[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Store and village buildings 20,000 Agricultural stock and. implements 2,000 Tompkins' farm 20,000 Damage to t*ie surrounding lands, houses, buildings, etc. 500,000 Total 8672,500 June 22, 1842, the water was let into Croton Aque-duct for the first time, and on the following day was received into the reservoir at Eighty -sixth Street, in New York. On the 4th of July, 1842, the waters of the Croton gushed up for the first time into the distributing res-ervoir at Murray Hill, " and wandered about its bot-tom as if to examine the magnificent structure, or to find a resting-place in the temple towards which they had made a pilgrimage." Many citizens visited the reservoir, and demonstrations of joy were frequent over the consummation of the great work. October 14th the citizens gave vent to their feelings of satis-faction by an imposing parade, in which over twenty thousand persons took part. The water was on that day for the first time distributed through the pipes to the houses. In the construction of the aqueduct fifty-five mil-lion bricks were used, and seven hundred thousand cubic yards of stone masonry built. At.istances of a mile hollow circular towers were erected to afford ventilation. The Croton Water-Works begin six miles above the mouth of the Croton River, where a dam elevates the water of the river fifty feet, or a hundred and sixty-!