, 1866-11-24
OPENING ON TUESDAY NEXT.


OPENING ON TUESDAY, NEXT.
In lew Of the fact that the lake tunnel lacks |
but the half Of one days labor 10 complete It. so
far as the excavation Of tic gronnd and the finish
tur Of tie cemcntsnz and btickwork Is concerned,
VIC 6ccm II Of interest to presepth sketch Of the
grand undertaking since its commencement The |
work under the contractors needs only that fey |
barrows fu1l Of earth shall be rnmoyed thai Tho
railway shall be removed that the chambers bc !
filed, and that the work be cleaned, that ihey
may receive the balances Of their pay and turn
over TO the city Its future means for thc |
con5netpE comet m q parc "assr INTO ths city. There is
he conpieon of tbo ne ereelias
The new distributing engines, and such like; but
tcw hours. can demonstrate that on1 rtus. hss |
ge aehssn %e 1n eSSl
tixe All almost cnhansiless supply for ou1 honse-
Eafly fn dc year 1868, the water question, which
thereiofore had been ofgencru1 interest, sbsorbed
much Of the attention of our citixen. Tie pro-
fsisine Of troops vas the State conccS ani tbs tbs
| quality Of water which was, and the Quantity
os On en we e s.eia.sS H.
ya's citizen, pnelic corporations, ard municipal
nuieance OF the city, II supplied maicriai fos the
found 1t relief rom that-in Other rlaees-fruft-
aittsd lot DC remedy q re eli; Pipes along
sse pe1 ens o ne ee lskc eta Altering
s rircr 10 lake; tanning mills and Archinc-
dian screws; pipes as Bridgeport. and many
werr tried, aud ALL in s1ccesaion rejected Us
unitnabac. All Of these plans sought to cleause
and 10 provide 10 the people of our cty an ample
supply Of pure drinking wafer: Tho ami.
ecnd'fep nd Ssts1ca ct ths h. r g0od : +
lay vhsch could be conquered By Treasure and by
undc in relation TO the matter but their frcquen-
ey and their lcaEucd aud labosed results had ac-
complished lnlc more thsn TO MAKE known What
dowtd over bea 81 dlth. and thst the iiaid whieh
howed was itscif mixturc, on the surface 0.
md eoiaped sa til te s a e lns
@ ftoun he sewers poured the feiuse Of t6e city
sniu,sis md ,ae ofal of slaughtered beasts. Puh-
lie opinion at length comneled The Common
II il eoypa easa soalas as
with Mr. Preston, Superintendent Of the Illinois
aud Michigan IT, ssaa b sdl Which p9,tion ii Of as
: liver thus creaiing an astiGctal current which
f. Mas si % e { easd s nei s.
o1he. w1se, 70, il could avail lis nothing wh.n the
canal was tp disnsc, ard gwen then, The in9ress-
temporary measute-
PIASt SUGGESTED.
G that 80 Fnush e. Tas do1e orr
. wsse submitted ,and some Il them
peshars, into two classes which were ftasIblc~to
proceed ont in!9 @ .he lake r. ppe wi.h 1sxible
ea t. he ee & @
Il basin 10 be established north Of Lake View House.
:. u 1he several schemes were as 5ollows: To d.
Rivers into The Chcago River By the means Of the
"A feeder and The use Of pumps. TO thls It was
Rps 81 81 I psa woua
sSance1y suits ar diversion Of he current Of tc
anp q 9bss ha n
- -. canal company, and III the owners Of mill prop
N erty and wafer privileges on tue canal sud on
xss sSson aR atsegnas 5egssTted ss to ms 1ss
erected ii lie city q London for The puriacatiet
Of the river Thames. These, 1t was hought b!
xe s9os BE f ,5a saa as Rss ms SD
III thus received Beng enpisd into the Like, or dis
3hs Ss ss haa sae
The largest city Of the world adopted It,, q
sne;neps sapeRss hut 1e.'t, e he Be-, tn tn
deduced which would warrant certainty Of prot
Ilf | able success. The expenditure Of money wonl
M siaerable. ID and On 50 great an eseptimcnt whle
~ " had not III Itself fair prospect Of euecess, OF
people wefe unwilling to snse ss e
sss0 out nesdsa a
ss ssns aeeess s1Sb aa@bsr OF sos
Western nq,, M1s 1sEsd to hase m
mn canal could not be thought Of. because citizens
u taa towns upon the line and upon the river ba1
Fl soys5sS sqSsasss y xss IS @ also RseRessad ss5 d T.
fce 10 se1tepd lon q - he dc ase "
sni river, which it shon'd en9er at sotnepoint on
Sa I H. aa Tss stsS
oa % nea4 tie poiat Shcaea lie ke water Would
drav Men,a a. Sc & &eGnpiea ana II Increase Fatf
2sse Hesitation followed the pronnsattosn: Of
I'm and thought war, however, furnished by tho
tive CONSTANT precipitation Of delaying organic nj
the ter u,uutng on 10 the lake shore. and render
he eho water ps AZ about ,ba the d.
