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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

sheet copper, l6 OF. per SO. It,, and Is
| OF. copper is used for the CUTTERS. The
platform shelters attached to the track
side of the station buildings ere also
covered with COPPER, and there Will be in
ell over three acres OF copper roofing. In
the otics and express buildings the
columns and main floor girders are of
steel, and the inner partition walls OF
brick, while the floors are Of slow burning
mill construction, with hard pine beams
and N inersl wool packing between these
beams. iu the double floors. Brick
vaults and safes are provided on
each floor OF the Office building.
On the gr9uId floors ell the paving is
of concrete. with marble mossic covering
Ia the waiting room, wood in the smoking
room and women's room. cement in the
toilet rooms and asphalt in the subwavs
under the tracks. The station buildings
cover an area of CO. 900 square feet includ.
ing q he msia plato rms.
The CENTRAL building bss a floor area OF
%. 600 squire feet; rsstt urant and baggage
room, 90 qusre fest each; Office and
~PS'S 'eii"i"k, fOJO hquhte rect eacb.
I he main waiting room is 2is go feet,
and the restaurant aud Baggage room sre
each 20 K 40 feet.
Persons entering the station at the col.
onnaces can 60 directly to the main plat. I
form by the steps. or TO the other plat.
forms by means of the incline to tho sub.
way. They eau enter the baggage room |
or te'tauraut by the steps, or enter the |
main waiting room by the side doors |
and the incline. Persons i'm the main
wniting room can 60 directly out onto
he main platform, or to the stsirwsys
lesding to the subwsvs. There is porte.
ochere or covered way for carriages at
the central entrance, and also the plat.
Iorm shelter over the main platform. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Scrap Iron.

The trade in scrap iron is at stsndstill
just at the present time, but its stagnation
will not be for long II the representations of
dealers are to be relied on. This sort Of ma
terial enters into use in all steel and iron pro-
duction and with the anticipated revival in
that line of business, actually under way, the
demand for scrap iron will be perfectly satis-
factory to the dealers There are indications
that large demand for steel rails will be
made within short time and that will have
a strong tendency to reduce the scrap iron
piles. Then there is the large quantity Of
iron used in the construction OF large and
medium sized buildings that architects and
capitalists are talking of at the present time.
With renewed confidence and permanency to
important matters of national policy the in
vestment of funds in new buildings will prob
ably be more substantial than mere talk, and
when the boom sets in scrap iron will be one
of the first things to know about it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

the trains, and have not to buy
tickets or transact other BUSINESS In
this station, however, 1t is estimated that
81 to 20 per cent. of the passengers will
use the side entrances to the platform,
through the colonnades, thus avoiding
interference with the passengers using
that room, which is q very desirable end
to be attained. The waiting room IL
slightly above the level Of the colonnadcs,
and this difference In elevation 10 over.
come ny easy inclincs OF about per cent.
grade. while similar incline, lead from
the eolopnados TO the subways under the
tracks. Stsirways lead from the subways
to the platforms above and to Francis
street below. by these arrangements IL is
expected tha. the present traffic nay be
increased very considerably before spy
erowding is felt, while the posi- bility of
adding to the number OF through tracks
provides for an increase I'm trains.
The buildings are all on pile iounds.
tions. The piles are OF spruce, 90 to %
feet long. 80 to 80 ins. c. to c., driven in
double and triple rows under the wslls.
As the material through which they ere
driven is so soft. horizontal struts or
braces are placed across the panels to pre-
vent the lines Of pilings from being bent
In. Tbs piles ere cut OF about $50 fsst
below high water, low tide level being
s.s3 II. below high tide. On the piles sre
l2xl2 in. caps, with q close flooring OF
hemlock plsnKs 9 ins. thick I'm ordinsry
cases, and 8 ins. thick under heavy
masonry. The foundation walls are
mostly Of granite rubble msscnry, and
rst directly on the flooring.
There has been ample provision mad.
for freight yards for both railways to the |
east and west OF the passenger station.
1t is rather :diticult to state precisely
the entire cost Of the whole work, 90 0
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

