, 1864-03-18
THE LAKE TUNNEL.
GROUND BROKEN By THE
MAYOR.
History Of Esater Supply In Chicago Ia.
pzHty-Eoatdte5 Pzeposcd-1he Pre-
teIt Naa-tts Principal Fea.ures-
How t!to Lake Tunnel will Ia
Constructed.


Michigan wss formally lnaugurated yesterday, the
afst ground being brol:cu by Mayor Shcsnxa. The
Wof8 would have been commenced BONG time ago
INT for the unavoidable dclay OF the cyltpers for
nc shore ehaft, which werc cast at Pittsbarr,
inerc Was but one car In the United Stsles c,pa-
hlc OF transporting those immense masses Of iron
weighing 5000 poEnds each, and tho trip.icstc
passage OF that vehicle was delayed by the prcs-
sire Of freight on the line; it was thus moro th.a
TWO montha alter the time originally sei that the
tlrst sod (rand) was turned on Tho work.
Yesterday morning about one hundred gentle.
men were gathered on tho lake shore at tho foot OF
chicago avenue to aRsiet in and witness the ccrc-
moDy yofbrcafing ground for the tunnel. The Mayor
Hon, F. C. Sherman-Iesers. Lett and Noee. Of
the Board Of Public Works, s. S. Hayes, City Comp
tolles, E. 5. Cbesboiough. City Engineer, o, r.
uar11e. Chief OF the Fire Department, and Alder
men Brown. Holden, Schall, Ellsworth, Won uoleu.
Woodmnn, Rub, knnn, afmro1, Sheridan, Sulli-
van. slimp and Gastacld were present, while many
other prominent gentlemen were on The ground to
watch the Interesting ceremony
About quarter before II O'Clock the M,vor ro,,.
mcnccd lE;cf address. on the wa,cr oues,so, n
fecountcd the difficulties under which the c,tv had
lahosrd from the Lack ofpure water and glanced at
the different schemes proposed to relieve them.
Fur Two years past, the Board Of Public Works had
been engaged in tho discussion OF those plans and
in making experiments needed to verify the con-
clrsons arrived at. They had asccrtained that all
along the lake shore for many miles In each dfrec
ttou, the water was muddy. while at one or two
points to INC Nofshwa+d there werc narshcs dfain.
Ing constantly into the lake. to say notIn: Of the
constant precipitation Of decaytng organic matter
from the city sewerage. Il Was necessary to 20
out distance of at least mile and half into the
lake to secnrc the clea. blue crystal watcs 1t was
at decided to 60 ont at least TINT distance Into the
WAS directed towards the discovery Of the bcst
net,,d of tann,np the lskc thn,a ,rhs $500,
n,ss s1 .1.s .aan,aa 49,. .s.,. 'u .ne tonnel
1 glad to BE- able 10 inform taem tha; .np an .ss ss
seica'iac gentlemen who hid been consulted es. @
was no radical difficulty in the way OF It's accom-
uliehmcnt The conttactoss-Messrs. Dull 4 Qowan
lad received the award brcorso thoy o-, w..
only onee VINO nae msae an anquanned bid, taking
npon tAemeeives al Iaeks. For himself and the
cure .he proper accomplishment Of the work.
ground. amid the cheers of tb; assemS1ed co,,z
Tauy. mauy Of yho,n comn,imrnted I. b,r, m s tne
nrnees y;th rhr, h. 1.ndsd ~, o. ~, o1 rhe rhe
gentlemen above named then each took u shoyelfu1
uh,cb ,..ce thcn +aton orts;5al ~ 60. ~.
ceremony was oscr- No expensive demonstration
WIS mnde-not cycn bottle Of wine was snared to
break over the .roupl. but ail that was ne.essarv
VA uons: ne IAe tuln'e! VIZ conncncea.
9nc CITY IVES aof some umc snppneo with wafer
BY company called the "Hytraulic Company"
which er1,saoncntlv parc r1ace IN t3a cb,r.r, fIv
~ cN- e., i.aes ~ ~ eaeaso VT
asuIa4nc Gompans, lncopofauq y an aet Q! me
state Legislature, approved February y, 1851.
John .. Iulnct, A. .. sherman. ana y u. Loomis,