The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-31
DANGLING OVER THE RIVER.
MONS. \. CROSSES THE EAST RrTER Nv
4 BJGGT ON 4 WIRE ROPE
Climbing ronr mnnn,.sa md Seventeen s.en.-

Climbing Four Hundred aud Seventeen Stems
thi>i"g " INSTRUMENTATION Wire
Swinging @75 Feet Above the water
have crossed the East river in Mr. Far
rlngtons buggy, by means u athrce-duart.r-
IN wrr. No other person. save Mr.. Earring
tom ana his workmon, have crossed. and did II
Tor q mental aud physical sensation. got it.
Some weeks ago the whole world wis told TINT
The river had been crossed in this way 10y Mr.
Fnrrneton. Since then lunatcs. monornani-
noe. husvhoiics. and reporters have vninly en-
d'aNorcd to obtain permission to risk their
Ives in - similar manner. but until received
a., pl.s none have succeeded.
| alci on Monday morning Mt the bridge
comrnnv's OH 20. It's nice plafo-wnrnn. cns "
an '9inlottable. with three copies Of THE SUN
names ~ IA many snd-faeed clerks.
can 20 over ON the wire. sry"
,N2. Yen can't 20 over ON the wiro.'
-, No u.s. In the FIRST place, you can't go. In
I'M. , hrht Ilac'' II you did. ivory one clsr
thnt no ono shall go. Thnt settles it,"
:. i,w,sh, yuq would kindly ask the President"
H. did. H. asked senator Murphy. who said
ne would grant my request in the hope that in
my pr. ipta'e tnll from my lofty perch my cry
OF warning despair would reach and p'nctrHt,
~. pro - ional oars OF every reckless reporter
Later in the day received this note:
nt,R sm Nr harrington informs me- that he will have
cN,ry.ng wady t9se over with YOU at half past or
{ . Il, a1is assistant Engineer
It's astonishing how time Affects u fellow, and
now Ioss ss,on DESTROYS wiiu,s II | had f'lt
TNr ultumt nft.r il ea,,o / dn,, roii, IL IT, : Wv,
ia have eou..ht + '' W." ''"'' ''"'No
| determined ON n nsvcholoc-ical and nbVsio.
lori' ri -,,v w. '2,.iii9 "a, 'i'. III
| recall an The deeds of nv holy in n m".
w"nts nnsh, No. didn't; Was / nervous
VERY D!d tremhl' in my horsY Not a boot
II seemed to me ~ walk down Fulton street
an -roSsod the terry an locke NJ ut III" frail
rni,I t tn,v ha, ~ III, i'i',,M VIZ i.,.s
be"omr. inv Womb regard me- W, ~
T6. Old whitman who con1u.,od mo o. ,ho
fo, ~ * ,, n'', " Nv u'n me 20 ul'
n n,o 'ppe'r it All solemn about IT,. lie ms,d
mu III ns If M, VIZ ~ ~ d" ~ ~, n m.,I,N,ry
weed NC !" Nv "''o " '''N iiio i'r cuu vi tie
a very ta'l tower
On W. ru,a, ,' an 20 60 np. k"W
, i,,, IT,, ~ w - ~ ~
nh" nuhur.'' u.h SAL down AMI won i"rod
Ley, W., m'" n, VT" W.T." uu..-!hi W. hnniryd
WIN on rN,f'lsinr = no word Tor 7. High-
- " = ny v.hl, Mnulp never nave !, ON Wrlttn
rrn WI ,n Ia. III h w u ur stairs 81 ti'
ar i,',, IN Nn"n wu 'nid 500 SUI
- rid'rnl9us. II wac moro than thnt II, was
lnr. weary M steps from the start 10 the finish.
NOT uniting the little passigeways from Hight
t. iliEhL
=, ~ .h-ih ronch'd ne tip top stone. whore
VII. harrington, quiet. grim -humorrd sort 81
man. WIS dirc, iins a gang OF wnrkm"n. The
dnarv | mad eNI-sted Ia tail upon my knees
anu cry Ahni, Father. ~ nc amazed at the
extent ~ lu : creation and tie haudwurk oi
man. ~ wasn't la front Of me WIS iry
boats that looked like turtl = with sticks In their
ist'Ns' lew vessels, ana two or three tugs
Beyond It was New YORK. "a confused mass Of
si.epi"s smoke. ana steam. At tho right IN.
river and us bond. At tho loft Governors Isl
AMI. lls' pat n IN "a stream. At my ha h.
bronkln. all Il pics, hou- =. ana d"hrs Of
niuu ami snow. Down near Tho ferry house
-"o NJ Mayor Cyrus H. smith. lars". portiy
man. hfe- 81 th"tnrrN company. Oh. how -u4u
u" l'nAed; IL" nearer gut to hraN'n the Iitti-r
ne -'"nod fics as rich ~ Cr1~us. ind phy-i-
'al' great tax man. but through tho long