New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-24
CIRCUIT ATTACKS MACHINES
BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ACCUSED OF
RAMAPO DEAL THE NEED
OF REPEAL.
OF REPEAL

The repeal OF the RamapO charter = a
critical matter for New-YorS city. The Gov
ernor urged 1T in his message, but You know
as do that the entire influence of the Re
publican machine and OF Tammany Hall VIII
he against such repeaI.-(Extract from d letter Of
Edward n Grout to Henry w. Goodrich.
Albany March % (SpeciaD.-Edward NJ
Grout. President OF the Borough Of Brooklyn
has boldly attacked both the political machines
of the State as defenders OF the Ramapo Water
Company in a letter which Governor Roosevelt
made public to-day. Possibly the Governors
making public this letter of Mr.. Grout contain
ing such accusation is not the least interest
ing part Of the matter. Mr.. Circuit wrote his
letter to Henry W. Goodrich. OF the Merchants
Association.
No repeal act has been passed. Nothing has
been done except to pass the 'Fallows stop gap
as 1t may be termed giving to Controller Coler
power 10 veto any contract with the Ramapo
Water Company law only Of value so long
as NewYork has man of Controller COer's
character In the Controllers office Beyond that
nothing is to be done Assemblyman Morgan's
act, pushed by the Merchants Association of
New-York, is dead. and there is no chance OF
its revival, since the Legislature is to adjourn
in a fortnight, and it is well known that to pass
the within that period would only
invite veto from Mayor Van Wyck. whose
veto message would reach Albany days after the
adjournment Of the Legislature
NO REPORT FROM THE SENATE
It was stated yesterday that the Senate Com
mittee on Cities would make an adverse report
the Ford bill to-day. but the committee did
not meet. The Committee on Cities Of both the
Senate and the Assembly viii not meet until
Tuesday of next week and to-day both houses
OF the Legislature adopted a resolution in favor
of a final adjournment upon April s. No sup
porter of the Morgan Ford bill hopes for its con-
sderation in the last hours of the Legislatures
sessions The Legislature. therefore viii ad-
1ourn leaving the Ramapo Water Company com
pletey in the possession OF its present great
rights, and only hindered possibly from obtain
ing a $500 OO0OOo contract with the city Of
New-York by the authority granted to Control
Ter Coler this year to veto any such contract
The Fallows bill. however, comforting upon Con
troler Coer this right Of veto, it should be re
membered, is not yet in Governor Roosevelts
hands.
MIR. CIRCUITS VIEWS.
The letter written by Mr.. circuit was accom-
panied by another from Mr.. GrOut to Governor
Roosevelt. OF a rather singular character. in
which he expresses his opinion that the true
way to attack the Ramapo Water Company is
to repeal the act passed in 1890. Mr.. Grout ap-
pears from this letter to have been much disap-
pointed over the actOn or the Legislature IN re-
jecting the bill of Senator McCarren, which re-
peaed the law of 1896 forbjdding the city Of
Brooklyn to acquire water rights IN Suffolk
County without the consent of the Board OF
Supervisors of that county. He finds fault with
the Merchants Association for not aiding him
to pass Senator McCarrens bin. In the letter
addressed to Henry w. Goodrich which he in
closes TO Governor Roosevelt, he said Feb
ruary 10:
Two weeks ago I went 10 Albany practically
single handed 10 speak before the Senate Commit
Tee Cities on the repeal OF this SUFFOLK County
law. proposed by Senator McCarrens dill. The
Water Supply Department, as represented by its
Manhattan Office, opposed to US and every
Manhattan Senator was also opposed TO us In the
At help and the repeating act was beaten i'll
the Senate last week with practically every in
huenCe in the State against il except Brooklyn. If
the Suffolk County law had been repealed it. would
have solved the water situation for New ork city
have taken away every excuse for a Ramapo
that Brooklyn ana Queens want for that period of
time, while all the additional wants of Manhattan
and The Bronx he supplied from the present
storage reservoirs preserve the millions of gal
Ions of water which now go TO waste the
CToton dam.