Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-18

TmE GREAT IRON bridge OF THE
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
RAILROAD.
A Magnificent Structure and the OEily
One OF the Kind I'm the Worsd-ffs
shape, strength, BeaaIy and DUra-
bIIIty-Its Progress Toward Compile
tiOn.
The great iron bridge Of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company, which
is slowly but surely pushing out from the
steep and rocky western bank of the Cum
berland to the sandy slopes of the Edge
field side,f s destined TO be one Of the most
attractive features Of Nashville. Every
body admires the suspension bridge, with
its great timbers and beams and mammoth
wires, but suspension bridges are getting
to be an old story, after all. Here in this
massive railroad bridge we have something
new as we'll as attractive. II is the only
structure Of the kind in the world, We be-
lieye, and that, Of itself, should give it
notoriety sufficient to attract the attention
of everybody interested in the never
ceasing progress of mundane affairs.
The bridge is now half finished, and the
false work has been torn away as far as the
structure now extends. From view of the
portion finished, a very good idea of
the beauty, strength and durability of the
novel structure can be gained. Every inch
of it, save the floor, is of iron. 1t rests
upon three massive stone piers, and is
supported on either side by stout wrought
iron braces, twenty-five feet in length,
IaA n -cl nr. IN
giving a finished appearance to the
whole work. Wrought iron beams will
support the focr, which will be sew
enty- FIVE feet from the bed of the Cumber-
land The draw, which is entirely OF
wrought iron, is to be two hundred and
eighty feet in length, while the total length
of the bridge will be seven hundred feet.
| From out to ont it is seventeen and a half
| feet, and from centre to centre, sixteen and
a half feet The weight of the whole will
be eight hundred and forty thousand
pounds, and the expense of building, fifty
six thousand dollars.
This bridge is the Fink Iron Truss, OF
which Albert Fink, the General Superin-
| tendent Of the Louisville and Nashville
! railroad, is the inventor and patentee. OF
| Mr.. Fink little need be said. A tower Of
strength and mental capacity, his fame as
a man of solid qualities and practical USE
fulness goes before him, and everybody who
| knows anything about the enterprise and
ability of this section of the Union, knows
of Albert Fink -
The iron work is all from Louisville.
| The draw was constructed by the Indus
| trial Bridge and Iron Company of that city,
and the balance was gotten up by the rail
| road company itself
November will see this magnificent
bridge completed. The work of putting it
up is under the superintendence of the
we'll known bridge builder, Henry Bolla,
Of Louisville, and twenty-five mechanics
are now employed on it-as many as can
conveniently work at present Trains or
locomotives are running over the bridge
hourly while it is being pnt forward-the
old and the new structures uniting half
way.
The completion of this great work will
| be another laurel for the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. 1t is now one of the
best roads in the United States, and its
stock is the best railroad stock in this
country.
CIRCUIT COURT met yesterday at nine
o'clock A. N. Several suits of minor i'm
portance were tried, and good many ap-
peals from the Recorders Court disposed
of. One of the latter, case of disorderly
conduct, was very clearly made ont, with
the single exception that no proof was Of
fered that it took place within the limits Of
the corporation. While the court was
charging the jury, Mr.. Symmes, attorney
! for defendant, asked His Honor to charge
if no proof was shown to the jury that the
offense occurred within the corporation
they must acquit. The court so charged
and the Jury so found.
Dodd u.s. Mathews was an appeal case
| from Justice Wilkinson's court. This came
| mp in the form Of an action for debt against
| 'Squire Mathews, under section 45l8 of tht
4 | Code, for demanding and receiving higher
: | charges than those allowed by law. The
q | immortal Ben. West had been summoned
: as witness for plaintiff, but when the cas-
[ | was called he vas non est aavcgtas. Ih'
= Sheriff called E. F. West. Jury sworn ant
e | case ordered to be put. Counsel for de
* | tense moved for a continuance because 0
the absence aforesaid. The court decided
the Jury being sworn, it was too late. Thel
| came upon the scene Constable West. Hi
evidence did not much elucidate matters
There seemed to be two or three origina
warrants and two original levies in tht
p papers from the court below. His honor de
sired to see the section upon which the actor
, | was based. Three or tour lawyers indus
= triously but vainly attempted to find II
The warrant was decided to be defective
But finally the case was left to the jury
when. lust before they retired, the defend
ant took a non-suit. The shape the plead
= ings we're in created good deal OF merri
ment in the court.
; White, admir-. rs. M. E. Church South
AZ This was suit on a note which purporte'
e on its face to have been made Tor Sl2Ol
loaned money. The note was made l
+, 1864, payable twelve months thereafter
u currency. which was to be equivalent
the value of gold at the date of the note
then 81 As. The defense urged that 1t wa
A usurious contract on its face, and there
+, fore the plaintiffs were not entitled to re
'' cover anything. The court charged 1t wa
plainly a simple contract for $1,000 IN Gun
y rency, and the jury gave verdict for tbs
amount with lawful interest. Court 40
iourned until to-day at o'clock.