MISCELLANY

MISCELLANY

新水隧道在芝加哥。

Mr. Roche, ex-Mayor of Chicago, in reviewing the work of public improvements made during his administration, gave the following information relative to the new water tunnels: The contracts made in 1887 for water tunnels are being carried out, although it was predicted by many that it was impossible to run tunnels in that part of the city selected for their location. The work, however, has been successfully accomplished without material damage, and arrangements are about perfected to connect the new pumping station at Harrison street with the tunnel running from the North Side. The new land tunnel extends from Harrison and Desplaines street to Peck court, thence south to Park row, at which point the lake tunnel begins. The latter has been extended to within a short distance of the government breakwater, where a shore inlet is being constructed. The contract has been let for the crib to be placed four miles out in the lake and provisions made for an intermediate shaft, and there is little doubt that the entire work will be completed within the time specified—two years. From Peck court the land tunnel runs south to Fourteenth street and Indiana avenue, where the main pumping station will be. This section is already finished. The most difficult work is the extension under the lake, but it is being done rapidly and successfully, and from examinations made of the ground it is expected that there will be little trouble beyond the breakwater.