Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-23
sausage strung between the houses of

sausage strung between the houses Of
friendly Du chmen. Indetd, the iron
~pendantsf rom The cables seemed so
slight ana indiff rent to their RESPONSE
bllity that / looked at them in some
wonder. Near the towers, 81 course,
these rods, which l presume to be also
made Of wire, were very long, and
seemed to have the height Of q very
tall tree or flag staff; then they gradu-
ally shortened az the bridge floor rose
TO the centre, and the cables descended
until one could examine the entire
pendant from where it clssped the
cable like o human hand, with blots In
the wrist, to where II seized the truss
below ia q great U.shaped hook OF
steel, on the thread OF which the nuts
had been worked down In some cases
to the length Of two or three feet.
To look at the boats of all descrip.
tions passing underneath was to feel
at once timid and have an exaggerated
sense of distinctness. Every object
on their decks, every function of life,
the moving of a cat or q dog, the long
stride of a sailor, or the width apart
of the feet of the man at the tiller,
seemed very curious, while there was
yet o propensity not to look. The big
steam ferry boats, which always
seemed 80 still before, were now seen
to rock as II they were on o high sea.
The movement Of the top OF q mast as
It rolled with the vessel seemed to de-
scribe an arc of remarkable length.
Large schooners went underneath, and
their masts yet seemed to be nowhere
near. Another world was exposed
from the centre of the bridge. The
prominent objects which l had been
familiar with In the two cities were
hardly visible on account of the dis.
lance; while the larger sugar refiner.
les, manufactures, and institutions l
hardly knew of arose prodigiously.
Yet 20 broad, solid, and substantial
was the work that he who kept his eyes
off the water below him felt as secure
there as If he had been in the middle
of some turnpike. Although this
has cost something like $14,-
900, 900, 1t shows very much of that
money, particularly when one consid-
ers that In the two cities something
like three quarters of q mile of the
most valuable property to the width
of eighty to one hundred feet had to
be bought outright for approaches.
After I came out of the western
and entered into. New York
proper, l felt somewhat that l must
have crossed the Atlantic ocean, 80
peculiar were the sensations of having
arisen out of a city I had visited hun
dreds of times, and gone through the
air like a bird and come down In New
York without touching q boat of any
kind. The magnificent height of the
buildings In New York struck me at
ones as compared with the plain edi-
fees Of Brooklyn. l seemed like one
who had come down q r~avine, and
suddenly found himself surrounded
by tall mountains. As I looked up at
such edifices as The Tribune building,
the Morse building, the Kelly build
ing, all of which seemed to stand
guard around the bridge, I observed
that two of the most conspicuous sen-
tries upon this royal pathway were the
new Office Of The Police Gazette, and
a tremendous building where they
publish the Seaside Libraries that
have done so much to spoil good cooks
and housekeepers, and destroy any
native literature.
Although I went over this bridge In
March weather, I did not perceive
that the air was at all strong, and II
occurred to me that 1t would make one
of the most beautiful ~promenades ir
the world for persons wanting goot
air, good sunlight, and freshing, vari
gated scenes From that height tn
river below becomes a. blue and sof
sh.ualSs surface made By rive
4ufkft Il some delicious variation Of tn
tint, while the forms of boats, tn
sails, the flags, the infinite variety o
forms attending the river craft herr
give the mind q real holiday.