New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE East RIVER BRIDGE.


rCo6RFes OF THE BROOKLYN PIER-'iE" f"V"
ITS SUMMIT.
Thousands whom the Brooklyn leIry oo"'S
carry daily under the shadow OF the broVAHn iH'i u
the East River Bridge improve the opportunity 10 discuss
tho creat enterprise. "When Will IL NC u"ne' "u" wa"
win n costf' "wn it be high enough 10 cear Tue sup
n,neY "Wlll not the piers sag Win Ine "oish' VI '
bridge and does anybody know no" INC Si"oin""
hriige worker These and thousand oher Queseoi's
astod daily ana vet engineers deem the enterprise
q. saasihe as the bridging Of brook for the work mas
,ly 70 he done on larger scale, with comparative s0"
aess and at vast outlay -
The Rrookyn peris at present within two courses Vi
four feet OF the road-bed These viii give addluoh"
ornamentatlon TO the coping, and when they arc oon
Melted the pier will be 1l9 feet above mean high wafer
Tho charter REQUIRES the bridge be $50 feet above hh
water and it will really be from 1856 TO l9S rect ABOVE "
according to temperature, but only at its center o
which IL will fan TO lle feet at either end, Win siopo
two feet 70 the hundred On the completion OF INC e
two courses the towers Will be begun Ihese WIZ NC
trossshaped the being 40 by "A ieet III 'he
greatest dimensions the central one 46 by ABOUT 10 ana
an dtronisipe trine before they reach the top They
will rise from the roadbed 7e3 feet and then arch 10
rcther so as 10 form continuous wall Inc tnree
pillars will thus make arches. ana their keystohes
will be us feet above the roadbed The cross proJecuoh
an the inner side OF the outer towers and on eacn sac OF
The central one will he 20 feet wide, and Will form
arches Twenty-Five feet above the keystones OF the
srcbc 40 feet above the roadbed, and $50 feet above
high water the cables will pierce the towers and above
ts the masonry will rise including the balustrade 20
feet giving total hight OF 29 feet The towers Will be
solid and the facing stone viii be carefully dressed
stone for the towers the hight Of the arches has been
contracted for already and is arriving, and it is e1-
poote that tie towers Will be completed to that point
tQ feet above high water, by the beginning OF TIE MN
her The remainder of the work can ne nnlShed easily
next year. aud the NcwGOr pier and the anchOr piers
Nv close Of lsf3, WHOM tue CdDleS Will DC Iaiu.
Even from the present summit OF the l5rOoklyn pier
The view ndescribaby grand. Landward Is Brookyn
stretching far up and down the Shore and away back
anon Ions. Island TheD the river when seems
ward till the eye grows with the attempt 10 b
the boundary To west Is the New Jersey AhOIe anu
bc tower is high that the Orange Mountains cease 10
20 dim outline and something OF their naturl
asUec; TLon there the Palisades and other eleva-
Mons 10 the northwest and north, which seem walls
round about the city; and there IL no DreaK III ne hc
IN IL reaches "a point northeast OF Brooklyn turning
- tie south and southwest the eye rests Win uelghI
1rforles along the NaTrows. On CLOUDY Gay the BAY
seems completely walled Ia. IL requires Just sueh an
elevation aud lust such locality, TO convey an aae-
uuate iwuressOn of the shipping in the rivers Inc
cr5bOats are countless and, with their nat roofs,
scci ike great turtles moving from shore 10 shore.
One tires with trying TO count the craft tat pass even
IA a lew moments. There the Harlem DOats snOoIug
M and down short intervals; Sound boat casts on
her cables ana steams up the river mere NIUE Jug
blooca TO Great ship. putting by; and trim schOOn-
~ and eoos canalhOas and and sail ana pleas
u b0als Oh al kinds by. Now ferry BOAT shOO
out from either Shore and three or four sang Nesseis
arc Passing another IN the middle OF the RIVER anu IL
seems ms m collision would send them all to the bottom,
at as ii bv magic each goes safely on JUS way Nnen
astead JIG feet the elevation Is 29 eer the grandeur
pf the view viii be pTOpOrtlonally increased.