Valentine's manual of old New York . sevelt Streets, which continued to supply good waterfor many years. On August 1st, 1774 The New York Gazette andWeekly Mercury published the following: Last Thursday sennight the Corporation of this Citymet, and agreed to Mr. Christopher Colless proposal forsupplying this city with fresh water, by means of a steamengine, reservoir, and conduit pipes; and in order to carrythe said useful and laudable design into immediate execu-tion, they resolved to issue promissory notes as the workshall advance. According to this design, the water will be conveyedthrough
Valentine's manual of old New York . sevelt Streets, which continued to supply good waterfor many years. On August 1st, 1774 The New York Gazette andWeekly Mercury published the following: Last Thursday sennight the Corporation of this Citymet, and agreed to Mr. Christopher Colless proposal forsupplying this city with fresh water, by means of a steamengine, reservoir, and conduit pipes; and in order to carrythe said useful and laudable design into immediate execu-tion, they resolved to issue promissory notes as the workshall advance. According to this design, the water will be conveyedthrough every street and lane in this city, with a perpen-dicular conduit pipe, at every hundred yards, at whichwater may be drawn at any time of the day or night andin case of fire, each conduit pipe will be so contrived as tocommunicate with the extinguishing fire-engines, wherebya speedy and plentiful supply of water may be had in thatcalamitous situation. On September 5, 1774, the same paper published thefollowing advertisement: [ 226 ]. T* *- iJ5 s s s ^ a o OF OLD NEW YORK New York Water Works Notice is hereby given, that a large quantity of pitchpine logs will be wanting for the New York water persons as are willing to engage to furnish the same,are desired to send their proposals, in writing, before the20th of October next, to Christopher Colles, contractorfor said works. These logs must be of good pitch pine, straight andfree from large knots of 12 inches diameter, exclusive ofsap, at the small end; and the remaining three-fourths of9 inches diameter, exclusive of sap, at the small end. On October 8th, 1774, the city purchased from Augus-tus and Frederick Van Cortlandt a site on the east sideof Broadway between the present Pearl and WhiteStreets, and the erection of the reservoir to carry outColles plan, was there carried into effect, but the Revolu-tionary War and the occupation of the city by the Britishprevented the completion of the scheme. On January 29th, 1788
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