The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-28
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slract navigation entirely, a schcm'
which some proposed, would 10 like
cutting away the rigging from one Of
The quecnly merchant vessels, which
ride at anchor in the river, In order
that the yailors may get about better.
| Commerce must not In the least
degree be hindcrcd or interlcred
with In New York; il is the city's
| life and hope, and !. will not be long
before all the dockroo'n and all the
roadstcad in the East River will be
nanc too much for the requirements
of our trade. Another plan was a
tunnel like that under the Thames;
but the channel OF the East River IL
60 feet deep, and to tunnel il would
be task Tor Ttans. But to span
the river with a gigantic bridge
swung above the tall masts, although
ii would have to be nearly a mile
long, and held up by towers higher
than the steeple Of old Trinity, was
plan which did not dismay the en-
gineers and those who are informed
in the records of modern engineer
ing. So company was formed, and
Mr.. j. A Roebbling, who was al
ready known TO the world as the
engineer of the enormous suspension
bridges at Niagara Falls and Cincin-
natl was requested to draw plans
for it, and in April 1869 they were
accepted by the board of consulting
engineers appointed by Congress for
the interest of the harbor, and he
was appointed to direct the construct
ton of the work. Tie financial
management was to be by an incor-
porated company, who issued $500
900 of capital stock. This wss sup
plemelted by public appropriation
of 100000 from the city of Brook
lyn, and $1,500,000 from the city of
New York. The excavation for the
East pier was commenced on Jan,
Sd, 1870. On the 18th of March,
the great caisson, or hollow casing,
within which air was compressed
five times as dense as above ground |
to expel the excavated material.
was launched. and vas long in reach
ing the required depth of 80 feet
below low water. The New York |
caisson was not sunk until May 1873. |
The masonry begun or the Brook
lyn side July 18th, 1870, and while |
the huge caissons, the largest con-
strutions of the kind ever made,
were slowly sinking underground,
the massy granite blocks from Maine,
were directly buileing above them,
sinking with them, and helping to
press them down with their
immense superintendent weight
tLey will weigh each 10000 tons
when completed. The work was
steadily pushed forward until the
cold weather came this winter.
The BROOKLYN tower has reached
the height 22O feet, and the New
Tower is completed up to the floor
ing ll9i feet above high-water mark,
As soon as the spring opens, the arch
ways, which are far advanced on the
other side, will be commenced. OF |
the original fund of s5,000.000, only
$500 900 remain, and the bridge may
cost nearly three times the original
estimate. Where these immense
sums are to come from is undeter-
mined, but all events, the work will |
not be abandoned, whether the leg
islature makes an appropriation for