The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
Two Structures Being Built in Canada with Unsupported Sections of !,s00 Feey Each--RecOrd Held by
 Forth Bridge Lc.ipSed.

New York Times.
 {, The great Borth bridge in Scotland. with its two spans of LILO feet in length each. he. etofore has possessed the longest siLgle span of any bridge in the world, 1hls oistinction now crosses the Atlantic to Canada, where two bridges, one in pro- cess Of construction over the St, Law renee. about six miles below Quebec, and the other to be built across the Strait of Cahso. between Cape Breton and the n'ain.and "f sova Scot.a. will each have clear single span of i.s0v fec, ard a clear he.tdway above nigh water of lo ieet he sLan of the b. ookiyn oridge is i,os5 feet. and Its height above hign water ldb feet. and the new East River Bridge spans i've feet more. and Is at its high est po.nt loo feet above high water.
 The bridge over the St. Lawrence. now partly completed, crosses a part of the r.ver which varies from l.9J0 feet to 2h00 feet h width. and Is about lS0 feet deep. The total length of the bridge will be S.3O0 feet, and 1t will carry two railroad tracks. Nn electric motor track and q highway for vehicles.
 The great bridge over the Strait of Canso. for the construction of which a [ company has been formed q charter ob- taiI.ed and plans drawn. will be one of the fiIest in the world. It is the solution of the transportation problem which has arisen out of the recent remarkable de- yenpnent of Cape Breton, following the opening of the coal mines and the estao- lisnment of the immense steel plants at Sydney. Up to within three years ago the ferry service. by which the cars were taken across ths strait on a float, was found to be sufficient When the sudden fly increased volume of traffic rendered that primitive method inadequate, the dfau pfs1a fhafi aA fro steamer with a carrying capacity of nine- teen cars. The ina6equacy of that ser i vice also was made apparent the follow ing " ntei, when the ice gorges, which blocked the strait, sometimes for days, made that or any other ferry service an impossibility. The steamer, too under the most favorable conditions. cannot handle expeditously more than half the traffic, which Is constantly and rapidly tncreas ng. As th!s service cost Canada sfoC0.0U0 to establish and costs s12O.0Oo year to maintain. the government has indicated its willingness to grant a sub stantial subsidy to any company under taking the construction of a bride.
 including J. A. L. Wad lell of Kansas City, g aduate of McGln. and for a time Professor of Civil Engineering at the Univei 5ity in Tokio, where for his services he was knighted by the Emperor or Japar- numDer or experlenced engl- neers made surveys. When the tcasib.l- ity of the project was demonstrated a company was formed. The bridge will be of the arched cantilever. type and will be constructed with the view not only to accommodate the coal and steel traffic of Cape Breton. but also to provide for the passenger traflc incident upon the possi- ble selection of Sydney. which has splendid harbor, and which Is also the most easterly port f Canada. as a win ter terminal for the proposed fast Cana dian trans-A tlantic steafnship line.
 The Canso Bridge.
 The Casno Strait Is a deep channel about twenty miles long and from half mile to a, mile and a half wide. The new bridge win span it between Port Hast ings on the Cape Breton side and Cape Porcupine on the Nova Scotia shore, distance of 2,s0o feet On account of the excellent rock formation on either side for the enormous piers necessary to sup