HIT OR MISS WATER RACE CO.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 74, 8 July 1870, Page 3

HIT OR MISS WATER RACE CO.

OPENINGS OF THE HYDRAULIC BOX FLUMINGh These works were opened on Friday last, the Ist instant, at two o'clock. The day was remarkably line for the :* K proceedings, and upwards of a hundred .'"of our townsfolk, with their families, - were present on the occasion. The sun . shone down brightly on the extended landscape, and from Surface Hill the ■*• distant view was uninterrupted by tree or cloud. Hamilton seemed only a few ; miles distant; the course of the" Taieri was distinctly demarked; the sullen leaden hues of its lake on the russet tinted plain could be traced; and around the company iii the background, I the mountains from Pisa to Mount j Ida, were capped with snow. By de- ; sire;'"--ill-. Warden iioLmson, in a few ; appropriate remarks,- opened the pro-cecu.io.-s. lie stated that the works were tue first of their kind that hau been opened io l\ew if not in the Australasian Colonies. The hydraulic ilummg which the company saw. ■-*bexora tLfia—iVom which the vratc!

be: .c. -ti'ieLr .i.eet -was x::aeily similar

Ui to tb:t beyond the ridge in iront.of chem." 1 " Me had last e;:a>T'ned =:;ne aa;r)';s n.}.:a j ?%ro_ j}"-«:£'-1 of- fceeir ari.'.t- ne considered that M.r.. A.udf.rson, the raana -er.ef-he Hit or aiiss Water (.annuaey, wbo iwu' <-e.vised the ?>huisee. -ueer-o!t<-<)ii«d the r.penitidijs. deserved \?'eil of the. ior the >ao of the iiiKXH'taat although -ex icerpriße. j.'-!e -iit • r.** G.'Hunii'fiv were eritiMed to deserved prnise for the liaMLUc.-';.. Ci.j ejru r- ts ttuder ia: uv ries w ; neh ha.l- •iistingui:d:ed their in- - dustry. Vim eornpany had' evidently-•-he '.rt;s)oat- faith''irV. tf e '■;.:;-' , '!'*"•• r-;;;« nature of the r.rround --oh: hy '?:%"-?endi'r) ; «£2.''-'.':,' ••n the >atiderfciikip'T,' &ii& \- ■ ■ L-ustr-1 tbat t'-,*-ir e.X"s'>ee-:-:-i.h:';ns 'iVOliii he !•''iv-■'■? , e'M''!i:r.ed. would vbrvnk -thp, -,p -he

nubile '7\ I'ha •T.'i-fs-'Ti-.-■•>) "7! l'"V.<.rii"sTl3 i-}-'<--r.

to ■'he,pr a s.-e.'t > .'^.-:i'd. , -vr:T;ld c-\ : U'" v "r; f l -; yli.gjj;ie Basrc, n u ; * one .-.--f toe

6i};i« ; .e;.ii'itiers..'te -.'hritjieii t"',;.e" ii;:U"- wor'cs

Tne vouiiir L;dv t Tm;Vfc >T.-v.'efu':V. stepped on fh<.y ->iid i."j-:k/ji.- : - ,tSa bottle in hi: r band, broke'it, aria ;-;>u::fed 't.jjii fo':urdng ■ontcnU into the babbling - thae prcnouiicaj-* - the "Pioneer" as. s;.i* name by-which the ■ nydrauJi.:- bos; nhnnin~ shall be hereafter called Three hearty chesrs wer- nrc-v ; *aiie'.i fG"%. itk; enthusix-sti'-. eaiiy givt-u k 1 " ;Ve ■''ouPLr iad.y and three mo-e for thu Wardciu whi:-:a .the take of lunch eou'provided for the avvu-, which was readuy responucd •.»>, >ind during the afternoon the utmost hilaritv prevailed on Surface riill--It inay. not he out of place here to give a short account of this ..company's operation-; from the .The water of the race has for, nearly seven years commanded good ground on the eastern side'of; Aiogburn Cully, where it ha? had full ;eraplf?ym«nt. •■■'it", is ob-

tained chiefly from the Deep Creek stream, tight miles distant, and Mr. Anderson, the present manager, has been actively engaged with it throughout. The present undertaking was jG.-i'liatv-d to i-rmsr the. water- to the' extrorze h?p o f Surface Hill, the' whole of which ds supposed to ba auriiVreus/ ':.Tk.? -; ambi;- ~»'as oil the iv'tb I.)v C:S h ? , jJf£v,[md\o-B-:eicJ c-uhbe i;-- Tuiio, IS/:-; T!m 'irit ■■;& bi<; jees hi le.a;:«/y: ' '- B l •> ! ' ■■distsirice hefwoen the and : 'i~?eond ;ga|>, 900 feet; .awc-uod' gap, >,-**G keethcuigy and depth. 65 fevt. The interior idaerdt^^gemiumes :s Bia. by .lOiii. '..the ibh.fq/i&l; b:-cn£ covap.-;s;ed of Baltic two'-inch", '.'.planh?..' It b. .by hardwood elaarps 1 =2la."'hy -liu., and iron bolt& varying iroid |in. to -fin. v.; diameter siid from l7inh%j>. 13in. in length—all fitted for extreme about sis inches apart. ; The calhuhi-lW '#"ter rres-riTS in the first g-sr hi ■feet, and in the second gap teiV ■'est sh< iQches: Both na.;ne3 are arranged t'o cari-y • between four and (xo\'erument heads of warer. The. >vhoie cost oi tne works, including pre.^ure'tank's, connect'-nc; th« head race all materia! an 3 .-labor, ainoiiat« to £1,7-50. The new reservoir at the head ■of surface. Hiil will also soon forn an indispensable acquisition to the miners there. It 'will oe ready within a fortnight from this date, and will hold something like 1,800,000' gallons of water, and i will amount to the sum of £3OO.

An invitation ball and supper were lU'iven in the evening, at the Masonic Hall, to a number of friends of shareholders and others. The hall wa,s brilliantly lighted up, and nicely decorated with ps-r-ii-eolored nags. The company evidently enjoyed the supper as well as the dance, as indicated by the readv disappearance, of innumerable viands -I artistically displayed by Mr. Horswell of the Royal. After spending a merry ;lay and pleasant. ni»ht, the quests dispersed at an early hour on Saturday morning, raaeh .gratified with the whol° ! proceedings. r