addition to land purchased from the city,
large areas OF land have been acquired by
the railway interests from other parties,
90 that the present railway land holding
between Acorn street and Smith street
amounts to 70 acres, or about double the
former area.
considerable portion Of the new line
OF the rsilwsy IL built on steel bridging,
with solid floors, while q stretch of en-
bsnkm ment at each end of the new work
connects with the present grade. There Ia
no less than 20, 900 so. IT. OF bridge work
In the railway part slone, and with the
new bridges constructed by the city as
part of the system the total bridge area
10 nearly 200, 900 90. II. The bridge over
the woonasqustucket River and Prone
made st. with (l2 tracks, has 47,5O0 sq.
IT,; and the station proper with
tracks and platforms, including the
bridge eovsrFrsncis street, has 90, 600 so. IT.
The bridges over Gaspee street and Prone
made street are Of oox plate Rirder con.
struction. The 1O0-ft. skew bridge over the
river Is a deck bridge with pin-connected
trussts, most Of the trutses being square
across the river, while the end trusses are
skewed to the required line of the bridge.
The Gaspee street bridge and the style OF
solid flooring used were designed by Mr..
T.. +. DawIey and MIR. Geo. B. Francis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

what peculiar aud is designed to give the
greatest facility for access to the station.
Francis street 400 feet wide) passes rig bit
through and under the station and wide
spaces openipg:off from the sidewalks i'm
mediately under the station comm uni.
cate with the platform subwsys. Along
the front OF the building is a broad road
way sloping down easily at each end to
the street level, this roadway crossing
Francis street by q bridge on which 4.
the porte-cochere of the main entrance.
On each side OF Francis street and rising
from the level OF the street to that OF the
approach roadway is a 7O-toot carriage road
with sidewalks. In most large stations
the bulk of the passengers have to pass
through the waiting room. even IL
they are going directly to or from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

II is trough floor, with bottom joints,
so that the hottom is tight. the troughs
resting on shelf angles on the VETS OF the
girders. Drainage holes are drilled near
the ends, ana cutters and leaders are
placed under these. All ironwork is
p'inted with red LEAD. and the floor is
given coating OF asphalt composition con-
tsining about 20 per cent. OF crude petro-
leum to render 1t soft and tough. The
troughs filled with clean coarse gravel,
over which asphalt is poured, and upon
this SLING is placed the broken stone
ballast. substantial coating OF asphslt
msstic, two or three inches in thickness,
is put over the tops Of the eirders to pro-
teot them from sbrssion by the ballast.
The Berlin Iron Bridge Co., OF East Ber-
lin, Conn.,, had the contract for the Gaspee
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

subway connects with all the buildings.
and 10 for the .hesting and ventiIsting
pipes, etc.
The buildings will be heated BY hot
air blower system. There will In the
basement of the restaurant building q
battery of four 72-inch boilers, Is feet
long, ssgregsting 500 II. p. These will
also furnish steam for an electric light
plant. The steam pipes from the boilers
will heat the several cir intake cham bers,
and from these cham bers extend the air
pipes. The steam pipes, etc., are con-
Dected between the several buildings
through subwsys or tunnels and also pass
over Francis street In an overhead passage
or pipe-wsy concealed In the thickness of
the bridge girdars.
The fresh air will De discharged through
registers In the rooms and the vitistsd
air drawn of by exhs ust pipes near the
ceilings. The fans may be driven by
stesm or electric power. Coal chutes
are provided 30 tnat coal can be shoveied
directly from cars into the basement
while the basement openings Con the
level street) are wide enough to enable
coal wagons to be hauled right into the
building IL necessary. The main covered
platform next to the station building 10
400 feet long and 40 to 100 feet wide.
The arrangement OF roadways 10 some.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Westminster Street Looking West From Market Square.

