National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-22
TIE GREAT SUTR0 TUNNEL.
;ScIKETRTo INNING IS APPLIED
IN AMERICA.

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IN AMERICA.
lFCTuRR BY ADoLPH sUTRo-DlFFICoL-
rec v,UcnIrETFRED IN THE CONsTRUC-
80. M, tITs rIyNNEL-How he HAS 10
,onSTTrxn AGAINST THE PACIFIC GAMB-
IrRs lNp THEIR MILLIONS.
a -. md highly intelligent audience as
...-A,s1 On willard hall lsst evening 10 listen
a. ~ fauaous scientist, Mn Sutroi In able dis
o0urss on the projected Sutro tunnel he ex-
SSsined Il length the condition and situation Of
the celebrated Oomatosh lode In Nevada ths
lode through which the great tunnel is 70 pass,
irving its oharacserlStics Sod past history and
the future prospects Of developing its hidden
treasure which When ence IN . condition 70 De
worked scientifically win yield enormous wealth
10 this country, and In fsct all the world r
Aftar throwing several diagrams on me ean-
vas BY the stereoptioon representing TINS iooe
there appeared numerous Illustrations picturtng
the dinereht Ihats which are nov In working
order, stretching far away Prom me nSSth OF tns
n9eeS over two hundred million dollars worth Of
g quart. aeS WsssS Ss sTsn. oS@
P Polasons e his eduntrX But they are, from
R TSsaSSn snd.r manifod Sis6ltiss which could be
resdiiy obvInted BY the eomplettqn OF the Sutro
tnnnsl. These shafts are unakillfnlly arranged,
t S ana the protsotIop a. human LIE.
Through these Shafts ell the water that nKtu-
b1 im@ mems and costly apparatus; but The tunnel
VIII sufnopnt these dihcultieS BY furnishing
perfect draining to Al the Mster above It and
may IN cOurse settle below t. These shafts viii
al be extended down 20 t1e tunnel, anu "a tn ~
these grsat fActlities Of Protecting NE ana se-
Several diagrams of the mouth OF tne tunh ~
were pext presented, showing the manner !, N ~
Tonder rf nrotSction which Il givei % the labor
er1, conpAFed 70 ths dangerous shafss, with but I
By the mining companies Of the W est
N one Of these Illustrations there was repre-
ssnsGH q 81 sr to lie tunnel to the distance Of
q mile and half furnishing an ample amount OF
fresh air TO the miners, while the shaIts Mnlcn
esoape for the foul ana heated air which neceESa-
riIT arises during mining operations. With these
g green II = fsS days the results which require
months to accomplish q present. After present
ing q series Of hne diagrams representing the in
roundines, the mountain ct whose base is the
mouth Of the tunnel panoramic view Of the
thrown upon the canvas. Among them was one
which had been sunk 81 cost Of $500 600, but had
10 be abandoned on secopnt Of the impracucabil-
w q MGSss2g mSs dslU. N Il Europe
1hsrs theT had Contracted q tunnel fourteen
miles in length TO get three hundred feet OF addi
tional drainage, he said thst If he lived TO do
a. be meant 70 build this tunnel over hundred
miles In length, and make II an Immense m
dergrOund world. When completed Il would De
the rrnndest monument Of enterprise that was
ever constructed, and o source OF tnterminaple
wealth to the nation. Said he, have raised
every cent, thus far, In the construction Of this
road and We have been spending $50 every day
IN pushing the project ahead fer eighteen montnsi
and are now spending over o., 900 per day. We
fRTNTT1 he Inv DTT
msnt nor Do We SEX one All We want 10 70 Be
allowed 70 carry on our plan unopstructeo. But
we have been molesteS Tnsre elase q stoc ss
Opposing Us, and laying all the ohftaoles IN our
road possible for the human mind TO conceive or
nave tried To weaken our title and defeat us on
every hand. But they have not done 1t, thank
God, and neither can they. 20 you AK VINO are
maSinE all the money out Of the present
mininT system in the west They own the railway
there over which al the PrSdustons Of these I,hs
enterprise every day d least $4,000. And that's
what's the matter With them. They are afraid
aDd Il proSahiy viii, and certainly should. Fer
they are class Of gamblers who have manipu.
lated these vast natural resources FOR setnsh and
ayaYictous PURPOSES, and now, when they see O
great enterprise like the tunnel coming into exist
ence they begin to squrm and are sorely troubled.
csrn and have made their iliSottsn gains out Of
the laboring classes, the miners, and these hard
workers now begin to who are their oppressors,
mel. The tunnel is now progressing steadily,
notwithstanding the prosecutions Of the stock
Eemolers Of the Psclhe coast; ,,;,o .n,, nnd.,.
taxing will be fruItless, II the Government will
stand By its pledged faith. There was exhibited
proposed tunnel, the view also showing Its whole
work. The cost e so per ton 70 hoist out Ton
system and after the tunnel Is Completed the cost
will only be ten Cents per ton.
