New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-29
RAMAPO JOB STAYED.
IMPROVEMENTS BOARD CANNOT ACT
TOMORROW.

THAT THEY DID NOT IN
DORsE THE COMPANY.
on account Of the temporary injunction grant
ed bv Justice Bookstavcr i'm the supreme Court,
argument on which has been delayed at the
request Of the Corporation Counsel the Board
NJ Public improvements can take no action on
the Ramapo lob tomorrow. but Controller Coler
said yesterday that by to-day he expected 10
have some interesting facts and figures for n
report 10 the Board OF Public improvements
regarding the contract with the Ramaoo wafer
Company which Maurice +. Hoiahan. william
Dalton and James p. Koaung were 50 ANXIOUS
to have forced upon the city The report may
be made public for the discontinue or inc
Ramapo schemers. even il no action can DE-
taken on the proposed steal for weeks to come
Leaders Of organized labor In the city have
declared their intention to aid in making '"3
mass meeting at Cooper Union to-morro" 'F'"-
ing great demonstration against the l'"'""PD
steal Some Of the leaders ia the knights 90
Labor have consented TO he speakers AT the
meeting and IT is expected that many m'''''i'
of labor organizations will be at the meeting
Assemblyman Mazet has been asked TO nave
the sessions Of the Mazet Investigating COM
n,ittce resumed before September T. in order
that the investigation Of the Ramapo scheme ny
tho committee may be begun before the injunc-
lions 10 restrain action icy the Tammany mem
bers Of the Board Of Public improvements are
dlsposed o. II was said yesterday, however
by counsel 81 the committee. that the invostiga-
ton Of the Ramapo contract would not lose m
torest by a delay Of two weeks, and that the
witnesses who are TO DO examined have been
subpnnaod 10 appear before the committee On
September y There IS no expectation there
/ fore that the Investigation win come earlier
than that date
II has been discovered that many ~ the three
! thousand business men Of the city who signed
the application Of the Ramapo Water Company
/ IN favor Of IT'S contract with the city are deeply
mortified because they allowed their signatures
to 70 on the petitions. and 1t IS believed mat
most Of the s!gners Of the applications had no
thought of what they We're signing. II has been
said often that signatures 10 any sort Of pc
tition can be obtained by tho thousand among
the business mon Of the city because most
business mon are too busy 70 take the time 70
! read the pctitons 70 which they asked 70
| give their signatures.
sllas b. butcher president Of the Ramapo
Water Company, in his reply 70 Controller Co''r'
+ declared that the standing Of the business men
/ who had signed the company's application was
/ proof that the company would have good fnan-
/ cal backing in its enterprise. He apparently
/ sought 10 convey the impression that most Of
the sleners Of the applications were ready TO
take blocks of the companys stock in case the
company secured a contract with the city Bust
ness men who were asked yesterday why their
signatures appeared on the applications If the
company declared that the signatures had been
obtained either by fraud or were given under
an entire msapprehension of the plans OF the
| company.
Statements made by business men yesterday
show that mon who signed the applications Of
the water company had no Information about It
or rs contract but thought they were signing
q petition for increased water pressure IN the
lower part Of the city TO be supplied by the
/ citys water system.
John Claim said yesterday. NO authority
was given to the Ramapo Water Company 70
use the name Of the H. p. Clahin Company.
= We simply signed petition for a more effective
water supply. You see. the petition does not
state the manner in which the water is to he
brought % the city. nor from whore il is to
come We want more water and am certainly
! in favor Of n better water supply The scheme
used by the Ramapo Water Company is obvi-
ously improper"
Similar statements wero made yesterday by
members If the firms Of A. D JuilIard 4 CO.,
/ Bliss. Fahyan Co., and other firms in the
! drygoOds district
George r Read. the real estate broker said:
| when I signed that petition / had never heard
! OF the Ramapo Water Company ! Will nave
nothing t. DO with "a now
H. -. Hollins stock broker said. some time
ago, when the Cro'on water supply was threat
! cnod We signed "A petition for more water We
/ did not specify any company. nor VIII we have
anything TO DO with the Ramapo Water COM
| pany"
/ real estate broker az No 81 Cedar-st said. in
! Mr. Ey's absence from town. When Mr. Ely