8 passages in 3 source items for “aqueduct land purchase”

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §379 — …the aqueduct and culverts, and forming the necessary excavations and embankments. The urgency of these preliminary operations arose from the fact, that by the law the Commissioners were restricted from using any land, until it was acquired by purchase or…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §380 — …That the legal possession and use of the land should remain with the original owners, after being paid for by the Corporation ! 2d. That if not used for the purposes of the Aqueduct, the land should revert to its original…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §427 — …157 amounting to about 26 acres, were completed, and negotiations were entered into by the Commissioners, for the purchase. Four blocks of the land required for the receiving reservoir, containing about 4f acres each, were obtained by purchase, and application…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §428 — Four blocks of the land required for the receiving reservoir, containing about 4f acres each, were obtained by purchase, and application was made to the Chancellor, for the appointment of appraisers, on whose award the remaining lands might be taken…

A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct §227 — …The whole cost of the Troy Water Works, viz., for the purchase of land and water rights, building the reservoir, and laying the main pipes through the city, will amount to about $115,000. The annual expense of attending the…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1130 — Much trouble was experienced in satisfying the land owners along the line of the proposed aqueduct, who made vexations demands, among them the extraordinary one (expressed in a memorial to the legislature) that the legal possession and use of the…

History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1129 — …Much trouble was experienced in satisfying the land owners along the line of the proposed aqueduct, who made vexations demands, among them the extraordinary one (expressed in a memorial to the legislature) that the legal possession and use of the…