DANIEL LUDLOW,
JOHN WATTS,
JOHN B. CHURCH,
BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON,
WILLIAM LAIGHT,
PASCAL N. SMITH,
SAMUEL OSGOOD,
JOHN STEVENS,
JOHN B. COLES,
JOHN BROOME,
AARON BURR, and
RICHARD HARRISON,
Recorder of the City of New York,
Ex. Officio,

the only absentee being William Edgar.

Daniel Ludlow was chosen President, and the following minute was made:

The principal object of this incorporation being to obtain a
supply of pure and wholesome water for the City of New York.

RESOLVED that Samuel Osgood, John B. Coles and John
Stevens be a committee to report with all convenient speed
the best means to be pursued to obtain such supply.

[Illustration: OLD WOODEN WATER MAINS]

On May 6th, 1799, the water committee was empowered "to contract for as