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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-11
RAID ON A rACrrlED PROVINCE.
tnhav~ Sack SANTA Clara Towns and
MhtH SpnnInrIs.

KEY WEST, Fla. Aug fn-Karta Es-
peranLa town in Santa Clara province
as attacked again hy Insurgents who
entered the town 81 =. m, and left ~ 1
y. m. sacklng all the stores and taking
merchandise clothes. drlgs. money. etc
The Spanish forces made resistance, nat
the iasurgent forces defeated them with
lttle trouble THE Spanish loss was
heavy The cuhans lost one dead aud
several wounded
The forces 81 Gen Nontanto came -
the AID - tht town, arriving one day
late They to,>k arms and ammunition
from ihe euerfiNas who remained In the
town. although most OF Them had Joined
thH Insurgents Then they burned about
thirty houses belonging ia Cubans.
TssliStp A}Tere& attacked ard eacxra the
towns 81 i.a Encrueit3lg. Crue0e and
fiacetas. Tho Spanish forces made no
resistance. These towns are in the IA
viEte3 province az Santa Clara.
Juan Arson Qutnterc. the snsurgeat
leader who surrendered lately at rlnar
6el Rio MAS TAX "a from hts home tn CIR.
80. Havana Rt the order 81 Inspector s'u-
has 20 the oafskitss of the rity at Jesus
dei Monte end there uachetef
The eusIaus at kev West have made no
0.nIdfes rat}CN over tba dcafh - Can1vea
WASHINGTON. Aug "a The govern
menf wlli er3@r ths release ~ the schooner
Eianche Norcan. Row detained a. Bridge
port. Conn. IS a suspected 8hauSter.
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4 CREST deal of insereat Is centered in
Melvin @. WfnEfock's nyU play ~ West
sn Politician which VIII, he presented
Al tbs Tnira Avenue fszeater ~ Saturday
and sunday evenings. There r. growing
sa& sssie!on among tho aa who have seen he
'eaear~afs that In writing fhts play Mr.
"lnsfeek has rather outdone himself
Certain II - thar In the plot of "A west
srn Politician he gives away some little
political snaps that might have come IN
handy some day. One OF the stroagez II
scenes In The play In the last; A little
scctai gathering Is being entertained by
mind reader. After performing several 81
s8s Tricks done 20 successfully by T'yu-
dali and others. he announces that ne can
resd thoughts by grasp Of tne haed
The villain OF the play, who has commit
ts'ti murder IN the first act. II persuaded
"a take fhn hand OF the mind reader
Then the story OF the murder II told At
tha sans time the crime Is re- enacted On
screen on the rear Of the stage. The
act Is one of TIE niast thrilling ever work
ed into q modern drama
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~ II the Finest Ever Seen in the
state nj Washington.

In our anxiety 20 close out the several
remaining very fancy Fischer cabinet
grand upright pianos yesterday we agreed
10 sell for one OF our patrons who pur-
chased one Of the finest uprjghts we had
th stock. their most elaborate Enabe
square grand This knabe Ia the finest
square piano that has ever been offered
Tor sale by any music house In this state
belns one of this ofld-famed facforys
exhibition styles. In genuine solid rose
wood case IL is most intrleately and ar
,istiealis hand carved. not alone the legs
aud tyre, but the entire body OF the ease
The tone OF the Instrument Is excellent,
and the action perfect.
This instrument was bought I'm the city
OF Baltimore Md. nearly twelve years
ago for 81. Loo and ought 10 be worth half
that money today. What VIII you give7
The first halfway decent offer will be
accepted and payment may be made AZ s.
or more a month. This Is bargain Of
bargains for any lover OF art and music
See Ii THIS afternoon or tomorrow morn
Ing NJ 30 Second avenue
II. s. JOHNSTON,
Successor TO Winter a Harper
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was at home 10 his friends and those who
desired 20 call upon him on business or
for personal reasons.
~ can't get around 10 see everybody"
said senator Wilson 10 a Post~fntelligeucer
representative yesterday afternoon. but
| shalt BE- glad 10 zee everybody here, |
shall he here for several days. and J shall
then so to SnohomiSh. Everett FelrhaFen,
Whatcom. Friday Harhor. Port TOXIN
send and II time adTrits ! shall Ga 10
Port Angeles I shall then return TO Sc
attis and from here go 10 Tacoma, and
visit the southwest counties or the Stat@.
I shall ~ 10 Spokane about September l."
When asked about TIE Federal positions
in the state ~ Washington in which HIS
influence Is desirable and beneficial -
both the departments ard the applicants.
Senator Wilson said:
There are thirty-two presidential post
osHccs in the stair. and 5fa others that
paw from s. 70 saa ,.er aHuum. ~ these
~ the presidential. Offices have already
been f3licd Ballard Kius county ny
James F Tonk. ard Olympia Fau-Stou
county. rs w. Z CavanauEe Among The
office that are nct presidential cfti>es
thst ray from $14a 20 SaSa per annurn ara
such towns q. Eiatne t'rtiDg C'olv}lte
Gel3ondale. WaltshurS and others These
ara the smaller Officers ARE being filled -
fax as J can dU them with the l1-A ~
course - giving the greatest measure ~
Sa.4Sfa ttn1 - fsF corr ntHrftieS AZ the
ssn,e yi,1e bringing together ard harmon
igtrE tae e}eFuantS Il tho Republican
party,
"tra1es the rostraastsrs taat have
named There ARE several ether political
riaees f1r which rsEff~ rrears2 Harnti8 Ions
ari which bave teeu a|ieti ThoSe Include
= g Ie 4 etarh as REGISTER os the 5evd
oslce at o'vusuIa J O'B s. l.ey receiver
y The had ofiice at Sha ssFn.' place =
Haary T.. wilson envoy extraordinary 80
ashsie. iahn 7 Convey cor*t1} at Yek'-
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SHALL HRowN BE ADMITTED.
Bay Conference Reopeus Case of the
Suspended Pastor.

