The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-03 00:00:00

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tions will not yield. According to 14 etOillatioti-iiitnii. ' "
Mr. Page, the pressure on the bears 'piles of --thi4iii4. ~f,„47
foundations •is unusually light when s,coLoparedA-ith44r?
loads they are generally called upon to soppy. This as
Hull dock the diameter of the bearingpiles is otliy 10 i4has 0'
yet the load is 37 tons to the square foot. At Lerulen,
bridge, on 10-inch piles, the load is actually 80 tons ; so is
it 80 tons the square foot with the same sized piles under
the Albert Warehouses at Liverpool. In the new bridge,
though the bearing piles are 14 inches in diameter, yet their
load is only 12 tets the square foot. The pressure per su-
perficial foot on the whole area of the foundation is only 2
tons, while on the old bridge it was 6 tons, and on London-
bridge it is 51 tons. The weight on the granite after the
new bridge has taken its bearings will be only two tons to
the square foot.
Owing to the peculiarly fiat curve of the arches and their
consequently thin crowns, where the weight will be the
greatest, it has been necessary to construct the ribs in such
a manner of wrought and cast iron as to give the requisite
stiffness to the central parts, while obviating the danger of
constant percussion from heavy loads. The ribs of the
arches have, therefore, been made with wrought iron cen-
tral portions, which are constructed to answer the purpose
of both rib and girder. These wrought iron portions vary
in span from the centre arch, where they are 521 feet long
by 28 inches deep, to the land arches, where they are 42
feet 3 inches by 22 inches deep. These centre spans will be
made of rolled iron, 11 inch thick, and will be considerably
stronger than any strain they will ever be required to en-
counter under any circumstances of London traffic. Tho
full load Strain of each arch is three tons the square inch ;
but the wrought iron portions are tested with a compres-
sive strain of more than 12 tons to the square inch, or •
nearly 2,000 tons to the square foot. There will be 13 of
these ribs in each arch, each rib being 5 feet 2 inches apart.
Each rib and spandril will contain 22 tons of cast iron and
about 5 tons of wrought iron, the bed plates for each being
4 tons of cast iron, making some 34 tons in all. The iron.
contracts have been given to Messrs. Cochrane and Co., of
Woodside. The total amount required for the whole super-
structure of the new bridge is 2,557 tons of cast iron, 1,257
tons of wrought iron, or 3,814 tons in all. In addition to
this amount there will be 289 tons of ornamental castings
for the parapet, outside ribs, and cornice. At present the
workmen are busily engaged in carrying through, under
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the centre arch of the old bridge, the eastern half of the
piers for the new. These piers, being nearly 100 feet long
by 17 feet wide, of solid masonry, of course, by consolidat-
ing the ground, prevent further sinking of the old piers.
No sinking, however, has taken place for some time ;
in fact, if any further settlement did occur, the whole
mass would come down like a cardhouse. How it
has ever held up for so long a time in its present state
seems perfectly marvellous. When the western half of the
piers of the new bridge had to be sunk alongside the piers
of the old the latter of course were partly cut away to make
room, a rather dangerous operation at the time. The sec-
tion thus exposed showed that the piers between the arches
had never been built in regular courses of masonry, but
that they were merely hollow walls, filled up inside with
coarse rubble. When one of the new piers we have men-
tioned was taken under the centre arch of the present bridge
it was necessary to alter and remove the centering of timber
which apparently supported the ruinous arch. It was then
found that these supports (which, at their best, were only
the poorest and weakest kind of pinewood) were so rotten
that had the bridge really been settling they would no more
have withstood any pressure than so many trusses of straw.
During the past summer all the workmen employed at
the bridge have suffered most severely from the dreadful
effluvia of the river. The men of course were working down
on the surface of the water when the scour of the river was
greatest, and when the tide was in constant agitation in
passing among the piles. The stench it gave off in passing
is represented as being at times quite unendurable, and the
men were seized with violent attacks of nausea, vomiting
and serious illness that as many as six or seven per day
were often sent from the works. The men have a sick fund
among themselves, to which all subscribe, and which allows
the workmen at the rate of 12s. per week during illness.
Hitherto no'cAll worth notice had come upon the fund in
summer ; indeed, it was during summer that such funds
were gathered as sufficed for the sickly drain of winter. In
the present summer, however, the sickness has been so
general among the men that, instead of gaining upon the
reserve in hand, not only the: mere weekly income of the
sick fund has been expended, but all the balance which had
been in hand some time before.

In November the first ribs of the arches will be adjusted
in their places.

REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.-
RESIGNATION OF MR. TO IVNSEND.

Last evening a numerously attended meeting of
electors of the borough of Greenwich (convened by
circular), was held at the Lord Nelson Tavern,
Trafalgar-road, Greenwich, to receive Mr. Towns-
end, M.P., and hear an address from that gentle-
man as to his future intentions with regard to the
representation of the borough. The chair was oc-
cupied by Mr. Cherritt, of Woolwich.
Mr. TOWNSEND, on presenting himself, was re-
ceived with loud cheers. He said he felt grateful
for the reception they had given him, but he could
assure them that no man, except he went through
the ordeal, could have the slightest idea of the pain,
regret, and grief, which resulted from yielding up
the high and distinguished honour which they had
conferred upon him by electing him as:their repre-
sentative. He deeply felt the kindness which
prompted the advice of many of his friends that he
should retain the seat until the term allowed by
the rules of the house had expired. If he saw the
least chance of superseding the bankruptcy he
would act upon the advice, but as the contrary
was the case, he thought it would be most
unwise obstinately to retain a position until
Parliament assembled, to be kicked out of the
house. He felt also that he had no right
to keep M.P. attached to his name unless he
could fully perform those onerous duties which ap-
pertained to a member for such an important
borough as that of Greenwich. He had told them
on the hustings that whenever the time arrived
that he could no longer serve them efficiently, he
would resign his trust into their hands. He had
fully considered the subject, and believed that such
time had arrived, and, added the hon. member (who
appeared to be labouring under emotion), I hereby
resign into your hands, and the hands of the elec-
tors of this borough, the scat in Parliament which
they freely accorded to me by an immense and over-
whelming majority. They were probably surprised
to hear that he had determined in future to adopt
the profession of the stage. A princely offer had
been made to him, and as he was most anxious to
pay off his debts, he had determined to accept that
offer. He thought they would not condemn him
for this decision. (Hear, hear.) When such men
as Sheridan Knowles and the Hon. W. Thesiger,
son of the Lord Chancellor of Engand, adopted the
stage as a profession, he thought that it could not
but be deemed an honourable calling. He was
but a young man, and he would never rest satisfied
until he had paid to his creditors every fair and
just debt. He trusted that the time would 3-et
come when he should appear before them under
more favourable circumstances and he should ever
feel grateful for the extraordinary exertions they
had made on his behalf.
Mr. I)AvEY, of Charlton, then moved the follow-
ing resolution :—" That this meeting of electors,
having heard from Mr. Townsend airstatement of
his reasons for immediately resigning into their
hands the important trust reposed in him as a re-
presentative of the borough of Greenwich, in accept-
ing such resignation, cannot but express their opi-
nion that Mr. Townsend's Parliamentary conduct
entitles him to the esteem of all earnest and sin-
cere reformers.
Mr. MEAD seconded the motion, which was una-
nimously adopted.
After some discussion it was unanimously re=
solved that the Townsend League should merge
into an association to be designated the Borough
of Greenwich Reform League ; that the present
organisation should continue, and that the execu-
tive committee should be requested and empowered
to communicate with certain gentlemen who were
considered to be probable candidates.

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