A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct
M., and will be as follows :The right of the procession will move from the Battery, thence up State street, around the Bowling Green and up Broadway to Union Park, around the Park and down the Bowery to Grand street, through Grand street to East Broadway, down East Broadway and Chatham street to the Park. Should the weather not prove propitious on the 14th instant, the celebration will be postponed, on which a white flag will be displayed at City Hall, Niblo's, and Bowery Theatres, at 7 o'clock, A.M.
On the arrival of the head of the column at the Park, and also upon circling the public ground at Union Place, the beautiful Fountains recently constructed will be opened with the display of the Croton water.
On reaching the Park at the close of the march, the several bodies will pass the front of the City Hall in the following order :
The Military and the Sixth Division will pass into Broadway, and be under the direction of their respective Commandants. The Fourth Division will form on the sidewalks outside of the Park. The Ninth Division will pass for dismissal to the rear of the City Hall. The remaining Divisions will be dismissed in the Park front of the City Hall. The several societies and guests previous to dismissal will witness the ceremonies in front of the City Hall, as follows :
An address" by Samuel Stevens, Esq., President of the Board of State Water Commissioners, upon delivering the custody of the Croton Water Works to the Water Commissioners of the Corporation. A reply from John L. Lawrence, Esq., President of the Croton Aqueduct Board.