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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| king_memoir_1843_raw.txt | 217 | 172,824 | |
| hudson_river_source_raw.txt | 191 | 152,169 | |
| croton_point_sampling_2021_raw.txt | 134 | 106,888 | |
| illustrations_aqueduct_raw.txt | 66 | 52,703 | |
| croton_waterworks_raw.txt | 60 | 47,579 | |
| comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt | 58 | 46,131 | |
| old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt | 50 | 39,768 | |
| croton_point_landfill_rod_1993_raw.txt | 23 | 18,214 | |
| housing_taskforce_report_raw.txt | 21 | 16,692 | |
| croton_point_landfill_review_2019_raw.txt | 14 | 11,057 | |
| comp_plan_ch2_history_raw.txt | 5 | 3,670 | |
| housing_proposals_2024_raw.txt | 3 | 1,831 | |
| coastal_zone_waterfront_raw.txt | 1 | 246 |
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king_memoir_1843_raw.txt
— and I freely add, that the changes in the plan of the Corporation, which they suggest, have the full concurrence of my opinion, With respect and esteem, I am, dear sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD VARICK, ESQ.. A. HAMILTON. Communication accompa…
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regulations and improvements in this city were recommended as of primary importance to the health and welfare of the inhabitants ; and whereas, the introduction of a copious supply of pure and wholesome water into the city has long been contemplated …
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with the Common Seal affixed and sub- scribed by Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the Board, be delivered to the Treasurer or Chamber- lain. Ordered, That a loan of $5000 be made of the Bank of New- York, and that a bond for the payment thereof, with interest…
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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…
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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 inco…
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have been taken in the matter, for on 17th January, 1825, we find the Recorder presenting to the Common Council a resolution for enquiring into the expediency of vesting in the Corporation exclusively, the right to introduce water into the city. This…
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of such an enterprise, taken in con- nection with the uncertainty of the result as to the adequate supply, forbade the under- taking. Nevertheless, the Corporation caused various perforations to be made in the public markets, and in Jacob-street, in …
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lots of the Sailors' Snug Harbor estate, or near there. The elevation of the surface there, say Broadway and Fourteenth-street above the levels of the rivers, is 39 feet. The highest part of the city below Fourteenth-street, does not exceed 42 feet. …
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to be agitated during the year without any decisive action. Early in the ensuing year, January, 1831, Alderman Stevens, who seems to have followed up systematically, and perseveringly, the purpose of procuring a supply for the city, proposed the foll…
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is recollected that the hardest spring water seldom contains so much as one thousandth part of its weight of any foreign body in solution, it would seem that the term, mineral water, would be a more correct designation for the ordinary waters of this…
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waters. But in this estimate we do not include an equal amount of urine, for the following reason : This liquid, when stale or putrid, has the remarkable property of precipitating the earthy salts from their solution, or in other words, it makes hard…
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successful experiment, yields but 20,000 gallons daily, and it would require 200 such wells, with steam power at each, to supply four million gallons. The plan for relying on the Croton, admitted to be that which ensured the most abundant supply, was…
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all these expenses, it is believed, of exceeding eight dollars per house. Now if we estimate that we can charge each house, on an average, four dollars, we have $140,000, nearly double the whole interest. If it should be thought that four dollars is …
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He examines in detail, all plans previously proposed for supplying the city, and comes to the conclusion deliberately, that on the Croton should the city rely ; a conclu- sion, which, differing as it did from that of all antecedent engineers, and fro…
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Sewal, under the direction of Benj. Wright, then Street Commis- sioner of the city, explored a route from Macomb's Dam to the Bronx river, with the expectation of being able to bring the water of that river to the dam, at an elevation of 120 feet abo…
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preferred for the supply of his aqueduct, still adhered to the cold, pure, and abundant springs from the mountains of Tivoli, so Mr. Douglass, disregarding diffi- culties, real and imaginary, and heeding not at all the efforts still to cause the Bron…
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a sufficient head to force it across the Harlem river, and to deliver it at the distributing reservoir in the city, at an elevation equal to the supply of the loftiest edifices. The engineer contents himself with having established the practicability…
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pond ; showing that, during the time ob- served, the supplies of the pond, from whatever quarter they come, were in quantity about 7,000 gallons per day less than the evaporation. By damming the valley, about three-fourths of a mile below the small p…
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of two and a half millions of dollars, by the creation of a stock to be called " The Water Stock of the city of New York-," at five per cent., interest. The law of the preceding year, authorising the appointment of Commissioners having expired, it be…
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votes shall be made by the inspectors of the election, in the same manner as is now prescribed by law, in regard to the canvass and return of votes for charter officers. § 8. If a majority of the said electors are found to be in favor of the measure,…
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ges done thereto to be repaired. § 16. If any person shall wilfully do, or cause to be done, any act, whereby any work, materials, or property whatsoever, erected or used, or hereafter to be erected or used, within the city of New York, or elsewhere,…
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and to make another report to the Common Council, which report shall specify as near as may be, the probable supply of water which can be obtained within the county ; also for paying the necessary expenses of the Commissioners in the performance of t…
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proposed by their report of November, 1833, the Commissioners en- gaged David B. Douglas, Esq., to re-examine his surveys, levels and calculations, and to ascertain whether lines for an aqueduct may not be designated that will require less labor and …
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a very superficial consi- deration at most. How he is to convey either six or sixteen millions of gallons of water from the mouth of the Croton, in accordance with his first proposition, and at an elevation of 125 feet above low water, at the city of…
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persons from bathing in their aqueduct." Mr. Rhodes, however, has altogether misconceived the construction of the aqueduct proposed by our report, for in- stead of its admitting any of these substances or impurities, it was to be impervious on three …
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the probable supply of water that can be obtained within the county." The Commissioners have presumed that this provision of the Ordinance has no allu- sion to the water that may be obtained by deep boring in the rock, or from the sinking of wells, a…
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every householder, will be commensurate to the wants of a population such as the city of New- York contains, and will contain. If further evidence was required, the Commissioners might refer to the experience of other populous cities and villages, bo…
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an estimate of the expenses there- of," was read to Mr. Hunter, and he was at the same time informed, if he communicated his plan to the Commissioners, and if they adopted it, they would so report to the Common Council ; if they rejected it, they wou…
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obstruc- tion. 4th. That a safe and easy communication between this city and Albany, on the ice, for three months in the year, may be effected. That no injury will be caused to the land on the banks of the Hudson, as the water within the dam will nev…
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perhaps by the Congress of the United States. If all navigable rivers are common highways, it is a question at least, whether obstruc- tions can be placed in them without interfering with the powers of Congress to regulate the Commerce of the Nation.…