Under the present system Of mining, Wnsrs |.
dollar Is taken out now, after the inauguration OF
the lateral system In our mining regions II Will De
possible to take out . thousand
He then showed the manner IN Wnich the water
in the mines will be turned into motive power.
Tracing the Influences with which he has had TO
contend, MI. Sutro declared that he would carry
the work forward successfully and at last witness
the completion Of labor fraught with SO great
opposition and diflculty.
During many years he had been pursued by
vast corporations eager In their greed, and made
more rapacious by the great revolutions worked
in the systems under which they were now pro
only added renewed energy to his efforts, and Gre
ated that unconquerAble spirit which can brook
no obstacle IN The pathHsy O. success. ASIDE
mense Interests at stake would never permit the
Stacking Of efforts, but, on the contrary, forces
one along with the current Of life dependent upon
the increased DEVELOPMENT Of the country's re-
sources. Coming next IN the order Of the enter
tainment was few illustrations Of the HAFE mines
In Europe. In these mines, the largest tunnel Is
fourteen miles. This is now controlled by the
Prussian Government Bat when o contrast is
made between the Comstoek lode and these mines
they fall into insgnineance. ---"
The Oomstoek lode yields every ten days what
these mines yield In year, and while they made
bred feet Of natural drainage, the Sutro tunnel
will with length Of four miles, give drainage to
. depth Of two thousand feet.
The miner Of Europe could not be worked at all
under system Of mining, for 1t Is too wasteful
and their mines are poor. call 1t piratical min
ing for II Is search for rich ores while the poor
fha NJ Iaff hahf ind
II the Government Of the United States under
stands its lest interests, It viii lend helping
Is completed a rational system Of mining win be
introduced, which viii make IL possible 70 work
ninetynin per cent. Of the mineral wealth which
He then spoke Of the advantages Of natural
ventilation and the great heat In the bottom Of
those rivers; that the Thermometer stands in
many places at ITO degrees, and that II is 30 bot
that the Precipitation runs over the tops Of the
miners hootS. Amer the tunnel is completed o
Of the hot air risins In the shaiss which viii act
ss ohimneys 2 900 feet in height. This circulation
Of air, rs he demonstrated, can be carried below
the tunnel and into the renotest drifta.
This IL the best system Of ventilation which can
ever be contrtyed. They have for years tried TO
House Of Representatives, and have to some ex-
tent now succeeded in an artificial manner.
He then spoke Of the evil effects Of foul afr, de-
Piriisment SHOW that forty.two per cent. q the
miners die Of what 10 called miners consumption,
and that the cause OF humanity demands o rem
edy. The tunnel Will furnish an ample supply Of
fresh air, and the men Will be able 70 do q full
days work The three thousand miners now en-
ployed earn e12o 900 per day, and they cannot do
A600o worth Of work on account Of the great heat.
These miners, the bone and stnew, the toilers in
the depths Of those mountains, ask that this work
be completed. They own no newspapers and are
not heard; and even n they manage By their yotei
70 elect Representatives,, they 30 back on them
and sell ont 70 the monopolists.
The parties opposed 70 the tunnel-the Cali
forpiA bank ring-employ thousand professional
liars by the year and they have the assurance to
say that the lsbortng men do not want the tun-
mel These hard:Working men they pray for the
completion Of this great work, and the women,
toe. Why, know an old woman who keeps Q
foardinG- house, who has said her prayers ever
morning for the completion Of the tunnel for the
The stock-gamblers own every paper in
Nevada, and they shut the truth out and manu-
fheture lies, which, after they are refuted they
repeat SOS times in the year. But Am deter.
mined to carry this great work 70 completion Il
the Government Of the United States viii only
keep its good faith and viii not impair the rights
granted 70 US. The slightest shadow on our right
10 collect the charge Of "a per ton after the tunnel
shall be oompleted would alarm moneyed men
and We could raise no more morey. o. 80
That ID precisely what our enemies are aiming
st. They want 70 destroy our credit By threat
ened litigation, FOR which no cause exists.
Mr. Sutro was most ettentlvely listened TO fol
two full hours, End was repeatedly interrupted b.