, 1864-09-08
TEE LaKE TUNNEL.
The Views and Experiences Of 4 HeW
Yorker In the ~ Hure.3a

Plautns, Of tho New York Epening Post was
here attending tho great copperhead Convention,
sud thereby having been we'll schooled n "bores, y
determined to visit the other ere1t bore, Of which
our Garden City Is much more proud. we repab.
lfeh htasideas on !" watering a ANAL town with Il
frtt.c3ekA lakes"
When the Convention adjourned on Moud.y, /
paid viett to the soon.t0-be famous Chicago tun-
bel. This ls no less than an excavation Into the
esrth beneath the bed Of Lske Michigan. tor the
purpose OF giving The Chsc,so people pure water.
t+r), with hqu'r ut 1'twenty-hva ceuts q drink" !"
Az I'll the world up here is deao-,evel prairie,
the,s t. 70 ssca 5hing IS Gtoten, Rldge good q
vA-. Of hr elty. the wafer ef which "a very pure,
and shoo. jndt 1t cspah1e q sie!d,rE an abun-
o.us supp'y y, r. oresdtn is ,eoasiderao &" snd
ter ls not 10 be conveyed os e1sewnefe the Ch,ca-
gosD. co Ii believe in pipe-laytn.. The3 prefer
tu construct an immense "cfoacA.S
Tue ,unus1 eItehGa eastward from the bottom
Of It thaft fur distance OF ubout tour hundred
1eet, Atu I'd With lamp ~e set out it, bel bit
were fpu. men At wo X d Ing th. "hasdp = n y
This l. te' aclous cla, aboapdln!swith AraVe and
other lMpuriue-, aud Was tepoatted ny tbs wa.=rs
ussa u 81 r
mems Of ilme-tuuB were broken of their - tsc
ss os e ,tn k. and
what btRyer than It IL now finally sinking ths
button. ~hers they now lie tnhausa m1ny feet
under 1be sartaee So numerous are these pe:es
ot lmestoLe that they are a great obstacle In ths
nny of utftizins the harrpau. Al the dirt Ia re-
! muved from the tuuBel II Ia moulded tnto bricks
% ~sns of
hme- converting 1t into h}urate and lncst asluT
1ts bulk, 2" bursting open the brick In which suc1
| Jumps OF lime may be contained We Saw g''0d
mury specimens Of these bricks. and did not Ike
| tube conveys n1r from the upper world IN to
this spbte1EaYcnr, rather sub-lucurtriue lion,
| FT1,hI II
1 prted Ut daylight. The arran4ene Ia simple
and admirable, md on The whole successful iue
Men In The mine have passions like other men,
ano get 10 nghting d readily es though they were
at Dupnybrouk Far: In this wy ona was re-
tbe +. n.r,top orrsn Of Chicago, as s'mysterious
'sn'fss on sss "ao1t did mt lk. the sep..t,ona
the ii had caroouic acld in 1t ea1lcientso to make
breathing a 11t1e .labnrious. It seIa well for d
Il story 10 BE- toor hundred feet under t1g lake
ron woaId not be Of The lcast account. The
conductor told us that fhe distance straight up to
the waller was fiSty.hve fett; waa gad "f that
! tanCe increased. Not that was at IL afraid, tul
!; hnve implicit faith IN ~e constructed arches:
bui never ~as ANXIOUS to mske hume under
e1enn9. The GREATEST danger, in fact, is from
Brisgi,g away tor trophy little stone which
p+rhspa some gorilla hoy onch hurled at 4 behe
The snlma up," gladly resraced my s,cps to ths
ehatt. few brief moments returned to uppel
Icar1h, vital r. li1e-giVfns sunshine, and copper
| htsd conventions. 8
It 1s desixn+d 10 carry this great work two miles
out into the water. An engineer IL shen to begsr
ut The other end aud d. into the lrke, directing
bia efortr Bn acctratey that bis end Of the TUNE
ehAli meet the Other eIactly. Otherwise the whos
n,sk will 70 for nothing.
1t will take the cot tractor and engineers till 1856
to fbfsh This Undertaking. The estlmafe5 mt
Bpr+tmeIsH ere al MADE before the rise of orfcaa
~ thht the y ofk te gnlrg on at a !osa. The citJ
will baye 10 tncre,ee the pffce or wait.
The magnitude Of this aorx, ITS simplicity at
ut,,ity. are most sdmirshle. The Casisn KIM
d fDed the lake which Dnce covered Cashmere
tn. opening Of the Peseus made Taessaly cnu1
try; and Tarqnin by the c o1e8 drained a Lake AMI
rnarsh under ftanIe into the Ti5er. The New
Yorkers have q river flowing through theie street
| ard IL TO their houeea. Bet how much more in
prcrstsc the tdea that Chicago 10 to be watercd b.
| lake the current to be taken ffnm Its bed mile
awuv from the shore. carried In by channel ca
through hard earth many feet below, and dlstfit
4 uted to the lnhabitaDtsf