The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-18
ENGINEERING ExrRAORDyNiRr.


On saturday morning Ot luSt week tne |
bridge over the Rnrittn river at New Bruins |
wic,. ~ j., was burned. and 1877 hours later, or |
nj o'clock on Thursday afternoon. train /
crossed On n new bridge Of over 1000 feet in /
length and from % to ~ feet in height In
view ~ the unpropitous weather 1t was Won
dcrful feat " engineering.
Ga Monday strong southeast wind drove
the watrr back, and there was nm unusually
HIGH tide The low. marshy grou III on the
north side of the river was flooded. and then
came the storm of Tuesday. Despite the rain
the work WIS pushed forward while daylight
lnstcd. but after niEhtfall il WIS imrossihl" to
work in tho storm. On "Wednesday morning.
however. the storm nhaicd. and thcn'ciorward
until all YVES completed there WIS no cessation
except for n few minutes ut long Intervals
npart to- ruahlc the mon to cat.
On the last night of til" work. the Vow Jersey
mon had nbou; $50 men Mt work. the Pcnnsy-
vaninns 100 AZ nii;ht'a'l all tho lower bcn's
were In place. but ~ the upper tier there wore
s'iu srycn to- be- rnia"d hy the Prnn-ylvrniuns
nnd i've, Nv the Nrw Jersey men Tia" llnrltnn
had hrrn So swollen by TUESDAY Storm thn u
lad .Li.tri sryrrnl ~, tie lrnis. ami had
changed the bottom NJ ON" point ia IN" stream.
So tina; 10 accommodate tn" nov sUuntlnn. an
the tnihrrs NJ the five nortl sd" homs' hadt To
A. the sun went down on Wednesday, evening
the smcs" from SOM smuu'drrlhg ioE ilrrS on
The l,tINM ma til tue Gnu tfi III
To- flame. and ere long IN" rni " ht'ilNh, WIS
Frightening all ,thc ~,rnc. There were tlrrr
such fires On Viz rirrs 'w2 on tnr yuiely
The carpenters worked. Then II locomotive
/ headlight nj tnr north rnd of the work. glnr.d
/ over rvrryhin... ~ night long; 1h" light
nnor,c by ih,-c fires enabled the men. who
] wrrr moving about on u" ir"-tlr work or d..
/ month IT, H. 80" thni Nirv neither plunged
/ through rny " In" many openings in the
frpnp'S. nor. II l"low. vnuturrd into plorcS
whore IN" mui wa over kn"" deep. But Tor
q Nfft.fNA In
ins bolts. AMI ias;,ning hrncrs; the men re-
| Guir"d inut"rus gnd torches. " and irn IN
aud ont. Ike IRE nlr-. the liitr flames CLEANED
f''uly Among IN" RIBS ol th~ great skeleton.
slowly gruwing ir'u inrm Ear ovrr on 10"
other side ol the river only plcams lik" thrs"
" re soon; Tor thor" WIS =" n"ulr" There.
pom tNr rvrnina air arus' u hum AMI chatter
that sounded Ike th' nanv-Nuirrd muir.
muir of great town. Snv"ru gangs OF
| men clrasol simultaneously in hnulins
/ hig plnhS~ AMI t'mb"rr from the inui below e.
/ tho unrr,,w iuOt.yny ON the line Of inr middle
} cats oi e." y 'ni-. and from each sounded out
! s,inr voi'" ia tnnt iolrfu refrain oi Nowcis
! which sAnurs-and ind""d all IN 'urors-srriu
| rnpr-ins:in~ k.hn.nh. O.hny'. Yn-hc-o 90
! other voices wrrr shouting commands here and
thrr'. audtHc -hr.ll suurls o,ihr roller aNlcs ia
/ IN" 'u=gN ln' IS ~ w.iyhtrd down ly tr'ut
tiwhcr, taey wrr' pu~h'd hth"r and thitil"r;
~ sh"ut m"n"toi"n-\ .rrnhlnG roulhalniS
! rers thr o'ci'"ioual thunder 81 plnnks thrown
, down; On" di-iat, "nlrpine of the cr",--cui
saws amt the oyer r"'urgrnt mum fi'n--tron,
un"arfirl quarters. atl invariably too lat TO
Ioo. ou, such was the chorus Of the build
ine %. the bridge
Tier. WIS me- such tns;n heard from among
the p'ru>vl Nnnans. About All me sound they
mHGe Wis tn Sirndy rral.ns ~ the crate.
