depth of water increased to 2 feet, have shown that it flows a mile in 36 minutes, and with a depth of 4 feet, the velocity will probably not fall far short of 2 miles per hour. On the arrival of the water at Harlem river on Thursday, the 23d June, formal notice of the event was given by the Commissioners to the Mayor and Common Council, who were also informed, at the same time, that it was our intention to admit it into the receiving reservoir at Yorkville on the succeeding Monday.
This intention was completely carried out the water having been admitted into the ;
northern division of the reservoir on that day at half past 4 o'clock, P. M., in the presence of a large assemblage, which included the Mayor and several members of the Common Council' the Governor of the State, the Lieut. Governor and the other members of the Court for the Correction of Errors, and many other distinguished persons. A salute of 38 guns was fired upon the occasion by a detachment of artillery, detailed for that service by Gen. Sanford. The "Croton Maid," which arrived soon afterwards at the reservoir, was hailed by the assembled citizens with much enthusiasm, as she afforded indubitable
196 MEMOIR OF THE evidence that a navigable river was flowing into the city, for the use of its inhabitants-. The President of the Board then presented the boat to the Fire Department of the city, (through their chief engineer, C, V. Anderson, Esq.,) with some remarks upon the magnitude of the aqueduct through which she had been navigated, and the important results,, pecuniary and moral, which may be expected to flow from the abundance and excellence of the water, with which our citizens are hereafter to be supplied. These remarks were replied to by the Hon.