In. siion Of Tie City Cemetery was at
: re- re-. hsight. investigation showed that notwI
r. come ak hurdreo rebel coEpses had oeen buE
eek IN that ground. which il intersected north {
sgs & s ' esnen mt
son. laEc being but little north OF the City W.
INV TIE CANAL p11L SLAUGHTERED.
wing Tie fears Of our people in regard 10 the G.
any and fayo:td projeei Of ship canal were realt
lie Of in the month Of February, 1861 Aboutthc mid
ss means q % imp1ovement M for ch'c.so. a. se as
,and tho Wcst, was lost This oceas,oned grea, int
lhem nation, which expended itself in protests nnd
de- eulted III cer,ninty TINT for the time being
Y for caral was not 10 be thoushtof.
Riley LEGISLATION ron TUNNEL
onsc. Circumstances required action, and ull lie e.
cost ~ OF our prominent men WIS rut into
ption faa!6imeut Of some scheme. Ihat water sho
he GEAR W us5a, and On the l$th dsy Of February
j &C. amended city charter OF that year appro,
A. A.. in which power vas gissu 70 M &c el,y "io
me. said Cook County. and 10 construct such pu
1ious ine works. breakwaters, snhsidlng baa
come | filter beds and rcsesvois, and to
nstiee such water maine, and 10 m
ssssss sss ssss s sss Es aysas
make Client and abundsnt supply Of pure wafer for
csty;", .'to extend aqasdncts, or inlet pipes,
10 spppy ~ 81 af
apier Or piers p tho nayigabe waters q
laks c5 the msslnE preserving and ~orkn
7se This action q the State Lcgialature was s
TONED BY Congress. Jaaaasy 16th, Of the fol
the accepted means OF procuring water
ExANNA11oN OF THE LAEE BED.
unotE Previous to This sanction being Elver> but
a. scuutnt to the action OF the Stale Legislature
world bed oF the lake Was examined, win view to
acious tns u eS.s a Sns 1naea.
os some scientific aid, commenced boring to a
. gave tain the uAture OF the bottom. The cxperiu
were made flrst at some twenty feet from
Asso shore. AT ahout two hnudsed feet from the 81
'ke Tor ,hc water being little over twenty feet
=. there WIS blue clay underlying sandy cove
,auuer were toTcd into the lakc and secured
I to do | anchors From between these q two
~ n Gar pipe was lowered until It rested on the gu
brief of The EARTH the top belug two or three feet
anition was parsed. both beng capable Of being lc
he de- eued by ecstwtnc additional parts to each.
!. THIS tLrce-qnrrtcrs Of milo from The shore. the
dasel- being twenty feet deep; there was found
and TO inch covering Of eaad and thirty feet OF blue
how, One and three miles out, the water
Unborn | thtIty-one feet deep, the same euostratuu
every ! discovered. Two miles and 4nastcr due e,
plthout the Water Works, near the size 81 the crib
er, the yesent located the water being thirty feet
lie. Ia WIS clear and cool, The carth was Deuetfs,
oye:cs Inc dcpth Of thirty feel Here wns found /
lore fnE Of sand and cot, Dashy c1ay, with c1a
eads 10 coming more hard and compact as It was
sledse Into, On June. l6th, Of the same year
that trtnrtrntu1e uf the wntcx bersn to be tested
Morse, c1cnness was apparent susalt object bclnI
some llc Mt distance Of eighteen feet, the wafer
or Gu lhiys,s feet deep. On the sufface the Acr
ve tha' eter showed, at three o'clock Of the 10th
iOn for June sixty degrees, aud at the bottom fif
tren tn | ani a ha1f derTres These erpcrmentx conf
great 10 be carried on with the like rearlt Of exhi
n their clay subshatum. the approach TO the
etonae however, showing deepci 1lluyial deposit
mt hsv- nosed manly OF sand
not the tue TUNNEL ADOPTED
Aftera careful discussion Of The varions m
now The wElci, l:u been submitted: OF securing 10
knoNl- snnrlv Of nnre ystcr the Baa Of Public
minister rec,rd cafy in 1867 10 ADOPT the plan OF
lencc Is fpc tunnel out under the lake. The nee
room OF | drawings and specifications were