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furnishing at least 250,000,000 gallons a day 

 from the natural Croton water-shed. The flow 

 of Croton water is extremely variable, varying 

 from 10,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 gallons a 

 day, and in order to secure a constant supply 

 at all times it is necessary to impound this 

 water in reservoirs located in the Croton water- 

 shed or elsewhere in the line of the aqueduct. 

 At present there are storage reservoirs as fol- 

 lows: Boyd's Corners, Middle Branch, Lake 

 Mahopac, and other small lakes, representing 

 in all a total capacity of 8,586,000,000 gallons. 

 For such years of drought as 1880 and 1881, 

 in order to be certain of a supply of 100,000,- 

 000 gallons of water a day, it is believed that, 



city of 32,000,000 gallons of water, is proposed 

 very far down in the Croton valley. By the 

 other plan, smaller reservoirs are proposed on 

 Croton river, and its main branches at and 

 above the present Croton Dam. . . . The plan 

 referred to contemplates the construction of this 

 darn at Quaker Bridge, which, when completed, 

 would be the largest work of the kind in the 

 world." 



The act authorizing the expenditures for 

 account of the aqueduct included in section 

 32 of said act the authorization to issue bonds, 

 to be called " additional water stock." Of 

 the amount already mentioned expended up to 

 Jan. 1, 1887, the sum of $49,057.64 was paid 



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in accordance with the plans of the Depart- 

 ment of Public Works already made, additional 

 storage reservoirs of a capacity of at least 4,- 

 000,000,000 gallons should be built at once. 

 As the city increases in population and manu- 

 factures, the supply of 100,000,000 gallons a 

 day will not be sufficient, and it is deemed ad- 

 visable that further provision should be made, 

 either now or as fast as the same shall be 

 needed, for the storage of such a quantity of 

 water in the Croton water-shed as will secure 

 all the available water therefrom. We have 

 considered two plans for the storage of water, 

 not entirely different, and of which one may 

 serve to supplement the other. By one of 

 these plans a very large reservoir (3,635 acres, 

 including the present Croton Lake), known as 

 the Quaker Bridge Keservoir, and of a capa- 



for land and land damages, after having been 

 adjusted by agreement between the aqueduct 

 commissioners and persons interested in the 

 land taken, used, or occupied, and approved by 

 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 

 The sum of $202,537.65 was paid on the order 

 of the Supreme Court in proceedings reported 

 from the Commissioners of Appraisal in con- 

 nection with the acquiring of property and 

 property rights for aqueduct purposes. The 

 aggregate amount of $6,495,324 was paid con- 

 tractors on the contracts for construction work 

 on the certificates of the aqueduct commis- 

 sioners. The total expenditures of the aque- 

 duct commissioners during the year 1887 

 amounted to $7,242,293.75. The total ex- 

 penditures from August 8, 1883, to January 1, 

 1888, amounted to $14,745,604.27. 



