Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-31

We have the pleasure Of announcing
to our readers tina. Mr.. II. Scliussler,
Chief Engineer. in the employ OF the
Virginia and Gold Hill Water Com.
pany. and his assistants, have achieved
a signal triumph, that the most difficult
and sudacious enterprise ever inaugnr-
ated in hydraulic engineering has
proved an entire success. We refer TO
the a;,empt to pass u body OF water
through a huge Inverted iron syphon
over seven miles In length. in doing
which, a pressure OF l.1s0 feet had Z"
be overcome. .rh,. feat hitherto unat-
tempted By the engineers OF the old
world or the new. has been successful
u accomplished, and Mr.. Sclus'ler.
who planned and carried Into execu-
ton the undertaking. must now he re.
yarded a. the foremost hydraulic enSi-
neer Of :he world.
At about o o'clock last evening. after
a number \ flaws aud imperfectionS In
the iron had been detected aud re-
paired. a beacon tire was lighted on
the side of the mountain at the Inlet
end of the pipe. communicating to the
tired aud sleepless men stationed along
the line Of the pipe the pleasing intel.
liyeuce that the water had been turned
on. A. the water came coursihS
through the pipe At lightning speed;
every man stool at his post anu heid
himself In readiness TO telegraph the
news of any Disaster by means OF
hI.zius fsscots. The huge pipe held
th. rauidly coursiug currents In It's
cmbrae. with the CLIP of n giant. AZ
about a quarter to 0 the sentinel OH
the eytreme outpost liz upa huge hon
fire. announcing the glad intelligence
thar the water WA pouring through
,b. outlet end OF the pipe. After IL
had been allowed TO run Tor ABOUT ai'
hour the water was turned OH Tor the
NIGHT, and the sturdy men. Whose ser,
vi,,,. were no longer needed. collected
AZ IN. Lake View House to congratu'
Iatc each other upon the great victory
thev hud won. Our reporter. not
b,.Ing able to get Amy authei'-
rio Information at Virginia City In
r.6.rrnce to the success or failure
of h enterprise. chartered 4 fast team
from MONEYS livery stable aud at U
o'clock IN company with j. U. Btrlii-
Ipgham, started for the locality upon
,,S;rh Mt the present time so much III
t.y.,. IA centcrcd. A. We neared
;Sa.hoe Lake. signal fires became VIZ
,ble ON che EASTERN slope OF the Sierra
Nevada, showing that all was we'll.
I'm our arrival ut the Lake View
IIouse az IL O'Clock. we had the pleas
mr.. of shaking hands with the modest
and unassuning Engineer, MIR. scnu's-
Ter. who In his damp and soil-Sta'ied
varmsnts. was patroling along the
iine of the pipe, without doubt the
h%,n,i,st man In the world. Superin-
,sndent Oyerton was there and look.
inc more than ordinarily good humo7,
ed stretched out upon Il enc anu
.nor;ng soundly We noticed Fat
1nsbs.. a man closely Identified with
the CARRYING out of the enterprise. anu
whom SehnSsler thinks more Of M a
hrother: X. E. Browne. son OF j. KOS
Rrowne' a civil engineer oil marked
.h,li,r Crosby, OF the tlrm OF Breed
& Crosby: Thos. Sisk. Mr.. Let's Mr'
G.ctson. and q score Of others VINO
haze labored unremittsngly Tor tue nc
comnjIshment Of the great work, were
thsrs 10 congratulate each other "po"
tbe great victory achieved:
We would be. glad did time
.nace permit to give some particulars
in regard to the Introduction OF water
in tIe PIPE. 1t Is usually Gus US,
,n,n,rv 10 test every section o.
y water pipe before laying
Il In tn. ground. Thi. mode OF prove
dure in an aaueduct Of any considera'
HE length. Involves great expense
Mr.. Schu.sler followed the more eco,
no,nicsl plan OF testing the whole p,Pe
st one time. During n OF tine tr,nis
preyious to the one when tes,,,e .ro
s,,ce.ss. the water found a snia,f crc,
sjee ne the meeting Of two contiguous
ss.tion.. the Joint thus formed oe,,s
snrrounded BY an iron sleeve. Ou
Emerging from the small aperture. tne
stream happening to strike the iron
nine. S lJ,h of an inch IN thieknss.;
p,n,,sed a hole through 1t a u IL hse
Ss.n mere paper. From the new orr,
S.s TINA formed the water made .
magnificent spirit, the column reaching