OAKLAND, Cal. Aug. 10.-The Bay
conference met this afternoon in the First
Congregational church. Rev. p. X. Nc
Lean acting as moderator. The case of
G. q. Brown. Il. u, the discredlted d.
vine. who was admitted to tho Dubuque
conference. vas introduced by the report
n: a committee composed of Rev George
=. Hatch. Few. j. a. Fruzan, Rev. W. ".
Scudier, Prof George Moras Of the Pa
cifc Theological seminary and s. w.
Congaon.
Prior to the Teeting OF the conference
this COMMITTEES had met and Rev. George
Hatch. Of Berkeley. had submitted a re-
port for It's approval which embodied tue
fat that the circumstances Of the cosrl-
r1i:fee were OF no avail Ira inducing the
Dubuque and Chicago conference not 70
admit Brown to fellowship. He recon-
mended that Browns request for a new
council ne granted, bat only On
condition. that the question dIs-
ctssed should be, WAS Tie Bay con-
ference justified In suspending Rev. & o.
Brown" Mr. Hatch declared that
Brown moral character had never been
vludjcatefl as the latter claimed. Hatch's
views were practically accepted by unan-
iu3ogs vote Of the cofurnittee.
The report was later brought before ths
conference.
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Appeal tn Supreme Court to Decide
Quotations of Validity.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA. Aug i8.-The case entitled
Nathaniel r. Swinburne. respondent, VS..
A. l.. Mills. appellant involving the va
lidity and effect Of the mortgage law
known as Chapter So laws 1897 decided
by Judge Williamson In the superior court
of Pierce county. has been appealed TO
the supreme court. and was today sub
mitted upon briefs. The court will he
called upon to decide the following aues-
tions: l. Does the new execution sale
law chapter 80. laws 1897, except insofar
as il repeats the old redemption law, ap-
ply 10 sales on foreclosure of mortgages
at all. whether such mortgages were
made before or after said law went into
effect?
.. Does the new act show a sufficient In
tention TO be retroactive. or is II only in
tended 10 be prospective?
3 If intended TO be retroactive. are any
of Its provisions void as 10 antecedent
mortgage contracts, In contravention Of
section 10. article I. constitution OF the
United States. and section q. article J..
state constitution or are its provisions as
merely going 10 the remedy?
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Ps,yaIiup tf.ea. June - 100.
Seattle s. 5sf April S. isa7.
Snohon1ish ti5s September a. 1871.
South Bend. s. so April 8 isas.
Spokane ENa May e 1884,
Sprague. rse December q. 1877.
Tacoma. S. 100. September a. 1897.
Vancouver 81. 700 April y. lsSe-
Walia Waila. $50 September IA. 1897.
Senator Wilson will today announce his
recommendations for the position OF
United States attorney and assistant
United States attorney. There Is little
doubt that the nominations viii be VIII
r. Gay. OF Seattle. for the first place. ard
Charles E. CIaypooi. OF Tacoma for the
second. Senator Wilson partially &C.
knowlsdged that such would be the case
and in speaking Of the man whom he
would name. he said that he has prac-
ticaily had the field 10 himself and that
there had been little or no opposition to
him. 1t has been generally conceded In
Seattle that Mr. Gay had the appoint
ment In his vest pocket His relations,
personal and political, have bean very
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.An Americas GIRL.

