The New York herald., 1878-10-21

B.-Ihe brlckwork OF the arch.
C.Ssps the face OF the wall for foot passsngsra
the work, u should understood, Is for the pur-
pose OF maEing room Tor graded roadway from FIRST
avenue Second avenue without changing the grade
OF F0rty-sscond street For tbis purpose the middle
OF the strest 10 sunk on an inclined plane from the
middle OF the block First avenue, and the arch 10
but over tho sunk On road. sort OF plaza is thus
TO bs made o tho eastern end OF Forty street,
the street above. This wall. massive enough In sp-
poarance, presents y front on First avenue nearly
SIXTY feet IN height ana ncarly hundred ieet
II 10, however, only four ieet thIck st the bottom
and feet thick ~ the top, aud 10 Is psrpen-
dicular its face can present little resistance
smortar' between the stones can bs picked out with
tho fingers Several pieces were actually picked
by the reporter yesterday without exertion. IL
mas bugsd out sevsrai inches In the middle ana AZ
the place whore IL buiis up against the natural
w sne ns,s - me S.aos - cs1ssa
OF the wall where the mortar has apparently crumbled
away after tho moving Of the stones, but no 'dran
holss could be found such the veriest ouiId
Ing would leave wall behind which was an
oarlh nIiing. There 10 tenement house standing TO
tho north Of this lace WALL It's corner being wilma
tnrso the wall, and all ths tenants
one have moved out Of the house within = week
past boisg alarmed by tho sigma OF danger Back Of
this faco wall, which seems fall within week,
the arch, which has been repeatedly csndcmned
faulty inl dsslfn and in structure, extends
Two hundred feet Tho abutments are Of stone and
tho arch proper 10 Of brick. IL II composed oil
layers Vt bricks IN the older part OF tho work and Of
the alleged mortar, as was shown by pcxing up two
fallen bricks and holding them up Holding one in
tne manu- tuO Okueb WOuiu 70 tu0 KfOuuu Uy tt0
own weight Ths experiment was tried repeatedly
BY The reporter, always with tho same result
CONDEMNED ny AN KSGINERR
On September "a an estimate of the work Tor pay
mont 10 Contractor Byron vas sent BY Commissioner
CampDel 20 tue Comptrolisr IL called tor payment
294S 40 Comptroller Kelly thereupon Instructed
Mr.. }. b. Bacon civil engineer employ Cd In hts de-
parsmsnt examine the work In question report
upon IT, and ON Thursday last Mr. Bacon madc n re-
port, accompanying with three sketches Of different
portions Of the work. In this report he condemns
the work IN detail and prcdcts Its inevitass fall
On Friday last Comptroller Kelly enclosed this re-
port TO onimissionsr CanpbsiI with tn which
no said that view Of tho fact that she cssmats was
sont "to this department. Tor aymeht 70 the con.
tractor, amounting 20 81 PAS 40 10 ts Supposed that
ths manner OF It's construction has escaped your
attention" Tho note concludes folio ws:--"Ons
action Is now pending against the city damages 10
thc amounto 5000 In the9dssth OF Pasnck Lynch,
caused By she failing oil the arch In June iAst and VI
the report OF the engineer n 10 with the
facts shs WORK reported TO bo dangerously con-
structsd should bs taken before furtnsr life 10
sacrinccd aud liability for damages further increased
Within foriy-eight hours Of ,hs sending OF this
inc ports0n oi the wall described above fe with
nniaAA araaA The asDaas Of lhs work MAJ s~sAAkaa