10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JULY 7 , 18S9.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
TWO ORPHAN
TOC OF
Jri m E SOLD REGARDLE 1
one Should Investigate This Closing Sale as the ntire Stock
E SOLD.
iliould be Sold in Bulk , as ere are 1
the Same to the Consumers , Regardless of fall
TILL OTHER ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE TO CLOSE THE WHOLE STOCK.
HIDDEN STREAMS OF WATER ,
One Hundred and Fifteen Miloa of
Them Course Through Omaha.
IMPELLED BY MIGHTY PUMPS.
All of Which Hnvo Cost tlio Ameri
can Waterworks Company
More Tlmn a Million and a
Half of Dollars.
Omnhn'aVnter Supply.
An interval of nine years would bo
but ah insignificant paragraph in the
history of most of the older cities of the
country , hut in the marvelous record of
Omaha the predestined metropolis of
the west it has been a period of such
remarkable growth as to amaze even
those whose memory can recall Its
every progressive phase. In no respect
has such improvement boon made as in
the matter of supplying the city with
water. In 1880 Omaha's population of
80,000 souls secured its water supply en
tirely irom wells and cisterns. To-day
the supply is furnished bv n waterworks
plant which , it is said , has but two
equals and no superiors on the conti
nent. In fact , it has no equals when
the source and character of the water
is taken into consideration.
The now works of the American
Water Works company at Florence
Imv'o Just been put into operation.
Work was commenced on the plant in
1887 , when' the company bought 100
acres of ground airing * the river bank
east of Florence and alongside the rail
way trucks. The lli'st work necessary
was to protect the site chQsan from the
encroachments of the river. This was
done by sinking stone jetties at various
points north of the plant and building tv
Btono dyke ISO foot in height and 15 foot
wide along the river bunk. For this
work 2GOO car loads of stone wore used ,
the entire cost of the protection im
provements exceeding $100.000.
The now pump house Is a model in its
way. The main building is 125x05 foot
with ( i wing 55x120. It is built of cut
Btono in the Norman style of architec
ture and is perfectly adopted for the
purpose for which it is to bo used. The
machinery rooms tire all largo and fine
ly finished , having umplo space for an
increase of capacity. The building is
fronted by a handsome square tower
which , while enhancing the beauty of
tlio building , also furnishes a splendid
observatory and olllcos for the engineers
and olllcors of the company in charge
of the works.
It is interesting to trace the water , as
did a reporter under the guidance of
Manager Hull , of the waterworks com
pany , tlio other day , from the time it
is taken from the river until it is deliv
ered at the pipes , ready for uao by the
consumers. *
Extending insldo nnd forming a part
of the protection wall , already referred
to , are two immense inlet cribs , twenty
foot oquaro and forty foot deep , into
which the river water has free access.
Connected with oaoh crib uro two thir
ty-inch suction pipes , protected at the
openings by double screens , through
which the water is taken by nn Allls
pump , a monster machine with n capac
ity of 15,000,000 gallons of water per
day , and carried to tlio settling basins.
And hero is the hundsomo feature of
the company's great plant. The grounds
of the company south of the plant rise
in a gentle slope , nnd along tins eleva
tion are located the settling basins.
These uro five in number of irregular
shape , and each about 300 by 400
feef In size and 85 feet
deep. The basins are dug out
of the clay , then floored with six inches
of concrete and plastered with Portland
cement , making them absolutely im
pervious to the action of water. _ The
walls are of solid masonry with stone
coping. The bottom of each basin is
built with depressions , like so many
hills and valleys , each depression being
connected with a mud-vulvo so that it
can bo cleaned when necessary. The
basins arc also so arranged that any one
of them may bo emptied and cleaned
without interfering with the work of
the ether four. It is the fifth basin , or
the one farthest to the south , that the
water is delivered by the Allislow-pros-
sure pump already mentioned. The
fourth basin is several foot lower than
the ono which receives the water direct
from the pump. They are connected by
a cut in the top of the stone wall which
allows the water to overflow into basin
No. 4. As everyone knows how rapidly
a sediment forms in u pail of Missouri
river water , it can easily bo understood
that the water which would blow over
the top of a 35-foot wall into basin No.
