The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-07-27

Indeed, ! have, two good spare rooms
wi large closets weel stocked wi linen |
hae been spinning or weaving a these
lang years for ye bath and the weans.'
We'll, mother dear, now you must rest,
said the merchant, ,tenderly.
Ma, ma, | dnna care to rest till ye lay
me down to tax my lang rest. There'll
be time enough between that day and res
direction to tauld my hands in idleness.
Now, would be unco irksome. But GO,
my son, and bring me the wife-I hope [
shall like her and the bairns-l hope
they will ike me-
have only to say that both the good
woman's hopes were realized. A very
happy family knelt down in prayer that
night and many nights after, in the wild
ow's cottage, whose climbing roses and
woodbines were but outward igns aud
types of the sweetness and blcssedness of
the love within.
For the e.i,,er
Notes OF Travel.
LAKE TuNSEL-sHAMBER or COMMERCE
--COLLEGE, ,UNIvERsITIEs AND THEoLOGi-
cal EMINARIEs-REPORNA INsTI-
ruTIoNs-CuARlTABLE INSTITUTION
FUTURE SIZE AND IMPORTANCE op THE
GARDEN CITY.
In company with Capt. H. q. Lum-
bnrd who wears honorable sears received
in fighting the slave holders rebellion, We
visited the Lake Tunnel that grand and
successful undertaking, by which the peo-
pie Of Chicago enjoy the inestimable bles-
sing Of an inexhaustible supply OF the
purest water in the world 1t was after
long and careful consideration of vari-
Gus plans to secure a supply Of pure wa
ter, that the board of public works deci-
ded early in 1868, to carry tunnel out
two miles under the bed of the lake.
From the shore shaft, which is 81 feet
deep, the tunnel extends two miles out in
straight line, at right angles with the
shore The clear width of the tunnel IL
) feet, and the clear height, 8 feet 2 in-
chos, the top and bottom arches being
semi-circles. 1t is lined with brick ma
sonry, 5 inches thick, in two wings, or
shells, the bricks being laid lengthwise
with toothing joints.
The bottom of the inside surface of the
core at the east end, two miles from shore
is 66 feet below water level, with grad.
ual slope of two feet to the mile, towards
the shore shaft. To permit the emptyinp
of it, in case of needed repairs, a gate at
the crib shuts of the supply of water
The brick work has been laid in = inche,
thick, all around, well set in cement
The tunnel as now constructed, will de
900 gallons of water, daily /; under ;
head Of eight feet $4,000, 900, and under
head of Is feet, 57,OO0,O00 gallons
daily. Thus it will be competent with :
head of Is feet, to supply one million
people with 81 gallons each, per day.
The crib, as it is called, well repays
visit excursions during the summer time
are frequent. The crib is forty feet high
Of pentagonal form, in a circumscribin!
circle of 9S feet Il inches, in diameter
1t is built Of logs one foot square, an,
consists Of three walls, AT distance of !
feet from each other leaving centra
pcntagonal space, having an inscribed cir
Gle of % feet, within which, is fixed tn,
iron cylinder, Q feet in diameter, runnin.
from the water line to the tunnel, "a fee
below the surface and 81 feet below th
bed of the lake, at that point. The cril
is thoroughly braced in every direction
. Ii contains 10000 feet of lumber, boarc
measure, and $50 tons of iron bolts. |
is filled with 1900 tons of stone, anC
weighs 300 tons The crib stands |:
feet above the water line, giving u maxi
mum area of 1900 feet, which can be ex
posed at one sweep of the waves, reckon
ing the distance as perpendicular. Tn
outside was thoroughly caulked, equal It
a first class vessel, over this is layer o
tagging, to keep this caulking in place
and protect the crib proper, from the az
tion Of the waves.
. The work Of excavating and lining th
tunnel was prosecuted from both ends, a
; the same time, and such are the triumph
= OF engineering skill, that the workme
met each other precisely az they inten
ded.
\ tower standing Oh Il base "a fec
square and l30 feet in height, near tn
shore end of the tunnel, contains an iro
column three feet in internal diameter, L
the top of which, the water is forced from
the tunnel, by powerful pumping machil,
> cry, and is thence forced by its own pres
sure, through the mains. and 10 the tops q
the highest buildings in the city.
. The column is surrounded by Il nea
spiral stain ease.
The machinery now employed TO d
this, consists of three engines, most beau
tiful to look at. No. is capable q
pumping $4,000 900 gallons, daily. ii,
; gine No. 2, 100000 gallons, daily, AN
No. 3, 100000 gallons, daily, and tn
u board Of public works have asked and re
: ccived authority To purchase a fourth ell
gine, capable of pumping 10000, ,0O
% gallons, daily.
= This increase in the pumping iaclitie
Of these works, is believed 10 be necessit;,
by the growth ofthe city, it being remenl
bered that it is necessary to provid
against accident to one of the engines, Il
u the water supply ought not to be >uspeI
!, ! DEED during its repair.
l The total cost ofthe tunnle, to the city
= including extras, preliminary examination
and supervision, is S457 $40 The cor
Il of the water tower, the largest engine an
the building, now nearly finished, for tn
h reception Of the machinery and the ac
| comodation of the workmen, will swell tn
1 total to about 100000, Fifty tons @
, coal are consumed every "a hours, i
= pumping the water to the top of the tow
n er, The total amount of water pipes lai
!, in the city, up to Jan. 1869, was 22s l.
i mile. The total capacity pipes an
g reservoirs was 3,400, 900 gallons.
j No visitor can "do" Chicago, withou
e entering the Chamber of Commerce, dur