New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,nocprss OF WORK ON THE BRIDGE.


ppOCPEss OF WORK ON THE BRIDGE.
President Murphy of the Bridge tS sem
statement of tho work done last week upon the
bridge: -.
Ihave the honor to inform you that besides large
IF the snpcrstructure, such IA taking down temporary
stays and chaning the position OF two pars of
the bridge have been put IN place during the las. W M
iermediae floor beams u bridging trusses, Is inter
mediate promenade floor beams, IL lower cn9ru Sc
proach the paving he's advanced steadily, and prCpW.@
ton has been made for builfng the founda, IONS I &
iron via uct and station building. on the FranaIm
sguarc bridge NewYork. the material for truss f. tc
fita has been received hoisted into lce ana -
connected The upper chords neal riVeied M
The material for truss f. the sixth and last Is mostly an
on the ground aud also for the ratings loI rs 80
IONS OF steel have been delivered 10y the Eigenoor IRON
COMPANY during week. leaving SIM some to th
Tor panels. from thirteen TO twenty, 10 enno '' Wv
erection Of tIusscs can he lrocecde" WIN
In commenting upon the work of the trustees on
Tuesday IN letting he contracts LOT ,he MoIh 81
h,o,ny the stations at the ends Of the Dilu"c WIN
n forfi urc clause not included IN the spcclhcdtonS
"A gentleman cOnvcrsant with the nature on tile
WORK said yesterday III Is aosuIu 10 tll'A ,n'V
any contractor viii accept the Work upon
such terms after bidding without snch,
condition. The result VIII simply ne 'ndt
the trustees will have 70 readVcrtise and give OUT
the contract AGAIN, aud the contractors VIII C"Vn
know what his competitors can DO. Ne I,'u,t VI
MOI havi = the forfeiture clause IN the spcclc0u"S
will simplV be that the WORK VIII Dr u'l'A @" ~
,uch LONGER. Ii Is worthy of note that DESPITE ,Iig
numerous statements thai the bridge Won!a
be ready for use ny apr. ,I,,rnbt, an
m thr meeting On Tuesday President Murphy an
Tonnc If that the tine tor the delivery OF inc mt
ferlal for thr stations AT the tcTlil hau D'ch "
tended to April l. OF course tne ht.,it v", 1
be- put up IN "A day. and 1t VIII pIO"a"Iy T T
several months to render The stations ana niCi',n
cry tor drawing The cas- over the brldge ready Ioi
use after ali Is delivered
TYPHUS FEVER IN \ TGNEMENT-HOUSE.
The police of the Fourteenth Precinct sent WoFd
10 tie sanitary Bureau on Monday evening tlal
Auiouio Drcarlo. an Italian laboIer, was suffering
1t0tI tvu.us fever IN the crowded tenement house
No rs siulhcrrN-,t. All tn clerks III thc bureau
had gone none, as usual III 'ie ,,''' nI, nv
notice was taken OF the COMMUNICATION ulif
IN the following day when DE- McS htShc9, OF
1Ec Naccnating Corps, was sent 10 Tue iio"St my
hyel ian touud the italian very low. y dilgHdht
:, sh had broken out over the patients D"d! ana
his temperature was lO2o. Iheie appeared 10 pc
10 hone Of saving the man ne, ana ne Was O "i
r,cd i'm Inc afternoon 10 the deception Hospital
where he died after q few hours OF sluieilhs lie
hid ncen ia tha crowded tcncment-ho0se aoout
tveut, lonr hours in spite of the warning gwen by
thc police. AO0ut NIFTY persons nau sop , ~
the building ON Monday night most Oh lnelh peiias
unaware OF the nature o. Dtcifd"S ll"VS'i II ""o
learned that the Italian bad Oeeh OiouSHs 70 ,ho
r,'v Inv b1.t o., Monday rom ConWall-on- he iud-
to,. accompanied hy TWO OF MS comtfymeh AItcI
rc,chu, the CITY he had been carried 10 the tene-
mon lou,e through the streets.