4 , would bo clearer than when delivered
into basin No. 5. This overflow process
is continued until the water is deliv
ered into basin No. 1 , situated nearest
the pumping house nnd below all the
others. At present only two basins nro
In operation , but the others nro being
completed as rapidly as 700 men can do
the work ; and , when they are all in
operation , the "Waterworks company
promises to deliver Missouri water to
consumers almost clear us spring
water.
The process of settling the water is
simple. It couldn't do other
wise , under the circumstances , than
to overflow the various ba
sins , in other words , run down
hill , to basin No. 1 , where it is deliv
ered in us nearly pure and clour state
as it is possible to get it. But hero the
work commences. It is necessary to got
the supply through six miles of thirty-
six-inch pipe to Cumingstreet , and then
up.that long grade to Walnut hill ,
where are located two reservoirs , each
with a capacity of 10,000,000 gallons ,
from which the city is for the most part
supplied. To do this work u monster
Gaskoll pump , with 800-horso" power , is
used , ouch revolution of winch sends
about six hundred gallons of water pul
sating through the main urtory loading
to the reservoir. The water from the
reservoirs at Walnut hill , owing to the
nltltudo of the latter , furnishes n pres
sure of 100 pounds to the square inch at
hydrants in the lower parts of the city ,
and the supply for the majority
of consumers is furnished from
their reservoirs. Consumers in the
more elevated portions ) of the city are
furnished by a high pressure system ,
formed by pumping directly into the
pipes with n pump at the Walnut Hill
plant.
The reservoirs nt the Florence plant
have a total capacity of about ono hun
dred million gallons , nnd from them the
water is conducted through 115 miles of
pipe to reach the consumers in the dif
ferent portions of the city. The pres
ent pumping capacity of the machinery
on hand Is 15,000,000 gallons per day ,
with ample building rooms for increas
ing the machinery supply at
any tlrao. The company , tit the
completion of the \vorft now la
progress , will have expended over
and a half million dollars and
will have a plant of sulllcient capacity
to supply the wants of the city m its
line for many years to come.
The grounds around the company's
works are to bo graded and seeded ,
giving the entire 100 ucrcs the appear
ance of a handsome park with a system
of rook-banked lakes extending through
it.
it.Tho
The old works of the company , in the
bottoms north of the Union Pacific
shops , uro to bo abandoned as soon as
the now plant is in successful operation ,
as the locution was not suitublo for a
proper arrangement of the necessary
settling basins.
Manager Hall expects to have the
now works in full" operation by August
1 , when the citizens will bo invited to
inspect the plant.
HONEY FOR , THIS Ii/VOIES. /
The rubber-finished and cork-soled bath-
ini ; stockings find a largo sale this season.
Simple white waists made of French nnln-
soolc , India liuon , American surah , or China
silk are worn over skirts of various kinds.
Both here and In Paris and .London the
sailor hat is ngain very popular , and is soon
everywhere and upon almost every occa
sion.
sion.Cool
Cool and dainty summer toilets in white
and green , or white ana gold , uro of wliito
crepaliuo or India veiling , with a garniture
of China silk arrangea as a soft , easy Em
pire vest , with drapery in sash form deeply
fringed.
Many of the pretty indoor dresses at the
summer resorts are made in quaint simplicity.
Moat of the skirts uro full and straight , tbo
bodice Hitting closely , and pointed front and
back , and lightly poiuted with lace or point
d'esprit ' not.
Some of tlio picturesque flower-crowned
bats In Empire and Dircctoiro styles uro
triumphs of French art and taste. Others ,
on the contrary , particularly those known as
the "Toscu" styles , have a Biiccminullan
air , and nro triumphs of ugliness.
