New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-10
WILL. II EVER BE DONE?
THE KTNGSBRIDGE SEVER.
R;r Job Has No7c Dragged Along
for Fire Years.

- -bA greatest improvements ever IN
- =, The Bronx is the construction OF
:. Kfnzsbridge sewer. Work has dragged
-,.,4 On il since 1899 and its completion is not
yet il sight -.
rse natural development OF Kingshridge has
- greatly retarded by the sewer work. ana
..srire the protests of citizens OF the village no
.-,.-ert effort TO hasten it has been made
:, review OF the administration OF Borough
--as;sAr- fIaffen. on August -, 1905. The Trib-
- called attention to the Kingshridge sewer
=, n the following language;
-,--,os- every part of the borough is groan-
- Under the delay OF great public improve
Us The great sewer at Kingsbridge mas
~ dragging q longfor years in the hands OF d
-,a-y contractor, and HafTen has never
- finger TO hasten the work which Is
- three years behind the contract time.
--pts charge aroused the ire Of Mr.. Haffen
= ., = local paper last week there appeared
g., $50 defence Of him and the sewer JOB Il
lapo. 80 On 2 set OF resolutions passed by the
wWasb-i,7ga Improvement Association. on &C
49, : 1903. The resolutions declared:
ODI,,lved That the members OF TINS assotla
,a1 representing the property owners OF tn.,
- I-t.,-i do hereby most earnestly protest
-5Dst The long and unnecessary delay IN COIL
9.-i1e the broadway sewer and luT =,
FiTTI--7-sss The Hon. L. 7. HafIen. the Presl-
+sr- Of the Borough, more than year ago vi
Z o-7-n+tee of this association. that he WouIu
-
- ,7an and rJ1sh the work TO rapid cornl'ieIloA
on5 hold the said contractor strlcJy 10 tLte
-srms Of his contract. which promise mas hot So
ra-ss the desired results We now ueIl,lt1 u
p-ssi5enr of the Borough that he cause the WORK
- completing the Broadway sewer 10 De pros
.-.as with the utmost dispatch. and IaaC the
,rsrffe-abIe condition Of this street be mace az
las 6ecentIy passa BILE: besides. the inconVehl-
ence and loss TO which our people nave o'II -
for more than two years. the danger 20 tne
health Of the community is serious meI 3asT-
and one which are not willing 70 qClellS
longer submit 70, We therefore ueIla-ll % Ou
officials that these matters be ATTENDED 20 a.
cnce and that the street be also regulated anu
graded soon as possible
The resolutions quoted above were included
II an article printed in The Tribue OF NoVeTn-
Der 2S 1908 which described al length the delay
in pushing the sewer TO completion At that
tine nearly two years ago, il was pointed out
that after nearly four years OF LABOR Inc Joo
was but IS per cent completed
M HaNen assumed the Office Of Borough
President in January, 1907 In that capacity ne
became responsible for the proper execution OF
banding contracts. including the construction OF
Ire sewer The Kiugsb-idge Improvement AS
ISOLATION at 4 meeting in March, 1902, passed
resolution requesting Mr. Haffen 10 declare the
contract under which the sewer was built an
-ulled. because Of the failure Of the contractor
70 finish his job in the contract time OF lVoV
AIthough at the date named March, 1902
the sewer was 10 have been finished and 10 nave
been turned over n the city by the contractor,
LOT inspection days had elapsed and s. per
cent Of tn work remained TO be done
Mr. EaTen refused 10 annUl the contract in
spite Of the protests Of the property owners Of
Kinzsbridge and Of the resolutions passed by
The Improvement association. Records showing
the snail Ike progress Of the work were at hand
in the engineering department Of The Bronx.
The reports n his own inspectors and engineers
showed the sewer in 1902 already days past the
time set for its completion, yet Mr. HafTen
never lifted finger 70 hasten the work
In rs article q November. 1903 The Tribune
stated that 1t will be fully TWO years before
the sewer is completed" The TWO years viii
have expired on November %, 1905. and no one
has as yet named the date when the sewer VIII
begin 10 be utilized.
Here is Z Job. contracted for at sSO4.o00,00G,
required 70 be completed IN 1000 inspection
days. which. under the hands Of a Tammany
contractor and under the supervision Of a Tam
many Borough President. has dragged along for
more than five years, with the end not Yet in
sight