But within thirty years even this amount was found inadequate; and by permitting the water to rise in the aqueduct to within twelve and one-half inches of the crown of the arch -- thirty-two inches higher than had been originally intended-- a daily supply of 05,000,000 gallons was forced, which, in turn, was found so far from meeting requirements that two new sup1 This was the old Forty-second Street occupied by the New York Public Library.

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GENERAL

COUNTY

HISTORY

plies had to be procured -- through the Bronx River conduit (1880-85) and the New Croton Aqueduct (1884-93). In this chapter we have undertaken to follow the successive events of principal importance from the close of the Revolution to the completion of the Croton Aqueduct. A glance at. various particulars and aspects of incidental consequence and interest during this period of sixty years is necessary before continuing our narrative. We have seen that the Milages of Sing Sing and Peekskill were incorporated, respectively, in 1813 and 1827. No new village incorporation was effected after that of Peekskill until 1853, when Mount Vernon was organized. It is a curious fact that our large City of Yonkers, which now is unapproached by any other municipality of the county, did not have its beginning as an organized village until 1855, and in that respect was preceded by three other communities. At the termination of the Revolution what is now the City of Yonkers at the mouth of the Xepperhan was represented by a very tew buildings, most of them widely separated. There were the Manor House of the Pliilipses, Saint John's Episcopal Church and parsonage, the immemorial mill, and some scattered farmhouses. The Manor House, with three hundred and twenty acres of land adjacent to it, as has been noted in the first part of this chapter, was purchased from the commissioners of forfeiture in 1785 by C.