Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-27
Rrhies Notes,

Tuesday, (tc.morrow) hss been named
- dsy Of formal opening OF the Third
street bridge to public travel. II has
been 50 open since 6 .. M, Saturday last
Ono Of the R,t sdJVstmepts Of ma
ehinery reqYlied jaot week was on the
gearing at the ends Of the draw. When
tho machinery connected with the i've
horse power electric motor, which 10 .
beautiful machine, starts the draw to
turning of, II raises the iron wedges 1t
both ends OF the draw. This takes large
proportion OF tho halt million pounds
weight Of tho draw OF tho TWO Abutments
where, while 1t restei. there wero practi.
cally two brdges. each extending from
the center TO It's abutment, and hangs the
two bridges together by their top cords
OF wrought iron into.one bridge, the whole
weight OF which 0sts ON center pivot
although II Is steadied by six small
wheels which, near the center, revoive on
q circular iron track.
Two sets of two wheels each ccme
opposite the ends OF the draw, while two
| single whec.s are sufficient for It's aides
respectively. There are bridges, different
IRON this one, which bear Their whole
weight (of their draw on ffty-two OF
such circumference bearing wheels.
| Quito n growl was leard from one OF
our iilustrions CO. tenn porArics last Friday
because on the previous day tho bridge
builders had the unbrilled hudacity (?)
and unmitlgated insolence {? 90 the spirit
Of tho article assumed) to manage their
own property, ~ It 10 ct present and
uutil turned over TO the county, in q
manner so they coald adjust the ma.
chlnery ol rIcse abutmcnt bridges. which,
when tho acaw IL on, are puahed dow II
and hold Tito its solid stcno abutment
found asions.
| There,hAa been rather q popular ten
dency to talk (And henca to write)
against tho bridge. Many thousand res!
dents Of South Wilmington aud hun
drees Of workman, who live on one cid,
aud work on the other, have been greatly
10 need Of It now for some five months
The builders who wero to have the ston,
abutmeuts turned over 10 them In eep
ternber, did not get them till November
II 10 Inferred that this breaking OF con
tract gave them iiberality OF tndu, gene,
while they hsd other bridges. particularly
from the western Pennsyvania washout
IN process OF construction.
Wbile there 10 Always delay for adjust
nent OF machinery this is only the secor,
electric motor power bridge constructs
by this hrm (for thsre are said to be nj
three such in the United biates). Tn
moor starts With eighteen hundred reyo
lutions q minute. These are goAre,
down to frcm 100 " $50 turns pc
minute.
Again the bridge builder, were uupre
cedentedly sccomD odAtlng To the peopl
In allowing them to pass over, of an
on as they could, since several days age
They had right to time ana opportunit.
to make their machinery work.
Thursday afternoon there was a curl
osltS-seeking crowd Of somo ffty der
crowding around the machinery an
! mechanics 40 they could not work. The,
were OF necessity told to pass on over I'll
bridge. In tE's crowd thore was gen
tlemau who had not made known tn
transcendAnt Importance, sublime dignit
and bsdazziing brillisncy OF his vocation
Alas he was "inoved on" also with th
rest. He hied himself to his little sane
tum. With mageatic air OF of .ndc
dignity he took up his rsportorlal pen ~
wrote the bridge down. Down, dow
sunk the bridge TO somewhere uea
China. The whole hopelessly despers,
failure OF bridge was q hoax upon ID
/, people. Alas for Alvin II. Morrison VIII
could never again with complacency b,
hold the ''app.e Of his cyep'
Alas for Harry Hickman who coul
now harness to bis political reputAtio
nothing but . monument OF pub.
; fraud! Alas for Dean q Westbroo
who would have to coaiinue
be the owners OF the Thir
. street bridge until dooms day b
, tore New Castle county would put hi
: hand into her pocket. mat contains som
, half millioa dollars OF bonded an
come eighty thousand dollars Of hoatiu
, debt, and pay for It..
Meanwhile the Third street bridR
ranks with our County Court Hous
Grace NJ. Il Church, Masonic Temp
etc., fs a fifst-class public structure tn,
no large city would ieel ashamed
! have.