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ous parts had been made larger and more complete than was 

 originally contemplated; the length of pipes had been increased 

 from about 19^ miles to 25i; the engine house had been built and 

 fitted to receive two pumping engines, instead of one; the Eelle- 

 ville reservoir was enlarged to contain four or five times the 

 quantity proposed, besides other extensions of the plan. Some 

 parts of the works and grounds were not, at that time, in a com- 

 pletely finished state, and the expenditures required for their com- 

 pletion, together with the additions and extensions which have 

 been called for, during two years which have elapsed since the 

 introduction of. the water, had, on the 1st July, 1856, increased 

 the cost to $640,828.04 as appears from the subjoined statement 

 furnished from the books of the water commissioners. This excess 

 of expenditure, over the original estimates, is sufficiently ac- 

 counted for by the construction of works of greater extent and 

 more eflicient character than were at first supposed necessary, 

 but which the rapid growth of Jersey City, and the almost abso- 

 lute certainty that Hoboken would require to be supplied from 

 them, appeared to render necessary and proper. 



Summary of cost of the works, 1st July, 1856. 



Pumping engine and pump, $37,323 07 



Engine house, inlet conduit, dock, &;c., &c., 92,593 96 



Rising main, check valves, stop cocks, &c., 37.652 00 



Belleville reservoir, 35,946 63 



Bergen hill reservoir, 53,416 27 



Connecting pipes between reservoirs, 127,50 > 00 



Distributing pipes, 189,571 34 



Pipe bridge and syphon, 9,31 5 14 



Land, 38,005 00 



Engineering expenses, 1 9,499 63 



$640,828 04 



The works continue in eifective operation completely realizing 

 the wishes and expectations of their projectors and the citizens 

 generally, who are not backward in availing themselves of the 

 advantages which are afforded by an abundant supply of excel- 

 lent water. The income derived from the sale of water, is steadily 

 increasing; the receipts for the present year are estimated by the 

 water commissioners, at $47,669.53, and the expenditures, inclu- 

 ding interest on the whole water debt, $58,212.00, leaving a de- 

 ficiency of $10,512.47 to be provided from other sources; of this 



