, 1877-03-31


SUPPRESSION DRluug, CANADA SIDE, March
@.-Thc cugineers appointed by tho Ntagara
Suspension hrdge Company to oxa,ntne and r.
port upon tho stability Ut the suspension .brldEo
completed tlsclr work this evening, u,,d report,
IN effect, tint tho foundation, cables, etc., aso III.
gool condition, and tho orllgo entirely safe for
the carrlaEe Of regular trains. Tic Commission
era c,,,,stst Of ". A[ilncr Roburts, Clllef En-
s'noer Northern racllIe kailroaA; j. Z. S!eklcs,
Chief Engineer Union pAeiie lsullr,,au; autl W.
il. Pane, Assistant Engineer New York u
brooklyn nEltlvr. Detailed report giyHg tho
tests, with drawings, etc., will ba published in
u Out M u tho 14,16o wires constituting tho four
naIIuauth cubles supporting tho structure. less
linn Il tlNxcls w0rt found seriously corrUdet,
mud tscsu !yera In tho trst anchorage ox,sMEned.
III al,urt, the removal Of the tnasoary revealed
Humber 'u Of % %!r.s ID daisssi ~ie vii bs csSs ti.,ns ~.
a!iatoly spl!ecll aud seplacctI} ara 10 few con.
tarol with tho whole us u bu hardly wurthy of
inrEtlA'. \ Reporter nf the Buffalo Eu'aDaeF-
Thursday, aud says o1 them: mo unureiuutcc4
lcrsnll could sce wllat our party slw at'i not ba
h,ylucta that the br'.lgc IL us substantial and
serylreablcll how u 1t hus been ut any time DUR
lug tho twenty-five ytara Il tas hcell al uss. Alter
removing. tho. preparation Ut Spanish brown
I'aint, ill and cetlirnt, With which the wires
!a1 Ccen eoyurru fur rrescEYatloils they vera
found to le H. lsricet condition, ts tol " VI.
thu metal distinctly MARKED alat cleArly lrace.
nile. IL ltu sure, apots VI rust wtrn hurs A,l4
thpT0 to bB SEEN IN tho sllrfaees hlt, with tho
exception of thu tluxc,t wirta already mcution.
ri, Ilo n.nterlal damage laa buc,, do.u. That
tho metal hal sun'lerV0ne III apparent thaige
si,Icc It was plarcl IN p,stton could rns.lily 10
discovered BY aiy vas.ial observer: Thls, how
ever wins not satisfartHry To Col Paine. asnl 10
llas inatlc scFtca Ut experiments which Will ta
lttry to attr.rt lllrh attention In the scientific
worltl. They show col.c!us!ycly that tho long
ui1 u the Etldxt, thu larslng anl atTainlux u
which this wrca lulsu bcea a!luust continually
aublcetcl for nearly q quarter of u century.
ttnl:tty VI The fron."
ThIs bridge wa. baI'tby Nj; Rosbl!ax N 1885,
~. 1t lsas four towers, each ninety feet IN
height, aud constructed VI cttstul.a blocks
| eighteen inches thick. Tho base OF each tower
is sI1tee,! tect kluase anl tho top. eight feet
Each toxtr Is surnoAnsed with an iron EAalG!s
with rollera, upon whrh rcs: thu ratlcs. hrmly
loldiug tao sHl'ile III pusit!ou. The Fui!srs al-
Low the cIbles ~ nuYe easa!y. 10 t'iat ~ cu,i-
trart1pn and expansion there Is 10 additional
strata u!k,u the,u or the towers. Al all other
| paints VI bearinI asV cut-atOue caps SECURING
everything iEoEn the ast!1n Of the elements. a
AIasstye urrh cunnrcts tl.e towers kotIlc twenty
tratk, alll l.law. thu casltA9e way. Thu anchor
pit, eut In thu solid r,s u twenty -four by tweu-
II ieet, and twentyinur feel deep, witt. drift for
aarlsos osplates ,w.i <hang oo pounls
| which gtact up through 'Entns" cut iii the
rIcl, w4erc thrY eotuctt with suassiye wrought
Iron shafts, over tlu etls vi which IL loupei tho
wire that 5ur,na the cabtes+ Thu wires, brought
tho sllatss ut tue anchorage, With Is llled with
,u;Isnnry anl collsrctr, Ecueriu. Il uinlust soii
tux.. The wire for the cables MAS put through
| process u lolti1y iu oil, with glutiilaus mix
sI1t, bcn. kc,t III ,ilu euldrons thirty mlIa-
Utes, ulrl thrn dried In tIlu su1l. 1t passeI
tLyelg.l tlla pIute5i tarec times. the Wire bvlas