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.

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Mr. Seymour proposes to erect a permanent dam in the Hudson river, extending from this city, at or near the site of the old State Prison, at the foot of Amos-street, to the Jersey shore, so as to elevate the surface of the water within the said dam, from 18 to 24 inches above high tide. He estimates the expense of this erection at one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and for the construction of as many ship locks as may be proper, at one hundred and forty thousand dollars each. If deemed necessary to build a lock in the centre, or channel of the river, it would add to the expense from one to two hundred thousand dollars more. The advantages to be derived, Mr. Seymour states, will be, 1st. That the waters of the Hudson, coming from the high lands around the Sacondagoand Mohawk rivers, are the purest in the United States. 2d. That a hydraulic power equal to thirty thousand horses, may thus be obtained, twenty-seven thousand of which may be employed for manufacturing purposes, and three thousand used for elevating the water to the reservoir for supplying the city. 3d.