Board of Aldermen, February 15th, 1836 : the following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor, enclosing a communication from Stephen Allen, Esq., Chairman of the Water Commissioners, and from D.B. Douglass, Esq., Chief Engineer, N.Y. Aqueduct, in relation to the practicability and probable expense of forcing by steam engines a sufficient quantity of water from the North or East River to a reservoir to be erected on Murray Hill, in aid of the present means for extinguishing fires, which was referred to the Committee on Fire and Water.

  • Lawrence, Cornelius W.
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[1836]
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Credit: Board of Aldermen, February 15th, 1836 : the following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor, enclosing a communication from Stephen Allen, Esq., Chairman of the Water Commissioners, and from D.B. Douglass, Esq., Chief Engineer, N.Y. Aqueduct, in relation to the practicability and probable expense of forcing by steam engines a sufficient quantity of water from the North or East River to a reservoir to be erected on Murray Hill, in aid of the present means for extinguishing fires, which was referred to the Committee on Fire and Water. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (^ V j^ocvmuKT »ro. 89. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, FEBRUARY 15th, 1836. The following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor, enclosing a comimmication from, Stephen Allen, Esq., Chairman of the Water Commissioners, and from D. B. Douglass, Esq., Chief Engineer, N. Y. Aqueduct, in relation to the practibility, and probable expense of forcing by Steam, Engines, a sufficient quan- tity of water from the North or East River to a reservoir to be erected on Murray Hill, in aid of the present means for extinguishing fires, which was referred to the Com- mittee on Fire and Water, and directed to be 'printed. J. MORTON, Clerk. Mayor''s Office, / New-York, February 15th, 1836. \ Gentlemen of the Common Council, The great number of fires, and the heavy losses sustained by that element, have made me feel a great solici- tude to obtain a more full supply of water ; and as we have