St. Tammany farmer., 1888-08-25

was a dance. Every one was plasteroC
with tOla putty. and they danced and
danced until this began to crack anC
peel of, when the merry-making broke
up and the Princess of IssapoO walked
home soberly with her husband
London Telegraph.
THAMES RIVER BRIDGE.
One Of the Most Difficult Engineering FeaA
Ever Accomplished.
The building Of the new bridge f0u
the Shore Line across the Thames
river at New London, Conn, is an en-.
terprise which will interest engineers
and the public generally. rs it is to b
one OF the largest draws in the world
and remarkable for the application O
original devices to overcome local diff
culties. The project is not . new one
and it has cost a generation of talk
planning, and the overcoming of thu
obstacles of both nature and man tt
bring it to the point of beginning worb
few weeks ago. and the work viii
probably be completed in two years
The Shore Line road from Boston h
New York by the way Of Providence.
has been Objectionable from the begin.
ming on account Of the number of fer
ries. and the one across the Thames i.
the worst and last to be abolished.
There has always been danger here. es.
pecially in the spring, when the steau
ferry-bOat has frequently had to strug.
gle to avoid being swept into the Sound
with its freight Of cars and passengers.
A. p. Boiler. of New York. was engaged
to make the plans for the new draw.
bridge several years ago. and the de-
tails were arranged for the beginning
of the work in 1888; the project hac
the approval of the commissioners, but
just as building was to begin, interested
persons failed to agree. Nothing wac
done till 1887, when the road decided
on a dOuble-trackcd bridge, which was
another advance. as only a single track
had been previously proposed.
Winthrop's Point. half a mile above
the present New London station. whore
the Thames is the narrOwest. has been
chosen as the location. The place i.
familiar to all who have seen the Yale
Harvard rcgattas. for the finishing line
is only few feet away. The Govern
ment navy-yard. which was established
a few years ago above the site of the
bridge. has required notifications in the
to admit the huge war ves-
sells through. To allow this the swing
spans of the draw will be 5O2 feet long,
and afford two clear passageways for
ships of 225 feet each. The draw itself
is reversible, which saves much tire
and is Of itself a difficult method on &C.
count Of the double track, and is ap-
piled here for the first time. The full
length Of the superstructure is 1.422
feet, and it will be Of steel throughout
Of quality admitted to he the best BY
engineers who have made . special
study of the composition.
The depth of the water along the line
Of the foundations ranges from 5 to 81
feet, while the depth of the soft mud is
from 10 to 80 feet. The usual method
Of foundation can not be followed in the
ease of each pier. The pneumatic pro-
cess or putting down by air." as it is
called, could not be used without the
outlay that is demanded after
0 certain depth has been reached. The
engineer has succeeded in removing the
local difficulties by the application Of
original plans. The method in brief is
TO sink an immense timber curb into tho
mud at the bottom OF the river, fill it
full OF piles, which are to be cut of at
the surface Of the mud, and upos the
heads of these found the masonry. The
mud within the curbs having been ex-
the spaces around the heads OF
he piles will be filed with concrete.
which will bind the whole together and
form a substantial base upon which to
found the masonry. The timber curbs
alone are immense structures, the one
Tor the central pier being seventy -one
Feet square, and higher than most of |
the buildings in New England cities.
The work Of locating them in their
proper position at the bed Of the river
IS q matter Of great exactness, as the
slightest deviation would be the cause
of much trouble and expense. The
work OF the sub-structure, in short, is
he most important and most expensive.
Special machinery has ieen made. and
he number of engineering principles in |
70lved is greater than for any similar |
enterprise yet constructed SPRING
ieid Republican,.
Judge Lambright, OF Brunswick.
IA, has an eleven-year-Old dog. which,
en- years ago, he repeatedly whipped
or following him to church. Since then
he dog will follow him on week days
md Sunday afternoons but no kind OF |
'oaxing can induce him to follow the |
Judge Sunday mornings. How the |
Inimal knows wh.n it is Sunday is a |
but he does, and has re
used to follow the Judge on Sunday
tpr ten years.
Tho costliest piano in this country |
) owned by H. G. Marquand. Of New
FORK. II was made in London and he |
aid SAG. 900 for il. He also owns the |
lighest-pr:ced billiard table at &c. 900.
me costiiest sideboald is Judge Pack
RS. at Mauch Chunk. representing an
u,lay of $4,000. The cos:!:est paint
po * M.,:SSo,;c-,S ..lSn- . for which