The sun., 1891-06-11


| cities Of New York and Brook IN
The Brooklyn terminus of the bridge 10 es feet sbcv,
hish TIDE The foundation OF the Brooibn tower 10 u
feet below high The foundation Of the New Yorl
| tower 10 Is feet below high water.
The New York end Of tho Brooklyn Bridge proper 4
founded bedrock; the BROOKLYN end OF the brids'
| proper rests on clay.
The biggest days rscspts In the history OF the Brook
iyn Bridge taken Arris. issa the day Of tn,
Centennial anniversary celebration They amounted
| TO S.oisso
ne first sig months during which the Brooklyn
Bridge open iOu0oOo passengers crossed In ist,
the total was ss0.ooo In iss,a, iLoOoooo; In 1884
24.0aooo; in 1887. 2s,oooooo; in 1894 s.oootoo; Ia
| 1874 sAtoo.ooo; and In iseo SL87s<ii
me total length Of the Brooklyn Bridge 10 e.5s7 feet
II 10 1856 feet above the river computed from the mid
die Of the span
The railroad on the Brooklyn Bridge was opened on
Sept az ises anniversary OF the battle Of Nonsrsv
twenty persons were killed or disabled during the
thirteen yssrs which IL took buld the bridge actual
labor having been begun on Jan. =, 1870
There are rs 600 yards of cubic masonry in the two
ends Of the bridge Tho distance between the New
York anchorage and the Brooklyn anchorage 10 a+5+
feet The weisht Of the span 10 Z 900 tons
consrsss passed the bill authorizing the construction
Of the brooklyn Bridge In iSB after the secretary Of
War had decided that II would not impede commerce
and navieaton.
The Grade of the bridge roadway 10 sX feet psr 100
feet Of length.
when the plans for the Brooklyn Bridge were nrst
presented to public confederation, strong objections
made to their ado ption the ground that better
results could be obtained from tunnel built under the
East River The opponents Of air and sunshine had
ssod zeal say concerning the advantages OF subsr
rauean transit but they were quickly ovsrrulsd. IL
said by some that the Brooklyn Bridge might
fail down blow over whsrsasa tunnel would bs per
fsctly secure.
The four cables Of the Brooklyn Bridge are sixteen
inches In diameter each and consist OF about 20 oo'
single wires Ono difficulty with which the engineers
Of tho Brooklyn Bridge had to contend was the fact
that the outside exposed wires were expanded by
the heat Of the while ths inner and protected
were not affected. The pressure Of the wind too
being Of varying velocity. required such adjustment
ofths wires to prevent displacement even In HURT
II took hftsen months continual work to string
the wires of the bridge
The weight of each anchor plate on the bridge I.
tons the height Of the towers above the
roadway 100 feet Just six years after the rst wire
the East River for the bridge the nrst
paid passenger crossed
There prior to the nrst Of June whom the road
way Of the bridge made free by law. ,hirtyfour
collectors nineteen Ratemen nnety.two policemen,
and one hundred conductors employed upon the Brook
lyn Bridge Tie expenses Of tho bridge for 1880
Supplies and ssoo pay rolls s5sa2U7: and
salaries OF o6lcers S4u oIa
There are twenty trustees Of the Brooklyn Bridge.
eight of whom appointed by the Mayor Auditor,
and Comptroller Of the city Of Brooklyn ald eight by
be Mayor OF New York Tho term OF service 10 two
year They get no salary. The Mayor and Comptro
Ter Of New York and the Mayor and Comptroller OF
Brooklyn are eponc,o members of tho Board.
Three years after opening tie bridge railway the
revenue nom foot passengers had fallen OF thirds
Alfred wagstan Jr the new President of the Brook.
lyn Bridge born In this city March H. 1874, and
was graduated from the Columbia Law school In
He was Cocael Of the Sixteenth New York Militia
Regiment In ls6a aud was aftsrward appointed chief
OF stan BY Gen Crswford- He tho military
stan of Gov. Fenton DELEGATE to the Chicago Re-.
publican Convention of 1868 which nominated Grant
and Colfax and was Republican member of Assembly
from sudok county in the Legislature Of 1864 In 1872
he was Liberal Republican. being OF those who
followed Greeley. fenton- Cochraps Goodrich and
Aanniere in the Cincinnati movement of that year.
He was elected to the Assembly in the Seventh New
York district Liberal Republican endorsed by tho
Democrata In 1919 and elected BY the Democrats
to the State Senate in 1878 Hsis son.iulaw Of OK.
Judge George G. Barnard
, The runAways the bridge average two month IN
summer and one month In winter. Arrests average
four wsek
The cost Of the Brooklyn Bridss vas sIs,oooooo
which was - In excess of the nnAl
the snsnser Rosbns. who appointed in charge of
tho work on Nay %. 1887. Two later he In
1ursd BY accident from tho effects of which no died
and the snsnssrng was carried through By hts son.
The revenue OF the Brooklyn Bridge amounts to .
millsn and quarter dollars Year derived almost ex
from farsA Tho othsr items revenue last
year. $s 100 from rentas and $4,000 from tsls
graph and telephone companies Tho iightest month
10 the year for business on tho bridge 10 July.
Each of the four cables upon which the Brooklyn
Bridge rests has . capacity OF I2.ooo tons.
Trains the Brooklyn Bridge make faster time 10y
two miles hour than did the railway train that
ran between New York and Albany.
The LONGEST bridge the Danube 10 800 feet in
length. the Waterloo Bridge over the Thames 10 LEO
feet, the westmnstsr Bridge the Tha mes 22o
feet the saratov Bridge acrosI the volga 4s72 feet
and the FrsiburR In Switzerland OBS feet Onehalt
million dollars to be expended in improving and q.
lending the approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge on the
New York side. In usefulness It exceeds them all
Tho quickest bridge building on record WAS done BY
engineer named Dredge who in eight days. put an
ron span across tho Fiaokwater In Tyrone county, Ir
and 1t was "a feet In length DreiRe before the
popular agitation was begun In Philadelphia for q |
modern bridge the schuylki at Walnut street
That project has been discussed for . quarter OF
century. Tho schuylkil At this point IS deeper than
he Bronx and nearly Hs deep as the Harlem River |
Tho length Of the sarraEswsy the Brooklyn |
Bridge il sss fseI The number OF carriages and other
rehiclss crossing amounts In day TO t.COD From
n tho evening until o'clock next morning about so
'arriasss or wagons Then tho incrsssss
% 100 between and l. and 2OO between and g. and TO
NM In each hour between In the morning and in the
'fternoon- From to and from to the crush 10 |
.rsatest and reaches 80 hour. Between ana It
alls to 2n and between and b to 100 after which |
'usnsss again becomes dull These course aver.
lRe figures, as the trafnc varies according to tho |
reather and the but IL always greatest
and 8 In the afternoon and least in night hours.
The President Of the Brooklyn Bridge receives p
year saary. the Secretary $4,000 the Treasurer $500,
hs Superintendent 5000 and his assistant slo oou Tho
eesips Of tbs bridge are always In OF az
'snditursA the pront during the year ending Dec l.
800. amounting 10 Si60OoL.
Not . New Thing In the south.
Prom the Rtchmon STATE |