Acting on such principles, we may without hesitation accord to them our full confidence, and may adopt their conclusions with safety."

The following conclusions are derived from the Commissioners' report :

CROTON AQ.UEDUCT. 137

That all the water of the Croton may be taken from near its mouth and brought 1.

to the city ofNew York in an aqueduct, declining 15 inches in a mile, and delivered in a reservoir on Murray's Hill, 114 feet above high water line, which is near 7 feet 10 inches

higher than the roof of the highest building in the city. 2. That in the driest seasons, and at the lowest or minimum flow of water, the Croton will supply thirty million gallons daily, and ordinarily more than fifty million gallons.

3. That the water of the Croton is limpid and pure, and fit for use at the place where they propose to take it from the river. 4. That the whole river can be brought to Murray's Hill in a close aqueduct of masonry, at an expense of $4,250,000, and there deposited in reservoirs ready for distribution. And, That the revenue which would accrue to the city, from very low charges, for sup- 5.

plying the water, would overpay the interest on the cost of the work. " These," say the Joint Committee of the Corporation, "are the great facts upon which the Common Council are now called upon to act, and in the first place to pronounce the judgment, whether the work shall or shall not proceed. The Commissioners have most fully discharged their duty, and with great ability. It remains for the Common Council