Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-28
CITY AND DISTRICT.
FOR CEMENT.
me Exploring Party Find Little Of N
Ina the Aqueduct Tunnel.

The Exploring Party Find Little NJ A.
ia the Aqueducs Tunnel.
LIEUT.. TOWNSEND LOSING Hoyr os v,xr,So ,xx
GOOD woRk-THE RESULT OF Yxsrxzn,Vs IN.
yKsnGATIoN.
twas nearly O'Clock last evening when Lieut..
Io"hsend concluded his third days' work of In
vestigaton In the tunnel Then he ana the two
reporters VINO accompanied him assembled 10 day.
nsHs AZ INC hock Creek shaft, looking as grimy as
'hree miners IL was day OF detection for the
engineer orieer. He had gone TO work on this
part Oh the tunnel hoping that he would ind some
siounu ioF the belief that the crimlnaly bad work
~ ING tunnel was confined to the portions con-
s'sue'eu Under The immediate supervision OF Sub
inspector OBrien. The day 9 revelations, however
eIusneo out this hope. The exploration yester-
uay was ell confined 10 a space not exceeding rs
w. Just east OF Rock Greek shaft, and within
souho OF the Changing bell that gave notice OF the
Ths nrH, nes Oh the cage up and down the shaft.
p1lck ercn, as stated In Tue STAR yesterday
M sn0neo taat the packing above put In dry or
snoue Cehent- sui IL was quite soldy packed
ana was not apparently IN a dangerous condition
ne contract called for cement. The packing here
found was OF the kind used and authorized be-
fore the character OF the lining was CHANGED upon
We reeoumend 'tion OF board OF engineers IL
WAS cheap work.
DECISIVE HEADING.
AT the heading or beginning Of the brick work q
wv away Ouc COulu SEE the luuuel III CIOsS-
section as 1t would appear when completed II the
specifications were Carried out. There are the
masonry side walls OF stone rising about feet.
from these spring the arch OF brick, consisting OF
Two courses OF rings OF brick. Between the outer
oIlcks and the surface OF rock left by the miners
VINO drilled and blasted out the tunnel the space
Is nleo solldly with rough rubb.e masonry well
cemented- This, II must be remembered, appears
AT the heading, where the work is visible. Beyond
the arching' The IMPRESSION given by tins show
OF sOlldiIy at the heading IL that all through the
section the space above and around the brick arch
Is nled In with solid masonry. Yesterdays inveS-
ugation, with the examination made the two pre-
ceding days. showed what a sham this heading is.
The weii-cemented masonry Is a mere yeneerng.
H. was hardly 10 feet away that Lieut. Townsend
had the rrst hOie driven, which showed that stone
packing without cement was used. lie then had
hole cut into the side or the arch, and this re-
Nealed solid masonry.
CEMENT DISCOVERED
Going about eight feet farther on another hole
was cut through the top OF the arch, and this
time, much 10 the relief OF those who felt any re-
sponsbtity FOR the wOrK, not only rock but cement
was found. IL was a sad joke, but when the In
spectIon showed that there was cement there two
or three, with hall grave half eOnical air, eJacu-
lated, "Thank God!" Tnis, however, was about
the only comfort afforded them during the after
Moons operations Tue next cutting. about eight
Ieet farther, opened into a vacant space that eX-
tended w 10 the ROOF OF the tunnel, and Was APP
parentIy two or three feet across
This, said a representative OF the contractors
who Was present, els evidently left ey the man
when he Was backing out vi JHe packing"
T,
smile, he Was eyid rntIy backing out OF It." Two
other holes were OJTed AT distances OF about ten
Ieet and the dril aIIer paSsias through the bricks
was driven suddenly up some distance, showing
tlat trre vas no packing above, or only loose
stones. An aperture cut IN the side wall there
ulsc,Osed dry pdcklng. Then going lew IeeL
farther ON mole waS driven in tHe key OF the arch
above, and the drlil struck WnaJ was apparently
solid masonry. Another mole showed the roof>0t
the rock tunnel ABOVE there beinS an open space
OF a few inches between II and the brick work
Lieut. Townsend closed his days WORK with Two
inf he
masonry In wnch cement was Used, but with con-
siderable aperture between The stones In signt;
the other showed only few loose stones between
the bricks and the outer rock.
