, 1877-01-18
Ex-Prcsftfcnt Stone Examined nt
Great Length.
He Inlu1ges in an Unkind Cat at Draughts
man Tomlinson.
But Fails to Turnisf, Much Valuable
Information.
The Examining Engineer Of the Road
alao on tho Stand.

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returned feunl tllc scene Of arci.l.nt yesterday,
mud to-day took test,lony tt Alna+a Stone,
Esa., WllU wns President Ut tho l.as. SbEr |
Railroad In ISL, and designed the Ashtasula
bridge. Mr.. Stone being In dell ate health. the
Committee met at hs residence TN Euclid ave-
nt1r. being sworn, Mr. Stpnc testified u fol-
lows: lie was ut first Superintendent ot thr
Lake Shore Roa.1 from Cleveland to Ersc f,r
two years, anil Vas Afterwards President from
1sJj till 1S;', anu has since been Director
Of tho road. The bridge nrrnss Aslltahala
Creek was built In 1SG3 Witness designed the
BRIDGE but oniy supcsin.endcl
THE uHAwlNo or TUE PLAN,
while the details uf construction we're Cfrcn
into the liauds Of Mr. Albert ConE,lon, who was
supervised by Mr. Jnscrlt Tnnlnson. The Wit
ness has not the Original plan Of the struc-
turc, hut does hot certainly knuw where 1t may
bcfound.
t,ueution-Hcrc there full written specI1ca-
ttoils OF tie bridge at the time of its eoustruc-
tio1,, and, II 70, where arc they n"*f
Arswcs-Thrru werr ntl tue specifications |
usually given, hut To not know whuTr tl!ey
| now arc.
Q.-Wrrc there full specifications al tho time?
| A.-Tlcrc wcrc.
| Q.-Wcrc the other papers preserved until
! the bridge WI. eornpletcdf
| AL all not aware that they were. The span
| Of tho bri1yc wus 15i feet. The width OF the
| brigc from outside to uutesdG was nlnttccn
icct Fix inches; perhaps twcnty feet. Tie
width uf tine lrt!ge between the cuEls WAS four-
| trcn or fourteen uul ouc-hnlf feet. The width
~ t"e ", r., ,,.t...'. y.s. .l',, I,,ras a,,, >,
tho upper cdyr. The with VI zach panel WIS
| eleven feet.
THERE WE'RE FOUR IN ALL.
'rfnrr War mi change In the plan after tue work
.a"e ICY s,.a,..,, ~. ,.,..s Tl.r w,s mn H.,
I,arturc lru1n tie original plan q to STRENGTH
etc, There WIS au crrvr which garc the build
c,s sotuc trouble. This crr,r was that they put
III some para nusa<o,1sas ., ls'as euou.a @ nass
gone IN vertically. 1hc luSs may ha's
been Clipped Of In rctnclying tile n's-
take, Thu witness docs not remember
=. =, ths, mint. Tnc original drsIrn
a. 10 t"at pon' "e ua'I"t Ia'i'a. a,,,,o 49,,
ot the braces was not to tc SIX 1hel'es mango anu
.1 "f o r 10 III TIC s'br brace ] Duc do
NH a1nw. m fur NJ know, that they should 10
not sno", ~ -, ~ n,'.ua ,,'at ~. Srt was
e1 1u.neo' .',',.s ',,,,s ,ra,, 1,,r,, IN s..
) what tile trouble was. I
HEARD or NO TROUBLE
after the change lrop horizontal to ve5t!sa! was
"adc~ ar losSon WIS ssussea s.sn us
construction ol tut bF'asc ~ Tue hcsthhlns'
: but hc was found very Inefficient, and he w's
| II mn
H. 1;ers I Ind no rxiHrcnsc, rithcr Icforc or
s!utt, Il, t!y erection VI i.ou bridges, III Eur is
si," wltnrs. knew. rLvsc could lave been to
utller Inistaku made than tlle that was
w"i. 'Fhr wri,rht mil t}rrssusc III the bridge
1ou Il W ill., H. ,'',.sSri,',. If Tic rois jFo, thc
:. behring's would luo>rn lt,rn. Tie dropping out
tho S'fe,s Wove os S;4 t arSrtr ~ IT, '0t 0
y At the centre tLr cuntrrs bccullio n,an braces,
!
r., ,lrmnny out Of u few Ut thu centre would
Is i,;,'. ~. 81 strugsl NJ otl,er l,,.a,s was tle.
