, 1881-06-05


regarding your plans:'
Yes About the irst gentleman called on
to look at my work was Mr. Wright, railroad
ion Street halfway Company. He is u young
man Of tine talents, and u thoroughly educated
10 1hnk we'll Of it. Mr.. johnson, the Chief En-
gineer Of the Northwestern Ralroad Company,
"a person for whom l have the most perfect
1he questions we have to deal with,-also looked
ut my plans, and expressed bis grntittcu uon
WITH them have taken h;G The ber,y 96 {y Of sn gy
einee9s rsas beiongine as icy to as he Class Of men
10 o e e pfobe law De- ak
en- 10 solve in regard TO tho future supply Of
water tor this great and growing c'ty,-a prob
us for the last two or three months haro
the most profound respect for that class Of men
known as railroad Dcn,-both managers and Gu
1uecrs,-for they are ns q class, the most encr-
;eic. sharpest, shrewdest' and must ~ practical
race on the face OF the globe There are 40
quacks among these men. The questions they
have to deal with will not admit Of any expert
mentlng nor halfway measures. Their con-
clusions must be accurate and conclusive Tho
nature OF their business requires raptdlty, ana
their thoughts are rspld
at was owing to the approval Of these gem
ef before the he Mayor. @ it seems that i ran, to
large extent, In the line Of his thoughts, as he
conpsehcnded my ideas at = gnnce He spent
| sonally asking questions in regard to details
which he did rot clearly understand. AS the in
re,nark Micn ST. Harrson made aau thst
VINO would IN: undeEtake tho contract s to build
II this city, who VII give ,yo4
security s%psSt feS tho nas Of khs ha
work He said he would think 1t over and see
me again, and was happily pleased to sec in the
papers the next day that he had taken quite
htA EifaY the tons thai had fB11
before him. Several other citizens, men promi~
nent as lawyers. and rs architects. and mer~
| chants have also inspected my plans, have been
exceedingly pleased with them, and have as
sured mc that it was, in their opinion, the
hs stS Sd &
they would do all they could to insure their
| adoption.
thanks to Capt John 4. Crawford and Frank
Butler hope shall live to sec the time when
the city can make suitable acknowledgment
| aud compensation TO them tor the services they
| of the tug A. i. Ward"
THE MERITS OF MR. BRAMBALL's DEVICE
are briefly these: He goes out into the lake q
II rvsr six HSeo fe
extend that far, they do NOT sink below the sur
face fifty foet,-the depth at which the water
present tunnel are but few feet below the sur
face Of tue water, and all the impurities that
| proposed, of course, to have q mRn ut the
aqua port during the summer for the
| plrpose more than anything else, Of
attending to the lighthouse, which it will be
necessary to have there. During the winter
there Is. no need of any one. When the season
of navigation Closes the man will leave and
come ashore. At the present one large force
has to be kept during the winter, In order to see
that the tulet gates are not obstructed By the
ice. With the aqua- port there will be no leo
obsrrucdous for ut a depth of fifty feet there
will be neither anchor nor drift ice. The inlets,
being 50 low below the surface of Tue water
there will not be the same sucklng-ln force that
there Is when they are near the surface, as at
Constant supply are very simple, ana yet per-
feet After the tunnels are done. the upper part
Of the cylinder, which is built IN sections, is
| lifted BY screw rods about sir feet. so that rho