, 1866-12-07
+ THE LAKE TUNNEL.
Official Completion Of the Works
4 Dsy of Jubilec-E1cursion OF Citi-
zeus Through the Tunnel-The Con-
ncctlon Made between tho Two
Sections OF the Work.
Proceedings on the Cr1b-Speeehes
BY =. C. GtndeIe, Esq.s Mayor Rice,
Aldermen Holden and Clark, d.
d. DF1scoD, Esq, and II. s.
EhesbrouEhs ESQ.

Aoefmen Holden ana clark, D.
d. DF1scou, ESQ.,, and Il. s.
CheabrouGn, Esq.
The great Lake Tunnel the achievement oY Chi.
e7eo' Inc glory Of the nineteenth century,, The
p.Ioe ol America, the wonder Of the world. WAS
oinelally finished yesterday.
mol that It TAs really finished. Tho public we'll
know that Official declarations do not always
square with facts. The tuunel was not nuIshed,
but declared TO be 90: the Tina when the peoptej
Slll ne able 70 avsll thsn.eivcs ot It aePende
WosEs A-'-'''~
Tint body expressea Itself in favor OF giving
as nj psR!s saastfe SsiSS at the earliest
,cct we vii beF:n where al intelligent historians
commence-wilh the creation.
Al the beginning. water was recognized a.
prime necessity 1twas made ca:lJ ia the order
Of Mundane things.
their convenience IL Paradise These arc sup.
posed 10 have furnished purc water.
Ar early a. the time Of the great food 1t was dis
1ioua. The nee Of It Killed oS great maf,y pso-
pie; It vas the first decided ms .sce {: woesaie
damage a from he &c Of hydropahic ren,odica
BIZ es Rfqs ;sr .p s
them i; sorts Of edih1es sueh as the Chicago
kyer has since done to the people Of this region
The principle staple being hsh.
dernees, and 1ebel]ed in iss absence. Il was
the Board Of Public Works Of that date (one
AT subsequent periods he people OF various
cities hare been troubled about water privileges,
aud hare expended vast aums Of money Ia sccur-
Rivers have always been source Of trouble.
The Sty1 plagued the ancient Greeks, the Mic
was tremendous impeachment In the way Of the
has leased tnc Lonuopers, and The Chicago River
has Infinitely diecnstel Ms.
TIE I'D I 1as sni s2 has h. nsxs,
urdes the Wa1ers OF Lake Michigan abn1t Two
miles in extent OF tjrcsome stra!gbtuess. II ou1y
form that it hiss become hare. Some three hug
dred Of the F. F.a Of Chicago sen through It yes
tcrlay and found 1t go; II pore very hard on them
oefote + {e,t ,tssy s;;, Eot e IL. through:
NAM az hs people Of this cy
per year per man. They were dissatisfied because
IL tnterteted with the legitimate pursuits Of rool
Of 1s Citizens ,Sa %hG fEs IL The habt o.
100 much fish and TOO little water; they wanted a
remedy; one was decided on.
change. But what 70 DO for he bert tesy an mol
Know. Ore sapient individual proposed 10 Dr7ns
water from W,netL n, sixteen miles away; another
! bed OF Inc lake. surnc one and half miles out
from shore; stl1 anoihcr wanted To b1ild a sys-
! lem o. EtEH1Nt r..
| All, hoaever, paled before the bold conception
hforgh, 50; r., It Inc end 81 81 . lene,hened
roaipg 10 actnaiize lie ola Ids about he So~els @
ii ihe earth, only ttsl being So the surface IL
was more likely tu be coiicii vein, ny those Gho
Bnt The wcrk j. genuine bowel; it IL, IN Iact,
colon having been tnadc IN tsEo sections It has
eleetIsacd tht world tnto az e5clama.ion point.
the lake shorc- at the foot Of Chicago aycnue,
shalt pic'ccs tile earth 10 depth OF some eighty
s.. Pas1ic;:s Day, 1868, BY Mayor Sherman, who
sspot. IL va r. assisted y 1hc 1naer,as1ns by
Iulltc Norl.s. The other saints smiled on the
undertaking, and The subsequent shoyclfuls Of
earth came out in due order, Arrived at The bot
due cast, l.otlug = Lo]e In the clay Of about six
feet and . hall diame:es. which they euhteqqcqtly
. ssoa ne s' 1y pus eight
Soon after this was begun, a quantity OF ium-
her VAS stacked up on the No'fn Pier, aud NUM-
shey. piled one los Oh anolhes iii a huge strac-
luse finally 1oosncd up over the scene, so1ne forty
fret high, and about ninety jcct in diameter. hav
The monster vas launched into the lake, and
ed out two miles, where 1t was SINK. and flied
with stoues 10 kcer It Steady. Then number ol
they had reached depth Of sixsy.fou feet, when
| thty. too, struck ont with the: monster anFSr of
success, ard bored to~ard the shore For ns"y
! weeks ana months the two sets OF workers
E1opcd along n The DARK nees, the only ltcht snp.
