The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-07
WHAT Ais TIE TUNNEL 4?
.sTRiNGE STGHTs AND SOUNDS UN-
DER BIITiHORE SIREEIS.


Acoustic Iiu~iont -kniirond onder-.
BALTIMORE, Jan. IA few days ago, bav-
Ing business ib the northern part OF tho city,
stopped in at litile restaurant in the neirhbof
hood Of tho Union depot to get n glass Of ale.
Some railroad men were there talking pretty
earnestly, aud something In what they said
eejzed my attention 80 forcibly that / deter
mined to inquire further nm now able to
give you complete report In regard to the
matter.
There is tunns Il under the eastern. northern.
and nOrthwcs ern parts Of the city. not coff-
tnuous, but alternating with stretches OF deco
open cut. This tunnel was partly built by the
Baltimore and Potomac Rlilroad. and partly
by the Union Railroad, aud IA used by the Bati-
more and Potomac and the Western MARYLAND
Railroads. On this line. between Union depot
and Fulton station. occurs one OF the longest of
the enclosed paris of the tunnel. broken only by
n short gap for daylight 1T Pennsylvania avenue.
On the 1871 October Of this year, at quarter
before 9 L. NJ, August Ileydccker fn.man az
the Ponns lvanii avenue entrance TO the tunnel.
was waiting for the arrival - the 75 Washing
ton train going east. lie had his lanterns all
ready, the switch was right, and there would be
no train going westward for some minutes. 50
Ueydecker sat himself comfortably down vt the
arch Of the tunnel and waite !, smoking his pipc.
suddenly ne heafu ths roar ana runipio OF
train rushing raoidly through tho tunnel. But
this train was coming IN the wrong direction.
Jnstead Of coming from Washington, it was
coming from the cast. through ,he eastcrv SEQ
tion Of the tunnel direction from which no
train could be due II Il was a specih train IL
has pot been tclcgrlphed. or at least he had no
notice Of IL. Fora moment Hey leckcr did not
know what to do, and while he he,itatcd the
rush and roar Of tho train sounded louder and
,,.,,, u,y ,c.,l,., .h.d ~, la, i,,tor,
,'-..... -, g.. 49,. ~, - -.
and spflnl Tor ward TO sign i Blt on oJkinZ
down the tunnel ins end OF the headlizh OF
.,,o ,,.,,,,,, 49,, ,,.,, ,,.,,.r AMI ro,rar
and growing larger and intger. which ne expect
cd 10 400. he o,iv hah,ll the r,1y sion hghts NJ
-. - ,,. ,,, ,,,.,
""''' 'e'e''"H '''',' ''"' ''.' '"''e' 'e'".'"
Two green ones-lnd caIch' the Gle " tones Of
hell sounding far n,c,v n.,,vn tina tunpsl Tbe
w. ", - ''' "''', Wv -, -.
SCUM ul'u aWal''"c lElls grew more anu more
email AM suddenly all was sui unG rk.
uey9e'ker f,.n'eu iiS VS.. nls some.
started To call me stfiipnh ser. " nen a wuis-
te rom we we.t""ru anhouu.r the anuIoacI
of the Na.hingion trtin. This lleNdecker ar.
Rested anu i'iu the cpUhhctnr ana engineer OF
what re han seen intY t'ncluded TO ~ on now
ever ui' :" c 'ur ,u7'l; 'nl, 10y ,ub saw noth-
me- ~ on a INthE a. l ul'h ~ 9lt. Were a..
The tunnel At tnat end.
uo,.,,.pa. r'.rt.,,..,,,a, a,.,, -,
,,bt ",vn nt,i ~ t,, ", q" ~, W .., ,
tinp l.tpnd Westmiu.fsr non. Ia uo,x IL 'rna
mex Der. IN to see this singular nhen8n,enon
80 tr rl,i,v.r n,,ad 49,, a. ~, 'r =, !, b n"
wa sent into tha sn'ue s,ction Of ths t,inn"I
at, ut eight O'Clock on the nornin, Of NV ,
To- drtve IN s,me .p,kes ana x,,n,',s tn, cnn,,
zion 81 ne s,Inn1.ed To- nl roTi,n, a ,ry,tv h,d
iants,n "a ,,,,r,t St,r.,,, All W. -, 80 =, u "
"' tp'II iui 0, Ip'sesi a crow,
rfoar t-ains. a., Ger; in interv,is ito "H -
,,d ne ..n.,t me-. 81 ,. W.; peuaa
Ih@ Inc tok"n th at Kim os ",,i in1 a" m n
feminist ana r,shed tv IA n d'vti ~" 'y 80"
an' a c lwli wind tnnt made me teeth chatter
a ,ryin ne ne Wa a'hsd tHe nnher Of NE enshne
az uiu zee. ~ c.ne upoh me 'ah iorninsi;
oaon 1 tell yei iusninG lDiSe the ~,nS, ana
neafli hhoched me Gown l9ike' and when
.on ,.t, up oei"d u VS. ci'he gone OUT o'
fbis story Of Garrity's WAS not told to the T H.
! . niielais' nut !. Rpt aptpal s1hehow smong
ne ul"'olets' S"uc ~ u.th netHecher ahu
Sa m 49, uru,e "u, u.,stJ snouk rne'r
-. "a ~ ~. a 49,. s' -, . U.s.
r. a. 49, . ~ M ..nve
ssU., guy o., a,e MS eAp1yI,clivsu Wu rust
~,tm ~, ulsa's ~ -, wa, taHinx ~ tne W %
~ ',S vi 1a -, ~ i,er ne nau ehts req
no s,,t,,'i, ~, =, ~ ana ~ TO- ~ S,N, We
ne hunuebil "h,SileH ,~h / hes IN the AVE-
",', -nu st.bi'.I ,ilt .'"iI III u'll tnhne
i ns' Wy cuuo .o' = w, Nslpurn' wan "a 70
IA q ,, - ,i, H. =, ~, a. 'r"crsn. ",
- - W y, 49," w rec, 80 i",in,'ns tl-ht
,., , ICY l...Sv" 'ne'e va no SIN 81 a
iA'. J.. Sa-N'' -" ~ III NJ aiN .usIhes- -
49, ar' ~ ~ ~ ,I,rt N'nuuctor' u
slai.p' Ni7 crank "s an. ..,.,
ma "is 'So Wa urea 10 tn9 aathorti 5 OF
."e , !. 81 anu W - ,H"'el ihveslS ted, Oh
-, ,i'., o. w. '.' "As q man OF 81 ihuch
n ~, ,.'. u's 7''N ,"ul h't DC sp"reu,
, nnN ne W,s slnli, "ar '.i L. Keep sharper
i,"N'u ~ ths '"'"!'' .Ne I'D me % Ru-ru
.sa'Hs' 1ni p.,s'hiS lhti' .ehelts, the whole
fY1 na we t..nv' Us rYvFnN ID 'p,,,rd
mon 100 ~, &c., ,t - D'i't' ~ VIZ
XXX, XXX o1 "a, ,I,.N u'o",i ~ r Verl days ni
HI v,l "',i ''s W - oHeied
h'".H' u circumstances A"'''el'
THE STORY TOLD BY TWO TRAMPs.