Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-06
To On,alln nnd RaeIs.


Our trip up being in the night was
without incident. The coaches were
crowded and We took Our seat in a
slip containing a shawl, it being the
only available seemingly unoccupied
place in the three passenger cars. The
owner of the shawl soon came and was
vexed because we insisted upon shar-
ing with him the seat intended for
two persons to occupy, at last he re-
piled sit is no mark of a gentleman to
crowdhimselfim wherei /"
to which We sympathisingly reioined
'sthat peevish, fretful and impudently
selfish gentlemen had to SUBMIT the
ungentlemanIy treatment Of travel
ers.n No other conversation was en-
gagged in for sixty miles when We re-
luetantly parted. The train arrived
opposite Omaha just at day light. We
crossed over for breakfast.
Omaha is fun Of strangers, jurymen,
witnesses, lawyers and judges. The
United States Circuit Court was OPEN
ed alto O'Clock Tuesday by Judge Mil
Ter, Of Iowa, one Of the Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
with Judge Dundy, Of Nebraska, as
associate. The United States District
Court opened at 8, p. m, Of same day,
Judge Dundy presiding, and after call
ing the jury adjourned one week in
order that attorneys might attend the
Circuit Court.
After dinner we returned to Council
Bluffs where we met the Ministers of
the Presbyterian Church on their re-
turn from the Presbytery at Sioux
City. These gentlemen had an inyi-
tation to ride down to the river and
view the works for building the Rail-
road Bridge over the Missouri river.
The Rev. Mr.. Beard, of Brownville,
procured us ans invitation to accom-
pany the outfit, and we were soon off
for the river a distance Of four miles,
and in just four minutes we were
there. We foundaparty of men sink
ing hollow tubes of iron into the
sand. They have one sunk to the
rock, q distance of eighty feet, and
another just by its side, down fifty
feet, and the operation Of the day was
the sinking of this tube. We saw the
sand flying up out Of a tube and out
on to.the ground by the rushing out Of
air, and were told that the steam en-
CINE was at work COMPRISING air,
which was afterwards conducted throi
india rubber hose down fifty-feet to
the bottom of the great iron tubes
where it tthe compressed air. escapes
from the hose against the sand with
such force as to dig out the sand and
throw it up fifty feet and out onto the
ground. In this manner the sand is
dug up and thrown out and the great
colossal iron tube sinks by its own
weight. This iron tube is i'm sections
of ten feet each; after one section is
sunk another section is rolled on and
fastened water tight and then the
whole tube is sunk another ten feet,
when another section is rolled on,
fastened and sunk in a similar man
ner. These tubes are about twelve
feet i'm diameter with a hollow of over
ten feet in diameter and when sunk
0the sand and water OUT down upon
the solid rock are to be filled up with
solid mason work as piers for the bridge
u rest upon. Two tubes me sunk SIDE
and side, and then at a certain distance
further into the river two other such
tubes are to be sunk for a similar pur-
pose. In all there are eleven piers for
the bridge. The iron tubes for the
first pier only are nearly sunk. There
is no other material for the bridge on
hand except these iron tubes, and no
other work beingdone except thesink-
ing of the second tube in the first set,
which is on the Iowa side of the river.
W. took the evening train home,
arriving at the station opposite Brown
vile at midnight. Tuesday Of this
week was a lively day with us leav-
ing home at n o'clock, a. NJ, visit
ing Council Bluffs, Omaha, the United
States Court, the Bridge and returning
home on the same day. Our riding
was in the night and II sight seeing
in the day time. This is an excellent
arrangement for BrOwnville people,
whether they wish to go to Omaha or
st. Joseph They havethe whole day
for business Orpleasure in either place.
The Council Bluffs and st. Joseph
railroad is a great convenience.