss is anxious 70 shed
some light. was equally as ignorant Of the COM
panys affairs as Messrs. butcher and Lauter-
bach. In fact. Mr.. Moss has not yet found a
single individual connected with the concern
who knows what It's financial condition IS. what
assets and property it possesses. what its opera
tons have been. and. above all. who owns its
stock. Certain other witnesses belonging 10
the Ramapo company have never failed 10 ex-
press their profoundest respect for the commit
Tee AID have FASTENED to assure Nj Moss that
they would willingly give him all the inforra-
Ton he sought # they had It in their power 70
DO So 5u, really they knew absolutely nothing
about the company. But yesterday .4r. Ingra-
the Rauapo people toward the committee. Nj
1pgraham volunteered to set the committee right
upon some engineering matters. which he as
serted had been misunderstood. NJ Moss
though, ,hat the companys engineer would be
-.ore p4tent 10 give such technical testimony
and asked M- Ingrahan Il he would produce
tia. --Hc.aL Thereupon Ny Ingraham sheer
,rriy remarked that he did 10, carry the en-
e.reer around in his pocket and added: And
must say that Il I should produce friend as d
witness t0r Mr. Moss l should feel as z I were
delivering him into the hands Of an assassin"
TIE contentious Of the Ramapo people that
The city IS On the brink OF a water famine. and
thai the only way out OF the difficulty is 20
seek re aid e private concern were rebutted
BY General C. Il. r Coils He was Commits
s.orer e Public Works under Mayor strong
s-d proved himself familiar with the subject Of
water supplies The city he testified. can get
Al The water u wanted itself az a compare
lively nt,ie cost. He produced evidence show
,rg that the city's reservoirs were the best in
The world. and that the municipal government
could supply the people with al the water they
needed
=. -he afternoon Nj Moss took up the DOCK
ne-a-tnent again. He ascertained that me
commissioners are SIN following the system of
tuv.rg supplies and paying for WORK upon
~,reasury orders" This method IS supposed 10
Re resarted 10 only in cases Of emergency
vberc there IS no time TO advertise for BIDS but
since January. 1s9s. the Dock Board has ex-
Dsndes in this way $4,000. Contracts 10 the
amour, oe $4,000 for asphalting were recently
gwen 10 the Uvalde company without pu0No
,e,,.ng. IN The Plea that the Work was ernersen'
tn Uvalde company charges the Department
e yard while expert testimony was brought
.oruard proving tha- the utmost cost OF the
work TO the city should not have been more
Tan 50 % a yard