The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-07
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PROFESSOR c. A. rorxo.
.ne astronomer Of Princeton Collere an
thor 'nter ala OF an admirable popnlar
WORK on " The sun Is TO be Our Presidpn,
,h 1880. Professor Young is modest
looking. refined gentleman, as unobtrusive
ana deferential rs be Is learned and emf.
nyn', ana he VIII do honor TO the place for
which he has been chosen.
Shall mention, in CLOSING ano,bor
."Is'0nI inns time 1t was one given by
~, .me hsroor commissioners OF Montreal.
lheir me steamer took us up and down
the splendid harbor, lined with sbins ana
steamers, among which Law the nalatisI
Parlsian,' 81 the Allan Line. which b,s
L think, recently made the quickest trim ~,
record across the Atlantic, and which wa
were invited to inspect. Then We wnrc
lifted mp through n couple Of locks into the
Lachine canal, whence, soon disembarking
We were taken by train 10
THE GREAT VICTORIA BRIDGE.
OF which | used TO read so wonderin0Iv
years ago. IL Is called a tubular bridge
and is in fact long tube. or rather s.rin.
Va uu"es' SET on twcnty-four piers, and
suvtcnihg out nearly two miles long across
the broad II. Lawrence. But these f,fbe,
Ins'ue Of winch, OF course, the ears 90, are
uo' round, AS many expected. hut square
or obiong Ike brick. and they arc r,,do
o. thick boiier-irou plates riyeted together
he longest tube is over one hundred
yards long, and is sixty feet above the
river. We all got out at this central span
and examined the wonderful structure.
looking ont through windows upon the
swift current below.
Special provision is made against expan-
sion hy heat in summer and against the
rush or the ice in winter. And here let
me say that winter is a serious matter in
this region, a. one small TACT in connection
with this bridge Will illustrate. II is this ::
AZ this is the only bridge going out OF
Montreal, and this belongs to
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD.
all the other railroads are charged a toll
Tor crossing il. But one 81 these roads in
winter, to save this toll, actually LAYS a
temporary track right down on the ice that
forms in the river, and for several months
OF the year sends Its trains, locomotives.
and all over ON the ice. Returning from
the bridge, we were taken 10 inspect the
workshops Of the Grand Trunk railroad.
Anu h'it NV utstIllhNt powers Idli me.
There were acres Of - works -: ears ana
engines in every stage Of construction and
repair; machines % every name and de-
scriptiOn, and Is they buZZed and whrled.
and hammered and pounded, and bored
and punched. and slotted and planed. and
nveted and cut.up, and shaped and fitted.
and seemed all to rejoice in the noise they
were making. could only gaze and Won
der how any one Of the 1900 men that
helped to swell
TIE MIGHTY DIN
could preserve his individuality in such d
whirl.
One often wants a suitable expression 10
relieve his oppressed thoughts before such
4 scene; and have gotten some good out
Of one that one Of my students once used
H. Was a Sober-iaced. decp-yoced. matter
oi-fact, phleematic fellow, to whom, with
fresh enthusiasm. I was showing my new
phonOGaph. lie listened for some time 10
the mysterious talking-machinc. and 1t
length in measured tones gave only this
solemn observation: "What would the
ancicnts have thoUght.." II is this ex-
preston. | say, that sometimes has slightly
relieved me in the presence Of some mod
err wonder, and offer it for the benefit Of
others similarly situated. {. II. ".