New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-25
THE VICTORIA BRIDGE AT MONTREAL.

The description of what this Victoria Bridge is s
rot one for figures either for hight length of 81.
Multitude. The work is the advancing, progressing,
resisting. subduirg power Of the human hand, its
course defir d by the human intellect. The prepare
ton for the erection was enormous II was no narrow
strait like the Menai, no quiet, placid stream as the
Hudson, DO easy breadth like the Thames, over when
this way for the locomotive was TO be thrown but the
giant St. Lawrence, river that deserves that name
fed by the successive seas that reach 10 uoenor
spara 10 all the lessons Of the rapids and its educi.
ton not forgotten wild and savage current, and over
this en- iron road Of mile and quarters length was
TO be placed.
And while the amending rush Of the open water was
an obstacle that seemed to defy the labor OF art II was
in the farewell Of Winter, when the ice OF climate
such as THE formed above in the Ls PraiIis BASIN,
widening OF the river, just below Lschne when thus
taken up in mass by the accumulation OF the rag-
ments het broken in the descent OF the rapids at
, Lschne comes down nGing tie terrible current Ike
the destroyer that Ell uctuIe Of mans wotk must Dc
mighty the binding together of wood, the lumber ever
go heavy and the knitting together Like the lntres-
cies Of = cane brake, which would endure before tbs
descerd ding attack. This must be encountered, ana
the commerce Of tire river must be respected. hlga
up above smoke pipe and spar, and what IS nost
above all above the swollen Hood OF the Sprrg must
the bridge be placed IL was TO work like this that
Mr. Ross summoned his energies, and the result Oh MS
skill ID already in our sight
A long causeway of earth aud stone ia frs. built,
lis eide IL such slope as to make the adv snce Oh tne
ice gradual. This embar kment is great WORK IN u
self and il forgotten only in the next step. 10 the
river II piers 10 be built II II was al 10 pIeulc
ton, l think the tourist would smile a. Tue via
promises of the engineer at the dsy-dfean OF tue
enthusiast Out Of these piers, these found atoms LOT
the bridge, IL built and four in progress lesyiSs
fur for the ensuing year Iners IN s'ana, ins
seItine tower, like vast fsagmene OF an eIoIih1us
wall TO- COO turs in weight 20 feet IN length al theI
base and anged that the crushing ice gces up tne
slope and broken at the top falls IN huge cstdI SGT
of massive blocks either side. In tue last S2rr
the ice ned 10 their full hight and went oyer These
stones where they meet the fret shock OF the Zee are
smoothed ana bOlted with great irons Themselves .
cIrched by plates They throw aside tue lce q lhe
Spring which although l. formed late, was very mas
sfye and they stand as nesr the nvunsabe &c human
! hard can coDtruct.
! IsR glad 70 have seen them in this unfinished con-
don fer erch of the Roman age cannot farnsa more
Of the beauty OF the graceful YIN the ponaeIcus tuaa
these great structures sentlneinS tcs MlBuLy iNe'
At each end Of the bridge tube IS securely piscsu
and Just judgment of the bridge can % formed IA On
examination OF these. | presume tne iies OF mos. o.
Us concerning tube 10 be used a. bfbge Is lNsl Vi
round one ike the tube Of telescope, On enormous
lion cylinder. The reality Is, that they spproaeh 80.
/ sGuare-not entirely co. but WIZ sues VI nEn.
alter than the breadth ~ top and ootom the ZION
OF the bottom thckened al the eztremles toa, on the
ton made strongest a. the center to resst alike com
PRECISION and elor cation. The e1ecs Oh hea, sno V.
fcrssser, and the sunsDne u gwen 10 IN si
for its daily sport with the meta oy tne use OF Iohe
Thoroughly painted, with its rive.s in line s ridges a.
Intervals close and secure i seems like IonS saoon'
As Tor s capacity 10 bear the burden OF the ccoho
tive ard ts LET them roll through at the pace OF
pc iestiisn or roll through with tie birds Nighttime,
the idea is not after sseirg the structure, in c'n-
.idei alton IL has but one burden -itfeh Inss
/ borne, its work is ali done. ,.,,.,
-Four more Of these tubes 10 be laid in this year
work. Itmust be elected tn ;. it - only from May
10 November that work can DO done, for Montreal
Winter IL no time for up sH out door e;nployuSht-
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