New-York tribune., 1876-08-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SPLICING THE TRAVELLER ROPE.


ING NEw-YORK AND BROOKLYN.
The ioininp of the two ends of the first
travelcr rope OF the Brooklyn Bridge was accomplished
vesteray morning The work done in the same way
IN which an ordinary hempen rope is sphced ana ater ID
was finished the joint hardly noticeable Ihe rope
is now endless and passes around grOoved wheeS oh ~
New.York and Brooklyn anchorage pers' ana over
grooved wheels upon the towers There Is irane on
the anchor pier upon the NewYOrk side OF the riVer
about 3Oxl5 feet braced by inside tmbers, when are
crossed I'm the form OF the letter X This fsme
IA laid upon its side lengthwise with the cur
rent. OF the river and two more tmoers one
above the other. running the whole length Vi Uho
frame are boted and braced TO it, Between these 'wo
upper pieces there is space Of about six nches' anu ~
that space are the two horizontal wholesome al eao
end of the frameupon which the rope turns at the Ne"
York anohorpier The parts OF the rope were keP
dashed TO the pier until spliced, then the iasns' VIZ
cut loose and the frame was moved back un'ii al '"0
superfluous slack had been taken up "heh 'ho rop0
had the proper detection sag the frame was maze
fast for the time This frame lies south OF an east ana
west line through the middle OF the pier and on the
center OF the southern half OF its surface. similar
frame not yet finished occupies the other hall OF the to
OF the pier The latter will be used Tor the seconu
traveller roper One OF these travellers VIII DC uSeu
TO construct the southern pair Of cables which are 10
support that portion Of the bridge ana the or WI" oe
used 20 construct the northern pair.
The frame placed that Its position can be altered
for the reason that by carrying the frameiorwarH Tue
rope Ia lowered and by drawing 1t back II Is
raised its exact detection being OF great Importance
For instance at detection 1t VIII bear greater
strain weight than at another and It's exact power o
resistance is determined by getting its detection and
making very careful and laborious calculations VIII
out these would be impossible TO trust mphclty 10
Ats carrying capacity for certain weights BY this pro
cess everything is reduced TO certainty ana all tue
ropes which are used for carrying purposes are sub
ela apnI0 pXtnn
wheels in the New-York frame to the wheels IN the
Brooklyn frame an endless rope, ready to be set In
motion at any minute by the engine which Is 10 move
Ths is the engine that was used at the iool anu
ack of the BROOKLYN hoist stone. III has Deen
removed to the and in front Of the Brooklyn anchor
pier and smaller engine has been strot and the
uoer tested in the latter part OF last week anu
h tSs pnsnS s il the a Wheel which is exactly
of the middle OF the pier. and from II broad puley
ha 9osS say in M the box face turns Of the
twheel gives motion to horizontal SNAIL run s his
Sshaft is pulley wheel, from which band runs TO
another upon the upper surface OF the per at b M be
wheels which give motion to the taveer roltS ny q
system Of which II Is SnaUS' SS he payessed by
this system carrying strands OF the great eSpeS
forth across the river. The frames for holding
these wheels different on the Brooklyn ancno e
ake the skeleton framework of house as far up as the
caves the wheels top These frames are AZ
IN each frame four in number, instead or Two Inc
large wheel, which motion to the traVeer-Toe Is
An the middle Of 'front.' OF the frame, and the remain
SDg three distributed along the Dack-one III tne
die and each The travelerrope comes IN
Erectly and around corner wheel passes To the
large wheel and then around the small wheel on e Dack
of the frame, to The large wheel again. ana Thence
10 the other Wheel whence II goes BACK across
the river The space the two sides OF the frame
Is 27 feet The wheels multiplied at the brOOkyn u
Dnchor-per TO make the working OF the rope secure
against SLIPPING when the wheels are set In motion
interesting part OF the work VIII DE the carrying
ncross the the first section Of the second ter
Nope This will made fast TO the rope now IN position
Rnd run by IL will be ashed to the hrst rope AT
Regular distances of so 60 feet it leaves the BROOK
hyn pier and when il is across these iastenngs
il have to be cut. This will be done by man sent over
IN "buRgy," which Is small platform hung upon Tue
tavelerrope by deeply grOOved wheels IL Is surOhueu
by arailing. inside Of which the workman VIII euhu, Guy
ring lashngs he rides across The ride down 10
tie center Of the TaveerrOpe will be controlled Win
kempen rope. aud the buggy viii he hauled up the
opposite incline with another. There will he nothing
a. rOus in the process il the workman can Keep from
E.zznoss-no more danger than in great many other
kages of the work There have been over 100 apphc@
lons for the privilege of taking the first rde IN tne
p buggy" but Chief Assistant Engineer Marn is ntlh ~
s refusal permit any one but the single "orAhah
no