New-York tribune., 1905-06-13
FEAR 0AKLEY'S REMOVAL.
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stoner Goodwin and I. NJ De Verona, chief
gineer of the department. were doing their best
to make excuses for the long continuance OF
Sundays flooding of the subway. The two off,
Gals had consultations. and there was an ap-
parent understanding to have Mr.. Goodwin 90
the talking for the department, as the engineer
referred tnquirers to Mr.. Goodwin, and the lat
ter made the engineers statements to him the
basis Of all information he gave out.
THE chief engineer tells me- was the be-
ginning of nearly every sentence Mr.. Goodwin
uttered and when he encountered an inquiry
which seemed to be too much for him, he
would say: "I didn't ask him about that"
THE chief engineer tells me- said Mr.. Good
win. IN reply to one inquiry, that the delay
in shutting the water off yesterday was partly
the fault of Thomas Ryan, foreman OF the
pair station at 37th-st. and 9th-ave. Ryan
got word on the telephone that there was a
break in the water main in Park-ave.. and he
should have gone in person to shut off the water
Immediately, but instead of doing that he sent
telephone order to OConnell. foreman of the
floating repair gang. to do the work. OConneu
did not get the order until 1t carried to
him from a downtown station"
Have charges OF neglect Of duty been made
against Ryan,"
'T don't know: didn't ask"
on Sunday evening, "O'Connel not able to
find the right shut-off for the broken main when
he got to Park-ave., because there was no map
of the mains in the district and It was not until
McC1usky, outsider, told him where to find
the gate that the water was shut Off"
''The chief engineer tells me-" said Mr.. Good
win. that Ryan had a map IN his Office. and
there are maps of the mains in every district
office. Ryan should have attended to it or told
where the gate was OConnell did the best he
could
Then there is reason why such another
long flooding of the subway should happen?"
ANOTHER APPROPRIATION THE CRY.
well, we haven't an emergency gang for
nights and Sundays ought to have. After
the accident at Broadway and S6th-st., some
months ago. we asked the aldermen and the
Board of Estimate for 100000 to establish such
an emergency gang. They paid no attention to
our request We have decided to renew the re-
quest for an appropriation, cutting it down TO
$4,000 for the rest of the year"
'~why has nothing been done to repair the
main that burst yesterday?'
",rhat ia up to the Rapid Transit Commission.
The accident really was not the fault of our de-
partment- No water had been run through that
main for over two years until a few hours be-
fore the break occurred. The main was dam
sged by the dynamite explosion in front Of the
Murray Hill Hotel, and the Rapid Transit peo-
ple were ordered to repair it They gave a
tract TO Norton & Dalton and the other day we
got a notification from the Rapid Transit people
that the main was repaired and ready for use.
The water was turned on at twenty minutes
after midnight yesterday morning"
.aThen. why didn't the men who turned the
water on know where to shut 1t off after the
main burst?
"The chief engineer tells me that there was a
patrol kept up until o'clock yesterday morn
ing. when it seemed that there no trouble
and the men went off duty
INTERBORoUGH MUST MAKE REPAIRS
Probably it's true that the main which broke
yesterday was damaged by the dynamite explo-
sion about three years ago." said Chief Engineer
Rice of the Rapid Transit Commission THE
repairs to the main were ordered by us. but the
contracts for the repairs were given by the
construction company. We have given an or
der to-day to the Interborough company to have
the main repaired"
Does this that the Interborough will
have to stand all the loss of the food and make
repairs to the ctty's water main in the bar
gain?"
"Oh, no. should hope not The company will
have to repair the main, or it's contractors will
but the fact is that the break in the main would
have caused no damage at all If the water had
been shut off in reasonable time II the water
had been shut off within an hour after the break
occurred there would not have been any flooding
of the subway 1t is on account of the lamenta-
BILE delay of the Water Department in shutting
off the water that all the trouble arose. 1t is
for the department to explain why the water
was allowed to flow uninterruptedly from a 49,
inch main for over four hours. That is not the
fault of the Interboroush of anybody else
except the Water Department"
What provision can be made against such
another accident2"
frequently. There should bo provision,