New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-01
QUEENS CROWDS CHEER
Mitchell IN LONG TOUR
r,,sion Nominee AppIauded as
ue Describes MCCaIPS Work
for IS Per Cent Bonus.
clry WATER FOR SUBURBS
prsdicts End of Murphyism and
Contractor Government and
Defends His Attitude
on Sideways.

-. purrov Mitchell spread tidings
III Come OF the outlying districts OF
I"rs BOROUGH last night of what he
eu' ~ accomplish for the general
n.'rt in that quarter when he takes up
". Suties of the Mayors office in Janu-
"" Afr. Mitchell was i'll in bed all day
a ,,h headache but got up to keep his
WY" t. annointments rather than disap-
mint his friends
P us itinerary included Arion Hall at
raoravay Beach, Imperial Hail at Far
nookowav. Queensborough Lyceum, IN
n,,.srs Village. Dauer's Hall at Rich
.a HW KrueScher's Hall at Ridge
- o,d Palm Garden at Greene and
',o..,,re avenues, Brooklyn. His recep-
~, everywhere was enthusiastic 10 MS
.rd,snces he said in part:
.rhe campaign has reached point
.,are We can already hear the crash OF
-. rbol4 framework Of Murphyism ana
.,ac,or government This downfall
W., NOT only be for a Few years. but it
rtil sweep Murphy and his friends out OF
,oitics for a lifetime
.rrh,s has been a campaign Of misrep-
...sntation. Mr.. Mccall has accused me
- spbvsv obstruction. voted Tor every
,or,ract for construction. ! did not vote
-. the onerating contract. because / dld
not believe the terms were good enough
FOR the people Of New York
9TH. operating contracts now. however.
40 obligations Of the city. and when L
am elected Mayor. as | shall be after
January /. l shall do everything In my
.ov.r IN UNFOLD the integrity Of those con-
,r.c,s Tammany Hall had TO find some
.ucb false issue upon which 10 found lis
csnpaign. because it couldn't so before
she neople on the records Of Borough
Presidents Ahearn Of Manhattan. Haffen
0, The Bronx and similar former Tam
many officials
"My opponent, the messenger for the
chief. has come out in Queens Borough
and said that was opposed to the early
ooening Of the Steinway tunnel Mr.
Mccall. as soon as he became chairman
NJ the Public Service Commission. de-
voted practically all his time 10 securing
Cor the Interborough a 10 per cent bonus
bsyond what the original contract al
lowed that company. He was not able
10 put il through the Public Service
Commission but finally managed to get
sIO per cent bonus for the Interborough,
and this contract was sent 10 the Board
Of Estimate.
The Board Of Estimate threw the Nc
Call efor; cut Of the window and in
structed the Public Service Commission
10 give out the contracts on a cCmpeti-
tive basis I therefore charge Judge
Mccall with having delayed the actual
operation Of the Steinway tunnel, which
the people Of Queens Borough so urgent
ly desire, az least eight months"
Mr.. Mitchell then took ~ the matter
Of the private water companies supply
Ing Queens Borough.
i understand that there are six pri-
vate companies" said Mr. Mitchell. Il
doubt If the rates for water that they
supply are too low or that the water that
they supply is too good. Your taxes pay
your share Of the great Catskill water
SstoHl' WHICH - Ap" b'lHb UuIil' anu a.
the same time you have 20 pay these high
ates TO the private companies. Mayor
Gaynor, before ne died, appointed a COM
mission 10 try to acquire these private
companies for the city, but in the mean
time bill introduced into the Legis-
s,ure to place them under the control Of
the Public Service Commission was de-
feated by Mr. Nurphy's representatives.
When ! am Mayor I will find a means
Of acquiring these water companies. and
until this can be accomplished / Will Sc
cure legislation which will put the com
panies under the regulation Of the Public
Service Commission, just as the Gas
companies and other public utility corpo-
rstions are controlled"