IN SENATE, March 4, 1833. REPORT Of the select committee, on the petition of Henry Arcularius, Commissary-General. Mr. Sherman, from the select committee, consisting of the delegates attending the Senate from the first Senate district, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Arcularius, Commissary-General, REPORTED: That the petitioner represents that the basement or kitchen story of the dwelling-house, attached to the arsenal department in the city of New-York, belonging to the State, is subject to being inundated, and frequently overflowed by the rising of water from the ground on which it is situated. It stands upon made ground, by the filling up of the pond of water known by the name of the Collect; and the water that rises in this manner, is of an impure and unwholesome nature, producing a damp and unhealthy atmosphere not only prejudicial to health, but injurious to the building. In consequence of this, the kitchen has become almost untenantable, and .much out of repair; and it is proposed as the best mode of remedying the difficulty, to fill in the cellar kitchen about four feet with pure and wholesome earth, and build a small kitchen on the level ground in rear of the dwelling-house, where there is ample room for that purpose. The expense of making these improvements as estimated by Mr. Tucker, known to be a skilful and worthy master-builder, will not exceed nine hundred dollars. The petitioner sets forth the facts of the case, and they are vouched for by respectable physicians and others, whose statements accompany the petition. |