the Bronx as the source of supply, he arrives at the conclusion, that an adequate supply can only be obtained from the Croton River. He proposed to take the waters of the Croton at Pine's bridge, which he stated to be 183 feet above the level of the Hudson ; to conduct the water in an open Aqueduct, following the line of the Croton and Hudson Rivers, and cross Harlem River on an arch of 138 feet in height, and 1,000 feet in length. The whole cost he estimated at $2,500,000. It does not appear, however, that any levels were run, or survey made by Mr. Clinton, of the route he recommended ;

but, that he depended on the information of others, together with his personal observation, for the subject matter of his report.

In a report made to the Board of Aldermen in January, 1833, was suggested that the failure of the law asked for it

the year previous, was in consequence of a want of sufficient information to warrant the opinion of the feasibility of the project, and it recommended that immediate application should be made to the Legislature, asking for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners, with full powers to examine all the plans proposed, to cause surveys, and to

estimate the probable expense of supplying the city of New-York with water. The Committee recommended that the Commissioners should be appointed by the Governor and Senate, and that their number should consist of five, " inasmuch as the object