, 1863-06-12

Examination of the Bed OF the Lake.


Examination of the Bed OF the Lake.
1npursuancc Of the plans discussed In the
recent report Of the 'Board OF Public Works.
for obtaining pure water, the Board yesterday
took the first steps towards tic location Of 4
tunnel to'extend two miles under the bed of
the like,
The proposed tunnel will be five feet in di.
asneter on the inside Of the wall, and will re-
quiEe two years In construction. -Four hollow
cylinders will be sunk In the lake at dis
lance Of half mile apart, tho lower end penc.
tr:'.ng the bed Of the lake to the1cve1 of the
proposed tunnel, and from these shafts the
tunnel will be dug In two directions, and a1so
pushed as rapidly as possible from the shore.
All these cylinders will be closed utter the
completion Of tho tunnel, and will be remoy-
cd to such q depth rs not to interfere with
navigation, with the exception of the outside
OIL C, which will be constructed with reference
TO it's becoming the inlet for the water or gate
chamber, and perhaps be surmountcd with
sl:s2ll lighthouse, and 50 arranged that the
water can be shut oil from the tunnel.
The cost Of the tunnel will only be ssO7, $50,
and 1t is supposed By the Board that, If tho
tunnel is constructed, there will be no necessI-
I, for building new pumping works, MS it will
be constructed opposite the old works.
The experiments made yesterday, were con-
Quoted for the purpose Of fascertaluing the na-
turc Of the bed Of the lake, with vicw to
the construction Of this tunnel. From bor-
ipgs made some time since at the Water
Works on the lake shore, it was ascertained
that about twenty feet from the surface clay
formation commences, which continues for
about two hundred feet, and the bottom Of
the lake, where the water is more than twcn-
t. feet deep, is composed Of clay. Should the
clay be Continuous, and free from beds Of
sand, 1t would be very easy to make tunnel
lurgc enough to supply the city for many
years, Owing to some defect In the drill yes
terday, but little progress was made, aad the
e.r1uiration will be re=umedto day with more
satisfactory results, as the defects have been
rcmedIed.
4 SPLENDID RAILWAY CAR.-The Mana
age,'s car Of the Milwaukee & La Crosse Rail
read, was Visited yesterday, ut the c. d N. ".
Depot, by 4 goodly number Of railroad men,
and others curious in such matters. This car
contains NIL the modern improvements and
conreniences, in the way Of full sized bed
room, with bureau and eidc-board, lounges,
settees, reclining chairs and seats and ia fitted
nitceuce." The car is lighted By tlirty-fonr
bay windows By day, and numerous neat
Kerosene lamps by night. Pure aIr, free IRON
dust or cinders, is supplied by six OF West
likes Ventilators, upon the raised roof, the
air escaping from the car through twelve side
tlel1-vcntilators. The car cost about ST, ,00oand
It pronounced by competent judges, to be the
Gnest ever in the city, not excepting even the
neted Princes, car Of the n. G. 4. r. The
car left on last evenings train.
TuEATRE-CHASFRAu's BESEF1T.-This
evening, the popular Comedian, Chanfrau,
takes his benefit. lie appears as Lord Dun
dreary and his Brother Sam, !" The Toodles''
and "Jerfy Chip" giving his iuimttablc imi-
tation Of our great actors. Mr. Chanfrau has
attracted fine houses this week, aud nc cx-
pct to see the Theatre crammed this evening,
for certainly the bill is most attractive one.
BY the kindness Of this gentleman in giving
M Lis claim to next week, the Opera is cna-
bed to commence. Considering his SUCCESS,
this is quite q sacrifice on his part, and VIC
trust our citizens will remember It,
The 1sD1ASAroL1s ExoUns1os1srs,- s,-About
five hundred jolly excursionists arrived in the
city on Monday night at ten o'clock, and
though the trnin was two hours behind time,
the crowd was well cared for, principally
at the fremont House. The party went sys-
tcnatically into the business Of enjoying
themselves aud seeing the lions, and
visited the Court House observatory,
Douglas grave, and several points of interest.
In the afternoon they we're ''tugged' out into
the Lake about ten miles, by Capt. Colburn,
and coon after their return, took the cars for
home. Before departing, they passed vote
Of thanks to the proprietors and clerks Of the
fremont House, for the very marked atten-
tien received, and expressed hope that If
any Chicagoans visit the "Railroad City"
they may be as well treated, aud enjoy them
eelvcs as well as they have on this occasion.
4 LEGAL M1cAwBER. The everlasting
Ross-1nnees suit has turned up again In the
Superior Court. It will be remembered that
". N. Ross g. Co. sued 1nness, who Was
their cashier, for embezzlement, but failed to
mike out case. In turn Inness sued Ross
fer damages, and obtained verdict for
5000, but owing to an informallty, the YER
dict was set aside. Subsequently, another
action was commenced BY 1nness, and YER
dict for IS 900 WIS obtained. This was car
ried to the Supreme Court, where it Was
again set aside, on account Of m error Of tho
Court In charging the jury. Inucss now re-
news the action in the Superior Court, setting
his damages at $4,000.
REAL ESTATE BUsMEss.-Thc following
sales Of real estate hare 1ately been made by
Mcssrs. Rees d slocum, which show that,
although gold is much lower than it was two
months since, yet real property brings good
prices:
1co11oo feet, with old buildings on the cor
ncr Of Harrison and Clark streets, ,.... Seo,0 900
Z: x1(0 feet, with dwelling, on Illinois street
between Caes and Rush streets. s.....-.-... $3.50
Nxoe0 feet, corner Of Old atreet and the
a:o let front on Stewart sycnne, between 1'''''
Old and North streets .:.:............... 1s0oo
No. Il Monroe street. with lease Of ground 1850
section OF land In Da Page county. H.. 7,040
1873 feet front on Lake street, three blocks
west Of Union Park. $3.50
The above sales are all cash transactions.
RHcoRDER's CouRr.-The following cases
were disposed Of yesterday: People rs. Gar
rett Fox and Peter Casey; burglary; Jury