The fabrics and costumes for bathing uses
this year show as much variety us those for
tennis. Seine are us pretty as they have
over been made , which is not saylntr a great
deal , but thoru are neat and sensible waists
und skirts of proper fulness and length.
Among some pretty summer dancing
toilets recently shown was ono of anemone
pink. The color was hardly as deep as the
faintest tint of the suusbeil , and but for the
volume of the material laid fold over fold ,
the tulle would handly bo visible as pink.
In passementeries and embroideries of
every device and shade , some vorituolu mar
vels have been produced this season. Noth *
ing can equal tbo grace and bor.uty of the
designs , the fineness of the work , uud the
richness and elaborateness of the effects.
The Hat has gone forth in London's best
society that bare arms will appear us much
at dressy afternoon fetes as iu the evening.
At kettledrums , lunches , 5-o'clock teas , etc. ,
"tho hair will bo worn powdered , the long
cloves drawn off , and then fair rounded urins
will emerge- from laces and draperies , bare
to above the elbows , without bracelets , but
the fingers glittering with costly rings.
Charming little seaside hats are in the
"Nmiche" shape' the broad rim slanting
down fu front , from underneath which pro-
trudcs the pointed or rounded edge of a
closely shirred rufllo of point d'ccprlt lace.
These hats are made of fanov scruw in nil
the fushlunablo shades of moss , ollvo , straw
berry , tan , etc. , und are decorated outsldo
with largo Alsatian bows of gayly striped
rlbbou.
The pale , shadowy broche patterns pro
duced by the Jccquurd looms are notlccabla
in many of the beautiful semi-diaphanous
textiles imported for midsummer wear.
These lovely devices appear on tbo creamy
surfaces of the now delicious oropo-llsso
fabrics , and among some ethereal and very
poetic-looking garden partytollots , these
made of these materials over silk of like
tint wore particularly admired. En suite
wore shirred hats , aud pursols edged with
primrose laco.
India cashmeres are exquisitely fine and
beautifully colored this season. The three
popular shades uro willow , primrose yellow
und palo mtiuvo , and novel UBO is made of
them as linings to toilets of transparent em
broidery on cream not representing laco.
Skirts made thus are extremely soft and
pretty , The bodice Is draped iu surplice
form wlttt folds of the not. Gowni of this
description are designed toe wear at the
seaside , where the casbmero proves a light
protection against the strong sea breezes.
Vet the dress has a most dainty aud dnlicuto
effect , while still avoiding the danger of u
thinly lined transparent gown.
GRIM SENTINELS ARE THEY ,
A Nigbt With the Guards at General
Grant's Tomb.
THEIR'S IS A LONELY VIRGIL.
A New York Koporter AVho Remained
During Ono Watch Gives a
Graphic Description of
the Sombre Scone.
Guardians of the Dead.
At ] o'clock in the morning the lust
light in the village of Edgowator , across
the Hudson , has been extinguished. An
hour later , save for the street lamps ,
Harlem is In darkness. The last be
lated bicycler in Riverside park has
whirled past on his phanton steed and
the only saunas that relieve the mono
tony of the vigil ut Grant's tomb uro the
qutirter-hourlo rumbling of an elevated
train nnd the rustling branches of the
trees that line the river's brink. It is
the loneliest hour of the watch. The
cool sou breeze freshens nnd the two
men In uniform who stand in front of
the tomb button their great coats closer
about them and scan the sky for the
first signs of dawn.
Ordinarily there are but two mon on
guard at Grunt's tomb , but to-night
there nro throe. The third is the
World's sentinel , on duty for one
night only. Ho came on just
now at 10 p. m. with Corne
lius HoBoy und John Fngin , of the
Park police , whoso "tour" will last un
til 0 o'clock in the morning. George
Mott und John Fuller , having answered
nil sorts of questions propounded by nil
kinds of people since 12 p. m. , have gene
homo to their families fooling very tired
nnd pessimistic. A similar fate , though
of shorter duration , awaits Charles
Buttnoo nnd Pat Moohan , who will relieve
lievo the present guard at 0 a. m.
sharp.
