history, which must always be among the brightest on the page that records our civil glories. This great work, equal to any on this continent for magnitude, and for a display of scientific skill, has been successfully completed in the space of five years, by the un- aided credit of our city, and enterprise of our citizens. The hopes of half a century are now turned from dreamy longings, with but a faint chance of fulfilment, into the enjoy- ment of a substantial blessing, whose benefits will not only delight us in our day, but will serve as a broad foundation for the unchanging gratitude of remote posterity. The Com- mittee have sought among their fellow-citizens for an indication of their opinion upon a public celebration, and are pleased to find all are anxious to unite, as brethren owning a common property in this good structure, in celebrating its glorious completion. The Fire Department have already made extensive preparations for such an occa- sion, and the Committee hope that the Common Council will meet the wishes of so valuable a portion of our citizens, and sanction by their authority, a day to be dedicated to universal public vejoicing. Since the passage of the ordinance making an appropriation for the erection of a fountain in the Park, the engineers and officers of the Croton Department have turned their attention towards its construction, by an early day, so far as to enable us to display the beauty and capacity of the water. The lateness of the season renders it improper to do more than lay the foundation, and prepare the basin for the celebration. The laying of the coping, and the finishing of the whole, must be deferred until after the frosts of the coming winter have entirely ceased. The Committee think that the introduction of the water cannot be properly celebrated, until the fountain is so far completed as to admit of an exhibition of its powers, and be- lieving the same will be completed by the 14th day of October next, the Committee now designate that day as the proper one for the celebration. The Committee recommend the adoption of the annexed preamble and resolution, and also submit herewith a resolution for the consideration of the Common Council : Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appro- priated for the purpose of celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into this city, and that the same be applied under the direction of the Committee on the Celebration • CROTON AdUEDUCT. 227 and that said Committee be requested to report a programme of the ceremonies of the day to the Common Council, at least three days before the day fixed for such celebration. HENRY E. DAVIES, EDWARD D. WEST, . CHARLES W. SMITH, GEORGE F. NESBITT, WILLIAM DODGE, DANIEL WARD. The preamble and resolution were adopted, and the blank in the latter was filled with $2000. The President then appointed Aldermen Davies, West, Smith, Lee, and Crolius, such Committee on the part of this Board. The Board of Assistants concurred in these proceedings, and on their part appointed Assistant Aldermen Nesbitt, William Dodge, Daniel Ward, H. C. Atwell, and C. F. Dodge, as members of the Joint Committee. On the 10th October, the Joint Committee made this report : The Committee appointed to make arrangements for celebrating the introduction of the Croton water into the city of New York on the 14th instant — Respectfully Report : That, having taken into consideration the great importance of this stupendous monu- ment of the enterprise of the citizens of New York — a work which cannot but create in the breast of every citizen, a feeling of pride at its completion, and which will vie in mag- nitude with any in the world, and will be handed down to posterity as an evidence of the liberality of the free and enlightened citizens of the greatest commercial emporium in the United States, in the nineteenth century ; for while tyrants and despots may have caused monuments to be erected, in order to commemorate their reign, your Committee believe there is not an instance on record in which the citizens of any country have, of their own free will and accord, authorised the construction of a work of the same magnitude, the beneficial effects of which will be experienced by ages yet unborn. Your Committee, feeling desirous that the completion of this proud monument of liberality and enterprise, should be celebrated with such public demonstrations of joy as a work so beneficial to our city deservedly demands, invited the co-operation of their fellow citizens connected with the various trades, societies and associations, either literary, bene- ficial or benevolent, and most cheerfully has it been responded to ; all,