Document Volume 1, Nos. 1-61

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...on the 6th of January, 1834, objecting to the plan proposed by our Engineer in 1833, for conducting thewaters of the Croton to the City, stating, that the most serious objection he has to urge against the plan is, that the water, however pure it may be at the fountain head, must inevitably become contaminated with some deliterious substance, passing over such a variety of soils, and amalgamating so many mineral substances. He then proposes constructing a dam near the Quaker's Bridge, on the Croton River, 45 feet high, which will give an elevation or head of 125 feet above tide of the Hudson; from this dam the pipes will rise gradually until they pass Sing Sing, and from thence descend to the shores of the Hudson, which, (as he states) forms almost a straight line to the City, and very few obstacles to overcome; the Harlaem River will be crossed at very little expense, (see Document No. 57.) On the 20ih of January, 1834, Mr. Rhodes addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Commissioners, in which he says, The natural butments and high hills near the Quaker's Bridge, will give an elevation of 200 feet above the tide, if required. The canal to Sleepy Hollow will be on a level with the dam, which gives us the same head at Sleepy Hollow as we have at the dam. By my plan we arrive at Sleepy Hollow, travelling only eight miles with the whole of the Croton. On the 18th of April, 1834, Mr. Uhodes addressed a communication to the Committee of the Common Council on Fire and Water, in which he proposes to build a dam, at a point about four miles above the Quaker's Bridge, of 32 feet high. From this he is to take the water in a canal 10 feel at bottom, 34 feet at top, and 8 feet in depth, on the same line nea...