"Tho sharper ; the bettor , " comments
Hosoy , who is a trifle under the wea
ther and finds itho air unpleasantly
keen. The Wonlfl's reporter drew a
flask from his pocket nnd said :
"Have some 6f this. It will warm
your blood nndikeep you from catcliing
a worse cold , "
Both mon started back in amazement.
It is as much as their heads are worth
to touch liquor , von when off daty , To
do EO at their poets would bo olllclul
suicido.
"The sarao rule applies to you , too ,
while you are with us , " says Fngin ,
firmly , and the flask was returned to its
appropriate pocket with the cork un
touched.
"Have a cigar , then ? "
Hosoy and Pagan shook their heads
aa firmly us before. The business ot
the night is to watch -Grant's tomb , not
to drink or smoke.The outcome was
not encouraging. For a year after'
General Grant's body was placed in the
toinb built for it opposite Quo Hundred
and Twenty-third street in Riverside
park it was guarded by a company of
regular soldiers , sent alternate mouths
from Fort Hamilton nnd Governor's
Island. The company lived in barracks
on the brink of the river a hundred
yards west of the tomb. Ono sentinel
was always on duty in front of the tomb.
Immediately to tlio loft was a sentry
box , to which ho was permitted to retire
at intervals in stormy weather. A cor
poral nnd three privates occupied a
guardhouse , built on the elevation buck
and to the left of the tomb. Juno 30 ,
1880. this military guard was with
drawn and the duty of protecting
the celebrated soldier's remains , and
the casket and tomb enclosing them ,
from possible acts of vandalism , was
confided to the department of park
police. In the estimation of the neatly
uniformed , courteous , clean-looking
men who preserve peace and good order
at Riverside Park , this military guard
was a good deal of nuisance. There
was too little to do und to many to do it.
Though oat of the twenty or thirty
mon in the company ton or twelve _ wore
ollicors , there was a luck of discipline
and restraint , and u tendency to bois-
trousness which scandalized the park
police the more because they wore not
permitted to interfere.
When the military guard was taken
away six men of the park police force
were appointed guard to the tomb , two
at a time , eight hours on and six
teen hours oil duty. The morning
"tour , " from 0 a. m. to 2 p.
m. , being the least monotonous , nnd
that from 10 p. m. to 2 a. ra. the most so ,
the order of the guard is changed every
month , so that the disadvantage of tbo
watch shall bo equally distributed be
tween the six mon assigned to that
duty. The work is very much more il-k-
some than that of patrolling the park
drives , but there is a certain distinction
attached to the position that offsets the
inactivity and monotony of it.
At 11 o'clock the park is closed to pe
destrians , und the roundsmen are occa
sion illy hoard challenging some one
who is unfamiliar with the rule or
wishes to break it. The clouds which
obscured the sky earlier in the evening
have boon blown by the rising sou
breeze into u heavy bank on the northern -
orn horizon , and the moon , well along
in her last quarter , transforms the Hud
son into u sheet of burnished silver.
The fringe of trees along the bunk is
too thin to' obstruct a view that is en
chanting. Tlio elevation of the spot oc
cupied by the tomb is suoh as to give
the lights of the village of Edgowator
the appearance of floating in the bosom
of the river.