street, Promenade street and Woonasqua.
tucket River bridge, but sublet the latter
to the Pencoyd Construction Uo., of Pen
coyd, Pa. The Pepnsy ylvsnis Steel Co.,
of steelton, Pa, had the contract for the
Francis street Fridge. The Boston Bridge
Works OF Boston Mass. slso had a contract
for bridging over Francis street under ana
in front of he station. There are IIo
acres OF solid floor of the Francis street
bridge 335 II. 6 ms. long aud 2J2 ft.6
inches wide. The bridge is composer OF
IL plate girder spans resting on built-up
ste columns CT / section connected by
lttieed struts. TIE center span, hich ex.
tends ovlr part Of Francis street, is 43 II.
C. 10 c. the Others are 20 II. 3 ins. c, toe.
aud are arranges symmetricsliv to the
street. All the spans arc Of deck con.
struc ion, with the exception of one span
about 80 n. from the street itself on each
aide OF Francis sreet, these b,ins half
through spans In order to give the neccs.
ssry head room for the subways connect
ing with the platforms and tue street be-
low. At rrpsent thore Is provision for
ten tracks on the structure, between
abi.h are the plnforms and light areas.
Win the stsirways, and provision can
be made for additional tracks.
1he earth hlliog for the spproach tracks
west Of Gsspee 81. amounted to about
5000 Gu. yds., most OF which material
c'me from near Roger williams Park, at
q point arout 8 miles out On the main
line, wh,re the removal II this material
rave opportunity to reduce quite long
cure. Inis improvement vas cont lsted
In the SIMMER Of 1898.
The total length a the new line is
'tout 5000 a.. Tbe station itself mas 500
#. Of sir'ight and level track; on tie csst
the arprosch is 1900 II. long, with q o.5 per
Mt. down grade from the station; on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

large amount OF necessary outlying con-
struction, including also expensive and
acquired, was done . year or two ahead of
the central and more conspicuous part Of
the WORK. One item was q widening of a
deep out Immediately at the north end OF
the new passenger approach tracks from
q capacity Of two tracks to six tracks.
Other items are large passenger aud
freight yards added to and reconstructed
on account Of the approaches to the new
station, demoiishinR the former arrange.
ment OF that character; also new chan
mel for the Mohsuck River about $50 It.
long, with continuous track bridging
over 1t. The entire cost of the work,
however, including cost of land. can.be
properly stated at about 81, 400, 900. OF
this amount the city may be stated to
have expended 20 per cent In river walls,
Bling, street bridges,e In one respect
the work may be considered virtually
new layout and reconstruction OF q very
large tract In the center OF a large city.
and other street layouts and railway i'm
provements needed To round out .the pro-
ject may carry up the total expenditure
to nearly $4,000, 0O0. News.
Jan. 2s, 1897.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

to an equality Of value in his plant ~ - .
rigid Interpretation OF the specification. u
there is one.
Most OF our principal buildings and resi-
denees have been heated by local iifms but al
together too many by parties from other
cities One Rhode Island city, we understand,
VIII not receive bids for the heating OF any
city building from any nonresident hrln II
TWO or moro local concerns are figuring the
work. There shrould be Others The reason
why our Providence concerns turn out su-
perior work seems to be that they are practl-
cal men who make their own layouts and
personally supervise their men instead of
leaving the planning to some new-nedgcd
graduate OF some technical school and tie
carrying out thereof to the same raw ma.
terial or to the workmen alone. We do not
say that efis Is always the case with firms
from abroad or that Providence filters are all
stars Of the first magnitude.
visit to some Of our leading heating estab-
lishments shows them TO be we'll eq uipped with
the lending makes Of sectional and portable
boilers with fine displays Of boilers and radia-
tors from which To make selection. In some
cases the local house is a branch of some WELL
known firm of manufacturers of heating ap.
paratus. while others are agents for the
goods OF other large firms In the aggregate
the business has come 20 be one of consider
able Importance amounting annually to sew
eral hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
BREWING INTERESTS.
No Better Products Made Anywhere
In the Country.

