New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01
,co % tho law saw In Mr.. Lamonts ones some
thing m give me occupation and accepted IT,
Tie GENERAL. AFFECTEp


t,cc 81 tho law saw IN Mr. Lamonts offer some
thing N give me occupation. ana acccp'eu IT,
THE GENERAL. AFFECTED.
r,.. Inc, son,onces of this explanation General
Tracy spoke IN broken voice. and II was ap-
..,, nat he was moved 10 emotion. In 1881 ne
continued the idea Of remaining president OF
The company had passed away from him. anu Nv
resigned for that ana various reasons Assn"
what those reasons were. he replied that "''
were many ,.,
Il would say" he went on. that elected Win
mo nc directors were Judge TruaX. a business man
named Docvan. 1fr Kelly. president OF inc 80
ond National Bank and an electrical expert n7"e'
jerks who had been investigations FOR Two H'''S W
more the availability OF the water Sh''9 i"'
froal purposes. Well. after a while M" "''o"''
satisfied that no financial concern would a''''''
The money necessary 10 develop this plant. unless
# had practically the control Of the cori"i Al'"'
and became satisfied also that Mi Lamont WI"
controlled the stock ~ the corporaiion' "'''' ''
rive no that control That was one OF the le's'''
why resigned Then. AT about the TINE I'm
70 This conclusion there was development ol me
Rrooklvn company that was WORKING lh "rp'''
ton 10 the Eamapo Then the newspapers n'e''
70 talk about family law affairs. because "'p
formed a partnership with Senator PiattS SON. anu,
on the whole. that as had never h'eh INV
in n city or government contract "o''" ~"
t.ko tho responsibility Of being the head ot q cor"
pany that. however honest u nNsh' w. "
subjected criticism
Q-You spoke of some proposition Hare 'S isa5
Truax Tel US about IL H. co,,,trv AN English en-
eineer Judge Tri!ax and his friend DelrNah s"-
eestcd that the cnsneer snoul1 tAai,,r ccith
sheds lie did lie made me 'S1H.n" ~" Tic.
Air jerks ana our engineer. Mr. Nostrand. ~ ~
went up there and spent in,se n1yS H., was amazed
that water shed Of Us capacity sao"a ii1 hat
touched so near Sew, 1o iido,a ne :, Then Judge
money should ne raised 10 ofNc,"P u M ,, -
Truax won't 10 London-I don't say ne wen, , ' Ne
had interviews with hnancers ana "ne" ~ ~
back he gave IT a. his judgment nay l1' 49, ,,t
money could be obtained 3ut me teIlni ,be ma
satisfactory 70 Lamont lie contro"en u, , li,'
i1ritv Of the stock and so the matter was nor car
red through When came PACK bs+dl if fhe report Of
orr electrical engineer showing the ieasibhy .,
,yas KAT in The engineers Judgment the plant de-
vcloped as an electrical plant alone w9uid pay c ~,
reiy on those reports there was valuable pam PAN
for electricity alone outside OF "at'r ~ 7
an ciecfrician. and ! could not verify those re-
ports but il the reports should prove to DE Irpe
mat land ought to he oaraoie oi any N''V''
ment FOR tho purposes have named
THE CONTRACT WITH BRooKLYN.
o-what was your relation with the company at
with The old city Of Brooklyn? Al was pres''rn'
Q-What efforts were made 10 so,4i sc,,hroltted
tract2 4 a proposition was maze ana SUBMIT"
mt '"I has bccn stated by former Commissioner
." was maGo 70 him hv youS A-Ycs can tell you
about it on Mr White coming into office IN lS''
Sid Then Mr Iam"n, asked me II ] had any OBJ
lection to seeing Mr.. White and ealing nus "', u
lion 10 Tho fact that the Ramapo company W.
prepared to supply water TO BROOKLYN | Ga i,1
upon Mr Whit ana the rnns rroabv soon be
Sl,. ir, fnlJ him nat the Ramapo company
S~l', ~ f. s,Irnlr The additional water. lie said
Nat until he had concluded that Investigation he
f,l1 mo-
i'm As I remember. hs report was made only
few DAYS before he went ont Of office. SO That
nofhin was done in tho matter 49,.
O~1hc certificate Of the Incorporation Of ne
reorranzed company shows that The capital al, STOCK
Q-As president Of the company ala you ever IN
oure about maj? A.-That was matter that Vas
transacted before became president sc,
9TH certificate ~ the company; hied III ~.
momev 70 The value OF s. 100000 bat IT, the inves
legation that We have made 50 far 1t cannot be as
anywhere near that amount So ask You as pre- res
iden' Of the COMPANY how much OF me s,o.N w'e
part Of the Stockholm much don't know-wa5
issued for the plant ~ the prior corporation
Q-What was paid FOR Il? Al don't know.
OPTIONS. SURVEYS AND MAPS.
Q-Now. what plant had YOU existing in n prac-
uc9ole eongrfe loI 1d 'i" If Money At DON'T
mink the company had property that could prop
ions. I never knew much about the old plant. nor
how much stock WAS issued for H. 50 far as
and surveys. What the options were don know
Old you ever hear ~ ne COMPANY ""nIi"g
larrc number Of options surveys. etc. and had
undoubtedly expended large amount OF money
Did yon not learn tia, great deal Of this
original stock vas i-sued to Nh Lamont a"d in-
QYou say yoeu have no, been interested in The
toresied IN the management II ne company or had
man who knows loss Of the concerns affairs now
about the company since my resignation. ana since
July ! haye bod DO interest IN The stock Of the
had no Interest IN u. ana ! had never conNer5ed
Odd you ever hear that any person interested
n the company had over consulted or correspondent
any political leader concerning this proposed con-
tract? A-No. except what read n the news
Old you know Of the till that passed the
parry? Al knew nothing about .hat bin ana its
provisions until it had passed thro4eh ino Les ,ai-
passed. never read il until ] returned form Ed
Odd you cable 10 Governor Morton concern.
INK il? Ayes cablod 20 him that understood
the Ramap0 bin bad been passed and that 7
don't recall The exact words. but used some such
s you nse s son 26 The sos 9m7a9y Il Rat
Q.-That was prior 10 your clccrcn' A-Yes.
secretarv Of the Navy I was only Interested as
q stockhOlder used 10 talk with Mr.. Lamont
about the comnany. bat din not regard myself as
fits counsel Tho reason was this When became
Secretary II tne Navy. under an Arrangement I
made with MacFarlane. Boardman & Plat
transferred all my legal business 10 them. 7 had
no partner when was practising law COnse-
quentv. when I transferred my business 90 them
7 also transferred the Ran1Dc case 90 them.
When came back from Washington discovered
that my partners Mcssrs. Boafoman and Plat
had conceived "a dislike for Mr.. Lamont ! satis-
/ fed myself that could have no relations with
The Ramaro Company as 4 client, We did nothing
/ Lamont wer- purely thocc OF a. stakeholder until
! became president ~ the company In 1875.
CABLE MESSAGE TO MORTON