Dccardo's friends sand that be came to
th.s country from Naples ABOUT thice
his
work on thc West Shore Railroad near cornwall
lie slept IN "a small shuty with lite n other LABOR
e.s Niue days before he was removed to inc Guy
he was tahen sick and he had been confined 10 MS
hrnk m me slauty. lho nus was crowded every
night When sanitary superintendent DAY re-
ceNed iu.ormalo4 3i ne I;,sc H%In i2G
Niullirrry-St. to be dlsiniectcd lie aIsp
directed the physician TO Keep close Wa'ch
uiou he inmates III order to prevent an ouiOltah
al typhus lever there II possible. A dispatch was
t.ui 10 Dr. Harris. secretary oil IN Stdte DoIu ~
Jicalth advising MIN Of the uanger AT COlh"aI'
Mora ,ga, received at the sanitary bureau yes'ei-
DIV That Dr. Harris hId Informed tue COihWaH
E1rd OF Heal and also had sent an lnSptc or lIOh
Albany to lO,k after the Italian iaDoIers on tne
L. road.
THROWING HERSELF UNDER A TRAIN
young woman dccently dressed ana good look
~ WAS noticed before o'clock YESTERDAY morn
jrr leaning against Il BARRIERS sign IN 'front.' OF NO.
Is Eleycnth-ave. She gazed up ana down the
aseuue with a look OF anxiety on her lace, Out
took no notice OF persons who passed her. III Was
Thought by some that She Vas looking Tor relative
vhu had SCENT the night IN one OF the liquor stores
Of The neighboT hOOl bat she Wa> not known !" tic
,took ceucrs in tie street Lawrence Stadtleld the
l..r,er ouencd lis shop and made ready LOT Gus
tn,,l, hut she dld not sin from her place untl the
lei of ri. approaching freight engine VAS heaIu'
ne !ucomutiyc was going down the avenue drag,
p:rga lOng tram of heavily loaded cars HeH II
Lad passed her the woman walked across tHe slue-
xralk and stood fO. few seconds IN the gutter
Stadffeld who hal uecn watching her Win some
interest, was conN lnceu thai the woman nvdt ~
do herself haT:l lie rushed ont oi ms SHOP intend
inc IN seize her. but was too late, Ion The woman
darted forward hen half the train had gone past
She put her hands over her eyes ana dclocIatcly
.rr.v herself under one of the cars Ter uitss
was caGghl 10y the truck Of the forward wees ana
1or a moment she was dragged along the TaH WIN
ont injury Stadtfcld ran toward the lOcoWOllVe
shoutlup loudly to the cnglnenan To stop. ne
signal Tor down brakes was gl'en, and the
engine was reversed nut pciofc the tiai" coma De
ft5pped the wOmaa had slipped under the car
whrrls and life crushed out instantly. Tier
b. " was badly mau-co. T..
TAe police were uuabe foI several hours TO dls-
cover who the woman was, ana thcy h"d lIe re-
mains removed to the Norgue. IL was learned
ullerward that the woman was MIS- ilahnan
Munich the " ic of an upholoterer living al NO. tCS
West Ihi.tyciehth-st. size was twenty years oId
and had been married only two years; Alier
giving birth t. chld recently she hal snoNh
syu,ntnu> oil IN .anity OF a mid type. Her husDand
Marlin Muuch, had noticed her strange behavior
and lad fclt considerable alarm on her account
lie awohe at I a. III. Yesterday ana missed her enc
lal gone on. quietly. LEAVING her shoes hehiud her
Xncn she committed suicide she mad on a par az
CaIf.rs much too large ter her. 1t was supposed
fha some person Aal noticed hei harelo0tcH III lhe
street and hal given her the shoes. Her husband
was searching for her in the streets near then
home when she threw herself under the ua'h
GUARDIANS OF TIE WATERFRONT
The Dock Commissioners recently authogized
Engineer GIceue 10 1ul a Waat al North BFvlh-
a.. land Tor the convenience Of the tiealth De-
,,rtinent which use, the island for patients hay
irg SMALLPOX and other contiguous dlsc'erS ne
" naiI Is built of cub-WOrk ana extends oai ABOUT
40 feet wish au H. Colonel Emuous Ci,rk, sec
rotary OF The Health Board, complained mat
sc.lo1S set cement OF the north end oil the crib
work had taken ace. Nh Greene vas instructed
L. k.tuinc INTO the cause OF the settlement.
DAVID Wctm0rc, ci3lrman OF the executive com
uitt,e on tie Nautical school. asked that the st
Niary's be rs, guci berth 1T IWeuty-i'urt.i-,t.
Ia, RIVER uJOu her return to NcN-1ork if1nl i"r
summer cru. e. Mi Greene Tcpoi ed that - make
The pier av lahle q would require dredging at IA"
expense OF mole thau $4,000. TIE mater Wa de-
felred Tor IL Gre acton.
At the plcvI,.s ue,.llg # he Board the New
YORK, Ontario AID Western r., road was granted
erronJ-,t North liver, extending rs feet west OF
T.cyentl-aye. Protests were fled by the knicker-
becker lee Company and tn Metropolitan Gas