The guard house is in the shadow
of the wild cherry and hem
lock trees that grow on the
highest part of the elevation , but
on the front of the the tomb , its rays.
oven penetrating to the flower-covered
sarcophagus , the moon shines in nil its
splendor. One can easily road the
inscription on the wliito memorial arch
sent on Memorial Day by the Envoy
Extraordinaryof the Emperor of China
"Enshrined in the Hearts of His Coun
trymen" and ether floral emblems nro
plainly outlined u trains t the iron gate ,
though their colors cannot bo distin
guished. The moon's rays light up the
interior of the mausoleum sufUciontly to
rovoultho profusion of flowers und
growing plants that half bury the casket
and cover the floor with a luxuriant carpet -
pot of living groon. By day , the vicin
ity of the tomb is the most commanding
and romuntio part uf the park. In the
silence of a moonlit midnight the ro
mance of the surrounding scone and the
BODtimont inspired by the tomb and its
associations are enhanced u hundred
fold.
fold.But by the time Hosoy had remarked
that it was midnight the World reporter
had become fully nllvo to the disadvan
tages of his position. The air was cold
and conitantly growing colder. There
was a combine on the part of the ether
two soutiuolu that refused to sanction u
temporary adjournment to the station ,
nna all intorcourbo with the still care
fully corked flask was sternly prohib
ited. There never was u more faithful
exemplification of the desirability when
ono is in Roino of doing as Romans do.
For at least half an hour Fugin und
Hosey stood like statues at their re
spective sides of the iron gates , never
moving a muscle or uttering a syllnblo.
In front of the tomb is n perfootly flat
und smooth space about fifteen foot
square. Twice or thrice up to the pres
ent time first Hosey uud then Fagiu
have stalked sedately about the margin
of this space , but had not ventured ono
step boyoild. Once the sound of foot
falls on the drive brought them both
forward throe or four paces , and as the
stops drew near the clubs of both wore
struck against the stone pavement with
a rincring round , und Hosoy culled out :
"Who comes there ? "
It was only a roundsman on his beat
approaching when the moon was under
n cloud.
At 2 n. m. there were no signs of life
in any direction. The lights of Edge
water are nil out and the street lamps
of Harlem are out of eight behind the
elevation back of the tomb. Tlio neces
sity of doin ? or saying something be
comes imperative. Both of the regular
guards stood erect on their feel , with
arms folded. The Iraperturablo Fagia
might have been carved out of gray
sandstone , but there were signs of life
about Hosoy , who was not quite himself
that night , and so to him the question
was addressed :
"Is it like this every night ? "
"Pretty nearly. Ono night is about
like another , unless it ruins. "
"Has thure over boon any attempt to
steal Grant's remains11" !
"No. "
"Nor to mar or desecrate the tomb in
any way ? "
' 'None ut nil. There would bo no ob
ject in murring the tomb that would
warrant the risk of arrest and punish
ment , nnd it would bo useless for anyone
ono or number of persons to attempt to
remove the remains. "
"How soV There are only you two to
overpower. "
"Thoro is always another within
call. "
"Three would bo no match for a dozen
who micrht first overpower the rounds
man nearest 'to ttio Ono Hundred nnd
Twenty-second street entrance and bo
down on you in a body before you had
time to give any alarm.
"Even then the attempt would bo
useless , " said Hosoy. " .The outer
casket and its contents weigh 4,200
pounds. Enough mon to carry it out of
the tomb could not got hold of it. As
to breaking open tne outer casket und
removing the collln containing the re
mains , that could not be done at all
without tools made expressly for that
purpose The case which contains the
collln is made of hardened stool plates
five-eighths of un inch in thickness ,
fastened together with stool bolts of
equal hardness. It Is calculated that it
would take a skilled workman four
days , with tools made for the purpose
nnd renewed as fast as they gave out , to
got ut the romuuis. The entire police
force could have time to got hero before
n mob of fifty mon could make a start at
such a job. "
Nevertheless , Hosoy nnd Fugin kept
up n sharp lookout in all directions. It
may bo un extremely difficult tauk to
steal the body of General Grant , but
once stolen and successfully secreted ,
what ransom might not bo asked for its
restoration. Superintendent Walling
is said to hnvo paid $20.000 to the men
who delivered to him a body said to bo
thatof A. T. Stewart , nnd AT.Stewart
was only a private citizen ,
A little before 8 u. m. the very small
stars begun to disappear , and the larger
ones had lost their brilliancy. The
moon had gene to rest over 'in Now
Jersey somewhere. Though now the
tree cast no shadow , a dim. nll-provnd-
ing light which seemed to hnvo no
source , outlined their trunks nnd
branches almost ns plainly as did the
moon's rays earlier in the morning.
