New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

,,s oor,osts between the Turks and Hun
carians for the possession OF the river anu "'"s
the recent disagreeabhc political comp'i'" .o''''
have all acted to hinder the Danube countries iro"
taking steps to improve the navigation OF VIC - ~,
a, This mart of It's course The great ana T"i'''s
succeeding differences in the width an" u.P"
It's bed the irregularity OF the rise ana ran u, nv
water It's cross-currepts. eddes ana tAp'. no" 'e,s
required the greatest skill In navigation i" TO-
,ndeed a Turkish warship was sunk In TINS pal'
', 49,, s,r.or, Tho improvements previously nade
,r ,ns,a,ce the roadway along the bank msuh
4, ;sso vhen the Austrian Steamship 'oihp%"S
was established. were insunicien' r'u' -,
later a plan was prepared ny the iiu"e"'
neer Vasarhelyl Cor extensive worn "'"N 80
-orr,,,sd tho basis for all subsequent operauohS'
although Il existed for n loEg time ohly on P'p',
rho Vsri,n Congress OF 1915, brought hpo"' W
,,. -, Russo-Turkish war. took the improV'"''"'
NJ the Danube into serious conside'a"o'" =.
81 Of tho Treaty OF Berlin hu"S' Wv -,
Hungary alone. the other DANUBE cou"'',v' "..n
r.c,,red 10 assist in all possible ways ''"hs'ry
f,,,, -. financial responsibility. In return
o.. 81. privilege OF imposing a tax on All VERSUS
n.ssing The work, which has Just nee" e On
Melted has involved much more INA" III. ,r,
~ the INSTRUCTIONS at the iron 'a'oS ,'
dangerous portion OF the Danube eA'enue' 90 80, -"
m tho stream as the island OF Moldo'a "S
VIZ ~ o,., df,v miles All sorts OF obstructiohs
80, nod IA he removed In this part OF th' iNe'
"a tho work at the Iron Gates Is ohis '''' ma
and greatest achieve nent that mar"s '"e e"' ="
| IN. undertaking and opens the "ho'' nv "
r.,,gation After considerable delay 'n' JIM,
- - riv.n I'm 1890 10 syndicate or three
GINS zone OF which. however. "'''' -,
~ M conditions required an uncomnohiy
,,.,o,,s performance: tho work was 10 DC mn
,,1 ~. December 81. 1895. though II mas oeen P''-
longed 10 this IAN. - .ro~rou.
rao difficulties to be overcome were '"o' ~
t,r,ireIv new machinery had 10 DC ueN's'u' 'o' % ~,
7 ~ fha
- ,,s ~, had served al Suez Panama ana otheF
.a,ions was insufficient. Black diamohhs 10
| 80 ,,a,,. NJ more than 5000 we're crushed anu az
s,roved within three days IN Inc a'"'s " W
| - a, ;be falls OF Jucz; the great c"'Se'' VIZ"
- and The scows with the drills were nuns up
DION" a" 49, he low water. But the difficulties
W o,arcone with an energy that knew nS uis,
rHourasement At the Iron Gales s renu ~ dam
the river ss 81 pumps so that the work was carried
on unhindered Where this was moi ~ &afer ireat
rnckv nromoniories had 70 be entirely G, f feet
ore nont there was an iminehso ~, thst = stone
deep where ,b Ine mics long had to be built 10 con-
fine 1t; in other places 70 40 n1t from the hanks at
rigr, angles with the rivers course cana LIE
bt around The fourth and last ons narrows the
cream there Then, just below me s d' suddenly
between IN Md from 5000 about 900 feet VIII q,
onrdsHrSespondngy great increase IN the a1psn
T y f1rd as1s on At the s4Sak INC
About seven miles further dqwn r - " Gatns Here
Of me river rGc ha1 we're nseH based ont and
s csDa "a feet wide formed by puns wards
canhi are about 1850 the other aoou ~ ~ NJ, ssJ
dams Tine pne current this point iosmed ann IN Wheh
s shosh it in the dey sh,v S rocks on either
hf lc pd the fury q e esaTasb6 nreaN fires
through m ' ihIs chain Of mounsns around romance
inIoM W. ria poet Maurus Jokai III MS sc1 ,nis
1a Tine hGgosamsn Nptne or u Hea az the gods
4
all G The s s6n Ssi w a arc
G sse S''a 70 support rsse o. dizzy arss Of the
when ,d ,bis templeha.l loses itss t,r N re-
s oecve OF four ne wmdins ana new sroupnss
| yvealjng glimpses OF ne" ioi'"H'''
as 1t fades away, su,ifuI hut dangerous mass
OF rocr "a Irresistible explosives mas ~,
chimes ana 900 men engaged upon uhdr rd "a, an
drerson Of more taan forty The Experiments
made for this work ana sre s advances in technical
enods and designs for maSn,,y n,nr TO opera tons
movements in everything pe''''''
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