An American Girl Is having a we'll
deserved rssn at the Third Avenue theaser
Another good house greeted the per-
foriaanc. last night and there were two
curtain calls az well az tremendous ap-
plaase at all tie critical situations. The
plot Of An American Girl" IS exceedingly
clever. II abo9nds In thrilling situations,
nnd the dramatic possibilities are great
The company which interprets IL is entire.
~ coHsireteat- Mr.. Headick as Col Boltsr.
the millionaire theatrical manager COM
pletsiy outdoea himself The children
wao are introduced in the play are with
cat question the best ever seen here The
last evening performance OF this play will
be on Friday. There will. however. be a
matinee Saturday afternoon az 215
o'clock
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Murderer Willis Fatally Wounded In
Inhra.nr Ia Rrrak IaIl

BOSTON. Aug. lo.Whiie attempting
20 escape from the state prison at
Charleston iust before noon. Herbert Viii
IL. The Young Taunton desperate. vno
WAS recently sentenced 70 life imnris9f1-
fueut for the murder Of Fred y. Strar g
v.as fatally injured. ard his brother En-
ward who assisted him in the break for
l'1 erty was seriously wounded ~ me
guards Two Of the latter were wounded
hy fAe WINS brothers
Edward VITO had gone into the uTlson
So viSfs hts brother. had co1Jriyei - pass
a revolver 20 Herbert. retaining a wsap-
on himself. and with these they tried 10
overcome the guard.
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Pacific County Assessment.

Special Dis catch 10 tire Post-1n's Iiigencer.
SOUTH BEND Wash. Aug- lo.-Ths
Pacific county assessment roil for the
year 1897. as delivered TO the board Of
equalization BY Assessor Hason, shows a
reduction IN valuation all along the line
The latest real property valuation made
sY lSs5 showed q total 81 s.. &c SIS as CON-
pared with 81 1883 for 1897. This valn-
alton VIII stand for three years Acc0s.-
ing 70 the personal property roll the peo-
pie % this county are poorer OF by So -
than they were last year. There are in
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PlT~TSBi Re-. Aus A,-MrS, George
Huffman. o! Beaver Pals heard "a pecu.
3sar Noise oH TIE hack porch az hcr rcsl-
3enee Sne found Ser two mons ore nxtd
:. af}d the ether. 5 year. I'm 4 corner The
NahC ea~ on his hack The tiaer brother
haa Inserted shc fnha of q bicycle pump
Bra fbe Hahys mouth an8 @as nlsinz hfrn
with wlpd sd fast AS he could wark the
ustf9p The }Hfaut was unconscious. and
HN stale stomach was Inflated lIke a bal
leon- The mother pgllryi The tabs from
fhe ehi}A's mouth and the AIR followed
"a tsh s. sharp sound ltke ere exhaust - an
sfehsake 81 81 railway train. Tba baby
recovered Gers, iouvne~a.
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Speciai Dispatch 10 the Post Intelligence.
WHATCOM, Aug. I0.-Conssderable IN
terest has hey aroused here by the SC
ton Of Judge Hadley in materially de-
duCing the real estate assessment Of a
nonresident property owner under the
new law. The assessment was manifest
" excessive and the reduction clearly
reasonable AMI just. but IL VIII uudoubt-
eddy recessitate similar action in SCORES
Of other eases where the Assessments az
ford equal cause for complaint.
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FVNLIaNNiF NO. Aux H-At 7
o'c.Lcs. 5his morning a south-boUnd g. y.
* freight srs.n went through the bridge
spanning tha Wabash river = mile north
- Geneva The engine and tender feH
i-to ,hs river ard cars piled or them.
Engineer Barney Reid and Fireman
Igr-sz Gallagher went down vlfh the ea-
sine. Tlte former had both legs crushed
anA was Otherwise badly injured he
wtI de Fireman Gallagher and Brake
rrAu James CunoEd were severely tnjur-
e4
TIE soGte bound Grand RsFf3s Qasser-
ger train d&4e here at p. IN. Vas wreck
81 two miles north ~ Col5wStsr. -. the
sv@Iu left the track sand Engineer BreVs1
% tha N4ck.usw road. was killed ard
FsS;nsxr Anderson and Fireman Cseis@a
~ she Grand Rapids train ~ore seriously
Injured
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Special Dispatch TO the Post-intelllgenoer
OLYMPIA. Aug 10-The state board OF
land commissioners has rejected the ap-
piication 10 purchase certain lands in
Chinook. Pacific county. made by c. X.
Johnson et al, because of the fact thar
the land lying between the nleandcr line
and ordinary low water mark was formed
by accre'iou by water and belonged TO
the state by reason Of its sovereignty.
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the county sis horses. mules and asses.
" orth eii7, s.7sS cattle. worth Su 50, "a
sheep. valued at $751;. 40 hogs. wosSh
s1ss: Ssl sewing machines, valued at ss.N@'
- wagons and carriages. worth A~9s.
agricultural implements worth Sg.aIS.
Water mains are assessed a; Si.e2s. sels-
graph and telephone lines at N.SsS. and
railroad rolling stock 81 SIS. isa.
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Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intell.gencer-
PORT TOWNSEND. Aug 1a.-S. v.
Stuart, a prominent business man here.
met with a painful accident Sunday att
efnoon by falling through the second floor
of the Downs saw mill He was strolling
about the place with mis- wife. stepped on
a broken board over q rnsnhole and went
through His nose and face were badly
cut, and he was otherwise bruised by he
fall
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HILLS LITTLE JOKER.
RAILROAD NaGyATE Has THE
CINCH on THE G. r. r.

