, 1873-07-30
Tho Sensations Experienced In Tho
Presence Of Three At
mosphcrcs.
An Exploring Expedition sixty.tive Feet
Below the Bed Of the Lake.
How the Accident to tho New
Shaft Is Being Repaired.


Tho Thousand necessary oxpodionts by Which tho
refreshing anid IL conveyed FROM ita lirnpid ros-
.ervoir to thoir dry aud fevorish lips. They look
out from the )ake-storo occasionally, aud, point
lug to the unBlghtly wooden structure noa11y two
u,ies Off, say to the unaophiHticatod stranger
from the rural diatrictsi =" Yondor is our reser-
voir; there's whero We got our wator from.
Its quite clean out thore, too,
becauBo it comes from below tho surface"
Quito clean. Well, 1t ought to be, after tho
wonderful efforts We have made to obtain it.
Wo havo tunneled tho lake, and ruug tho
changes on that feat until tho world Is tired Of
hearing Of our performance. Now He are ro-
poating tho operation for tho sako OF postority.
Wonderful city, that tunnels the lake for tho
sake Of, postority But postority hore means
only those who como to Chicago for tho next
five years. She las noarly doubled hor populo-
'ton n tho past half decade, and seriously antici
,patcs similar showing for tho balanoe Of that
storm.
But tho wonders Of engineering in tunnels is
not
THE THEME OF TO-DAY.
for that is tho old, old subject, tho crib. Far
out III the lako the Bhnbby old building has stood
for tho past five years. q worry uaoful but mono
hoo ornamental challenge to the mariner or tho
:traveler to Chicago by tho lake. It merely sug-
,gests to him: In mo you receive the first faint
indication Of what you may SEQ in Chicago. am
quito unworthy Of your prolonged consideration,
but merely stand here to show you that tho city
.of which I AMI an insignificant portion does not
hesitate to place an outpost at that distance.
Don't lot mo dotain you. Farewell" OF courao
,such commonplace wooden structure is, ns it
.says, quite unworthy Of extended investigation.
Hence the city Is building much more 7mpoa-
q M IN f40 Ia
Il ts necessary to pull down tho present d1apl-
dated Dhanty. and build upon it's site.
THE FOUNDATIONS
Of tho new building nro identical with those OF
the old one. The whole iB o combination Of
stone and timber. It may appear strange to tho
uuinitiatod that mnssivo structure OF granite
and stone Bhould bo erected upon foundation
Of wood. It ia ntrange-strange that tho wood
strange, it ia nevertheless true. pilea havo boon
raised at London Bridge which have boen i'm
oedded in tho mud for Homo 800 years, or thoro-
hbonts: Il our crib foundations will last as long
IS that, then postority is pretty we'll provided
for.
Tho crib. ha everybody should know, is pentag-
onal In form, each face measuring 68 foot
: Upon this bod, three foet below low-water mark,
f. tho foundations Of tho crib building aro boin8
, constructed. Tho frat course Of slI feet is Of
:: granite, upon which tho Limestone. walls arc
g, concrete, and Is about as substantial aa it
can be.
From tho line Of low water to
lis feet, aud from tic sano point to tho highest
part Of the CRIB building is d foot. The tswer,
liantorn. is "a fec. ID Iaeieht. divided Tito Tour
sto-ies; light-room 10 feot 6 inchos In height,
upd small slore-roem above this, 5 foet 8 inohea
Hhn, nia,. t1,aIt tho nresent feoblo lantern
e'"A1A '''> CANNOT BE SEEN
at 4 creeter d. latauco than threo or four miles.
Th;u il subject OF vast Importance.
honvr - vaaaa, ,1,,, ,uing into tho wooden crib
would do itnnouse /, o,,nlago to the crazy building
Az T It now ~ ' stands. WA>,u our rock-built crib Is
1;n;shcd w,,nt nrona1isr ycow or schooner will
haya tha 1 fnrd;pood to rim ler nose against 1t?
''"'' ''' ~ ~ YEsrsnpaN
x,aa nn aventfnl f,av IN the history Of the water
sarv;co of Thicaro ' II was eyentful aa being tho
iev I'D for thu oornorstone Of the new
hn;,dine. and n,,its a concourso OF people aasem-
b1od there in ia H nfternoon. First and foremost