History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 248 (part 5)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The old highways on the condemned land, taken by the city, have been left open for public travel until such time as the city shall substitute others, which right the city is now endeavoring to obtain from property-owners." 1 The daily delivering capacities of the three aqueducts leading through Westchester to New York City are, according to Wegman: Old Croton Aqueduct, 95,000,000 gallons; Bronx River Conduit, 28,-000,000 gallons; New Croton Aqueduct, 300,000,000 gallons— total, 425^000,000 gallons. With the completion of the works now in their last stages, the supply obtainable by New York City from the Croton watershed will be exhausted, and it will be necessary to seek new 1 Smith's Manual of Westchester County. 27. 616 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY supplies from other quarters. Already there is a demand for addi-