The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

had the Wheelock engines-good, reli-
able engines, as you all know. There
was the cost, that say stands against
all theories of experts; the actual work
ing test of man who knew his bust
ness. His Is testimony made up from
actual knowledge obtained at the time
Now, there is the COST less than esti-
mates Of Mr.. Shedd or Mr.. Allen.
Having found the cost of horse
power, what course are you to pursue
Only one, give to the GAINESVILLE mill
a fair recompense. Give us o sum of
money equal to the value of that water
power, which has been taken from this
company. You may stand aghast at
the figures produced by capitalization,
but there is no other way by which you
can compensate the mill owners for the
value of the water power taken from
them. At what per cent shall we cap
italiZe this water power which has been
taken? Now per cent, less than 3
per cent, has been mentioned as the
rate at which investments can be
made. Certainly if capitalization is
conceded to be the true basis, these
petitioners are entitled to the average
rate.
Now as to the amount of horse power
diverted from the GAINESVILLE mill The
figures differ, but / challenge that Mr..
Bateman's figures must be taken as
the nearer correct. They are substan-
TALLY the same as those Of Mr.. Aliens s,
taken about fifteen years ago. He
found fiashboards on the dam "a inches
in height, but Mr.. Kent informed him
that there were S-inch boards which
had been removed. Mr. Herriek an
swered that the 24-inch dashboard was
the average height of the flow from the
mill. Mr.. Bateman went down into The
wheel pit and measured from the old
mud sill. Did Mr.. Herrick go down in
to that wheelpit? No. Did he seek tor
No. He measured from the water sur
face in the tail race, to the top of the
A-inch dashboard. Now if the engineer
on this board will compare toe evid-
ence of Mr.. Kent and Mr.. Batem4n
apply it to the testimony OF Mr. Her
rick, he will find them the same. We
contend therefore that the testimony
given by the city's witnesses relative
to the GAINESVILLE mill is erroneous.
l want you to compare the GAINESVILLE
Manufacturing Company to the next
mill above it to show the inconsistency
of these commercial experts of the
other side. The Butler mill is a two
set mill 16 years old. The GAINESVILLE
mill has sufficient machinery to be
called a 10-set mill. The bulk of this
tNe-S pSSi III pPGI ctlOil LWO VtdIS. IT'S
fall in horse power is given by the ex-
perts as five horse power more than
the other MILL AS j sat and listened to
their testimony, L thought they were
trying to see how hard they could
jump upon poor little GAINESVILLE. In
every instance these excellent experts
claim the damages to the Butler mill
greater than to the GAINESVILLE mill. de-
spite the difference in horse power 1t
6af
not be relied upon. The GAINESVILLE mill
is the first mill the city of Worcester
has taken the water away from, and
then turns around the next day and
sells 1t back to the company at a
greatly increased price. Mr.. Stevens
calls'the mill of little value when MIR.
Otis tells your honors on oath that il is
assessed for 100000. Search that evid-
ence gentlemen. Search it for that
honor which prize-fighters and DULLES
expect.
We have heard table read applying
to the price paid for that mill, 5000.
Gentlemen that is correct that mill
was purchased for $45, 900 in 1896. Rut
to come in here and offer that as a cri-
terion to establish the value of that
mill is not fair"
At this point the speaker quoted a
table of estimates to show the value of
Nalci a. 4" dllu ~ Cells per thousand
gallons.
why call it Is cents per thousand
gallons?" asked the chairman.
Because the lowest price at which
water sells is Is cents per thousand
gallons" was the reply
Talk about Aladdins lampl II
seems to me the city of Worcester dis
covered it when she took the water
away from the mill owners on Kettle
brook.
MR.. VAUGHAN'S ARGUMENT.
In opening his argument, MIR.
| Vaughan stated that he had recently
! passed through Siege OF the grip from
which he had not thoroughly recovered
| He apologlzed for the use Of notes. IN
substance, his argument was as fol-
| lows
! That which is my first duty is to
thank you gentlemen of the commission
for your kindness and courtesy shown
| throughout the length of this hearing
This trial has proceeded with compare
lively little eonfliction between counsel
and none between the tribunal and the
counsel. When completed | feel that
we can all look back at it with pleasure
Personally, I shall do so, for it has en-
abled me to get near that man we all
admire and love-Senator Hoar--to see
! the workings of his mind and feel the
greatness Of the man. Personally, am