The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-19
OPENING THE >UTRO Tunnel.


At little before II o'clock word came up
from below hat Mr. Suiro WAS coming The
savas" ~ "a roiard inut they w're about 10
blast. and tho usual b.nstlng signals Were given
by pounding ol tnc ro'k They We're 0ps", I@l
by the tunnrl men. VINO lllod the b2if,,,M. oil inc
drlil h9ia WIN Gay. L!iht M" another sirnrl
was given mat nc st,tI,n and thers u tyos Al
a s wl,tdIeYdoG the grcmni Wv '''''' was "
Ali rue,ad t'H .iH"ii - the spot 70 500 the
.on. mon. About haH way on the drit they
ssore met hy a blindine rush Of smoke and a
blast OF hot air that seemed TO come from Tar
nrus. The reporters lantern went out with
.he draft, and one after another the rest OF the
lights suc,umued a. tho tremendous air cur
rent All sroreI ihcir way along the driit.
same tothc INK hole which thr blast had knocked
out Of the ro'e. II was about lye feet square.
ND through lne gap, whieh had been rent by
with a cheerful glow. and AZ the same time "A
shower of nne dust ana fragments ~ quartz
mot IRON n" rdsro the opening Ia the face Of
All hands now stripped 70 tho bun and with
picks and bars began "a. enlarge the opening.
As each fragment uf rock fell with q crash a
cheer went VI from below. and the Savage men
responded heartily The heat increased per
,ound IL, way into the Savage drift. with tho
empowering aroma a rcrsptlng mules and
iwclirrug men hulllcd il the header with the
1eat 10 degrees.
The Sn,ag- men IA 'cl tho sudden heat game.
y. hut ~ times were compelled TO group
around IN" md OF the compressed air pipe and
drink in the refreshing and cooling currents as
thirsty men gulp down water
After the hole had been considerably wild
sned, Superintendent Glliettc ordered "A ladder
brought, and II had been let down 10 the floor u
Me tunnel which wns, about ten feet below the
eyel OF the drift and Mr.. Adolph Sutro realized
MS dream OF year hy coming VI through the
hole into tho Savage with his two sons. He
,h9ok hands with tao bar'y aud went into tho
l6lO station 10 cool of. after which he went
sutro.
An American fae was placed in the giraffe as
JOOn as the blast WAS uade and i'm n faw min
1tes it pointed NJ the shaft in the great draft as
uif ~ piece OF tin. \ iiag was also hoisted
oyer tn" works
TIM, morning the draft Of mir was still very
powerful nut wer IN TEMPERATURE. The open
INK Of the Sutro tunnel mas ~ yet made no per
Hale and Norloss and California and Consoii
lnd Curry to-day, nut there IS no doulN that il
made 10y james and Wrinkle was found thu
norning 10 Dee correct l. an inch.
F.H y, tl.y0.tt ,i. Ent,prf,
great volume n air II rushing through tho
Mnnrl and out ut the top If the Savage shaft.
The force Of the current 30 air coming out AT the
top of the shaft Ia surn that a handful Of hits of
paper being tossed into the shAit they are sent
Hhlrlng up To- the roof 90 the works. Tho state
oi the air, now thut 10 l- lu notion is such TINT
HE Sutromcn cannot remain in the tunnel with
out being made very Sick. Hud il IS the same in
lhe SavHge drift They had big Jollloation
Gown at Sutro yesterday afternoon, All the men
we're invited to tho Sutro mansion. Sutro made
lspoerh I. them, There was no lnck oi reirr7h-
mcnls ian Kinds. Last nighttime irlng Of can.
SutrO for some hours Mr.. SutrO WAS allowed
the honor Of being the first to pass through tho
{unneL lle was ,Lnli naked when he crawled up
INTO the savage dtlli and seemed overcome with
bIcitement Mr.. Su'ro now gets his LiinuIIse
through the tunnel md il viii soon be- utilized
ior sending al manner OF things from this city
10 tho town 81 Su'ro. In a few days the tunnel
NIL lQVO SO far cooled "a 10 be eOufOrtable