New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MISC 1rss1ovs ABOUT TIE BRIDGE.

DlSC ISSlONS ABDUL liE bhiD'L'
The first meeting for this year of the trustees OF
the East River Bridge was held yesterday AFTER
noon Fifteen OF the twenty trustees were pleSeI''
Mayor Low. an er-O6ciO member. attenced LOT tTo
fret time in the body succ3e ding ex-Mayor Ito"ou'
The financial statement showed that up 10 9S 5
Der 81, 1881, the total receipts were 81 81 or,
and total expenditures $l3,37 l5o OF , ne faS
on hand Sl60,615 81 and the oaSh 'olII'I0e
were $1O0774 -. In December the IeSeiPtSo "c'o
S2Ol, 7q6 81 and the expenditures S33,9Z0 81.
In response to the motion adopted last mohth
coiiing rOon the engineer to state the weight the
bridge would sustain. and WHY the weight OF the
snperstructure was increased, long commuhICalloh
from Chief Engineer Roehhng was reau ny lleSi-
dent Murphy. It set forth that the total stlenSlu
of the cables 1900 tons, and the elaSIlc iillV
$500 tons. The suPerstrnct1re Is capaD acr Tne
taiuiug IN the hOor beams 10 tons eacn. ll1
total weight Of the bridge with its tranNlt3ry lo9I
is 17.7sO tons the weigh OF the nam span lout Is
SI2O tons, of which the cables ana Iohg sttSs
support $40 tons and the tTuSseS ana snort say
/ so tols. The engineer assigned as lhe It"si 81
for increasing the height OF the truSSes tha, ,uP
lrdUe shoul be used for every purpose 10 NHIcIi ~
would lend itself The report was ordered PIil'ou
the discussion Of it being land over u''A inc i'N'
H." si-iooco prsr said that despite the fact that
q 600 tons Were needed for the bridge oil-lhaltAA
vet a contract was made for only ',3VO IONS ny
hoped Mr. SJ1u1han W'Ald t4Pan u,i'; 49,
was determined 20 raise the height OF ING u
the curiuc.r added some weight 3NNH! .oi F! .,,'
ions according TO the discretion gwen to nm. ,IH9
Tdgenoor Iron Company by iU.. rolling AaJ aa,en
$50 or 200 tons without any warrant. me re
manning 100 tons had Doubtless been aU.le' J."
answer to The question as TO who was l'~poh iiplt
Tor the palace ear changes AlI. b'Ah 'iich C"'''n
from the table his resolution, OHcItd III
setting forth that tine charges ia lh' Ui .iAc H"u
teen made without uthoutN ana iHit .'no>e 10
ep1nsbe for them Wcro guilty oi gross ih.S'''n'sc
s. T. Stranahau explained that the Board con,
1ractcd for G,O}I tons of iron for the Su~''nd'I
suuerstructuIc In changing 10 steel II was sup
posod that the weight would Doe less, ana 50 li was
reduced i'm the contract. A. 10 the pillt car
arrangement n committee was appmnttd IN - : 10
consider the matter of rapid transit over inc "Iu-
Tins committee reported in favor OF lie change anu
they were adopted by the Board. The resolutions
of the report a. adopted IN 1919 WhGh pr Ht'"H'
han said settled the matter are as follows;
R-sofrI. That tIc gauge of Inc r'Ilrod cc-!S ca l'
railway transit stud oe fixed ii ioIF ice' e7"' anna
Pcsic'L rsct it be held practicable 20 transfer me
d.Sigu az car known ae The palace or sleeping car Hl'A
fhr bridge under the conditions already stated hh" 50
that the stress Of the be distributed over Two or
more beams; provided that no one train suolu cosI'
OF q greater uumGvr of CARS tIaH three.
Alderman Roosevelt maintained that TINS "as
not n direct authorization of a mooiucdtloh' IT'S II
was not included i'm the contract year it'IN'Iu'
but left the whole matter open. Gen"ral NI"'J,II
moved to Law the whole matter on the t1DIc. M
Roosevelt urged that the engineer be caIed upon
10 explain the contradiction between me STATE
mrnts in his report the last meeting OF the pres
emf board. MAYOR Low asked how II was lhdJ Il
contract was first made tor l.-jO additional toiiS
of steel and now only 1000 tons We're needeu.
General Barnes sld that tie engineer stated now
that lOGI tons were ell that were needed as tue
drawings were now complete and some rcuuciluh'
had been made On the motion of General laTn's
aresolntiOu was adopted calling upon the chg'he'I
10 eNplain how a reduction from l,%lO IONS ~
I OB4 tons in .he additional Steel required Ioi tHC
suspended supcrstructuTe was brought about.