Com petitor of the Great Northern IL
blocked by the DirEiey Tnrfa
Biif-A Section Just Discovered
Orient From Victoria TO seattle
Canadians No Longer Enjoy nm
Advantage Over Americans.
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Special Despatch 20 the eiliSsncer
WATsf.A WfTI-A August I9.-Ths
eoanfy commissioners are ah1uf through
w-isa gi-e assessment r0IAs. attn 1he exc@E-
ton N the railroads ard viii al soagzl-
Many assessments have bee.. raised On
Agricultural lands and some gstacs.o1s
Esaee o. ssn1rprowed lands.
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NO LONGER IN DOUBT
FURTHER FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS
TO he ANNOt Need TODAY.
for a brief stay-List Of the OMces
Yet 10 he Ffiled-fsay and Clay
pool. n Already Indicated, to he
Named for United states Attorney
and Deputy.

Senator John L. Wilson arrived In Sc
attic yesterday morning from Tacoma.
coming by the steamer Flyer. Senator
Wilson went immediatef. to the Rainier
Grand hotel, where he announced that he
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Jute for the Grain Bax Factory.

Special Dispute 10 the acknowledgement.
OLYMPIA. Aug 10-fke board OF
control has called for bids 10 supply the
state. for use at the penitentiary. with
: 30 bales OF 5ute. 80 by steamer and 100
by sailing vessel
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1.-The railways can aid prosperity In
mensely."
I'm what particular way?''
'.Weil, many citizens, you know, can
benefit town by leaving it."-Detroit
Free pre0a
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Aatss VENTS.
"Getn an hfa.-

Columbia" the ratsomsl vA~esnF vii
10 ne r~ore distinctly musical event tha.s
n dramatic cr spectacular emterrafarue9,e
whose presence assures strength or tAe
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"Canst thou minister to n mind dis
eased9" asks Macbeth. Certainly, my
lord, the condition OF the mind depends
largely. If not solely. on the condition OF
the stomach. liver and bowels, for all of
which complaints Ayers Pills are the
sovereignest thing on EARTH
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Whateom County House burned.

Special Dispatch to the Posi-inteiligencer
WHATCOM. Aug. i1.-The residence 81
Michael Lawrence. about I'VE miles out
on the Guide Meridian road. was Destroy
ed By fire today. Neither the cause OF the
fire, nor thu amount Of the insurance, II
any, is yet reported.
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CURED

have been suffering with backache for
some time Half box - your SPssasNs
Kidney Pills has completely cured ire. J.
FEFGEEpN, Veterinary sss.geon, santa
cruz. Cal
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F-sorAn-e Marvin predicted CfSray ke
strike - ere - the fortunate, Consult
her ga FJvst-
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close 10 Senator Wilson. and he has act
sd on more occasions than one for the
Senator in political matters in this state.
Mr.. Gay Is now out Of the city.
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HOBBS
SpaTagus Kidney Pills.

HORkS RFNrDY co. pscrrsT-ess. CrsIcAse
p- HOBBS pills Fer Sale la SEATTLE. WASH
b. C. q. GUY. Pm G.. leading nrag-iss, Cor.
YeSler Ave and s Third ST.
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NAenaiAe.

