The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-03
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r1NTlT. RECENTLY the Brooklyn bridge was
\ the worlds marvel in bridge engineering;
" hut the new $lsODo,O0O East River bridge
will make it look like SO cents Here are
some Of the comparisons taken from an article
by Lewis Nixon, president of the East River
bridge commission: Roughly, the new bridge
will he four times strong as the Brooklyn
bridge: each of its four cables will he about
twice stout those which support the span
OF the older structure. and in other respects its
superiority will be maintained Each of the
four cables will consist of thirtyseven strands,
and each strand will have 2S2 single wires. total
OF 1914 wires in each cable The normal pull
on each cable will be about 5000 tons, and as
each will be capable Of supporting 10000 pounds
to the square inch. and will have 222 square
inchcs net, the engineers calculate that the s,s'
pension power of the bridge will be four times
greater than the maximum demand upon it. The
width OF the new structure will be 1lS feet, rs
compared with the cishty.ive feet OF the Brook
lyn bridge, and the character and amount Of its
traffic will be proportionatcly greater. 1t will
have six railroad tracks, two carriage ways each
twenty feet wide two footwalks and two bicycle
paths. In actual channel span the two bridges
will not present great difference, merely mat
ter Of iour and half feet. but in the total
length OF the span the bridge will hold the
record by 1000 feet The Brooklyn bridge has
channel span Of l,jGji2 feet and total length
of 5000 feet. The figures Of the new bridge
are respectively lGOo feet and 1900 feet. The
steel towers OF the new bridge about fiftynine
feet taller than the masonry spires of the Brook.
!,n bridge Tile cap OF the steel work from high
water is $50 feet similar measurements on the
Brooklyn bridge give a height OF 216 feet The
minimum height either side of the
center above mean high water OF spring tides
is l3J feet; the Brooklyn has the same height
hut only at the Genital point
The huge dnosaur, on the restoration Of which
thr entire .roolcyicol Gep,riment of Nalr has bean
at work for n wear is now in po,ition in Peabody
m,.e,Im \ New Haven letter to the Sun gives
some interesting facts about this prohistorc com.
bi,ation of beast and rcptilc. yalc's dinosaur
il of the variety named claosaurus IL was dis.
covered by j. B. Hatcher. nov, of the Carnegie
Museum OF pittsburg. and a party of friends in
the summer of lSol while cynloriur for the late
county, Wyoming II proved a most fortunate
find, for not only was the specimen in excellent
condition with all its parts intact but it Was
also an entirely new variety There il, but one
| other such creature in the museums OF the world
and that is in Brussels Bclpim The cntil,
length Of the Naic animal is twenty.niue feet
three inches The height OF the head above the
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limbs The rIaosau,us' fore limbs are odontnd
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