The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-04
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
IMPORTS TO HAVE ALL WORK UPON THE
STRUCTURE sToPPED-ARoUMESTs BEFORE
THE BOARD OF APPoRTIoNMENT-PRoGR

IMPORTS TO HAVE ALL WORK UPON THE
THE BOARD OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE
The question NJ whether the Brooklyn Bridge
will completed entirely abandoned At the pres
en-. time, after an expenditure OF several millions OF
dollars has been transferred from tho nitsd States
courts to tho Board OF Apportonmsni, which met
Al one O'Clock yesterday afternoon in tho Mayors
Office 1t viii W recollsctsd that suit pend
ing in the United States Circuit Court, In which Mr..
A. B. Miller, merchant OF this oily, rs plaintiff ask
ing for injunction to restrain further work on the
bridge This injunction 10 asked Tor on The ground
that the structure will materially Interfere with the
navigator OF the river; that IL IL not high enough
and that vessels passing under IL viii be compelled 10
strike their upper spars nj cost averaging from 70
10 $25.
Mr. Miller and his counsel, Mr.. William II, Arnoux,
mate ana Apportionmsnt. asking that BODY 10 with
mold any turlner appropriations for building the
bridge They coptended that tho trustees have not
com piled with the laws Of Congress permitting tns
work inasmuch Us ,hs bridge wiil .n'srsrs WIN the
at its proposed height, 1876 feet
No action was taken by the Board. 1t is stated at
tho CITY Hall that tins latest movement agaiLst
Brooklyn's pet scheme ~ simply continuation OF
the light Of Tammany Hall with tho MCLAUGHLIN
Murphy interest the other side Of the river, the
passage OF the carimen's non-reeident ordinance
beng part OF The programme.
WORK ON THE BRIDGE.
During Tho past FEW months great progress has
been made all sectious Of the work on The East
River Bridge This advance is most noticeable In the
approachc, but TO the casual ookef-on, who surveys
the uncompeted structure from the deck Of the pass
ing ferryboai, the cables are tho most prominent
parts Of the work and those which every new
change In tho line Of each cable two OF The
groups OF seven central Strands which being bound
together form the core OF the cable, are finished,
wrapped and IN their permanent place. These
two the down stream cores are being painted
with white lead, and as The central spans
eus y oser par u corss are now v.
being wrapped, and Will be finished In few days.
the wrappings OF the oririnai strands, where they
can be reached, are cut of and tho whole seven are
bound together into tho core, which Is on inches in
diameter, by two-inch wrappngs OF No. IA charcoal
anneaied wirc at distances VI foot apart. On
line with and some three eet above the cores, serv
Ing as hand rails, steel ropes have been swung, and
the workmen walk cooly back and forward to the
wrapping buggies, wnen gong TO and coming from
their work, on this 81 Inch tight rope SIX addi.
strands swing across the rlver making Ihrtoen
strands completed the limo OF each cable The lhir
tesnih pair Of down stream strands wore lowered yes
terday Wire laying has been stopped Tor Two
weeks account oil the wrapping OF the strands into
the cores Tho work Will, however, be resumed on
Mon1sy, when the laying Of tho fourteenth pair Of
rington expects TO nave tho nineteen strands which
viii constitute each cable finished and in place by the
cables win take about months that they will be
finished ny the Isl Of December. The cables will
cove continuous spiral wrapping Of heavy wire,
which VIII be put on by machinery
THE APPROACHES.
Since the last account OF the work which pub
lish, d Ia Tho HERALD much progress has besn
with the work on tue PIERS OF tue approaches 10 tue
bridge each s,de OF the river ln Brooklyn those
oil the arst block from the anchorage 10 York street.
are nearly Anshed and the granite faces OF tho drst
pier, which abus tho anchorage. aud OF the second
and third PIERS finished up TO where the arches
"A 10
and Nam streets, the greatest activity Is now visible.
Tho brick work Of the nrst piers well ABOVE tho
ground; that On The seventh Is Just commsnccd ana
they are getting ready 10 concrete the and ninth
ones
On tho New York side the s,onswork OF tho piers
of the first block 10 advanced; but the workmea
waiting for stoue tho recent ioss having delayed
thc ooners carrying Tho giaDite from Name The
piors Of sne second block are UP TO The spring points
oil tho arches With the exception oil those At Franklin
square and CiG street, Work which cannot proceed
until tho STONE arrives. At one O'Clock yesterday
block, that fronting on CHI street. was commenced.
large treste frame, sevcnty SIX feet IN height Tor
travelling crane. similar 20 .hs oas IN biooklyn WIZ
nx OF the large Key aron and other heavy stones OF
tns hrst block Of the approach. Some Of those wc'gn
The engineers have finished me detailed drawings
OF tho supersructure and the specifications TOR tue
are ready and viii be submitted At the monthly meet
Ing OF the Board OF Trustees on MONDAY, anu II ap-
proved bids VIII DO Immediately advertised Tor. The
Ma,no and New Hampshire quarries which furnish tho
granite for the bridgs working at u blast there
OF the s,ones-tho piinths--weigh some eleven ,ous
and teams Of twenty oxen used TO convey thcm
tho rough from the qoarries 10 the cutting sheds by
rho section OF Tho great cable which was =, Phila-
dclpha, ana tho drawing OF Tho completed bridge by
W. Hildcbrand, Of The engineers, VIII be seut TO
tho Paris Exhibition iho nrst French STEINER.
They 60 under the auspices the exhibit OF the
American society oil Civil Engineers