The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29

. point too near the shore. Not only did
this cause annoyance. disease and death.
but 1t worked great injury to the fair fame
Of the city: whose visitors denounced it
Tor Its unwholesome. bad.slneiLnx water.
Besides this. as winter approached, treat
numbers Of inflnitesimal fishes sought the
shore: and were thence delivered, along
with the water: to every household.
on AN ~ sM tSa Sr.st water ,oa supply thus became
both W tug press and the people. All man
ner OF schemes were proposed, debated.
and rejected. At longth Mr.. Z. 8. Chess
brouge. the City Engineer. originated the
lensth. beneath tho bed OF Lake Michigan,
which would literally tap the lake from the
potion at that distance from the shore, and
through which pure water could be conveyed
to tho reservoir OF the city.
AFTER o good deal OF delay to secure sane
ton from Congress and the State Legisla-
lure, ana perfect the plans. tho contract
was lot. Tor what was. indeed. u colossal
undertaking.
On s.. PatrIok's Day. March II. 1864. the
hrst shovctiul OF earth was removed amid
ceremonies OF an interesting md impress
stve character. and the great Undertaking
was commenced. Thu shore shaft was sunk
ON tho side Of the old pumping works. at
the east OF Cticago avenue. on the
SHORE OF tho lake. 1t was made about .
feet IN diameter. and GO feet in depth. This
was lined for 2G feet with II cast.irOn cylin.
der 8 feet in diameter and ~ inches in
thickness. below the cylinder The lining
being of brick.
With the completion of the shaft begun
that nice cngineerin. which one OF tho ed-
itors OF the London Tines. then In Chi
cago: declared to he the greatest OF mod
ern times"
Tho point in tho iake where the tunnel
should terminate had been determined and
marked with bioys. but the great difficulty
was to run 1t in exactly the right direction.
since the magnetic needle could not BIO re-
lied upon for surveying below the surface
ure was to run tho axis OF tho tunnel par
allcl with u line drawn over tho top of tho
shaft in exactly tho right direction.
The work of tunneling was now begun in
real earnest. The width OF the tunnel when
brickcd up was to be five feet and its height
five feet and two inches. the top and bot
tom arches being semi-circles. with W
inches between. Tho space to be cxcavated
being limited. but two men could work ut
ono timc; these were frequently relieved.
out cessation.
Close behind tho miners with their picks
came tho masons with their trowels. Tho
masonry. Of Illinois white brick. was eight
inchos In thickness. the bricks being laid
lengthwise. with toothing Joints to givo
them greater strength.
In this tedious way the workmen forced
tho great bore on under the lake. from
fourteen to twenty feet being considered
good progress for twcnty-tour hours.
A3 fast as tho masonry was completed
iron rails were laid. upon which small cars
We're run to remove tho clay to the shalt.
where it was elevated by steam power. At
first the cars were pushed by mon. but as
tho bore lenRthenod this bccame too slow
and laborious. md two small mules were
lowered through the shaft and used there-
after as the motive powor.
AS each thousand feet was completed