Show Crater Crat r Lake Drained By i Seepage Into Moffat T Tunnel l Slowly diminishing through subterranean subterranean subterranean sub sub- channels waters waters' of or Crater lake 1300 feet above the Moffat tunnel on the crest of or the flue conti conti- continental divide are rare leaking Into the great grent rail railroad road bore It U has been bean or- or of officially and scientifically determined ed according to Lo authorities The seepage age which began throng tho the r rock ck seams in the tho eastern n portal poi por tat tal of oC the tunnel February l 15 at the tilt i rate rrie of or 1600 gallons u n minute liar bay rJ dwindled wi to about G 1 gallons t minute und and the lake lalo is nearly This phenomena has been baon without with vita out detriment nt to workers building I the tle six unite tUll tunnel through tile the tiie heart of the tho Rocky to provide InO faster aster trl 1 rail connections despite natures nature's s so own o own n Harrier barrier in the th expansive mountain I ra ranges ages 1 es Tho flow of water into the tunnel munch was at nt first believed by hy workmen to have been caused by striking an au underground reservoir Since Feb Feb- i runny 19 10 of officials employed a n. scientific analysis analysis' with the tho result that chloride of or lime limo poured Into the tile lake Inlo has seeped its way war Into the tun tun- nel Crater lal lake e lies In a u region ion covered cov OO ored ered with snow from rom thirty t to forty fort forty feet deep leep and steps must bo bl taken according to to stop stol the trie leaks before the spring thaw lest Jest lest the onrush of or Crater lakes lake's supply I should too rapidly rapilly engulf t the w pore ore where several hundred workmen 1 I are engaged eng on the project I Working however has never no seriously seri sent cushy been hampered because tho the slope of the tunnel pro provides a ar anat nat nat- natural liat- liat ural oral drainage r system Chairman W. W P. P Robinson Robinson on ot of tho state Moffat tunnel commission ha hn announced th that t the tho crevices crevices which the w water pours will bu bit concreted concreted con COAt or drains will be COlL constructed d to carry the water wn l away I s n of stopping the Ithe leaks would not it He- He huge hinge according to Mr Robinson |