The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-04-27
HONOLULU, WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 27, 1870
New York Correspondence.
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IS SScTed daty and As great privilege sS y tue
due celebration of .',he glorious 4th- by Ameri-
cans or the annual Offering oi vine and cakes,
iosh sticks and candles to the souls Of their an
eessors by The pi0as followers Of Coatue,us.
Il was saying of the weather wise among the
seldiers who win,erei in Virginia during war
time, seven snow storms make vinier,~ Hsre
IN New York. though We are far advanced in
Leaf. and the regular winter months are well
I aiyh past. We, we have thus far experienced onS
SIX considerable SHOWS, not including the inter
I mi,,en, and pe,nlent splitting Of snow fakes.
which this March wiod sQueezes out OF the relue-
t&nt sky to-day. The winter on this side Of the
Z AtSAatic has been remarkably mild and '.open."
I Last mouth. pSnsies aud daaielions were bloom,
F ing ia the open air at Newport. aud viole,s dow
T ered in Boston st Christmas time. Quite eOn-
I tr@S, to this is the extreme cold weather. con-
/ paints o. which are numerous throughout Europe.
+ Iu London on Feb, 18th. i've inquests were held
on the bodies Of persons who had died from ex-
/ posure to excessive cold. In Paris. Americans,
T while grumbling at the deArness Of fuel and the
hack Of well eOustrncied hre-places. OF other snf-
fcient means Of keeping warm, are enjoying them
selves and astonishing the natives by their
skillful evoluiions on the ice. In Russia and Po-
Iand the cold IS frighiful. 95' below zero and in
I Dzntxie on the Baltic, the theatres have been
closed on account OF the excessive cold. These
strange eOTrelaiions II weather have set people
{ Quesyinx whether the Calf Stream has not been
diverted from its usual course and brought to di-
rect its wzrm earrent sSainst the bleak coasts OF
{ America. sonemAintsin that this is sctually the
/ ezse. Whatever Is the explanation Of these ei-
matte perIGr5AtiOns, NY sympaihies are strongly
With writer who. in an essay lately published in
( PstaCs=is Ml9,ziss, entitled Americans and
+ some of their characteristics which has made
oaite stir among the critics. stigmatires with
feeliug which almost smoants to indignation this
I transfer Of the warmth Of the American tropics
7 10 Enrope, as ~tellurie larcsncy.r
Z In the future. when the Darien Canal and 9th
er minor engineering enterprises have been CON-
I pleted. viii not some De Lesseps arse, who by
series Of s,upendous breSkwaiers. founded in
the midst Of the Atlantic. and built upon some
sabmzriae plAtesu. designed by Providence for
/ this very purpose, shall succeed in turning the
course Of their oceanic artery Of warmth and life
/ a0d detecting it upon our Atlantic coast whose
raw east winds very much reed lempering By
such an iuHueaee- 10 this way weuld it net be
possible to shut Engiznd out into the cOld-thus
ayengiog long list Of grievances, and squaring
/ the account once for al between this and the
I no;her-sud thas 10 hasten. if DOT to change the
course Of Empire
Bat al present Nez York IS much more in
tsrssiei in another engineering operation which
eo8esraz /; more intimately refer to the
BrOAdEay pneumatie underground railway.
About year ago 4 vas announced by the pa
pers tha, company had begun tunneling under
/ Brszdzsy for the construction Of an underground
railway Be, public curiosity has 20, had the
Opportunity Of satisfying itself by inspection in
this novel undertaking until about tEO weeks ago
Sbsa the results Of these subterranean opera
IiOus 1sre throEn open to the public An IN
( dergOa1d tunnel suggests to one the thought Of
/ a dismal place. loaded With msphitie vapors
and bat Just Sufficiently lighted to make the
( darkness visible No such place IS this is the
turnei under Bcuzdusy. On descending few
steps 6elOw the side walk Ee are ushered into
cheerful o6ee. passing through which. and going
Z dous fs- steps more are in the passenger
rOo9. shieh is neatly vaiuse0ttsd saloon. hung
Nth mirrors and pictures. At ooe end Of this
ssIOOu Is fight of steps. by which se descend
( fsu feet u5der ground. and reach the portal Of
the tsnnsl
This Is round tabe Of srehed masonry. eight
/ feet 10 diameter lined With ir0a. painted white
on the inside and perfectly lighted with line Of
gas jets rusning its whole leSgth- The length Of
/ the PortiSn OF tonBa already eompleted is about
thrss hundred feet ~
The tannel curves gently until it reaches the
middle Of BruaSzsy and then passes in straight
direction for The rs, Of is course The ceiling
i i-slrs feet bslo~ The pavement. deep enough
10 carry II entirely clear Of sewers and sster and
/ gzs PIPES Bat even at this distance from the
ssrfacs the noise Of the street i plainly sadibie
[ soscdiaz like the hun Of. Bsehinery. s
Passiag 70 the f1rsher end Of this great bore,
We rezch the machine by ne4ns Of Bhich this
ss6sr-gro,I1d gallery has been tanneled Out under
[ the busiest ihorOoghfAre in Anerics, with mole
[ ike ssie5se and Stiffness, zltboot disturbing
pzSing stone. OF exciting the suspicious Of any
ore This machine < = cylinder. resembling
ezsk sse Test 10 length. the anterior eircnmfer-
s0cs Of zhieh is sedgs-shaped, and armed with
8 sharp nm q steel This tsbe Is ferced through
the earth sDi sad By the pressure Of eighteen
hydrzaIic cylinders that ranged shout iis pos
terror eircanfsrsDes- and are sapplied With water
/ b. > common pouP. connecting With pump
t6zt < worked by hsDd- The power produced Is
/ eqazI 70 I26 to1s- When the tan1siing machine
I hzz been drives fOE-zrd sixteen inches. the sx-
easztsoo : sschsd 1ish masonry. 1ndsr the cover
of cJduirical shisld- Ehieh prcjsets back u the
tnnFeiiug eyIiDdet- and prsss1ts the esrth from
esEing il as the machine advances This ma
ehins i i1teDded only for tunBeiing through saDd
asd sar-h shea they eOne lapa solid rock, the
as1zl prDcsss a drilling sod listing ( rssortsd
to
A railroad track i hid ia this tunnel, upon
rh;eh rests ear. 0f model sdaptsd 70 Transit
thrOazh the ssderzrosnd esiisrs- The ear i
eSIis5rczl fsts5 % The boFs q -. tunnel, a.
ballst 70 The tate of iss grn- The motive power.
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