Notice was served on the Commissioners in behalf of land-owners not residents of the State, bordering on the line where it was to pass the Harlem, that application would be made to the Circuit Court of the United States, to restrain any such construction in or over that river, as ' should impede or obstruct the navigation thereof, and particularly from filling up the channel of the said river." Moreover, notices were published in the papers in which the advertisements of the Commissioners appeared for contracts to build the syphon bridge, warning all persons against undertaking such a work, as every means the law would justify, would

be used to prevent it. The Board of Assistant Aldermen, moreover, as has been seen, adopted a resolution in favor of the high bridge, but the Commissioners still persevered in their plan. The contracts were duly entered into, and the reasons of the Commissioners for going on with the syphon bridge are thus assigned :

1st, Because the plan submitted to the Common Council, and afterwards to the test of the ballot boxes, was in favor of the syphon.

2d, Because the Commissioners were of opinion, that the crossing in the manner proposed, is the easiest,the safest, and the most permanent and durable;

3d, Because thisis the unanimous opinion of the Commissioners, and of the whole

corps of engineers engaged on the works, and in this opinion they are joined by several engineers of eminence, not connected with the operations,

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4th, Because the high arches will cost half a million of dollars more than the syphons, and will also require two or three years more time to erect them.