1,ysl sNre~.~aceA nlf0e~s With ostFs fa~
tAvas Wsht "a utAn 50 cnnpl~te uartv
AnfsseArt smssss hNFe rreanS Address
As.ssslst&s, esrr Fes}-ipteslS EeaeseT of5te~.
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! znssea space Tor horses Oh Eo>Alie-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05

piles go and so firmly does the mud noio 'heN'
that the entire structure Is as secure ana i''''
slye as It would be were 1t solid piocA
granite. Once driven down. the plies are S'r~ sn'-
ened and held in place BY many enormous an
that are let down into the water and au'us'eu
by q diver These are called binding irai''e''
and each binds together many piles.
ONLY THE FRAMEWORK.
These are only the framework. the sheie.o"
the bulkhead, however. Were these pies a'i'
river wall would be insecure and insuilcieh.
hold the heavy granite blocks at us top ""u
Withstand the constant tremendous pres@u''
the land behind It, While the piie-oiNiio -
going on tons of "rip-rap," mixture 'i s"a'
edged stones and a little dirt, are poured peio''
and behind it. The piles as they III" '"
daenor push these stones out in sloping Ha''
More rip-rap Is poured on, and SMOOTH ro'"N
cobblestones by the thousand arc placed pe'"een
the niles. On the land side the inclined heap VI
r,n-rap eventually reaches up to level WIN 'i''
TON Of the piles, and is spread above them al It's
highest point On the water side the rip-rap'
whore II touches the cobblestones and piles eN-
,ends only q few feet above the mud bottom
But these sharp edged stones eat into the i'uu
and push their way down far below the river
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on actively and increasingly three great dredges
are a. work, one almost alongside OF the pile
drivers. the others up near the Gansevoort Mar
ket, all three surrounded by their hotas of mud
scows With degree OF nicely that seems al
most human Intelligence these big scoops, flexible
on their long arms OF steel. reach down into the
water, and the next moment reappear above the
surface heavily laden. They swing around until
the SCOOP itself hangs over the mud scow, and
then, with the action a marine monster has when
he opens his jaws. let the whole black mass ia1i.
The next moment the arm has swung back and
the SCOOP Is at the bottom again.
Along the sites of the old piers and bui!dihgs
laborers are carting away heaps OF stone ana
tons Of rubbish. Under the shadow or the
drcdges the waite. scene Is animated, for close 20
the pile-drivcrs the loggers are at work Ihey
make up the most picturesque part of the scene
as their feet incased in thick rubber boots, or
some of them with legs wrapped about Win
bagging, they pole the logs about the cove
made by the scows- and boats. or move these
same logs along by rolling them with the luin-
berman's peculiar motion Of the feet.
THE LOGS FOR THE PILES.
These logs are the piles that are driven down
for the dock and bukhead foundation some fifty
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Is only fraction OF the WORK. never
mafkab!e lor tHe ic'i-'" '.i 49,, ,as
since 80 large po' ''o" " 49,, ,,r,bo,
been taken III manu- iva Tt, ,oo,
downtown "hc'c
Widcned. many u ''c ou i'S'' ''''''' '
must some day go But along TINS No" N'''''
ish"d section Of the Hudson o!d ShoFc p'''S anu
wharves are to be built as Wen AZ '"c IL" o'''
head and these piers VIII DC inc "'''' W"
York CITY mas yet seem
COST OF THE WORK.
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two feet: for the piers some eightynve. they
come down the river or perhaps from the East
crn States in 'lockcns." or bundles. each lock
en-" obtaining from sixty to eighty logs strongly
bound together once at the spot where the
plle-drlying IS going on the binding Is broken
and the logs fall apart. Then the pc-driver
contractor picks then out and has them sawn
10 their proper dimensions.
According to the plans each Pile must have q
certain circumference az the top and certain
circumference at the bottom. This makes it
necessary that portions be Topped Off each end
+ every stick until these conditions are met
with. on" great point OF pcturesquencss in
;his d".'l building Is the rafting up OF these
ends, large logs in themselves often as much as
a dozen .ect long.
As yet ;tc now Lulkhead only shows forest
~ logs projecting few feet out OF the water.
TO lool. 1T these no one save an engineer would
realize all the complicated detail TO come and all
that has been already gone through river
wall Is popularity supposed 10 be only the blocks
II stone in plain sight. In reality. however II Is
~ great engineering structure. all the more 80
because ii appears simple when finished. Here
$50 feet Is To be flied N, Wcst-st at this point
being now only ~ feet in width and the plans
providing fer street Of go First two sorts OF
piles are driven. that IL. plies in two directions,
the bearing piles" which 90 straight down
through the mud and are upright, and the "brac-
ing or batter piles fewer in number. which
are driven down at considerable angle TO
strengthen this massive framework.
This bulkhcad or wall ls to extend over
two thousand four hundred feet, nearly half
"A mile. 1t H. what Is known float
ing wall" that Is. il rests on the mud Of
the rivers bottom, yet 50 far down do the