, 1881-12-09
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE,

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Interesting Questions About II Put t,y
Director te"o~evrit-T,e STRUCTURE to
he Stronger tlsns WINS intended, ty
1krn~u1l ng nH l:rrur or Judgments
The Responsibility fur tile cl,nm4e ri
Plan.
NtW f'nrs Sun. Ufr.s
The trustees OF tho l:nst !tlvcr fridge met
Yesterday afternoon I'll Ilruuklyl. At tlle. lust
sicsttng resolution inferred lIy Mr. Roosevelt
way lasHel cnlstllH 1l,'un tho Chief l:uxnpcr to
expnfn when this extrn l::'T tu1ls Of steel wus
nce,led; to st'tle whether he npprnvud tho fn-
grouse, whuthur tue incrcase would affect tut
sntelynf tho urlvc, nr Its hight above hlEll
@h'cr; whit tho Increased GUST would he; and
whether tho structure wo,d curry pnlAcc cara
or Elevated !airo,l,l tr1ns.
Cnfcg-EnRfllccr ". 4. isucGinK sets forth In
hIs reply t!iat tho orIgi.u1 lnn Of the !trla4n wAs
1rawi, for an Iron snptrssrtict,,re, uIid thlt. us
tho decision tn use siccl wua su hastily reached.
the ,es'gin"rs ha,i out, shru weeks to cIlangc
begun: THU plans involves. uN drawings which
1ave jttst ereil rutnpt"trd. The theury thut
inere wn"!a M tc sss weight rs,!,.rts ~ str,
Al trtlse Of fruHi II Il, II per ptt In strength
WY sApee!Gd With the ,!rcrante or |: pnr ceht III
1 Nts tntsntt thnt AO tnns nf stcc, nore tha,l
acre rulIctl for NJ iirst wcre needed III go. 1t,
Sy. @ u M n1 III n1'!ssatl"ns s w; wrrc n,n n tl,o lans
nude Eli tnt,A .IGru i1tcesshry. s4td thu .in4a nE
sIans "usl'ntt nf itltrnnn l,acc. .cHrt rc1tiirta
'nuntlls he s4tIstch thIs ItscstHsc fur this pir-
tnsc, hit it waa 1l,Mliy t0rcptt Hl'nu iim Thu
tenlnlninE lO0 tons wcru tNc1rsl for m1lur
changes.
Tue chnnge Of tho pinns frotn those OF lsea
*l,cit contemplated t,lrec .ewaiks n.f,'tst i've
creased tho weight, wE!rh Nns prl,vLiud fSr in
t!lc cables nlii' tltc!nra.c+ nilu purity In tho
!uwers. % ~ the orders ut tho SECRETARY "f War.
lDur feet Mt,re !irsst-r0>Hi t,Nu to Ln provided
:or under the brislGn. III scattrc this sla trl,Sse.
Htro ptn!cd abt'vu n.ttl..i nf 6rnGntn tho tiuur,
=, thnt Tho Rrlc might l,c raiscti. STR. lclt,n9
aAes tie liinr4ln Ui safety In tho brd9p 1T uver
four. n'"' s.ss TINT, esen IF tho nxtrn t,E tnss
s"r s, ~ IT.; ~ r. I'M c'es ,y tGe aarm M saisy
sill. tho temperature Ut xrra', whun the tlrf!cu.
,Ion would b.. III II tninimnsn aud tito strnin at
judgement ha, nce,,rrrsl in tnv.,s Ut tho i,ri.lse.
~ the strsliit li thu steel Id eh cu,i,tr,! nj
piaS s h0"t !" /, 70 sIa a' IS sa ..saa :S % W,ss
:' hayo Heeu sase. nat ,!oW *t tSp y a,set s,ss
If locomotives n,!Iitlunul strength w,,a nd,ltlj,
Mud. IN order to have head room Tor patuce. e,lrs,
~. H. 'rgsse9 ,,s wsrs tss:t ,I,fes @ fct j, eoaiu.
Eautl nnw he NJ rigid tbnt daily trl.!le would
hatu no effect lIponlt.
u. icrcnse o tho weight nf tl1u hrltlse t.I pro-
,ide for tho lnlIfnHN pn'acc' cars, III l,lcrenso
whici thu engineer saa le had resisted fur
The 'iuesttsn' wns received III silence. Mr.
straiInnnn seemed to bt Iuukctl ~ fur un i1l-
Ml,rrlsy cOultl tell aIr. Murphy sat tint ID iar
y ar knew tfIe it9'rensc hal lint bren urttcrrd
" the 'snrd. Mr.. Slnlnlltian snId' thu: thero
aAd lcuH Il Rr,lurAi ursire to have tho bridge
nrpng enough 70 ri.rry l'nll1t.un cara aud eiu-
rated trains. llr wis 4 n,cn1l"r " Il cu,ntnfL-
.hrre wns IN itlrn thnt tho Weight w.,ul huyo tU
ot taler''se' materially.