Show BIG LIME KILN it ii Is eau ft i to pe tilt Li argest in the tb acao derald on west eighteenth street in tho heart of the bo city ia is he the largest ineeda in the world people e who believe that has las n foundation forn forti dation ara rray y know how far they are mistaken by taking it bep p et at thas awful brio in the 0 fc v ground the boom of the blast and the thud of the heavy hammer hummer have been rending the air there for thirty yeats and scientific machinery chino and appliances are ing the rock and enlarging the hole lit at tha rate of 2000 barrels of lime and barrels of crushed stone per day such is the immensity of the solid rock that tho the work may KO go on indefinitely the bole iole 11 i already immense of ita its mouth must needa needs bo be computed by acres abile the ell cubic bic feet of its displacement runs tip into the millions cable car cars with numerous diverging tracks and turn tables take their loads of stone over its lower face to a cable car track up which the loaded cars eo zo over two hundred feet at an angle single of about forty five degrees the writer while in this cavern noticed the workmen running toward the eastern wall and peeking a refuge behind large bul belders ders ond 0 11 d following their example exam example tle was only fairly stowed away beneath eneato lle d droppings drippings drip p pings of a mineral spring when h heniard e veard boom boom boom aud looking out saw the air full of flying stone A succession of beasts demonstrated the power of explosive matter over solid walls la in a minute it was it all 11 over and tho the workers were busy and the cable cars running as though dynamite had bad not beeb been at work just a moment before many men if they had such a hole in the ground in the center of a city like chicago would put a deer leer park and fish lake in it plant it in forests supply it with beautiful walka mike make flower gardens in the walls and anong among the boulders bund mountains with caves eaves in them have fl mating flating gardens and toboggan elides slides around ita its immense walla walls with stopping stations opposite tempting caverns filled with delicacies have summer hotels and winter retreat retreats advertise its mountain scenery its mineral its healthful climate ita its pleasant walks and then get rich |