Piled being Alckctit: elare cast ty keto.ene
an 1hsy r. oa ,3s hHys no;n ri o, 1s
OF u good coreeicnre. till at last their fahors
,srre icwa,ded by Elimmer OF other light thar
! from ore side found vent on the other. and two
weeks ago tnday the Cheers Dl the WorkmcD re
son1 .led through the hoflowness ot the archway
a pa,row "trip Of Garth divided the two armies
narrower than that which Often divides the sin
ner from big 1n.:s'ca donm- The thirteen inches
rcl,iiiuus]y. md the continuity OF the two sec
tions .sas made complete. A few days longer
and she a was @aae M that H.
III. N TO be preseut 1t The formal opening yes
'ciH9eest1nu ciH9eeet1nues ". .ooo sna1suny, w4u uLg u
rem. mbszs d NJ q day on which manv pco
pie ~ele d.nd-hradcd on iony RIDE. wn
b. .orc. There were about three hundred inv1,,
,iplls IstEed. !hc lirt OF ins1,c.s iDcludisg ~
Mayor Of lhe eily. ihc present Common Counci
and thai whlc!i Was In existence al lAe tine III
| sunnc: " as otdfred ihc Board OF Education, th
Judges VI thc Courts, few distinguished ciltze
| End lNnler Of undi-tipyN1suel ones. who's
u,lly Interest The ceremony that they hope
10 tt'ioy tie blessing Of nnrs. walter supply eI
lopE. Besides those invited, great many wer
| ihtfr oNE curiosity
rue Ar:nAHcrMEa7s.
II is Cue 70 the Board II fubiie Works, au
| tlt1A fAHN NAt NCE1t[H-t al ~ 4"AAnA4s tsNAt%
: ! tay That The arrangement. for tn" occasion Wei
[ | petfcc.-thc only fault being thal they were n
accu,nte,y carried ou'. The cards OF invilatie
were divided into f0nr Fets, as follows:
. NJ !, to 90 down the land shaft at 10 4. n.
l No. :, to 20 ont 10 the crib al 10 4. m.
No. a 10 go down the land shan at 1lt4 a. rn-
No. 4. 10 Eu out on the tu2 At l134 A. N.
The lntcEtiou vas 10 take out tho FIRST nam:
+ part, through the tunnel on u Especial train
). Lasty westward .hsoush .hc tunnel; thc.. to su'
i!,t ilfrd party castv ard through the tunnel, a
i ihe 4 urth raF westward last Q! a11.
q patty shonld include ali those who were dlrect
:. 10 lie present NJ The formal joining Of the two se
e tioiss Of ihe tunnel, rtz: the Mayo., the Board
The present Board OF Aldermen. The third PSF
&c included the Judges 1t the Courts, the Board
=. drcu:rd tesMabe on 1Dr crib al certain celcbrz
exeleIsc+, rhilr 1hr second and further part
o. "ere comprised nj those who had not snch an
y though tlr tu;tI.t1 from the cast wi bout rel
e cpce 10 The ceremonies either in the tunnel Or
" Ihc CRIB.
>, Long hrtorc thc tim, stated. The cround whe
II nu stands .llc u ntrr Wnrk-, and the dock at
yu 81 h,a,y .tIe. rs efSwasa fS
O. t;n i'm "c,c .:a:hcltd the Mayor, the Board
l'nbllc works. The c,nt1actors aud thcts euper
* trisd+ t!:r, the members Of the Common Count
u .hc c;ly Engineer anil two or ,nrcc members
q q L,s taaf. tale Representatives OF The Chicago L
!. ii NJ nnt Iiu:<F, and Others who had moi been
&C. we1c gathered nEnssroua gentlemen, amo
~ hum were noted ''cIoncl Gflmorr, our new l'u
"a "a ,Aas'sr and Hon + y Hayes' cnasttns hs part
!! probably uo,, like hin. looking Tor man.
o. TuE TEl- EASTWARD.
" Al Il o>cloe.: tie FIST patty, Consisting Of
+; aasor, 1hc 'hres sHcmb,Es Of she no!ra o, pul
IL Notke. lanai CnMmlssiocer colonel Il. D.
fn eSn; and 1ns r., ,a Or Two Alaer@en aeseenasd
sutNI n rH IN I'M <Hf @.-t.