The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-22
The rItchigan Lake Tanncl.
EHE INITIAL STEPS OF THE PRACTICAL OPERATIONS
BREAKING OF THE sOIL-PURE WATER FOR

eTHE INITIAL STEPS OF THE PRACTICAL OPERATIONS
BREAKING OF THE soIL-PURE WATER FOR
"a IFrom the Chicago Post, March ls.l
Yesterday morning the formal opening Of tho Lake
Tunnel was observes by public exhibition, partic
psted by the Mayor Aldermen Comptroller Board OF
Public Works, and number OF citizens.
The weather WIS not adapted TO draw crowds OF people
70 the suburbs therefore the attendance not large
would have been had tho promised more literally
The ground selected for the breaking OF the soil
Chcao avenue foot Of tho Lake shore, near the water
tac above mentioned estabiishmsn,. Mayor she..
made short speech appropriate 10 the oc
S.nSed MIN bv ,.mmss,oner Rose. struck the soil
and then discharge o. cannon ann unced that the work
lnsp took spade and threw portion Of earth into
whee barrow. Other &c tomen followed his example.
when load had been collected contractor Gowan
According 10 q previously arranged understanding,
ars Of the earth preserved 70 be placed In the
public works and the museum OF the Chicago Historical
AFTER the ceremonies mad concluded the company par
70 OF sumptuoas collation. that did not come amiss
70 the cold and shvering guests The commissioners
ntracors appear sngune OF success and II such
shal DO the result on their labor and iberaty ceebra
Ston will take place Chicago that will, In point Of
spenor numbers and extent far surpass any ever seen
Vest equal 10 The one given IN New York when the
cruton water was introduced; when Bunker Hill monu
ment WAS inangurated in Roston when wasnngtoD's
centennial anniversary observed In hiladehia 1t
win be occasion that will be written upon the pages OF
history.
Obituary.
GEORGE CAMPBELL.
Mr.. George Campbell died at Hsckeusack New Jersey,
q tho llh instant At the advanced age Of 90 years
nr. campbell a merchant in New York, and lived
long eventful times. Washington made his beadquar
sers at Mr. Campbes father's house, The deceased
hen little boy. In after life he paid visit to the Ia
liner OF his ,untry ~ Mount Vernon lie was on init
visiting terms with both Hamilton and Burr; and
when the latter hunted by the officers Of law, after
his fatal duel Colonel Burr sought refuge In the house OF
Campbell HaCkcuSaCk,
secreted, when at that time Mr.. Campbell's brother
was Attorney General for the State Of New jersey
and also lived in Hackensacg would have given i've
Thousand dollars for Burrs arrest. Mr. Campbell mover
frIsndsnp is seldom seen with brilliant parts aud re-.
tentive memory 20 the last Mr.. Campbell was most in
ssres,ing and entertaining man He had warm heart
and many other noble traits OF character. BE leaves
outtudes OF friends In tears at his departure.
MAJOR HENRY c. wHELAN.
The officers and men Of the Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry
md host OF friends are called upon to mourn tho death
q Major Henry G. whean He was among tho first Of
those who bly, responded TO the call OF the country in
the hrst hours Of trouble with the three months
he served as first lieutenant of the Second company
Washin. nreys. At the close OF that campaign he
returned 70 WIN a., his s%psDy 10 august
airy, then beiug organized under Colonel kush lilo
served with that regiment as captain until February,
1862 when he promoted 10 the rank o. major and
during his sickness he received his commission
lieutenant colonel or the regiment. He n
psrior soldier. aud a companion and friend no
loved by III with whom he associated lie served In
many the battles on the peninsula as well as at South
Mountain aud Antictam
WILLIAM CozxKss, the well known hotel proprietor AT
West Point. died suddenly at hN residence near that
place sunday morning, OF disc the heart Mr..
Cozzc born at Newport Rhoie Island in 17S7. lie
" this city WHOM infant, and for many years
engaged 10 the hotel business He kept Tamniany Hall
during the OF 1872 and afterwards removed West
Point taking the contract for the department. OF the
Military Academy In 1890 The hotel ut West Point
which Is dcuthed with his namo fret built In 1880.
In 1888 hersnoved New York and opened the Ameri
can Hotel 10 Is4s no built the FIRST hotel On hs proper
~, near we9t Point and that house having been de-.
slryed by ERE, be built the present house, the sito
OF the old one IN 1851.
JuDes SBoRr In law OF General Harrison and one
OF the weahest citizens OF Hamilton county, ONO, died
on the I'd iust., athss residence, North Bend.
Captain Isaiah Sgs Frs pioneer pilot on the Misss.
ihai river forty years ago In the infancy steam
navigation, and everybody who travelled West knew
him.
Joshua Dewey, the oleock graduate OF Yalc College
diod ut Waiortown, Y, on she Gath ut tIe was
iy ninety years 81 age and graduated 10 1887 Mr.
Dewey was James Fennimore Ccopcr's tutor.
THoxAs Mus, the oldest pioneer In the West, died Ia
KentRky, opposite North Bend the 18th ult He
born Long Island New York In 1885. He went TO the
West 1855 Az that time there was not single settle
ment In the states oil Ohio aud Indiana
CnAnrxs w MARCH, gentleman well known In lite yary
circles In New york. died ut Alexandra, Egypt, thc
xs'n Of January, aged forty seven years.
asde states that between the point Of LOOKOUT Noun
tain and Bridgeport down the valley OF the Tennessee
lies twenty hve miles OF dead mules In one continuous
head Of the nrs carcass lying on tho quartcr
deck o. the one beyond him, and on ghous the
entire distance The Gd'efk says:-Iust imagine .
vuson Of nature OF Sufficient magnitude bary these
ssu,ains - they now l,e and phnncy the phelDx OF
Future Agsssz who, his geological researches strikes
siber q the termin and attempts to exhums the cnro
s,epske.n