New-York tribune., 1903-06-10

he insisted should made part Of the supplemental
contract It is fair TO assume that one year ark
under the new agreement. From the passage OF tns
act until the time was 4Feefe1 qbse Was u9 feeng of
uneasiness and uncertainty among the men, ana
fs % Quite ali parties EMO eeat aest the 6a
supplemental contrast should % go delays
it was not signed until october and dld ,nSn n9t
regret Very much that contrary opinions are en-
tertained this subject The qea :" we" the credit
Of the 4i dfference Of time between August when
ss oTdefed o begn RorR and and also
avoidable delays caused a,des ny reason % '-'
Since b BEGINNING work under the supplemental
Sos a abor nnG has has been beneca to to
The extent Of In ns a6o e snf from local strikes
on the reservoir, when every other work IN & ene
city Tas Tb6u ShR6 fOT the aeceptanee Of this law
bv the Aqueduct Commissioners and the S
seriously delayed by reason Of the coal assba strikes IN
to procure coal.
THE CHARGE OF BAD WORK
As 70 the charges made by the chairman OF the
Merchants Association committee against the con-
teriai win state that there never has been
complaint made by either the fhe Present. or or former
3Fjneef as to the Character Of the material or
Of ny e0nct Wi5RO9t haHs and
The work done VIII an2k 1oPsre or elsewhere As to
the differences in opinion between the englneerss s
who held places g5der the fe commission
pecnE the sta stability Of boo boe they are purely
engineering features of the work with VINCE nave
When said to the Mayor that with three-,nGd hnd
flooring of concrete the reservoir wonq M aoI ist re
la%man could gainsay know that this matter wes
under discussion OGI0T discussed @ it with the
division engineer many times on the T0rK na af aneIed
be 6o5ne in nf pPe sses 5hat o rock ni oned
land In irregular shape
character of this bottom and its unstable cooIttJI @
sster5 w state seoon hsat of m 9he reserEo
Weighing p{o a3S9t e boftS tSrty t0n Turned over and
time being was put cut OF use Sc ater ere ocegpying
e haa 6ee aTe as this shovel would weigh times
much the stsy s Of appfeca Ppfe Hssh' snf
places the track used TO remove the material ex
SaFa6ea f4e fnRin hai hG f9 into The bottom
. The ot c0Sere c0Se Is Efth sGGna sucfent oor
land is and yielding and Will not holo bs ben
determined an important question VIII arse as 10 10
the treatment OF the junction OF Of @ ane to nTTr 19event
break in the floor line at this point This question
The conditions Of the bottom are no more fst
ySTsSe p;e 'han aaonns fhs W SlafS ixtee4 feet thick
level OF the concrete foorl IS constructed @ Ine
broken @ 81 1 stone the 1or sTond nne To Increase the Of
the floor will not delay the completion Oh the "oiA
TIME FOR COMPLETING WORK.
| AS soon as Mr. Mcdonald had finished read
| ing his statement Mayor Low asked MIN II ne
had not stated to the Aqueduct Commission at
/ the time Of the making Of the supplemental
| contract that he would finish the reservoir by
| August / 1903. That's true" said Mr.. Nc
| Donald but I meant working year. l was
/ NOT ordered to go to work until October ~
| In response to further inquiries Mr. Mcdonald
| said that he would be able TO finish the last
section (the westerly by January l next. and
that the work OF laying the concrete bottom
would be begun in the next two weeks.
| Chief Engineer William r Hill. of the Aque-
| duct Commission, turned in g somewhat caustc
statement to the commission, in answer TO the
report made by Messrs. Bogart and North Tor
the Merchants Association. He said that the
reservoir walls were good and SUBSTANTIAL ana
that the statement of the engineers thaf water
was running through them was entirely unWar-
ranted. -
.'Messrs. Bogart and North" said Mr.. Hills
report apparently made no tests. and seem to
have had no actual facts on which to base their
criticisms"
Mr. Hill exhibited a mass of brick and NOR
tar of the kind used under his direction by NC
made Of ground stone, was so solidly fixed TO
the brick that they could not be separated
There was absolutely seam at the line Of de-
marcation II like one solid piece.
The next meeting of the Aqueduct Conrnls,
sion will take place tomorrow forenoon at il
O'clock The Merchants Association has not
as vet turned over to District Attorney Jerome
its data concerning the alleged shortcomings OF
the Aqueduct Commission.
Eugene E. Mclean. chief engineer of the FL
has sustained the Aqueduct Commission as TO
the character of the work the reservoir.
rrFpcv TAKE ACTION 0N GAMRLTNG