Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-14

, eNunguiShed, so strong was the urait from the
end towards the shaft. The progress made was
satisfactory so far rs il went, but more was nee
cssaTy, and accordingly we retired once more 10
daylight while two or three holes were drilled,
which il was hoped would make an actual
breach and allow people to pass from one head
ing to the other. We returned an hour or two
later, just as the last blast was made, and
Fastening forward 10 the junction we found
that there was a hole about foot in diameter
between the two sections. This was speedily
enlarged by hand power, and at four O'Clock
precisely 2 small boy was let down from the cen
iral shaft INTO the east end, amid the shouts aud
cheers OF both gangs. Another person of larger
size followed, and then the east end reciprocated
By sending up Two OF the men of It's gang, who
proceeded to the shaft, and were the first 10
reach the top Of the mountain from the east end
l~WithOut ascending its slope. MIR. Shanlv him
self was by TO welcome his worGmeu through
this narrow aperture. Having seen the practi-
cal opening Of This iuncture we returned 10 the
surface and To North Adams.
There are a great many curious and interest
Inc facts to be related in regard TO this event
which must be postponed until another occa-
sion. 10 satisfy natural curiosity which viii
arlse at once, may say that although the en-
glncors have not yer had an opportunity to
verify their calculations by the result it is GER
tain that the error is scarcely more than a foot
either in grade or in line, and it may prove to
| he very much less. Another fact which is likely
| to have an important bearing on the matter of
ventilation when the tunnel is finished, is that
| the draft from the eastern end into the central
| shaft tunnel IS so strong that it can only be
| likened to a very powerful wind. The air
whistles through it with great force, extingujsh-
| ing candles and lamps held in its path, and
| whrlin9 dust and inmate pieces of rock into the
| eyes Of those who peer Curiously through TO the
| other side By tomorrow morning the aperture
| will be enclosed so that person may walk
through without difficulty. The resul: of this
| days work may be briefly stated. The ponder
| Gus pumps of the central shaft may be immedi-
| ately abandoned, and the water problem being
| solved, work may. be begun on the west heading
| OF the central shaft so that by October IS, 1872,
| if all goes well, there will be an opening through
| the HooS3c mountain from east to west.
!
The Springfield Union relates an interesting
| and touching incident Of a recent Sunday school
concert in that city, at which Major J. NJ.
| lngersoll OF the United States armory read
letter written 10 Charles Williams, the famous
burglar, now a convict in the state prison at
Charlestown, and formerly a prisoner at the Jail
| in Springfield. The author of The letter was
| pickpoCket, confined at the Jail at the same time
| with Williams, and both came under the in
| duence of the Sunday school which has been
! held there so long, Williams was converted be-
| lore leaving the city, and both being sentenced
/ to prison, he endeayOrcd TO influence the pick
| pocket (whO had passed under the fictitious
| name OF Jack Hnnt) to lead a better life. HIS
! efforts were in measure successful and Hunts
! term of Imprisonment ut CHarlestUwn was
shortened five months on account of his good
| behavior. His time expired last year, and alter
| being discharged, he wrote this letter from ST.
| Louis TO inform Williams of his prospects. He
writes the learned to read and write at
| CharestoWnl that the state agent paid
| his fare 10 Chicago, and he then took pas
| sage for 81. Louis On the way, Notwithstanding