, 1880-11-19
THE {}i}E1.ISK.
Ita Appalling Weight t,rtl4ltea si,a pipes
and SEWERS MntiHf the Streets tlpHit
AGitiril Ii ,TrNYa.iA.

Ita Appalling Weight CrtlHltea tho 7'lpcs
and sewers unIlHr the streets tltnn
Which 1t 'rrnvHiA.
It ~ sovcn weeks xislru tho os,ulisk arrived nt
tin f,H,. Ut West HIncsy-s1xlh street. Now York.
IT. tHt tf.u thu BtUIU ,s 1rnit llftc,l FROM lilo
tH,,lls,on w,iril hrsl,xht It rnln Statnst lstan1
nttl carried exle.ly MN ldncis nmt Il hn!f, or
Ahhlt Fun rcut. Mnytny III TINT rate, II would
have tnkcn Lrulchunt-C -CnusnsAn'Ier 0urriEEe
,ll,l,tlt JtuJ years IL bring II frun Egypt. hut
tho whu!r wurI ut getting It from bis present
tu,stlun at tf,o tlruntlway boulevard ami
Ntnuty-sl1th EtrcCt IL t!tu E1to prepared
fur It neir tho metropolitan Museum
of nrt will not, In the opinion Ut Knol ju'lgoa.
tnke lohErr tl,nn tIle tltnu nsci II, snttlnk 1t
up tho At.,u,, cur from tho North River to tho
iuuinvns1. At Every atci tho ,t' ro,'l"ny brnko %
t uavn wMY ~ a III n,tu ut a ',t LUZ "y, wien
by cmrillouA lcslM,s which HsrotGhtd irs's,! QUO
side f tho struel u thn n,lscr. frnn' sl,i lt
F!to.'.t, s.ta,th ,ini level. 'llln s1nc viii i,w
t!'u !,Iavnrd fowmto Efxiity-sixth strret, when
ctiers Cci,sn!l ,nri ut ti,stt pnint n'.d cmurgvs
1T El9hty -llfi!, strtnt usA Fill aye,luc. Thcru
nra no sewers III thfa rtm!. which IL admirably
built und Includes Dlly st II 0xGn bridges, ,in-
| dur which thu nl'cllas nlnv hhvc a''fnt trNle.
Last "Wednesday thy wnrk q iarnY 4, tl9 st.no
},os'rs s iSs, w,rk iaeutenaat. .con!r,ar;'ar
] a MT 1ts@S" tss witt w y Il s srs . % 1;Y s;as
wkesls. ait"r Y 'a,i i~en carrisanp ~ stcep
incl[ne, u to ,'ss It t., It's site with forty yok.
WILL lnkn tho ,nonolitl1 ~ the park with thu ~!
Of tho sl'at1ll engine which lh t!Hi IL W, tlo
@ cyy 1s 9sx i!sfy w .wty fss$ tt i' ionx W, M
ti,nl.rs fourteen inches. snunsr. il s,l cnsin.
tho engine Is tho pbctlsk, l.,xcsir 80 cnnpctny
tinlt Gully few Alarc fnet II IT, rcd Or pi'tk
! Enflt t.trsHcG Gun be seen. lllc two t1itsi'!c
l Of fi10 WJttn In J1tiN t4tLflt3tnc
Into onr suit.t plaa.k. ton feet wLlo Atll
Iortes nchcs tek s., "rs 5rn rGyalG ?; VII,
Tiiis constitutes tho carriage. THE roh,-l,e1 Is
nn,io ilrdt by plac,ng Icalils r runs Hqnnre nu,!
Il ydstess ss ~ s S' Those s sss 'P
tho sltcpers for tho rnls. The rutls ura ucu1ns
fourteen, iHsl,es s'l,iMre covered p. top With
ire ii! Fruusch. When III Il ready mud u blotk
Is driven Into tic cnrth ut the end u tl!o
linz Ut ru!ls. anl M iro,, tqne, tl!n links of
which wesh swsso in.!!s se y 81 i1stne ~, to
Scrs Of tic slg,stlc pank. 4 rope ID nn!ue fist
to 10 e.a|tl and II tho Mi+t, aud ,; aftsr
IL ct'lIs nrln1 THO drum OF lie lutEey efaI,'c.
As It IL .lrstwn In, tho plank. with tho ubesls NIX.
snKmss u y n"yss ,s;,, n'ons tho rails esy "s
Tho grentrst s.rsll'. III pulling THO stune M
hill wis " starting; TUG r1t,cs asla Gs,!ta light
thing must break. md yGt tho stvne would rc-
fusr to int,vr. III order tn Ainrt utter utrry
stup,mHc. cOinpressel-ntr jncks, onpnbin 0f lift
jnE thrty tntss, wore nltilU to push lilo stni!0
frutj1 tJet.l aI.I Bcud It forward few 3nclles.
When u1lGB started tho lnAl moves thslly to tho
Crl Ut tho Temporary rails. Then tho stccpcrs
md rnils which tnFc bccn Rone Ufcr Einro tt1 le
moved to tllsir now positions III front OF tho
stollc lud n,l,ti1rr nat las to hu driven for tho
tnlliu IL p tied tu. Even with tho Mt,l Of twenty
nlrt,, 1t Is II ay's work to remove An!! nrrnlKu
tlle sicurnrs ntll rnllH for one blocks Journey.
Tho wUHht Of tho suoH0lita ii sn1Ieth!ng Aj1-
pallInK, It. IL only by distributing tho wulKnt
enuu!iy over tho roul-lm By illcut,s Ut tho
sicepeis that thu stono IL prevented from
| ntl,tu Il rulti.btd rs tho boulesH,1i. 0nu
Ut tic men ungagcd 1T tho wnrk IL rent1y tn
Awenr TINT II strip of iron IL PLACED 'tihler tho
rullurs which uarry tho o(sk. this strip will e,I
f0ili Aftcr tlo pssntr Or tho Bttftso to 10 wet,
tho wnter ulpilruntly having been Hsicez1tl nut
| NJ tho pDrts nt thu Iron. Another trouble llns
beet, tlU br.nhlng u tlo frolt chnlt, Itl0t
which tho whole strsIiti fals When tho o1esIS Ii
moving. Wtrx has to bo stepped HoHettIncs ttt
R,,yruli hours IN UrlGr tO hAvu tin c3n[H tnondI
| a weight nf :1W tons Ia admirably cNscGlntcl t.
1t present ,,iastarcrs nre cnHugcd IN tnktng II
| east 1T tho tutAo Ut thu uhclisk, which hns Grrt
wur,l md brken MI until tt ttd not hg nl1ttll
to stand without aulr'nrt, ~ tho tHlEg IL nov
! moro rt,tnh tim square. Tho missing pnrts
Will bp t,lst III ono piece nf irnnEn. Int, Whicl
tho pttclsk viii tn, tiite lhlR apectus Of KEatl'
tlu bru1,zu, suuctra Will tNke THO f'sace Ut tlt
hrolzu ernl.4 which were ttsHl IL keep tht
| Stute straight III Egypt, atnl NTc supposed II
ktu beut, put thoro when 1t wsls moved 10 Alex