MURDER WILL OUT.
During the afternoon Mcnamara, the subin-
spector who vas said 10 have supervised this par
tlcul2r work, came the ground Briggs his
superior, addressed min In terms or scathlng sar-
casul .Wnat Kind OF WORK 10 you Call thls?" ne
asked MCNAMARA insisted that he ud hot nave
Charge OF this work. and he did not know who had.
TIE Last time when the boss Was comns," and
then made some remarks 10 the effect That the
lAited states Government oughL TO build some
states PRISONS and Nil them up. ..Murder viii
out, said Mr. Briggs. "iou can't cover this thing
US now" Whether Suoinspector Men ,mdra
gar1ed the remarS as having any application to
himself did not appear, Tor ne moved on Lhrusl Ing
his miners lamp INTO The orlfices driiled through
the bricks A. ne went along u see what had been
disclosed He did Lot whistle.
THE SCENE IN THE TUNNEL
The work OF Investigation is carried on In the
dank, dark depths Of the tunnel. The tunnel can
not be brought out 10 the daylight and the day.
light cannot De carried down into the tunnel So
Ia the shado"y, ntIui, gloomy light shed by the
smoking IaIn, Ii the hats the wOrknen and
the hand Lamps carried down by the exploring
party the wOik goes On A lew PAGES either way
and ali Is as black as night occasionally flick
erins light appears, and the rattle Of car or the
sfentOritn oaJaS OF a mule driver Is heard Mule
and car and driver pass by, and disappear into
darkness on the other size. A s;anoldlng IS made
by SIMPLY resting the ends OF a pllnk on Two pieces
II, III lf15 aIh. no.
Workman, VINO holds and guides the hand drill
while another swings heavy iron sedyehamner
against The OutL IL taxes 1rOm ten 10 twenty
minutes 10 cut a hole through the brick n ork
his Is a period OF suspense. Meanwhile Lieut.
Townsend puns cigar rather neryously or PAGES
up aud down through the slOp on the floor OF the
tunnel When the drIl has gone through tl,.
1rlekworA he lieutenant leaps upon the plank
anu anxlousiy peers Into the opening. When d car
passes the san Jldlng mas TO be removed and he
WORK Is temporarily suspended. Twice yesterday
afternoon Tue WORK Was stopped for a few minutes
by the tring OF dynamite 0i- 81 where men were
engaged In eniargiRg the rock excavation, 400 or
300 ieet away. There was with each blast a dull
reveroeratlng roar, seuse OF oppression about The
ears, and rush OF air that blew all the lights
leaving The parry In the blacklist oI darkness
WHEN THE MEN WERE sCRPkIssp
Mr.. Briggs. whose duties as assistant INSPECTOR
require him TO 90 over nearly the whole length OF
the tunnel daily, told STAR reporter that he had
some u.aes Iound bad work going on, ana mad Ind
II done over These discoveries he mad made
when he had surprised the men az work Ills
coming ordinarily would be known as he advanced
along the tunnel for some distance ahead There
would lie time 10 put IN stones ami cement enough
TO maze AL the Work IN sight have the appe9r-
aDce VI soundness. he Reasoned from th4. fact
tnst ne nad iound oal WORK when ms visits were
sudden and unrxOect5d, that a good deal OF bad
work might have been done Yesterdays deyelD-
nents SEEMED 10 destroy all o. Lieut.. Townsenis
falth IN the WORK. DE remarked that even N there
were An honest suO-inspecIor and he left his most
Tor any length OF time, Dad work was probably
done IN his absence, and 50 NO part OF the tunnel
could be above suspicion.
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