DOCUMENT No. 18. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, AUGUST 22, 1844. The following Quarterly Report of the President of the Croton Aqueduct Board, was presented, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. CHARLES A. WHITNEY, Clerk. QUARTERLY REPORT Of the President of the Croton Aqueduct Board. OFFICE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD, August 5th, 1844. To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New-York: The subscriber, in pursuance of the requirements of the "Ordinance to regulate the Water Works of the City of New York," herewith presents the Quarterly Report of the receipts and expenditures of this department, ending August 3d, 1844, vouchers having been duly filed with the Comptroller. The receipts for the quarter, are ninety-six thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars, seventy-three cents ($96,246 73). The expenditures for the same time amount to thirty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars, thirty cents ($32,953 30). The force in the employ of the department, has been reduced to one small company of men engaged in laying pipe, beside the usual number engaged in making repairs. The works generally are in good order with the exception of the free hydrants, which, however, are in the course of repair, and previous to the setting in of cold weather will be in as good condition as they are capable of being placed. The tabular statement of the different purposes for which the water is used, is continued from former reports. There is also appended a tabular statement of the number of water-takers in each Ward, with the amount of revenue which will accrue therefrom. The whole number of permits issued from this office from its commencement to and including the 3d day of August, 1844, is eight thousand and seventeen, during the same time there have been discontinued two hundred and ninety-seven, and cancelled two hundred and forty-six, leaving for renewal seven thousand four hundred and seventy-four. This number will give an annual revenue of ($102,604) one hundred and two thousand six hundred and four dollars. The number of water-takers is larger than the number of permits issued, for the reason that frequently three or four houses are included in one permit. The cancelled permits are those of street-sprinklers and builders, who use the water for short periods of time, as also new ships filled on the stocks. The Common Council will perceive that the increase is steady and progressive, and if the department had been credited with the amounts to which it is fairly entitled, viz., the water furnished to public buildings, markets, schools, &c., |