[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The public mind shrank from such a tremendous and seemingly fantastic pro-ceeding as the construction of an aqueduct from the far distant Croton; whereas the Bronx, running straight down into the Harlem River, seemed to have been appointed by nature for the exact emer-gency. Previously to the sending out of Colonel Clinton, the only thought bestowed upon the Croton in this connection had been with reference to the possible joining of it to the Bronx by means of an artificial canal; and surveys had actually been made to that end, which, however, afforded no satisfaction. Colonel Clinton's report was a very able and elaborate document. Carefully examining the Bronx project, he estimated that the maxi-mum quantity of water deliverable to the city from the Bronx River and the various feeders that could be availed of in connection with it would not exceed 12,000,000 gallons per day. He considered that (his quantity would be sufficient for a quarter of a century, but pre-dicted that the city would have to resort to the Croton eventually; GENERAL COUNTY HISTORY TO 1S42 551 and he hence concluded that it was expedient to lead the Croton water at once directly to the city. "In the Croton River at Pine's Bridge," said he, " there is never less than 20,000,000 gallons of water passing in every twenty-four hours. The river at this point is there-fore capable of supplying one million of people, allowing a consump-tion of twenty gallons to each person.