arisen to the said bills, upon the ground, that a Company would be best adapted to the business of supplying the city with water, &c.

Resolved, That this Board is truly anxious that the measures recommended by the said Joint Committee, and every other measure which may promote the health and welfare of the city, be pursued in the way that may be most likely to secure these important ends ; and although the members of this Board have not been unwilling to subject them-

98 MEMOIROFTHE selves to great trouble and responsibility from a sense of duty, yet having no private motives to wish for any peculiar agency in the business, they will be perfectly satisfied if the objects in view are pursued in any way that the Legislature may think proper, by which their fellow-citizens may be benefited in the most easy, safe, and effectual method, and the charter rights of the city remain inviolate. Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions, under the Common Seal, together with the papers and proceedings of the Board, relating to the subject, be transmitted to such members of the Board as are at present in the Legislature.

This seems to have removed the chief obstacle to the success of Mr. Burr's plan for obtaining a charter for the Manhattan Company. The sequel may be best told by again referring to, and quoting from, the minutes of the Common Council.

Under the dates respectively annexed, we find the following entries :