which they RI vi tl,rir hcul- with, and the dan
thuWps of poDd"rous mHu.s rsrd To- ini IL"
frames together. NJ twenty minutes ni'r IL
They had ..o, az ri"r s"y"n upper hrn,s. and
Ind gone home To bed. But the y ~ Jersryir"n
rh'y progressed very slowly " the iimb"rs
wrr" Trimmed. they had To- l.. carried down u
little incline and across field OF mud. nearly
{ 800 yards. To- where they We're hoiStrd w Tor
/ PUTIN. together. This carrying had 10 lle don.
on mems shoulders IA many as could stand
unl,r til" it'am nu both sides bore the burden.
After this s,rugglin. mass ~ beam nn.l men,
l looking IKE an enormous crntip"ur. had wrtE-
! rl.i IL way through the deou mud down To the
first RIVER pirs tn" beam was sent up a,D't hy
the men nHrrhim. aWay through the mir" with
the md oi II ION, rorr attached IN II block. that
nover c"a- 81 making IT, noisy urntrs;atiou-.
At o'r.O,k in thu morning Il wagon "nnc
over from New Brunswick with m abundant
supply -. sandwiches ami roile'. which WAS dis
trlhuied while H." men TOOK mai an Eo9rs r.st
At , O'Clock the tide was iiig.i that all the low
ground was n"o!ed So deeply that kegs ct
INK. Al, through the night u strong brr"2- hn'l
been blowing down the river. carrying n.
spnrss from III" hoalr"s N u gi't ring shower
i..ros- The -aii meadow. aud ~ o'clock IN tho
1 morminl; the br'rr' became gal" ana tl" ni"i
at wur, -ritin- tlr brit- 'Hr"'l not cOuilnu" ~
I thcy might h. hown oil ih, bridge. Before )
however. the w.nd moderated. and tl"y r.
-umed wNrE \ idtlc after tpat nour tnginr"i
Brown ,i,iur ACROSS from the south Sidr, am
was displra-.'d ut finding the Jrrsrym"n -tiil Il
work On the Second of Their ilN" h''l,ts. li"ior
7 oclo'k. however. Hl were ny. nhi wpren"l
were freely ins- n, To- and iru on IT." plHnki
stretched upon 40" upper rals. lh"n tho r."
OF prrpurairn swelicd louder than eyer. FOR ! ~
men w'rr now O., worg 'nmpi'tiHE the bra 'iul'
laying the ~irinErrs. putting On Tie crJss-iies
amt Handy ~liklug down ~" rtiis.
Al II g O'Clock aN excursion IRAN pushed on
nearly auii way from the south -iti". t. carr,
tbs and rall.. \ little before. one O'Clock lh
iust tie WIS IN piHcc. and tn" yrri alton ~ IN
alignu, ny n tnr tr tex was IA progr, -. Finally
~ ten minute, pas. two o'clo * /. VI. u tgtin %
| iortv--eyon oi lht largest platform ears illr,
. w.'t "unrnuus log, loads of plank. nnny tom
ot rnHl and IRON r'ul- and TICS. pushed 10y pas
Sen-rr 'uEiur 9-9. JACK MeNry "ngln"rr-on
81 we largest 10 puutivr- on i'r road. w"ighiE.
: $500 ni>-~.owy si"nnl"d out from tn
-, -.ufh end. uioa the now bridge, 1hc >rycres
= u'e' WIS arpll't. not uny 10y this trrmrndou
w"if;ii. rs nclyy as ~ MY ordinary passrne
r trains. uut los -tnpplnS and starting IT, harkin
- II. and changing iis rate OF speed; yet with al
. tu'- there was not a prrceitln.c trrmor OF tn
>, bridge.
h Ai2's o'clock the Washington express. Busl
condu tor. and Jim sanford engineer. crossed
e. with eight passenger coaches.