the roads and streets of this city, whenever it appears to the Common Council that a sufficient quantity of water is collected at a reservoir at Harlem river; provided, that in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of others. Resolved, That Robert Macomb, and his associates, shall bind themselves and their successors, in a contract with the Common Council, to transfer at any time when required, after the expiration of 40 years from the completion of the water works, all right and interest therein, to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city, for which, they shall receive the cost of constructing the said water- works, after deducting a proper allow- ance for use and wear. Resolved^ That the Committee on lands and places, together with the Counsel of the Board, be instructed to prepare a contract, and make arrangements with Robert Ma- comb and his associates, in conformity with the preceding resolutions, and report the same to this Board, and that no rights or privileges be conveyed by these resolutions, but only by the contract contemplated to be entered into. JOHN HONE, J. B. TAYLOR, W. A. DAVIS, R. MCQUEEN. These resolutions were agreed to ; an amendment having been adopted, on motion of Mr. Stevens, that there be inserted in the contract, a clause regulating the price at which water is to be furnished to the citzens and the public. The scheme of Mr. Macomb and associates, was to bring the water from Rye pond, and they professed their ability to complete the work in two years, without any compen- sation or aid from the Common Council, asking only the privilege of laying down the pipes and selling the water. The minutes show no farther proceedings under the above resolutions ; of course, therefore, no contract was made. In December, 1821 — S. Allen being Mayor — another resolution was adopted, for the twentieth time perhaps, for inquiring into the best means for supplying water, and a Committee was appointed, with authority to procure plans, estimates, &c., provided the expense thereof should not exceed $200. In April, of next year, the Committee, consisting of Stephen Allen, Judah Hammond, CROTON AGlUEDUOT. H. I. Wyckoff, and H. Mead, reported that they, in company with Mr. Carrol, who had examined the Rye pond and the Bronx river, at various sites, and particularly at its junction with Mill Brook, where, according to the plan of Mr. R. Macomb, it is to be diverted, carried through Mill Brook, thence through a deep cutting to the valley of the Morrisania Creek, and so, to Macomb's Dam. The water to be taken from the Bronx, at an elevation of 52 feet, the requisite additional elevation of 70 feet to be given by ma- chinery, propelled by the Harlem. They had caused the waters of the Rye pond to be guaged by Mr. C. White, and they were found to yield 1,000.000 of gallons in the dry season, every 24 hours, the quality of it very good. The Committee declined giving an opinion as to the expediency or feasibility of the plan on such a light examination, but prepared a resolution to appropriate $500 for a survey and profile of the route, and for an estimate of the cost of constructing an aqueduct. This was carried. Next year, a new set of schemes seems to have been started, one was to bring the Housatonic river to New York in an open canal, as well for purposes of commerce, as for supplying water to the city, and an act of incorporation was obtained by some citizens of Connecticut, for this enterprise. This project, however, soon gave way to that of constructing a canal to the city from Sharon, in Connecticut, in which the citizens of Dutchess, Putnam, and Westches- ter Counties, in this State, and those of the Western part of Connecticut, adjoining these Counties, took a deep interest. Gen. Ward, of Westchester County, brought the plan to the notice of the Corpora- tion, in a letter which will be found in the minutes, under date of March 10th, 1823, where also appears, the Report of the Special Committee to whom it was referred, consisting of Stephen Allen, S. Cowdery, and H. I. Wyckoff. The report was favorable, and they pre- sented a memorial, and then drafted a law, which was accepted and sent to Albany. In their memorial, the Common Council, in urging that an act of incorporation be granted to the applicants, took care, while reserving a right to subscribe for a portion of the stock, to guard themselves against any obligation to do so. They at the same time, in the bill accompanying the memorial, sought to provide a fund, on the faith of which they might borrow such sums as