DOCUMENT No. 53.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN,

FEBRUARY 10, 1845.

The Quarterly Report of the President of the Croton Aqueduct Board was presented, for the quarter ending January 31st, 1845; which was laid on the table, and directed to be printed for the use of the members.

CHARLES A. WHITNEY, Clerk.

OFFICE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD,
February 1st, 1845.

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 31st January, 1845, vouchers having been duly filed with the Comptroller. The receipts for the quarter are, three thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty-eight cents ($3,817 68.) The ex

penditures for the same time amount to eleven thousand and twenty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents ($11,021 88). The receipts for the time forming this quarter are always the smallest of the year, for two reasons, viz., during the winter season comparatively few persons take in the water, as the expense is greater, and as the rents are calculated to the 1st of May the amount that is received will average only about one-third of the yearly charge for each permit. The amount received at this office and paid into the City Treasury, from 1st January to and including 31st December, 1844, is one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty cents ($119,773 50). The amount paid from this office for expenses in the same period of time, including purchase of six miles of pipes, with stopcocks, hydrants, &c., and arrears of contracts due the preceding year and carried over, is eighty-four thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars seventy-nine cents ($84,619 79). The future, if the present system of rates is preserved, will show a large increase of receipts, and the current expenditures will be diminished, if no unforeseen accident occur. The portion of the Sixteenth Ward that is now exempted from the water tax, has, during the past season, been extensively built upon, and the inhabitants are very urgent in their solicitations to be supplied with Croton Water: this cannot be done without further legislative action on your part, as provided for in the Act of the Legislature of April 18, 1843, and I would respectfully call your attention to it at an early day, so that the necessary arrangements may be made for their supply the ensuing season. The tabular statements, comprising the number and classification of water-takers, and the distribution in each of the Wards of the City, is continued from former reports.

Respectfully submitted.

JAMES A. COFFIN,

President.

Daily Amount.

Weekly Amount.

No of ret'n to Comptroller.

DATE OF RECEIPT.

Part of November 1, 1844, For Water,

No permits granted.

"Iron Pipe,