124 MEMOIR OF THE furt her to perform their duties, under the above act, and to make another report to the Common Council, which report shall specify as near as may be, the probable supply of water which can be obtained within the county ; also for paying the necessary expenses of the Commissioners in the performance of their duties under the act.

The Commissioners entered zealously on their duties, and as the report they made to the Common Council in Feb., 1835, gives a very intelligent view of their proceedings, and those of their engineers, and examines moreover, with acuteness, various, projects, that had been agitated in opposition to that of constructing an Aqueduct from the Croton, we make copious extracts.

To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New York : The Water Commissioners appointed under the Act of the Legislature of this State, supplying the City of New York with pure and wholesome water," " An Act for entitled, passed the 2d. of May, 1834, respectfully REPORT: That the undersigned were appointed Commissioners, under an Act of the Legisla- " An Act for the appointment of Commissioners, in relation to supplying ture, entitled the City of New-York with pure and wholesome water," passed February 26th, 1833, and that on the 12th of November, of the same year, they had the honor of submitting to the Common Council a report, in which they recommended the Croton river as the only sure source of supply both on account of its capacity and the purity of its waters. ;