A glance at the oustorn sky solved the
riddle. The fleecy murgins of a banlt
of wind-whirled clouds were dripping
in the warm tint which heralded the
approach of dawn. The spectacle had
not escaped Ufa eyes of Fagia nnd
Hosoy. They gazed upon the steadily
brightening eastern sky with evident
satisfaction , and so fur relaxed their
dignity as to stretch their muscular
arms nnd yawn melodiously in unison.
The World reporter hud barely energy
enough left to sneeze respecttably.
Noticing the easier dignity of his com
panions now that their virgil is Hearing
US end ho ventures to inquire :
"How long have you two followed this
sort of thing for u regular business ? "
"Throe years , " answered Hosoy.
"And during these three years hua
nothing over happened ? "
"Yes , once about two years ngo ,
wasn't it , John ? a trump carao along at
2 o'clock in the morning nnd luy down
011 the grass beside the tomb. Wo
stirred him up. 'Cun't ' you let n , poor
devil take n Btono out of his shoo ? ' suya
ho. 'Certainly. ' says I , 'an' now you'd
better move on. What nro you doing
hero nt this hour in the night , anyhow ? '
Tin try in' to find Mrs. Vnndorbilt's
houbo , ' suys ho. 'I've nn engagement
to tuko brcakfnst with her , an' ottiquot
requires that I shall bo ou time.
Mornin' gonls. '
' 'With that the chup moves on. I
guess there's nothing else to toll , is
there , John ? "
"No , " said John , "that's the only
adventure that's ever been hoard of
around hero. "
Presently the sun came up rosy and
smiling out of Long Island Sound.
"Iloiat the colors , " says Fagan , and
ton seconds later the American flag ,
nt the top of u tall stall , floated in the
brco/.o ubovo the tomb of General
Grunt.
Tlio early bicyclers began to whirl
down the drive , nnd 'occusionully nn
ambitious horseman jolted along on his
stiff-logged but fashionable trotter.
Promptly at 0 o'clock Charles Buttnor
nnd Put Mcehun arrived nnd relieved
the guard much to the guard's relief. '
Suoh is a night with the guard at
Grunt's tomb. There are 305 of them
in each your.
IMl.'IKTIKB.
The first match made in heaven was Luci
fer.
fer.No
No good clergyman can conscientiously go
to the Purls exposition for the benefit of his
tliroit. There are lots of good throat places
in this country.
The Plttsburg papers have become so ex
port in handling floods that they are prepar
ing la publish u series of articles ou "Somo
Mistakes of Nouli. "
A young preuchor said to Dr. Wcstoai
' Your auditnico scorned u little drowsy to.
duf. It could not have been the fault of tbo
sermon. I have noticed the BOUIO thliitf
when I preached. "
Infidel ( discussing catechism with old col
ored wo'nun ) Now , auntie , if God snado
man of dust , what did ho do on ruluy days
when thure m no dust ] Auntie Ob , 1'ttpeca '
Ho makes lnllJeU dein duys.
Gertie ( after the nastor's visit ) Mamma ,
were you engaged to a minister before you
married papal Mamma Why , yes , my
child. Whv do you ask such a question.
Gertie Well I I was just thinking what a
dull time we'd hura hud If you bau married
him.
A. popular youthful tolled at the fashlo nahlo
resorts U a tinted silk blouno waist with
skirts of lace , either white or uatcuod to Ui
bloube iu color.