The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-09

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9 oqio . ssrong enough % sustain its own
went across % wlce cn0n, wo0io neces-
eafiiy nave wac Genecs.on NJ ~ Guy
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Mo0Io ea9 more tna3nfsy feee "a she pa
ole! % tnas instead OF navlng level foea 70
Walk, ne wosad have down hln travel af the
commencemens q hm journey, and, OF course
IN up nni wsak - soon . ne passed the
middle OF the rope. ).
: Several DAY: wHe Rasssd IN gethng small
xopA ecven.eighto g An incn N diameter,
ecfose the nsef; - q Iast o@phsneo
Dy putnng the ENG " , small Doas ABOVE tine
Poahs twas desred e. reacns ana paying Out
the rope - Two stout roWeES urged the boat
% the opposite sids. sone IDEA may De
iosmedOt the swlttnefe OF sne current q @ls
place, Mhenit u STATED that though the boet
started hall mile above ne desired spot.
the sewers were barely aba ~ tine most
etzeneces exestions = accomplish the 100
teet hetore they were swept down to the
proper POINT This email rope was seveAl
times broken, but VA finally safely stretched
kom benk TO bank.
The large rope WAS delayed week or Two
beyond the appointed time, but finally reach
Cd niagara Fails village ON "Wednesday, the
"a, when q va placed on cart surmount'
% With d.K eed driveA N tElamph through
town 1t ~ three and ,squartsf inches in
diameter, r J, 0OV teee long, and, with the y
5OO feet OF goy Fepee necessary TO steady 1t,
cost v2SO. Itwasmsde in two sections, and
was splieed BY an opportune sailor who hap
pened 70 be At the village. The day after it
was spliced, it was fastened to the small rope
that wAs already spanning the gulf and
hauled across While IN the act OF perform
lng this, Mons Bl0ndin was beset with oome
dificultieL which he overcame in the most
cool and daring manner. An before stated
!. IL mad the ANAL cable IN draw the laree one
over when the lar,a m Ma h.d hasr Stawn
A. ~;th;r 000 -, .3iO foot oc ~. Cor.d;.n
h.nr ~ snail roYs Save s;s m IS, 81 hresk ;na
80. 80 :.~I e:L p - ,.e
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eumc'suss Iehen 70 support the large rope
20 the reach OF the opetaors on the Dank.
Had the rope broken, all their previous labor
had been IN vain. In this crisis ~ Biondini
rushed TO the rescue of his treasured rope
attaching rope to his body, he went out on
the umall rome till he came to the large one,
IN which he fastened another ana q atrnnper
rona IN vb;ch the r.;n cahlo vas II Isst
aafs3v kanlad a.hora ana shosa va. lined
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1als nA1.ous ree. ~ Wnv .szS. tnen a.
once culeo 2, AL mslt, skePslen@ % 20 NJ.
Dlondln aDllty % walk scros. re Tasel, OF
70 90 anytning else on rope snak hes might
see mt to undertake. Everything was now In
readiness, and the day for the grand exper-
iment was fixed for Thursday, the Both Of
Juno =
tn time intervening between the fixing of
the ulain cable and the day of the performance
Of the feat; vas occupied in fastening number
Of ~ ropes - the rocks and to trees, and other
imnosabie points on the shore from the main
rope, The object being Of course to 90 steady
the large rope ~ to render It ~ 6rm IS was con
sbtent with the unstable nature Of the slender
pathway. The steadying ropes were fastened
every eighteen feet along the large one, twenty
nine Of them leading 70 the Canada shore, and
twenty five TO the American bank. Besides
thess. four heavy ropes. nearly the size Of she
main one, were attached to it at distance of
two hundred feet from each other, and descend