The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-07
IT'S 0V ER.
The Kettle Brook
Hearing
ATLAST CONCLUDED
Goulding's Arguments Oc-
cupy the Entire Day.

The now famous Kettle Brook hearing
is at an end. Yesterday in an all day
argument primed with sarcasm Mr..
Goulding, senior counsel for the petit
TONERS, put on the finishing touches
which made of the long drawn out case
thing of the past. The address con-
tanned many good points and was brim-
full of sarcastic rallies at the expense of
Senator Hoar, Col. Hopkins, the coun-
sci for the city. So much had been pro-
phesied of Mr.. Goulding's argument as
result of Senator Hoars hits at his
expense. that the address was listened
to by many of the prominent lawyers
of the city. Those who had looked to
Senator Hears fire returned were not
disappointed. The finale of the battle
between the giants was well worth lis
tening to.
In opening Mr.. Goulding said that
the circumstances were a little bit de-
pressing. After three well-equipped
actors have occupied the stage, to come
out into the morning when the Sights
are out, the supernumeraries are sweep
ing out the debris of the stage and
there are many benches empty, and
those who remain are stated, to attempt
to excite anew the interest of the tri-
bunal am to address is to make an
attempt beyond human power and be-
yond anything which I can do.
have reduced nothing to writing ex-
cept few notes, and [ address you al
most without generalization. When
Carlyle went to Edinburgh in 1865 to
make his address as law director of the
university he said that he had tried
to reduce his address to writing, but
had thrice destroyed his notes. He then
proceeded to deliver one of the finest
homletics that was ever given by any
body. l shall resemble Carlyle in two
particulars only. have not committed
my argument to writing and must rely
on the inspiration of the moment, and
second, l shall resemble him in my
grabbed, unamiable and hateful dispo-
sition, which has drawn down upon me
the animadVersions of one of the coun-
sci on the other side, intended, and I
suppose effectually, to make me immor-
tai.
In the first place Mr.. Goulding pointed
out "sophiStry" of the argument of
the senior counsel for the defence. Il
wish to exercise the figure of the beau
tiful city of Worcester as the defendant
IN this action. | was born near here: I
wed IN Worcester before the senator
ever came here. Not his verbal utter
ances nor his public services can make
him more devoted citizen than I. l
nave served her for u years. But when
Tor purposes of the case a tribunal is
told that the city of Worcester is here
NJ
paclty to- defend herself from those who
would steal from her / say she is not
mere An aqueduct corporation is here.
one that possesses property worth MANY
millions of dollars, on which are earned
dlVldends faster than by Washburn &,
Moeh, raster than the great railroad
corporations traversing her bound
aries. She is not the state she is in
corporated as company, just as the
Paul Within Manufacturing COMPANY
Is Incorporated. The Within company is
not so much of corporation. The mu-
hlclpal corporation is to go on coming
money hand over hand for years with
OUT END. Each individual has a heart,
ana hope and faith and charity. but
these are what the aqueduct company
does not possess and never can possess.
IL IS a bald, unmtigated water com
pany.
What do you suppose Mr.. Goodhue
or MI. Norman, or other great promot-
ers, would pay for this water, for the
purpose OF supplying it's inhabitants?
why, they would pay the damages as
a mere bonus, and would give millions
ana millions for the works owned by
the aqueduct company. Then let not
the learned senator picture this beau
titul city as defending herself from
a robbery when it is this aqueduct cor
poratlon who is the defendant, and not
the city"
Mr.. Goulding argued that the city
had been lowering over Kettle brook
for years. '"rhey had taken Lynde
brook and Tatnuck brook, and passed
over Henshaw pond. There has for
years been an unprincipaled desire and
yearning after Kettle brook-and when
use that expression THE city L mean
the water OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES since
the attention of man was turned to the
subject it was known that there was
no other such source of water supply
so equipped and so pure water, stu
ated at such an elevation, that by me-
chanical appliance it was able to pro-
vide pressure sufficient to send q
stream to the highest point in Worces-
ter. Do you suppose that my old friend
Peter G. Bacon did not, while exploring
the sources of water supply as mayor
of Worcester, recognize the futurel an6
DL helLle DTOOh. ana years
later when the city looked at TatnucB
brook, they did not know that Wher
the city had grown farther she mus
take Kettle brook? 1t was from this
source alone that Worcester will fine
final relief. Why have they waited I'M
til the city has passed the 100000 mark
waited and fingered and hesitated-be
fore she entered into this marriage con
tract with Kettle brooke Why because
While it was known that this was the
best source of supply 1t was also neces
sarily the most expensive.
To every one, excepting the learned
Senator Hoar, who can never seen az
inch beyond a retainer, no matter Wha1
side he is on, in law. it was known
that there was not a drop of water IT
its limits not provided for by storage
50 there was absolute equalization, Sc
that day after day, year after year, this
system would deliver to the manufac
turers five and one half million gallons
day. 1t was known that every foo
of fall to tide water was put to use
that every gallon Of water that flowed
by was practically valuable for pur
poses Of power. On one side was thu
burning desire of inhabitants of Wor