Stevens, that there be inserted in the contract, a clause regulating the price at which water is to be furnished to the citzens and the public. The scheme of Mr. Macomb and associates, was to bring the water from Rye pond, and they professed their ability to complete the work in two years, without any compensation or aid from the Common Council, asking only the privilege of laying down the pipes and selling the water. The minutes show no farther proceedings under the above resolutions ; of course,

therefore, no contract was made.

In December, 1821 S. Allen being Mayor another resolution was adopted, for the twentieth time perhaps, for inquiring into the best means for supplying water, and a Committee was appointed, with authority to procure plans, estimates, &c., provided the expense thereof should not exceed $200. In April, of next year, the Committee, consisting of Stephen Allen, Judah Hammond,

CROTON AGlUEDUOT. H. I. Wyckoff, and H. Mead, reported that they, in company with Mr. Carrol, who had examined the Rye pond and the Bronx river, at various sites, and particularly at its junction with Mill Brook, where, according to the plan of Mr. R. Macomb, it is to be diverted, carried through Mill Brook, thence through a deep cutting to the valley of the Morrisania Creek, and so, to Macomb's Dam. The water to be taken from the Bronx, at an elevation of 52 feet, the requisite additional elevation of 70 feet to be given by machinery, propelled by the Harlem.