The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-01
IN THE MOUNTAINS HEART.
a JOURNEY THROUGH THE land or
SHIDOWS AND GLOOM.
The DeInwnre and Lacknwnnua 1u1nei Not
Near Compietion- wat Yet Rcmnins 90
be Dcne-Nbrrs Deaths Hand Inns Rested

,r,ins If ia. n,t,,ynro IscL,v,nn, and
~, -. IL, ,..,'... ,,,,, ~. ,.,,,, g. r,,,,
through it. The entire length os the tunnel il
427o feet. or rather more than three fourths Of a
'~'' 'o''' VI '''"'' "'''' '"'' wv ''' '"' w
inile' from end To cnd. NoTk was commenced
upon it lust three wears ago and IT l. estimated
,hs, ,i,, ,,,,ir. .,,t ~ II. cnr.trurtinn has bnc,
about sl,OoO,OW At present the trains Of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
run through the Erie tunnel. and when their
., ,.,,.,,,.., 4, ,.,,,.,.,,o, no.. ,,.u ,,.to
""' WIS ,''''' - '''''P'' ,'N my W. 'i"''
! over To the Erie Company about n mile and a
half Of their track at the wcst end i'm consider
$50. -, -. a.. ..s..,.. ,
nti"n Oh whlch rey VIII nave inc privilege Oh
running their trains across the Erie line AT GER
tain grades without stopping
In, am, nil, fr,,,, ,h,, I,nhoion nono, a, tho
Just one 'l''e i,'''' 'ne ,'"""Ne" ''P".' ut '"e
foot OF the hill Is dark archway with great
masses of rock towering up almost pcrpendicu-
III, ah,,,, 4, mi. l. ,ha month az ,hs e,,,,,s
l"'N """No H. h"'' " '"o "''"'" ", NV famous
Bergen Tunnel An explorer II he Is 80
minded may start To walk through IL alone and
n',','''u '''', ,s',' ~ - I
"''np'' t'''i' ""' "c'"'' "o ""' P'oo'"Vu
very far he viii probably regret having done so.
outside tho track l,oks smootb and uo.sahlc
| -, 49,, mt. ,t a., - o. -, a.,
e"ouK"' "u' "'tn'i'' 'he ''cs are lar apart 'no
road rough and covered with debris, and the
sppr,s he,ween i'm worry many iu.tnnccs all,d
'r,, , ~ -" ~ '',''s .,'
VIII" wafer SonS'o'e man "'' 'aNe Tue au-
| vice disntercstedly rendered to him 10y the
| l,horers at the month of the tunnel and wait
,'"''''S ~ '''' "'".' ~ NV ','''''''' "'' ""'
| Tor mule wagon. 10 the explorer waiting at
| the tunnel mouth the voice Of the driver Of
! ihe inIIls v"snr cnrourn,inr his beast with
/ blows and curse. comes nearer aud
/ nearer, and i'm few minutes the rough
! vehirir Lrntilv landed win rnrk flat
! has been rendcd from the sides and roof Of the
/ WAY and emptviuv lis load about two hundred
ynnis from tie entrance. prepares to return for
| fresh cargo.
IN THE Tunnel.
., ,ir ~, ',JiI ~ Pt,,Iirr" r,,'l."' IN
,,i, ,uI Xxx .,,n ~, ,n,, '' ",,i nl'
n,iln wagon ana exulnrers 4 hundred XXI
as ~,s',, nu XXI II Nv l'',,a,. ".l,
III ',iii e. i,n,., ~, IA IL ~ 49,. \.
penctratc-. I'm a rhu-ily way. from the entrance,
/ which is stilI seen ike A star in the di.tnnra
.,i n,, o., IL , ,,,v ,',,rl IA sh,, "
i. r.n,hed and " fres a""d nf ihT j. if I'M II
Son ,,l, HnWTIer ar1 n1w ,n' cay
an oithcr side and The damn roof nhnvs .e,,u ia
h t,Iiu, ,,,,, r H., ".,,,,',t ~ IL vin,v
Hv i."lns aM"H, ne "roulH Nv, "n ne "as"h
u,nw. sv"i,nlEiN, iar,htr anu ,,onc, ly,' rnn
mes q "darknes~ that may almost ne lett -ials
","l ~, ,a'ihtI. ~ ,.. ,,,,,, to ,,,,, 80,
th ,.,. ma H. io ec1ns ,,d AZ rev er ~,
r" ,T, rom r"'h !" rp'k. a., , -
! VIZ sure ana steauy Steps lhe NIUE moves
/ IapnN al'ng. ilsr sas"'i,N anu n-un't ma!
~,lel n' trusi ca, anu Ihueeu InelS, j. not
| much else To relN upon. \ horse would be Ut
| teiiI Useless mere ana noi many '"Hld endure
m'r,i, ,,,pl III, ic ,.,,, , ri ~, a ,n
grow fat 10 The damp gloom ~ the tunnel
III H. WI y, anlWn,ere tnai u GOAT WIN go,
I saNN me driver proudly and there j. no sort OF
shr n,el Mn h f,, ,,. W. e, , svrnr y's'
/ congratulate himself THAT he abandoned the
/ idea IT walking through the tunnel. At every
/ step her feet are heard FLASHING the water: and
she picks her way with a ~aracity that is simply
ren,,ed ,rl '''' ''"s" '''S anu ''"-~'9 "i
\ large portion Of the tunnel Is 10 he archcd
/ overhead with hrick. and mn 10 Of this work has
been c9mpleied: II is cs-y TO- ten when the
/ or beneath sections where the brcklnver has
/ been ~ work In the latter case the tunnel T.
water drps down from the roof As from The
/ trces IL q forest after q thunder storm. The
arching Is built in places where the natural rock
! j. soft and In some danger Of falling. but the
/ sections uncovered by brick anu mortar are
/ the places where the natural formation l. hard
/ and solid.
swiftly and unerringly the mule moves along
-mother,d noise Is heard. and seem 10 he re-
peat I'd and prolonged. growing fainter at every
rerctit.n. II Is the sound Of blasting near the
alwiy- without danger The dsy men leave IN
WORK ~ AN orl"rk. and A. they are not allowed
~ ascend through any OF The -hait-. a. hereto
lore Ih,{ are obliged ~ ~ ont - the tunnel hy
] one or other of the entrances. A. may ho sup
posed. they dpnuf lose any time ia getting homo
after -iX O'Clock, and thi- haste resulted la The
! horcr- on Thursday evening A. soon ~ i
! work Wa over he hurried toward the entrance
/ ~ the tunnel passing. ou his way. under pur-
/ tiun ~ tho roof where. Tow minutes bcf ire
/ blasting operations had been zoo progress. The
/ lo"-c rngN had NOT all fallen. and. a- he ap-
/ lr'n' hrd. an immense fragment dropped. iiac-
AMONG THE woRxrns
It.t. a., t,., ~ a., .,'''n -, ,,,.
/ d1y buy smoky. yellow. CLEAN. she'd from scores
! ~ t'r'nc. and mlucr- lamps. II is -till some
/ ih1n hei pre- ami j, soon within few yard- II q
/ 'whleWns cone. tar INTO me tlnnnl which
swlihy looeiug mon. Dire ,ed a. the minors
/ fhrh, n",i 81 Them WIN -mohy oll lamp- "ohcd
l., An KIN Imdi, rntLnr ',t W., npnu me'r
/ ing In various wnv.' ul,nu The rnrk SIM. III
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