J. ys,:l 10 kcvp tic counters fu tlrlr piarcs, bt
,ans. the i,rs were ,,la:r,l IN al,noat entirely
,ar III .uv..strnrt. "i r;lIsiny. They we're I'll
m rsurcai nurpusr. Attrr the bridge WIS
r,;x"I ~ ptbn brac.s were hcld by uIsr incans
leFc @ wGu IL t ~ l"iurr tbr sieu.t Of Ii,
1t h.,.iu"' ri" strutH vi Ito liver ruri
i; ~ fir hrhl.e were twrnty-twu fpe1
T. ue,hat,s, / ,iont rcvu1lcct The L.:,Ise woult
r. f., t,rv ~. ,,,,e w;tt,iut ans LITERAL hrnrrs
H. II IL ~ y,.ry thick. Witness las known bridges
-. 10 ~ viiunt nnx ta,rr,j hr.,cs t. stimuli io
yrars. Thru were: III i.lc llrid.e various isu,
,,t'ss"tlcs fastened t., tic upi,cr rorls OF tL'
rllr. hy jo,,sl,vlts upou Which the rails wtr
nhs' 1hu rvs.,n;: u te iron rails ..,,. tic tul
so5s IN M r. sfrs ; Of ,!. 'nS "nx'' YOU'D !. ;,, M
te TO- ,t "a1s usu,, 'Aost 10 ~ st1snrth"M @ ~ its tn
X ''r,. fnr this u1r,u,,,. lur tIcy were s,,aposl
~ u'Is ~ IT, ~ str.'', @ e,,pur, Thr trgs asst
W. ",s =, r,,,,,, -, rtrry tYu trnrksus tu carr
utte trH"i In t!It rrl!tTr: iafe easetH''s -"
etlpFGl the Il1httcr. NIL my CtntlQafoH ~ LIZA
at ,nt Ntrai,, III hrr. .nurr tHa,l sOUj or V,lu
,t, ". s.'a -. H., sa,,r., i,rl. wnilc il Is caatjc
spnn'nT,;r,r
lsc e"Fio' r1,,,rv.rwo ruor4,su rouyps
he J., .,c s.,,.r, t'' 'n tiuc tr,u u, ouc s]
III " In II, sI brj,irc wv, wyull s,raisi lie tr.lsse
-, oiu,nt ~ ~ w. * mr. ,cat Us mus
IT, a'2as ro,, wr tw,, trains t'sssnu over Ut IL
III, as H. "u,a .;,, u,,. H.. .,r:,i, hr swS,l-
IL ~ s'e st,. viii. thn Ind w.'s u4hrI tu Iii
ice ."u "a w.rv c,nr'm.y" eyi,Ienrt. to III
N. sli' ~ ~ - ,t H,. ,nrrlcl .1t,w., is Ii
~ MihA LIZ w :" -" ",.'nr I'm trarl, II, snn
-. . ncuu i 1'rIf'," was nt strons. r:,,,t,u
- Ny. az t, u'' ~ IN tla trmk Tau r.,
ht, euty ttn'u ~ ,.a ',. ~ ,vnLm..s Il vault tnv
~ ~ ul.usu "o"e" u ~ ~ ,n,,h n,,shI tr,
~. s"o.'E Nv ", "ytsnt ~ ,,rratn., truss woui
hr ~ sh a'e t,,1, .sse,t ts,,t tr.ss woull Ircuk
l!l thu south, an carry lie bridge 10 te sntl. =