Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-18
The Great Suspension Bridge.
From the Sunday News

The Great Suspension Bridge.
From the Sunday News.
The work ON the Brooklyn suspen-
sion bridge commenced on january 9,
1870. There were 100000 subscribed
by private stockholders, So, 100000 by
the city of Brooklyn, and 81, 10000 by
by the city of New York. Of the pri-
vate subscriptions $340,SOO were paid
In, but this was returned with interest
to the stockholders last year by the as
sumption of the work by the two cities.
The act Of the Legislature now REQUIRES
the bridge to be finished by Joint sub
scription OF New York and BROOKLYN.
In the proportion from each of the
original contributions, the latter to pay
twice the amount of the former. The
cost of the bridge is given at S., 600, 900,
besides the acquisition of land; the lat
ter is estimated at So 100000. We put
together few items concerning fhis
bridge:
Construction commenced January
2, 1870.
Length Of river span, 1896 feet 6
inches.
Length of each land span, $50 feet
(1,860 feet).
Length of Brooklyn approach, 971
feet.
Length of New York approach, 1862
feet 6 inches.
Total length of bridge, $3.50 feet.
Width of bridge. IS feet.
Number of cables, 4
Diameter Of each cable, 155 inches.
10 oh cICtc Of e JIo1
mot twisted) steel wires, No. gauge,
closely wrapped in a solid cylinder.
Ultimate strength of eacl cable, H.
200 tons.
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, Brooklyn, As feet.
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, New York, rs feet.
Size of towers at high water line,
14Ox59 feet.
Size of towers at roof course, 126x53
feet.
Toal height of towers above high wa
ter, 277 feet.
Clear height of bridge in center of
river span above high water, at so de-
grees Fahrenheit, 135 feet.
Height of floor at towers above high
water, 119 feet 8 inches.
Grade of roadway, 81 feet in 100 feet.
Size of anchorage at base 129X119
feet.
Size of anchorage at top, 117x104 feet.
Weight of each anchor-plate, % tons.
Total cost of bridge, exclusive Of land
acquisition, 100000.
Cost of land, say So, 500, 900.
life and Death
Here are two CHASTITY tales from
Paris: At the last opera bail, when
the dancers had departed, the watch.
men, on making their rounds found
the body Of a welLdressed lady in one
of the boxes. She had been stabbed
but whether her death was due to sui
eide or murder is not stated. A Radi-
cal died at Bezier5, and his brethren re-
solved to give him downright civil
burial. They followed him to the grave
with pipes in their mouths and bottles
under their arms. AS soon as the
body was lowered into the grave the
mourners began singing and drinking,
and, having exhausted their liquor,
threw their empty bottles on to the cot
fin, exclaiming, "ISens, uoila to- port ~
Then they when back to the wine
shops.
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Moore and Burns also, fifty selected popu
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