New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-13
ONION LEAGUE DISCUSSIONS.

| INTERESTS AFFECTING THE CiTY-rHE ART CoLLEC-
TION-soNE OF THE PICTURES.
The chief business that came before the
Union League Club. at IT'S regular monthly meeting
evening. the elaborate report OF the Committee
Political Reform with respect to the whole subject
Of water supply for the city The report rec1mm rded the
following subjects be considered by commission to
De appointed by tie Governor, according 10 the bill for
this puspo> introduced by Mr. Mitchell ofihe Assembly
First-Whe;hcT the aqucduc to the city. from the
Bronx and Byram Rivers, shall be constructed ard
what measures sbaii be taken To obtain the consent Of
Sccoad-Whcher tae aQueduct from the Croton Valley
ThrG-Weihcr hc canal To connect tie waters Of the
rou'atonic with the Crotoa Valley should be con
To,UG-Whal should be taken for the repair
OF the Cr0tOn Aqucduct.
Finh-What measures should be taken to prevent the
waste of water.
Sirth-wbccher the Murray Hill Reservoir should be
removed or retained.
In the OF Toe report IL was stated that the Com
missioner OF Pubuc Works Allen Campbell, is now en-
gagged acquiring the title TO lands for the construction
Of the aquetuc from the Bronx and Byram Rivers TO
New-York at cost estimated at $1,000 000 Surveys
had been made for additional aqueduct, nearly forty
miles in length, from the Crotol Valley TO Ncw-Yorl
to cost according to Mr.. CampbclPs report In 1876
less than $50 0OO but according ~ his report in
August. 1870 To cost only $l2.OOO,0O0. and
this 10 include two reservoirs. OF the
three works. the aqueduc from the Bronx and Byram
rivers tnc aaueduc from the Croon Valley, aud the
feeder from the HousaOnic. only one has been begun
that from the Bronx aud Byram Riyer3-but. said the
report Is the same authority for the simultaneous
commencement OF the whole OF them for any one
commenced IN tins wise. The report then shows how
they arc being built under the old Tweed bill OF II,
whIc, has been revived An act WAS passed June 16,
1877 days before the close Of the session. amend
ing the title and the repeating cause Of an Act passed
1877. IN this way Act passed in 1871 revived,
construction OF canals, reservoirs
aouedncts and another Act revived limiting the
annual expenditure TO $l,000,000
Accompanying the report the following series Of
resolutions:
Rcsolred That the Murray Hlll Reservoir ought not
be removed uHtl commission Of dsinterescd persons
shall, AFTER thorough tN'hhhut"n' recommend such
Rcircd That the bill for the appointment of cornmIs-
siOncrs introduced into the Assembly by Mr. Mitchell,
ought IN the Judgment OF the Cub TO pass.
Sinclair Tousey and others spoke earnestly in favor Of
the resolutions, and they were adopted.
After the close Of the meeting the members Of the
Club throngcd the Art Gallery, where unusually
choice collection paintings had been hung by the new
Art Committee Among those present in the Art Gal
ery were ID. L. Appleton, I. b. Musgrave Assistant
Distrct-Attorney Rollins, Cyrus Butler, Quincy Ward
Edgar Ward c. c. Coleman. Elhu Vcdder the two latter
having recently come from Rome a. +. Bunner and
Among The pictures were s. r. MacKnGhrs q" Pris
ella -: The Reprimand" by Eastman Johnson AN
Intcror" by - r. Clifford; AT Cold SDrng HarbOr" by
Arthur onarey :" The shore Of Turquoise Sea-" large
marine hv A. Bierstadt Venetian study OF an Old
Man - bv C. c. Coleman, ard Venetian Senator" by
the same artist; d" Pastoral" " by r. Swain Clifford;
Runner; - Norman Shrimpers Returning from Work"
by Edward Moran A Rural Filtration" by Douglas
son The Fishcraians Daughter" by g. H. story;
/" The Early SNOW" by Wiord Lmsley; four sketches
enaTa iS na'IGG james ~ Watson Webs by william M chase
Gray Day" by A. II. Wyant and Feeding the Chick
enc" aud study OF a seated lady, by Il. L. Henry.