New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-02
avs CITY LOST $4,000
.nDEN MIKES CH4RGE.
,u,qrs Gas Company Used I'm
mefrred HGter Main.

- REGISTER Michael g Padden announced
-;rht that his inspectors had discovered
3 .hs New Amsterdam Gas Company. whose
an -he east side OF First avenue. be
- a01h and I'D streets. had been taking
- an un.etered six-inch secret main
SANsa cuLic feet Of water day for an
's,sre ueriod. probably for the last twenty
- and that his Office would collect from
IS -7rnnany about $4,000 for the water
i - without the city's knowledge
- r4- .a-lpauy has been using the city's
said Register Padden last night Some
= there as room for argument between
-.s- users and This Office over water which is
= without paying the city. but this is
= csse - the company taking the water for
* without paying for II"
Missioner John H. O'Brien of the De
80 q Water supply Gas and Electricity
= perSoaaI visit yesterday 10 the plant OF
-as company. SO as &c be able 70 present
= Sc -r1perIy 70 the Corporation Counsel
- detection Of the alleged unmetered six
: -f-e was made by Patrick ] Hannah. as
- general Inspector. and a gang OF men
=. as bee- a greet fuctuation IN the meter
Ls--s-i1n CT the water supplied the gas com
: 81 he last twenty years. the meter some
- so-blt1E OF crebling the month preced-
T,a gas company uses large amount Of
- The bases Of its FIVE tanks The
= ao7s.-E rhe bases Of the tanks prevents
: 49,, escaping Inspector Hannah made the
- rspo-- TO Register Padden on Novem-
- .:
u report that OF This date I examined
--isss N the east side OF First avenue 70
- Ahrh 20 I'D streets occupied by New
.-s-s-saul Gas Company and the Edison Elee-
- sd s.x-.-ch line. not metered. used as
ass OF re meters entering entire prem
Tsis slx-fnch branch has been installed
= n. gas company and IS controlled by gate
= street Upon the first cau 10 these
--ss 7-5-- helper on this date I found The
- OF street vide open. and l was watched
= --e employees OF The concern at the gate
- ~ street While examining the meters
= PREMISES ms siX-inCh bypass was shut
go rs employees Of the concern and covered
- dr. 7 called THIS fact 70 the attention
II - engineer. who stated that he knew moth
~ s-0-- -Ea gate. with The exception that Il
-ss -re-e and vas not 70 be disturbed by any
= 07rsiae5 kev II the gas house for this gate
rsfv4 and opened valve and tested same on
-lsur and found L covering the entire premises.
o. re 5lrl inst upon Instructions rom you,
-a5 Tie department men eEcaYate and expose
-.s stx---er Inc which Is Tot uerered- No in
s---sr.cr rn PREMISES as 70 when pipe was in
vsT-E Engineer says that bypass has been
-rerz s--ce MS tine about twenty-five years.
Tr.S uEEI Ess pump which is supposed 70
---- river water 20 tanks. 6Ve f6) II number,
-.z.eL between 10th and 4Isr streets This
r--r me -I-- inst I found shut down.
---rr 3 z considerable amount OF water used
s-- re 1o=5i-E @ these tanks. about 50 60
r-sie feet q day On NCvembe so and Deem
X ] Z FOUND IRIS river pump N Use 10 supply
s1s lzaz only The overflow from others beng
---zszE -r- Tie capacity Of this u1meJereG
M entering The premises s about 5000 cubic
~ 2 day
---zr= Is 10 L0u5r whatever" said Register
Pz55s- LAST night. that the company used or
-s1sd with cnl.. enc tank ard running 10 its
zazz-y AFTER "a discovered the secret main,
Co.'S zoI f-L- supply water for one tank Il
Ess eu-5re 81 yut OF commission and repair when
sz--an and MS men found the secret main. and
2 ras repaired In z hurry. 50 as 70 give II the
zEr---a--= - doing al me work
.Eg1ry dollars z day is z moderate estimate
q s-z rr-h Of the water that has been going
.z-1ugn -1z- secret main. and We propose 10
-a=r z- East Sl7opo from the gas company
a- ely water borrowed without or knowledge
g --s -as- SIX years. Tint Is a. Ta- back as We
En- collect
---e engineer told ne" said Inspector Han
81 -as- night that h had orders from his su-
s-1rs never 70 touch the water gate letting the
-E uz-e- INTO the company bypass pipe IN
IS -he -.-l g inspectors came around
Robert e livingston. who holds an executive
Ere En- me N=w Amsterdam Gas Company. said
s. night mat the plant - +1sr street and First
-s2-s had been smut down for more than eight
Ears TIE officials q the company, M LiT-
gS--- said were greatly surprised when they
=z-L --a- charges had been made that the com
-z- Has Using Gig Ha-ec unlaw-tlIly IN a plant
heb had been closed absolutely for years
IT, H1z-5z-s y TIE Mex York Edison Com
ny whose plant ad5oins that Of the New An
=-Esu -g1pa1E-s plant. declared the water
s6 II rls- plant had always been correctly
s-srel and promptly paid for