He states that he " will now develope a part of the plan, and then make a proposition to carry it into effect, not expecting that it would be accepted without a full development, but merely to bring the subject to a tangible point." He then proposes to deliver a sufficient supply of pure water for all present purposes, " in a permanent aqueduct, ot sufficient capacity, at the base of Harlem heights, below the surface on the north side, ready and suitable to be elevated to the height that it may be necessary for conveying it to the city." He further states, that he will build a reservoir of sufficient capacity, and erect the machinery for raising the water to the reservoir, for one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars the Corporation to pay all damages ;

for land and water rights ; to receive the water from the said reservoir, and to construct such other reservoirs and fixtures, for distributing the water, as they may deem necessary. The plan of Mr. Hunter, as he states, " would embrace all the water the engineers show in their surveys and reports, or, in fact, all surface or running water of the county of West Chester." "That the whole can be completed within four years from the time it is commenced, and a partial supply may be had in a shorter time, and before the whole is completed." This is the substance of the information communicated to the Commissioners by Mr. Hunter, which, without further remark, is respectfully submitted to the Common Council, together with his communication, which accompanies this report. In addition to the foregoing, the Commissioners have received a communication, dated the 21st of November, 1834, from Mr. Bradford Seymour, of Utica, suggesting the following plan for supplying the city with water.