El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24

plant in here.
Q. You would2
a, Yes sir.
@. Where would you put 1T? Out
on the mesa?
a. No sir I would put it down in
East FL Paso, or down here in the
Chamizal zone.
'City Water as Good as Mesa Water.
@. You think one water is the same
as another, do you?
A No sir but there is a subterra-
mean stream of water that extends all
across under this city rnat is just as
good here as it is out on the mesa
Q. You don't pay any attention to
the chemical analysis Of this water, DO
you?
A Sure
Q. Well, then, you know there is as
much difference between the waters as
there7is between mud and marble.
A No sir 1 don't know that; if
there is any difference in the water up
there on the mesa and this underlying
water. I don't know 1t.
@. You don't know that there is a
difference between the water on the
mesa and the Hadlock gardens, do you?
A. No sir.
May Have Read 1t, But
@. You did not read that in the
Hunt company's report, did you?
A. Well, I may have read 1t, but
@. Well. did it show there that one
was the best water in this country
and the other next to the worst?
A No sir.
Q. You look at that and see if it is
not so.
A All right, I will do so.
Q. You say that below the city lies
an inexhaustible supply of pure water.
What is your authority for that?
A I judge SO from reports.
O. Reports of whom?
A. From reports have read and
from my own idea; if 1 am not mis-
taken
O. Do you think the Hunt experts
reported that it was the same water
down here in town as ii is out on the
mesa?
A Here is my impression of IT.:
that the Hunt experts reported that
there was an immense subterranean
stream underf1owing the mesa, the city
Of Ell Paso and the Rio Grande
Didn't Look Into Analysis
O. Why is it then that they get en-
tirely different water down here from
what they get up there, in analysis?
A I don't know.
O. You did not look into that. did
you? You just wrote it up as being the
same water.
A Well. that was my opinion
@ Was that your opinion based
upon an examination Of the two waters?
A. No sir.
O. Based on what, then?
A Based on the reports I had read
and conversations that I had with diff
ferent people.
Q. With whom?
FOrgets His Authority.
A L don't know as 1 remember now
1t is impossible for me to recall right
off hand
Q. You cannot remember that any,
one ever told you it was the same wa
ter, can, you?
A No sir. but I had that impress
sion, gained from conversation with
different people and 1 read it in these
reports
Q. In this mornings paper, there
is a statement to the effect that a
large amount of the stock Of the In
ternational Water company had been
for influence.
A. No sir. That was the report
@. Who reported It?
A I don't know. but it was re-
ported to me
Q. By whom?
"Merely a Rumor.r
A If I did remember who told me
think 1t would be a privileged com
but this was merely ru-
NOR
O. Whose influence does that refer
to?
A. I have no idea.
O. Who was buying the stock OF the
Water company?
"A I have no idea.
@. Who was putting it through?
A do not know.
Q. Who do you mean was getting
that stock?
A. I don't know
Does Not Know.
@ Do you know that anybody was
water company stock for in
nuence?
A No sir.
Q. How did you get that informa-
ton?
A It was told me as common re-
port; it was my impression
@. And you believed common re-
port, did you?
A Well, you understand that in