…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…

…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…

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…

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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

The settlement and cultivated land of Jonas Bronck seems to have been made in that part of the Ranachqua tract directly opposite Harlem, west of the marshes and bogs along Mill brook, as is indicated in the crude map accompanying…