The brewing industry In this city is q
formidable affair, viewed either a. means
OF employment for the 800 odd men en-
gsged, the number of barrels of beer pro-
duced annually, more than 25o, 600, or In
the amount OF capital invested, which Ia
very conservativelv estimated 40 some
thing over y, 0Oo. 600, but It is not in this
point OF view that the brewers who are
engaged in the business in this city take
the most pride In. They claim that they
are making daily in this city a. good,
IL not better quality OF :bser, both ale
and lager, than can be found In any city
In New England, or places adjacent there
to.and they cite in proof Of this fact that
they are able, in spite of the fact that
their beers costs retsilers generally q
higner price than competing products
rom Boston, etc., to 60 into neutral mar.
kets even at times with freight rates
against them, and finally obtain suprem-
acy of the beer market in those places.
Boston, Lowell, and other prominent
cities are cited asplaces where the Proyi-
dente beers are held, as q matter OF fact.
10 higher esteem because Of their own
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
"A Private Residence,

pressure work, specially, our filters can more
than hold their own with outsiders ss TO price
II the quality of the work il considered. In
looking mp this question the writer has been
astounde M the mass OF evidence available.
but far outrcac hing the ] limits Of our space.
all tending to show the utter folly Of the COM
mittee, architect OF individual who imagines
that firm {" miles away. either ON the Bos.
ton or Worcester division of our principal
railroad, can uDderbid local talent, 10 held
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Iron and Steel.

talk with the dealers IN iron and steel
accentuates the growing belief that general
business is going TO be much better than it
was at this season last year. This particular
branch of business has not been very active
of late, but there has been gradual improve
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

ment noted. Iron and steel enter largely
into the construction OF modern buildings
and for this reason. N for NO other. the deal
ers are hopeful that the talk about building
new blocks in the business ccnt,s % the city
will msterialize. They think IL will. but not
TO the extent that enthusiasts would lead the
general public 10 believe. The chief dealers
are net anticipating . brilliant season bus
they expect more business than he's been n
sight for many weary months pasx
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Work of Improving Rail-
way Facilities.
Comprehensive Plan Now
Nearing Completion.
Description OF the Work Already
Done and Yet to Be Done.

II Is now nearly ten years since the
subjsct Of improved railway terminals
st Providence. was first sgitated and
the work which was undertaken as a re-
suit of that sgiintion Is now approaching
completion.
To understand the problems which
have been solved by the engineers in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Plumbers.

The plumbers are in comfortable frame Of
mind over the outlook for general business in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
Note, nnd Personals.

Tonight there will be excursions to La
Porte and Sylvan Beach.
Aubrey MCGUIRE, travelling freight agent
of tho Katy, returned yesterday from trip
over the road.
c. u. Sloat, assistant general passenger
agent of the Rock Island route, was In the
city yesterday.
Ell A. iIirshfield, assistant general pas
songer agent OF the Fort Worth and Den
yer City railway, was in tho city yesterday.
Y. NJ Hunt, travelling passenger agent
of the Queen and Crescent route. was in
The city yesterday looking after passenger
business.
| j. II. Schaefer for the past three years
| connected with the Houston East and
! West Texas, rendered his resignation yes
| terday. TO accept a better place.
| Captain y. 7, Davis OF the Houston and
| Texas Central local freight office. who has
! been quite III for some time, is much be,
ter. and will be ut his post of duty in a
few days.
Richard Lord traffic manager OF the In
| terests OF the McIaden Bros in this
State. has transferred his headquarters 10
this city md IL sow Aere. having come
UP from Galveston. He is IA guest of the
LaWlOr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
San Antonio Lost Game and
Austin Won From Dallas.
THEY PLAY TODAY.
Dcuison Mt Houston.
purls at GplvcstOu.
Dallas at san Antonio.
Fort Worth ut Austin.
unu.,on won uoth Cnmcs.

