Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-25
THE GREAT BRIDGE,
Which Uniies New York aud BROOKLYN,
10 Be Opened with Mach Cere.
mony or the 24th ef Nay.
The Programme for the Statistics
Of the Immense Structure-.Wba
II will Do for Both Cities.
NEw York. Aprl 24.-Th.

NEW York, Aurl 24-The Herald saws
tL:t Thursday, tina 24ih of May, 1855, Will
be great day a Brooklyn and . tolsrs5y
interesting ooc's;ou in New Y,rk. A. .
o'clock 10 he sf'erao Mr. William c.
Kingsley, SC NJ prssid n. Of the ooDpanv,
charged with building the great br dse scross
the East river, will, in the presence Of Presi-
dent Arthur and hIs Cabinet, Gov. Cleveland
and his stsf and any nuubsr Of great sSd
good men from all over The csun'ry, on be-
half of the trussees, iOTma llv hand ever the
completed bridge 10 the representatives, OF
the two great cities. Mayor E son on be-
half of New York, and Mayor Low, on be-
half of Brooklyn, will accept the came.
Then the Rev. Dr.. Storrs, Of The CITY OF
Churches, will glorify Brooklyn, ana William
NJ. Evarts, of Gotham, will sing the praises
OF the metropolis All this will BE- done in
the sight and hearing of 1000 or 5000 men
and women, and in presence oil 2 cloud Of
Witnesses. But the event Of the day will be
Z notable procession Of distinguished indi-
viduals scross the bridge, on the grand
promenade, escorted 90 the driyesays (f5r no
wagons or teams will be admitted on he OPEN
ing day. by thousands of psopls TO whom
ingress will be given by Invitation. The
procession will form Snd march 10 the fol-
lowing order: President Arthur, President
dents Of the United States the National Cab
met, United States senators, msmbers of
Congress, Gov. Grover Cleveland snd staff,
governors OF other States, State nn. tors.
members OF Assembly, Mayor Ei.ou and
heads Of department, Mayor Low and hesds
of department, the bridge trustees, orstoEs
Of the day, distinguished citizsus Az this
elaborate turnout of officials passes along
the elevated promsnsde, attended by the
united thousands on the drives, the gunboats
stationed in the harbor will salute the Pre,i-
| dent, the cannon in the maynard and on
Governors Island harmonizing in noisy
echo, while all the bells of all the churches
will chime q recognition of the joyful event
and blazen forth thanksgiving that the work
is done. To the general public the bridge
| will be thrown open the following day, no
toll being charged foot passengers.
Henry G. Murphy was president from the
beginning until his death in November,
1882. William @ Kingrley fret suggested
the bridge, and has been virtually lis head
from the fret. The bridge engineers have
been John A. Roebling, Washingtos A
Roebling, c. G. Martin, w. H Paine, Fran.
els CoIlingwood, George w. McNulty, Sam.
| uel R. Probasco and William Hildenbrand.
The cost is about 100000 The length
bel ween anchorage 10 $500 feet; between ter
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| 1851 feet. The towers are 274 feet high
Amount of wire in the four cables, 6,92S, SAC
| pounds. Amount of wire In ose cable, l..
732,0S6 pounds. S1id section of each cable
IA 1874 1000 square inches. Strength Of
one cable, estimated at 10000 pounds pei
square inch, 24,621 $50 pounds. Strength Of
the four cables, estimated st 10000 pounds
per square inch, 81, 4S7 ,12O pounds.
| Although the Oath of May is the day as
signed for the formal opening and on the
following day the genera! public will be per.
mitted to "so it alone" it is not probable
that the cars will be in readiness until The
latter part of the month. What effect il
will have upon ferry travel is probleueticsl
SO far as the eBient OF the damage ia con
cerced, but that the bridge will seriously de.
tract from the ferry revenue ia conceded by
all. 1t is probable also that Brooklyn prop
erty below Sands street will feel the effec
dissstrously, while rents on Washington
street and IN the outlying districts must b,
doomed in favor Of the landlords. 1t would
De impossible to exsggerste the inis est tel
in this opening in the City Of Churches, aRC
it would be absurd to intimate that the me
tropolis las, as yet, felt the faintest pulls,
disturbance in CONSCIOUSNESS. For all that
the occasion will be Of great interest and il
many essential respscis memorable and
! monumental.