, 1866-11-24

shove'ful Of earth and placed It in whcclbauow,
we!ea i" as taken outside by Mf. 0owan,
TIE buoEE auArT,
Anes breaking Eruuud tho shoso SHAFT was Funk
Or the eItc Of the Prrscnf pumping works. 1t y
ortrinaIiy intcnacd to construct shc shan wholly
Of brick. rucniDE 1t down from The eutf4cr Of tue
E1oued 10 dcpta OF fifteen tcct below the level Of
Il c ike, hut tar fact that a shilling qulcksand
eS e on se
viased frtin, md the contsacto-s wcrc authorized
to tun down au iron esitnder Of the same dimen.
tom ot II ihc sani bed sbont tn. n:y.six feet This
inlet cylIudrr ia nnc Icct In diameter, Inside au
two and quarter inches thick, 1t Is put In -four
sections OF about niue feet In length.
TIE TUNNEL.
From The shore shaft thr tunnol extends two
miles out IN ssrntgh. line at right angles to the
east fbe clcsrrd wdh Of tbo tnnne1 Il S fr' 81
and the clear height, nve feet and twp inches. the
top snd bottom arches being semi circles Ii is
two rings or ehsli. tho hrlcks bcInc laid lenrt5.
wise Of The tunnel. w4h toothtng joints. The
bettom M 9t !he inaids surface q iho bore at tho
sixty fens feet below city da.n1a. and has rrana
elopc towards the shore Of two feet per mile iii.
,ng 10y, 1et II ,he whole distance q admit Of
.s essa e. eS Il %fse' bs esh +!
sa ts oasr " fSSPa s Of ~ e be-, sss i
rcks !e against the clay while in The upper hai Ii
lQE OTlCkk AIG NE0EC1 III between 1uG britl- nd
The sa on pi ,ss Any danger wseh
fearel might burst In the tunnel.
ITS CAPACITY.
The tunnel as now constructed will de1lrnr
untter head IT two feet. III goo 900 galtona Of
wa!cr daily; nnder head Of eight feet. IS ,o90
sais aa ssana saa 9sast 5,i1s nssd cf
above quantities will be one and four-tenths niie %
per hour, head heInE two feet; head being c,cht
,sf @s s u q o aid
velocity will be four and twoteuths inila per hour.
By these means Il wt'l he eompetent to supply one
day, With head Of eighteen feet. f~@
cuAuAcTER OF THE WORK.
The excavations were commenced Immediately
CHARACTER of ihe work, tie material 1aes VIII Il ~! IL
clay throughout, SO that tho anticipation Of ths
se has h'fs n s fosna e t. 0s %
tunnel ever occurred, and that only dis.
sR2s isiGqa efsss 4 " !"s S
IN September, 1855. The wo1kmen left In dfsmay,
hut soon returned and repaired the crcstcc, From
e. neq hs any p hss
which resulted IN nothing mora serious than the
singing Of wo7kmnn's whi<kcrs-
ss met q ~tn a. sf in sa1t @
found w,lh The clay Was, that It confined iot
muci. caicarlons mnttcr 10 make good bricks Tht
| contractors claim that they have lost moaey OF
this account. The bricks formed Of the clay fonnl
in tie tunnel would not burn solidiy, so that they
were Obliged TO get bricks elsewhere.
| uurtnt. tht PROGRESS Of tho work, the cnptrac
tore have several times made application to til,
Common CoRnci for au increase Of remuneration
claiming that theg took the work when gold wa
at rs. They really signed the contract, however
| whcA colc wns LEU. and although L has been highc
SftfP II has also hnrn lnfYeF The mira
| rial and If labor has 1ccn much higher than tue
| calculated upon, but they went In with their eye
open, and it was In lheir power 10 contract for a.
their mate ial at the time. The matter was nlu
l ulately ttlerrcd tn 'h" Committee on Finance
+ and npon their report being presented length,
argument was held on the legality Of the at
preparation, and the propriety Of making II
! The contract having been entered into by The cit
in GOOD filth and the contractors being advised a
| prin.fon passed. but nat vetoed By The Mayor
The next Council meeting, and was subsequent
rctonsidczcd by the Coupcil and laid On the tablt
| The contractors were, however, ut one tim
| authorized TO draw larger per centaec upon the
! estimates than was provided for IN The coAtrae
| amounting perhaps to about 935HD.
| Atou' sc, ,GU0 have been allowed the contractor
In the shape Of extras for work not specified II
| contract. while no dcluctiois have been mac
from the price originally. agreed upon, for 1t
omission Of the intermediate cribs which we
fonnd 10 be unnecessary.
The expenditures reported BY the Board
PnblEc works TO the date Of their last pnb.isht
report Il as follows:
To March ii, 1861. EH,9l9.
To March Il, 1Sti5- 1M, ,st59.
To Mach al, 1866. ...... a31as)