1--WE, games were played yesterday and
q better attendance than ON inc wv
lnvs previous witnessed the contests.
Roth games were VICTORIES for the Bu.-
falees. They had on their batting clothes
and they put the sphere IN saio places
and id II often. During the two games
every man on the Houston team so' Il
hit. and the hits were everything from
a hunt TO a homo run. They worked the
FEEDERS from Paris rpihcr hard. There
was considerable sprnnng donr on bases
and some of 1t counted. II would Ire hard
to describe how all the runs came In.
The Bufialoes made them by hits, steals
and hard running.
lIuyes pitched Nee game, holding the
Parisions down 10 eight s,fo ones Tic
struck out -four men. and gave them bases
60 balls. Stultz allowed ten safe hts, nut
he was rather steady. II. had a urea
team Of fielderS behind hum. but they
were quite active. lIe struck cat hNe'
gave hot one base on balls.
In tie first glnn Por,s w.ls nevec WIN
IN the third inning but Houston slarted
off with a lead in the fitth and added "a
II Ns ne game progressed
In she seCond game tn victory was not
so sure until the game closed. Tie Pdr's-
ians got their eyes Gu tho ban In ihl s''-
ond inning aud snaue a few hits aud
scored SIN runs. II was u Tcod lead ana
they held IL un,il the NTH, when lious-
ton tied II.
In the o.shth Houston made three more
ana Inc Visitors could rever rcieh ms
nrure.
TIE following lycrs IN. scprrs.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
CHANGE IN TnLnrHoNn BUSINESS,


New York, June 2i--The Press says:
Preparations are being made by the In
ternational Bell Telephone company To
discontinue business. The company oncc
had capital of si.750.OOO. but 1t was re-
duced 10 81, 600 900. II has now been de-
oidod TO reduce II to 100000. This concern
introduced the phone into foreign c0un-
tries. the principal one being Russia.
where II has a twenty year contract with
tho government This contract expires in
1901 and IL is thought that the Russian
government then will avail itself of the
contract right to take possession of the
pompany's property.
Meantime the company Is selling its
other business IN Sweden. Holland. Swift
erland and Belgium, The officers think
they will be able 10 pay the stockholders
In full out OF the proceeds OF these sales
and the earnings In the next few years.
Among telephone men this action is in
dicatiye OF some changes Of the business
of this country. They assert the patent In
this country lapses when the same patent
expires abroad and that II is possible that
new phase of the telephone business will
develop.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
MAHER AND sHARI<EY.


New York. June 2i.-Peter Maher. the
hcavyweighh champion of Ireland ana
Tom Sharley. the "sailor lad of san
Franclrco. we're matched today TO fight 10
"A finish. Articles of agreement were
drawn up. The terms of agreemnnt are
that the men shall fight 20 "A nnish he
fore the club or individual offering the
largest inducemept aid for eide bet OF
5000 Eoih representatives. of thu ishi-
nrs doposlicd sH0O each TO bind the match,
Richard X. Fox Was made teiipo'hry
stake holder and on August anothcr le-
post Of $500 from taoh VIII bs POI"
down IN this city. making the full amount
nf soon s'ie. The final sthk: hoidei
will lie Al Smith. The referee is to he
mutually agreed upon, There was 1ues-
lion raised by Connolly as TO tlie loca-
ton oil The fight and IL SAL that has man,
Manner would fighl al any place ~ me
world cxre<7, San Francisco, as q finish
fiuht " prohibited IN california.
Lynch assured Connolly that he Would
not enter into any proposi'ion given Ky
any club IN California. This suited w,
Pittsburger ard tho managers WIN
across TO Jersey City. where they signco
~ The articles call for the bout % take
place within three months aftrr the sec-
ond and final deposit is made on Au-
gust :. ~