and that they will not allow any person in their employ to commit trespass on the premises of persons in the vicinity of the work, and will forthwith, at the request of the Commissioners or engineer, discharge from their employ any that may be guilty of committing; damage in this respect,'' Previous to commencing operations, the whole line was divided into four districts, and a competent resident engineer, with the requisite number of assistants, was assigned to each.

On the first, extending from the Croton ten miles southerly, Edmund French was appointed resident on the second, including the next 10J; miles, Henry T. Anthony and ; ;

the third, 10 miles more, to Fordham church, and the fourth, from Fordham church to the

distributing reservoir in the city, 10^ miles, were for the present considered as one division, and put in charge of Peter Hastie. We are thus particular in giving the names and stations of the engineers, because in so grand a work, and which, so far as yet tested, has proved so thoroughly well constructed, it is though in comparatively subordinate stations, conjust that they who, tributed largely to its excellence and sufficiency, should be commemorated.

The Commissioners present this brief but clear sketch of the respective divisions of the aqueduct line, and of the great natural difficulties to be overcome ;

146 MEMOIR OF THE The country through which our line of aqueduct lias to pass, affords, perhaps, as few facilities for the avoidance of labor and expense as any other portion of the State ;