Report made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City with Water. By William J. McAlpine, Civil Engineer. Albany: H. H. Van Dyck, Printer. 1850. , 1850-08-01

100 p. (This report is addressed to James Stevenson, Erastus Corning, John Townsend, John Taylor and Robert E. Temple, Esq’rs, Water Commissioners of the City of Albany. McAlpine itemizes the material he examined specifically naming the early report from W. M. Cushman (1st pamphlet in this collection), along with the report from Maj. D. B. Douglass (2nd pamphlet in this collection), and another report from 1849 by George Carpenter (not included in this collection). McAlpine includes summations of data in eight tables and ends with estimation of costs involved from the various proposed sources. A Supplementary Report. Albany, August 3, 1850 occurs at the end of this pamphlet in which McAlpine acting on the direction of the Water Commissioners presents his plan to reduce the work and expenditures as well as addresses the citizenry objections to the Albany Water Works Company water supply sources. The final plan is selection of Patroon Creek). (some penciled remarks on the printed pages) (penciled pagination 543-639)