The sun., 1890-03-30

OF Alderman kind OF time. From the roads
leading in from the environs OF the city every
species OF vehicle brought in its eager freight.
Now tho blast OF n horn sounded. and a four
in-hand bowled past from tho estate OF some
noble or gentleman. the top Of the coach COW
cred with ladies in luxurious furs and gentle
men in heavy white driving coats the owner Of
| the turnout holding the reins and skilully
threading his way among street cars cabs.
| vans. carriages. and draGs. Again an open
travelling carriage, splashod with mud but
! coroneted and inscribed, occupied by a
naughty chieftain in tartan and breeks
and driven and guarded by gorgeous
! flunkeys, attested the presence Of some High.
land peer. Scotch masEcrs, in the latest Lon
| don costumes. drove in their dog carts tandem.
| accompanied by rosy-cheeked girls. violets
n i roses contrasting with their furS In de-
hance Of expense and the season. Little parties
OF young ladies and Gentlemen on thorough
bred backs trotted hrlskly In from country
seats and adjacent towns ; the faces Of old
ladies and gentlemen peered ont occasionally
from the windows OF we'll appointed broughams
or landaus. drawn by high-stcppin-: horses; ;
and the intervening spaces were filed In with
lnnumerable farmers wagons. bringing whole
families to the show: cabs in which London
newspaper artists and reporters were bustIing
about and every manner of Scotch vehicle i'm
pelled by every manner of Scotch horse that
the country round about Edinburgh was able
The procession on foot was no less varied
and int9restIng., llatoons Of Scotch militia
men in Highland costume. their bare knees as
red with cold as the groundwork Of their
plaids, preceded BY merry-sgueakinG bag
walks Princes street, which is famous for ITS
pretty girls all over Great Britain, oqtdid itseif
must have si been abroad in % that thoronghfaro
this morning. The rosy-cheeked laosies out
numbered the men two and three to one. They
sWarmed in and out OF tho shops they ahound-
ed on the sidewalks they tiocked In ever-in
creasing numbers from tho sIde streets; The
come to the opening OF the bridge. and WAS
viewing the city, Razed upon them with open
IN bs ropG aa sFGa
mothers with youthful Scots in plaids and en
broldered caps hanging to coat tails and cloaks
about by other hurrying pedestrians. while an
array OF newspoys disposed Of the Edinburgh
and portraits OF the engineers and contractors.
The crowds In the hotels and streets fur
the peop!e had come together to witness the
ceremonies attendant upon a great engineer
ing triumph. They were to have the opportu;
nifty OF seeing the two men whose brains had
conceived and directed the enterprise that had
conquered the elements with the capitalists
in that enterprise. and the contractor to whose
skill! and energy the success OF the project was
ans A1d yet 5ae N Fl gk. tSs
Marquis OF Tweeddale and his fellow
dFSStGrs bosb scarcely tHs tbrdnS t6G
Britons cared for was 10 ca CHI a sight Of the
l'rnce ol Wales. whose greatest engineering
stones. whose principal contracts have been
made vii til his tailors. and whose efforts in
nnanciepinG u 81 Ri gar are confined to Ascot and New
spring from the public treasury. The admir-
Ing nopulace however. could not find worst to
express It's gratitude to his Royal Altitude for
his graciOuSneSS IN coming to Edinburgh TO
put the last rivet in the bridge and declare It
open. In tho popular mind this function was
engineers capitalists and contractors.
cas osTEases spGea lie 81 new s
took out the guests Of the Forth Bridge dlrec-
torate to the first pier, above the little village
not 80 ortunate had gathered. and the shores
OF the Firth for half a mile in either direction
women, and children. 1t was pretty scene
when T. the e. sun that only OCCASIONALLY burst
tho Brtish WarsRD Dsvastation tat @ sr decorated ted
from stem 20 stern with flags and bunting, and
surrognded BY iS,iila OF smaller vessels. al
~ me jDolphhn' h6a l[9m which the Prince WAS
boa BOATS wall from no.ahfro nj 'oSih With aRa ars at
their bows dotted the tossing waves as far as
the eye could reach Tothe eastward glimpse
might be obtained OF a handsome modern
building in the old barona style Of archtec-
turr envlroned by grand woods, and com
Forth. This is Dalmcny Park. tho residence Of
the Earl Of koseherry, whose guest tho Prince
OF Wales has been urnR the ceremonies OF the |
9peninR OF the bridge. Near at hand Is Hawes
Inn. and 1t was to this point that Scotts An
tlquary travelled with young Lowell by the |
Queepsferrg coach. aud 1t was al this same Inn
that M9pkba and his love-sck friend were
From the sea wall o; South Queensferry. |
where the Dolphin Is moored, ona gets the best |
idea Of the lateral and prrpendicu ar extent of
tho great structure across the Forth. Up TO a |
nDOV0
these three antileyers Of iron and steel. bolt |
cd. barred, girded. and riveted into one Inn |
pregnable whole and there is lji feet OF space
between the bottom Of the bridge and the
water at the highest tide ever known in the |
prth; II 81, Paurs Cathedral were, taken out
beside the bridge on 2 raft It's gilded cross
would be lust even with tho top OF the canti-
lever on Inch -Garvie rock. In the centre OF the
channel, and tho Great Pyramid, in similar
clrcums,ancSs would only reach 80 feet high-
or. Hall dozen Men OF war might be sus-
nended from the arms OF those cantilevers
without q strain upon the structure. The total
length of the bridge iA one mile and .0O5
yards. TIE IWo main spans are each LILO feet.