, 1870-04-01
TIE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE,
Everything Working Satisfactorily
Mt tho picTs-The Results OF the
ToitnIc .ar1nor-BortnEsn nj East st.
Louis.

Everything Working Sutis1ncsori1y
MT tho PicTs-The Results OF the
voitnIc -ar1nor-1Sorings mt East st.
Louis.
Ftr1n Tie 81 Louis Republican,, March 81.
Tho steady rise in The river may possibly
Cause some interruption in the work on the
r1Ter piers. Tho caiBsons arc well eecured, bat
AZ each foot's rise causes a corresponding in-
crease IN tho pressure Of the mir in the clan1-
btr under the river, there nSe other difficulties
to deal with beside the mere matter OF keeping
out the water. In both piers, now, the masou-
line, owing to. delay in the supply Of granite.
Tho etoue ia brought from near Richmond
Virgins, and Colonel Roberts, Assistant Engi-
neer, has gone on to that city, 10 enlearoc to
expedite tile shipment Of material.
Yesterday ths ToFs on both piers vas pro-
son Of Inc west pier does notyet rest upon the
rock, but the distance thereto IL less than
foot. The sinking has been delayed little in
order TO have eone levels taken, and other
matters arranged. In tho east pier the filing
up with concrete ia being pushed rapidly.
ployed all the time, tha "shifts" working two
hours each. The concrete Is nov packed under
the lateral gizdegs Ill round the caisson, and
at come points IN the side compartments il
filed to The root, and the caissou Is thoroughly
undespinned, III the side compartments tho
concrete ii also laid to some depth along the
entire extent, but none is yet laid in The centre
compartment. This pressure Of air yesterday
WIS nearly folty.6esen pounds Per equare inch,
being increased By the rssa in the river. Curl
ously enough, Notwithstanding this fsct, there
has been no workman disabled for tue last
week or 40. In fact the fashion of tho Gre
ciAn bend" has altnest disappeared from the
pier population There is no doubt but this is
10 be attributed to the voltaic xrmnr now worn
by nearly aii tie men. Mr.. McComas, the
Superintendent, had quantity Of this armor
purchased some d:i{s :i, sSo, aud neasiy Of The
lection. It took come time to convince them
that there could be nnT virtue in tho small
bands Lined with thin, overlapping plates OF
mixed zinc aud silver, but at lust they became
persuaded there must be something in. the
wearing Of them, md now they value them
highly. a full suit Of this armof consists OF
bracelets, & band to be worn round the whist,
aud folea for tue feet, to bo worn inside the
stockings. The professea object Of this armoH
is to cure rheumatic rsins and increase vital
Of cotnrresaed air is discovery which the IN
veutor never anticipated, but which is now clear
IL demonstrated bT the result OF the trial by
the workmen on tie bridge Vim. Thompson,
foreman. who has been in the air chamber
daily, md who has suffered much from tho ei-
fects OF tie abnormal atmosphere, states that
it it were not for the Observation-Disclosures OF this
au1oE he believes he xonld have been entirely
ncapaeitated for the work BY this time. It ap-
pears that the effect Of wearing it ia elect1ica,
il character, and stimulates the syBtem and
circulation and hence it has tendency to
counte.act the effect at the compressed ali,
which retards the circulation. The artnos un-
doubtedly will facilitate tho work on the pier,
and may probably save the sliyes Of some of the
men.
One Of tho botinga for the abutment pier On
the Illinois side was finished laat HeeE The
rock was reached ut depth OF pnlv eight and
han feet below that OF the cast pier. Another
boring will be made At another point in a few
dAFg,
It viii take between twelro and thirteen
hundred yards Of concrete to fill THO air-cl,an-
bcf OF the cast pier.