The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-15
ILLEGAL WATER BOARD "AD."
COR To THf CITY REfORD'
OFFICE LATE Ar NIGHT,
win = statement mat the Corporation
Csuns~i Would Approve Na,"r siAd
Already Planned Z" Heck taislili
water Tunnel Contract Awards

Mayor Gavnor. 1t was learned yesrer-
day. would not have permitted I'll" Board
, ~ Water Supply tn award the cont rafts
for the building ~ the high pre@-'ir'. ser
vice tunnel 10 dIstrIbut" IN Brooklyn
part % the new Cats<i!l water supply.
even II Il had not been found that the
+ board IN its hurry to let the contracts
/ before the end OF the year had failed TO
comply ~ith tho proSsion o. the law
that the approval OF the Corporation Coun-
s-l 20 the form OF the contract must Oe
obtained before bids can he ask ed for
The board ilaA settled upon Decem Der
,, az the Last date for the recei wing Of bids.
and apparently Il was the intention to
award the contract IN that date. Blit
the Mayor hefor. he was informed thar
the board had not obtninea the approval
90 ths Corporation Counsel to the con-
tracts had already taken steps To pre-
vent any award toy The presen. board.
which must have a new member added
o. it when John 4. Bensel. the State En-
gineer. elect. assumes the dufies Of his
n-~ office on January 1.
W.. Gaynor srhTnitted tn. specifioa-
tions on which hiis were AK ed for To
two expert engineers II the Finance
department with instructions 20 report
tn hun b+fnr. D-c-tnb~r ?. ~hcther or
not the specifications were So prepared
az TAI allow for unbalanced bids. that IA
bidding wherahy contractor might
seemingly subrnit the lowest offer without
really doing ~ Contracts have been ~
drawn IN tho pasf that contractors after
drawing FROM IN" ~itv payments on tn"
ratn,inernfi"e part rf their contracts
could leave the remainder - the work
~ be in!shen ~ ns city The withdrawal
Of IN" advertisrn-nts for bids for TIA.
tpnnel made 'ur'sa- proceeding along |
this line unnecessary to stop the awari-
Ind.r 'h.. act Cr"atIug H." Board ~
Water supply 4 = PROVIDED THAI Will" |
th" Mavor Vas m" power Of appointment !
hn can r"nnv. rn-uh-rs ~ tn" hoard
unlT "n charg"s Il Incniup.''"nc" and
neglect - duty. and IL is PROVIDED that
such "harge, must 10 specific and not /
g.n"rill The Mayor. u l. sad. H. II tn"
opinion that IL would Il" Iiuppssl,,l. ~ !
r-mo". any ~ tho Commissioners IN |
charg'. coming Indcr such l.''ads. and h"
thinks that IN" only way To get r.d If h"
m.-inhor~ II III" hoArd who will remain .
>ft"r Mr. Rnsal r"tir"s will =. 10 hAv"
All amendment to the act passed which
will cnmbln" TN" Board 1T Nss'"r supply
WIN ''s' W t-''f Impair ItiA"l1l
and Civ" 10 ~. Mayor IN" same. power
over rL.. n"ntrrs 81 the board ~ b" h!.s
over his own department h"ad 1n.
Mayor IL anxious 90 have this chang"
brought about because h. IL Of m" opinion
afr"r studying rE- payrolls Of IN" Board
~ N's.'.'r supply that saving Of severed
hundred thousand dollars u year can -
mad, " tao city H. allowed - dIsp"ns.
With TN" -up"riiuous employees carried
on Tho pay Sh.s'r~ Of IN" board
According o. - statement mad" y"sr"r
dav Nv u responsible rn.ru!"r IF no ad. !
mni-rratiun IN" Advertisements calling
for hli. a. sent "a SlIT"-VIs,r Ferguson
II TN" ~ Record late ar night by on. If
~" .'ngIn'-'riug -IIT nf th.. Board ii
water Supply. and &h"n MIR Ferguson |
'..~i'.'..d - print - h"caus" - Vas NOT
accompanied Nv ~" sanction Of ~" Cor.
Tr-a' {, n Counsel hs MA Told 'hrt mot or
JoratIun COUNSEL oMld apU-u," - ~"
form ~ contract ON III. following day l.
1t was said yesterday IN ~" Nsvnr'- u
offc" that Corporation Counsel Watson
had never authorized ANY such statement
ard that tn" adv.'Ttising for bid, in IN.
!.h~"nc" II hls approval was entirely IL
legal
Chairman B"u~.,l - tho R0ard If Water
Surplv wa- N MASSACHUSETTS, yesterday
q t"ni'ng m" funeral OF his nut.'r.
pIu.nls-Inn.'r Charles y ChadNirk. ~hO
spok. for -n" hoe II '"Ii - I,or-"r- thar
no --a--rn"nt could ~. rnad.. ON i..hsii
~ t',' board until Mr R'rs. returned