The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-11

sive. mat power vas derived under the org
insl corporation and not under the law 81 1895
, Under the law any seven persons could organ.
iEe a com pany similar 10 the RamApo Compsny
and have all its overs EXCEPT 10 contract Tor
more than ten years.
turned out II vas no, wise 70 endes,or 70 push
through The Morgan hill. especially In riev Of the
Differences b-,ween your engineers and ,bos. ~ the
Comptroller differences which ure NOR seeming
Than real. bu, which rendered I, utterly I'm practicable
N get the nessur. through q; this anne
Let ne point out to you. also ihai there we're
very real OBJECTIONS 10 toe Morgan bill In lie original
form. In your letter you sho~ TIE grcs~st ana nos'
eulpas. nisoondlc, On III. par, OF the cy
rhrir acts as de>croed by you verge on actual orinin
Ally You SHOW ihA, they atiem yted 10 BRING about
an art.eci wafer panic And that the AID Of ihe state
had 10 ~ inyosed 10 prevent them nom turning
waters from polluted ponds into The eonduiS, maj
ihey we're barely prevented By An eIplosion 81 popular
indig nation from entering into Q most grossly I'm
proper contract vita the RanApo Company
The nisoonduc, referred to o. the srossess
and most culpabls" probably refsp TO the
failure u the Water Department and the Board
OF Public improvement to provide more
conduit ~'sc.li;ies in Brooklyn. by which certain
water ,ha, could have been gathered on Lons
Island has gone 70 waste. A contract 10 pro-
vide new conduit vas entered into in 1893 by
Brooklyn city 4. was to cost 100000. IL was
void for the reason that the Comptroller OF
Brooklyn did not properly certify H. Water
Commissioner Dalton tried 70 get the thing
through the Board OF Public Improvement, but
II vas held up like every other eoctract calling
for the expenditure Of lArus sum OF money.
II nay 60 through nov.
Abou, polluted ponds Mr.. psBsrard In his
letter to the Governor said:
In January As uhen he BrsSkiyn vaer supsiy
sss a. is ieves ebs and zoe anxiety q The vaole
pop1iAaon uAs very great II uas reposd 10 supply
5'ooslyn VII e,iatlns vsief from two polluted
poads vaiea sAe 20, been vSed for ihr~ years, fr The
reason that they drained districts In which pAo.d
fever and diphih.ra prevailed ant moreover hA1 ss-
cont 50 foul sslo - ssso,uNty xnei fr human cn-
sun 7uon and ocrs!n sosroe ~ Widespread e!sese Y
SC u~d. orders we're issued :, the .nein--ss Of he
Brooklyn Water Department, :. cause these polluted
waters 70 ee turned inn Ire conduit. The Deputy
vs,.r c~omni~1oner. tae .n ginees In ehirS.. sne ID,
ensinee' o. water .sPply o. sraokyu er- ae-rrrec.
,h.n p'oieSed. .ac tnslly ss>osssiy refused 70 earn
The order ino -.,s s:st-s thAi ;s.y Easv -.
character AZ The water. that Il vas unci .os u.s.
hat Key asd analyses Of &, vslee shouec is
tue ea.rseri, Ana IA; - make The oo,enpsti
Ge d. i VOID - . c-tninA ~ Nevertheless Re
order = ~ ;ae pol-;-c uat' sas CVeE. TIE revs
papers yer. tr.orr.t o: u. :l., ana pab.shst = IN
~naro-A form. Ga ;ae zen: eay -. snH eosfs
o. Rarh BY plegrsps .orsse. tie - c: Ire
waters, HAVING reE previously ir'o-ne. .tAs
3rvs.y ~ ~s.-ior-sly q 70. ooatz paied
sdloa
The ies o. TEE scS 10 lamar shov that
there vas almost water famine u Brooklyn
owing 10 3 'onE-eoucnued drought On jar II
Deputy Water Con m.ssioner MocAtt o. Brook
IN said that Il the drought continued Il might
bosom. necessary % take water ron Baisleys
AID the springfield ponds near Jamaica The
svN sai ,ha: there vas general opinion 'ha,
The wafer IN these Ponds Vas unhealthy
becsgse the Surroundings were not god.
AMI there hal been typhoid ana
tiyhthera in their ~rssheo:hood. In
aao.h-r lssue /; said that the state Board Of
Health vas opposed 70 the Use o. the vsts. OF
these pords fnd 10 sen.aticna! stories IN
The aes o. TsE svS. sod 10 .er sAtora stories
r. the Head o, Jes--o! 10 EeBron OF the
yords a. 81. il 'sc,. Counlss,ocer alton nays
tina; 20 order 10 use the water Q. these ponds
had ever beea issued ty his department and
he showed ~ III. copy o, 3 'eJter sec; 70 the
Deputy Commissioner il Brooklyn. dated Jan.
Is six days after TIE sCS's pvs!icA:ior.
sayia. IL es-c. that, /; having eeel reported
10 him that; :he waters 0. the Ba.s!ey
and sprnEte.d poa-s we're I.o'.uted And IN
healthy. be ordered that none Of !, should Be
;skea or should Re allowed 20 Gov into the
pa,er supply system o. the city The expo.
s.>o Q. popular Indignation re.e-e5 70 vas
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p1-- orNy.
The ecct-.c, Proposed vas oae tina, the Pan.
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