, 1873-09-07
Consultation Of the Board Of Public
Works with tho Engineers.
II is Decided to Pump out the Old Tunnel
and Examine It.
The Water-supply to be Gut
Off for Five Weeks,
Pleasant Prospect Of Drinking
the Fluid III "tl1c Basin,s

Happy Is city which posasa aes patcrna1 Donrd
90 ooes eheago IN her matchloss Public Works Com.
ssloaefs. LOT not thy lott hand tho poople} know
my f'eht hand tho board dosth," is tho evan'
6oee 'ua4m WHICH Gltides TINT reVcrohd branch ot
ne "unspa1 economy IN hh is mysterious lhcomings
and oufsongs. This applies TO any mcinber Of the
Board who donates to o charity Even In thu matter
Of removing land shaft from in front az fr,endiv
l'a~norokcrS raeo on ftfth avenue s'tch canuouH
management is not unreasonable. In awarding Of
contracts who shall find fault with the Bonrd IT, rer.
smrol mn HIRE aro sor, .h,n,,. ~. ~
peona want l.. 1nos ohm4 "v' .s,n nns' no MISGUIDED
thor temporal necessities which they think to connod.
Mehuan - sunnss @ 0t to ctS ntS' @ na st.a n.rn @ Lake
~ n,s,.,,. mtan sns WIN "a'ee' 1ho ooard
water shall come; aud because that glad tr1u,nvtrato
nus maa9 Of ono Of lis and
aro tho n.o,o ~ ~ s,, " ~ pp'us .nc 'aae IN shore
tsnt change In the economy Of our w..ar ,vato,n !,
Tie .riumyirato b,s bscn t,ilocn,,v ~ s"
Ing from the ropor.ere to ntoroses shsnaa ~ s'o
water supply. fortunate accident has revealed that
change to tho overwatchfu reporter of THE Tarnung,
that ,ha no"s, :. ueteso 'no people INC ohan8e
'As' .'e ooaio e'n'sn'l'a'es'
1ew woeSs ago the cornerstone Of tho now and
Of our municipal hea,t1 md w.tc .vorv ',sa., -
wator that finds iy way into tho Tater oxar r'p ,nn y,
tbenro +hro,r1, ,,,o ,,,.a, - "A se"oA' n1io
every homo city, was aa ai With na np sna
circumstance. reporter Of rns TRIBUNE, Err presen. @
tho assistant engineer. under pressure" and invcs.
prcxssuro Of three ntnoanhnroa ncccaanr~ IT,
vent down, and dsagreeaJo experience he laI
u a arar he Us Is D eE mss @ t ~
which we y betero h5 lin D''' '0Fs0'''n 'no tac''
lake sors to tic cr ,n a from tue
ing works on AHhiand ayenns hv Incana oT of an
Ia oea.r tand o n,n5v n1ar four m Ions
purn water It was necessary 10 stsrt annthar ii ~
tho CRIB. This ws or SHAFT ~ It theu was a Tpr nro
useless, made to tiepth Of nearly nnnty fret ~
this point attempt wss nude to commspes ,ce' from
thas Shaft tho horizontal drifting to point aety
which lined TIE shaft md Immediately tbs water
tho water found s way Into tic shuft mill Il hn
its Lowell tho surface OF tho lake 70 fscs It out lie
device Of an arpap with pressuro oi 90 pons
oponng, but further was in this atmoanhcre that
efforts were male to repair i = leak. Everything was
ccaIiny the hole was attennto aud Tiers y,a nn,fia
ponce Of groves, and tongues, and whit. .lca nn3
Ono pound Of nrcssuro remvo nd aS, "as aenieysa
= asey ssnfs ss 1sss zissr q s eo the
$50 day n diver was ei,on1cd - 9paro gpn1n
Detroit to exuiuc and stop tho leak. s ssnt in XII
water agan roso 10 tho eysi Of Tho nEs ro e
~era aIl failuros, nna tho original work wus most
somroto aud Unworthy batch, most ducrcdisaSio s Si
were kept from tbs reporters. B,t Ok fast Is
tho water leaked In tho truth leabcd i''I ont IT.
ero as successful n preventing o ono ss h
loa in preventing the other T1ey were both f,nrns
council Of engineers aud tLs Board was hcll fow
Ftern
OF saulking tho leak were Suggested Thero was any
amount of windy matter, bne not enouah to 1rrss
s Of Of ss9n
to tho conclusion TINT tue ioak WIS no, IN tho safp
after all that i from-the old tunnel precjse
~ how 1t could from tho old tltnnoI eit,atna
icy IL an uana cd MG'
opsnns eeer on ths k 1s5s, II an w
tho leak. ''Dotween tho royert and sonse ina
o,her aa. PLACE. whatever that might moan That's
1t the next question and In nnmcnt thov ie,or
mined upon horolo measures. They doermipeI '' to
leak IN tho new There ID only ono way 10 do ts.
an al a sd 9 n t a ss
propose to provout tho flow Of wafer into Tia t,,nnci
pump M It dry and then discover whore this leak is
in the 1neanme what arc going to do for water?
arc We going to obtain IT Here are importunsto dues
siuns s demanding answers. Thgy bear upon our
=. heaih H. as ,n community. r. IT Is distressing
u thoao WHO have known Chicago since shn
qusfed deeply At the vol springs Of health two miles
9ut u the aks how horribly must the questions sito
tue festive Aldermen and othera quaGel cha1ipaono
70 eee9sate our intimacy with purify BY the opening Of
ins ketanne1 70 No worda are necessary to these
laHef 70 recall tho horrible details Of like
shore wator but to tho hundred thousand now arrivals
wao naso within tho past scvon years drunk uro water
order to show them 10 what thoy aro coming In those
tho water which flowed through tho iron arterea
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