, 1877-04-12
f,es; My {o.n; n A. psoxn: Tolsao: g: Je.esh
ssysas b. Charles, MInn. n, r. Brown. Enclnnait.
THE CRIB.


ExAMlHArloN BIT TIE KxPkRTs,
Yesterday morning shortly after 3 o'clock the
ting Alert, 10 accordance with Arrangements pre-
vlously ma1e and provided, steamed forth from Tho
port N Chicago. Tlcr cargo was Hight but her pas.
senEef list made up for alt other defctencietf She
bore upon her ysno. uatan 5. tnpto deck the head
Of the City Government and very fair Representa-
lion from tho Couneil. Among tho passengers
were the Mayor. Aid. McCreh, Brlggs. Rosenberg,
snd Iensaeher, Of the Finance Committee, AID.
Thsoop and Kirk. Comptroller Farweff, cty.En"
Rincer ChesbrouEh. Gen. sooy Smith. and mum"
ber Of ladies' the wives and daughters Of tho aforc
said legislators. Tbs deetnhtion Of the Alert WA
that much maligned crib. located two miles dpe
east Of the Chicago Avcnue Water. .Wosks+ the
bueneEs of the risor6 to ascertain tho stability of
that tsuas CRIB, Gen. Smith accompanied the p1.
hand.
THE JouaNkr OFT
&C. eb d.ps os FEE tSs oheP
There MAS 4 fair wind aud moderate seat and the
rera Of Tho deep safely past. The soTagesa round.
structIon tenanted b.. tho hermit Kalls,tom few
minutes After o'clock; The party scattered ornr
plnntnEH II far A. ptActtcAble Some climbed tho
tower, some peered into Tho well; The malotit!
looking wisr. In The meantime the tug was msie
fast on tho more exposed sido OF the Crib. and
Preparations were commenced fof sending downn
prnper. 4 week ago the upper works underwent
eaam.aat;on; this limo the domain Of tho assss
4 mysterious bog which h.d been supposed 10
contain tho commisaafsat. was atrapped 1smty to
the deck and n.y. wheel attachcd IL It. This was
e1piofsr. This pefsan.se % S.s " speedily f5rth.
coming; mama
-. PETER FALCON, -......-
F.".,d1 n.nsy s.,fsd csp.n r. 80 Of so pro.
Capt Falcon, having di.ested himself Of eoaI ind
vest. ptoesrted TO assna,o his waiery harness,
Or somsthtnk ssaesoss of similar 1aste.i.i, nat =
metal collar studded With screws and nuts, wtre
speedily donned. AT energetic citizen, armed
arms, .na hnaliy produced ! metal helmet,
on s ss dssr s .e
lesdto keep him from failing ovet, himself. Tho
se.. O. s, e. asssaxss ctSs
was decIdsdty comic arrangement,
Ftg,Ily ~ y vas - r.epated. : = ladder @ = wa swung
scended tn the Natef. and thence BY easy atages
until be reached the bottom Of tho lake. his
p,0x.s.ss :, Gsns arkea y ss1ss ct
iha back psrs et Ill IT. helmet Whiie he va anaer
wafer Two modern 1xions labosed Il the wheel Of
Siaas T ss &c s ., Z as efs. sssisns II R1{ Rs1
Ao remained under wafer some eighteen minntca,
his explorations this time being confined to the
rose 10 The aurfAte Tor the double purpose Of oh.
tstn!Dg trcsh a!r and reportlng pfogIc"s iits In:
the structure. IN addition to those mentioned. And
wefe protfaeted until about noon. At that time
ths tuE sartcd for shore conveying Two three Of
The nsessane nd ths hsfms sHSf'i of ts
plentsh hia depleted ardtf. Tho ladies resolved TO
laneh WA announced aud the trcsh bre6zo hid
:, Aboat o,cl9fsE tho taE returned. md another
only Travelled orcr tho ground foFtncrly trayrrsed
hy EaGI M Mfa!co,.. but took II the ross and north
1ns e'p s sa 1
self satisfied With the nyeeteat lion, tho lug wsa
hesded for hon,c and tho party returned stopping
:" r. sssss e sdss sas .ons ~.
WORK Of which On the watns .itne WAS fnnnd TO he
worn away considerahly hy the actlon Of tho water
THE nkr0RTs or IliA R1rEHTs
wefs furnished to tho Committee ns followa: Says
q 2. ,,a,s., !as crib. Found Tho woodwSIk to
Isd not evon cut away tho protection planks. anil
tho clay which was taken from she foundations
s1 9sde e. Sn w. u s same nson
Wis Saisw ss Ia "a feasSa sas q NJ
W. DuR aoan sa sn1 Il r.
yas o. eight fcot along ihs faee M " thts mean:
II #AN &sCCftalttn tHnt Inc erection WAt not UHt OF
plumb. tbs test, though not a perfect one, was
sufficiently accurate 10 hare Ahnwn aeHrctlon IL
my cxsted. Furthernloro ho found That Tho
paint In fhc seams had not even worried out. On
tho northeast facc ha found fow OF tho skisttng
plankA mfaslng. while In ono place tho action OF
the leo and waves had AbrnIcd tho woodwork
TO dGpth Of about two inches. II AuythIn1
the under. r.curFcnt had dsp6fitcd more soil Than II
removed: thus aciinG a. protection to the Rtruc.
turc. Tho part In tho northeast corner WAS
thoroughly examined. and haFe also every thing
Was fonnd shipshapc and IN good order.
everything was tho sstne ~ when tho crib was
sunk except that there seemed to hayc bscn
Eosc further deposit Of earth Tho had slightly
rounded on the corners ot tho wood swork. Un tho
west face everything WIS In atatu quo. And On
tho santh sdG tho same was tho tast except tlh1t
an anE[o'lIon Was missing this being nltter Of
tae very all:htsst importance.
IN cDNvHRsATIOh WITH 0EN. DAyY sAITH
efier tho examination Mr. Falcon suited that
during the past seven yests thera had been no
ch.uxe whAte7eF tn " general appearance o. the
hnd given away Of buDgel ont, and tho crib was ~
arm ~ II EYER had been. The onty other incident
at tho diving was that no found = rfngboIt wIth
nnts and washers coMplote, which WAS lost when
tho cfth was erettel. and seemed TO have suffered
very llla! from !ts anbmeFs'on uen. Smith will
prepare by Saturday next 4 full and exhaustive re-
port ~ IL tho state Ut the crib, aud Will treat aso
ct the ecient&ac possibilities advanced by Sit.
HsamhA!l in bis communication. Il l. understood
on the stability of the crib since he wsoto h!s let
tcr Monday uyen1ng. nt the regu.ar mectlng OF
the Council, The Insurance Committee Will present
theIf report on the matter,