Evening star., 1902-09-04

| and all were devotedly attached to him He
| couldn't and wouldn't spare one. Like Rob-
| inson Crusoe, he dressed chiefly, the little
| he cared for. in the skins of ra accoons. At
! last, one day, John dropped out of sight.
| His cabin, crumbled to the tooth of time,
and Cabin John bridge eventually arose on
! that spot monument to the memory of the
! poor 1shmael, the outcast and hermit and
hunter of Montgomery county, Md. The
inscription on the bridge equally applies
to the memory of poor old Cabin John
'Esto Perpetual The superstitious declare
that Cabin John still wanders around at
twilight and midnight, hunting his game,
and surrounded by his dogs.
vanity of vanities, all is vanity Dur
ing the civil war Captain Meigs was or
dered away from his position as chief en-
gineer in the construction OF the bridge
During his absence the bridge was COM
| pleted. Captain Benham and Lieutenant
Morton were left in charge. A short time
! previous Mr.. Rives. the father of AmeI.e
Rives. had resigned as assistant engineer
and Joined the confederate cause. Meigs
was re-assigned and came back and exam
ined the work. He soon discovered. to his
Indignation. that on the arch, or ring stones
were carved the names of his adjudged
! subordinates. They were chiseled out at
his imperative orders. The tablets are
there to be seen, along with the more con-
spicuous one from which the name of JEFF
ferson Davis was subsequently erased by
order of Caleb B. Smith.
Galusha Grow, representa- tive in Con-
SFesS, went oul one Qay Win some others
TO inspect the bridge. He went back to the
Secretary of the Interior fuming and furi-
Gus.
DO you know that rebel Meigs has ac-
tually had the name Of jeff Davis carved
on tablet and inserted in the wall of the
BRIDGE? he asked.
lis that so? replied the Secretary. 4
will Immediately have it cut out-
And he so ordered. Special instructions
were given to the succeeding official Com
gress and the people have since demanded
that Jen Davis name shall be restored and
reunited country approves. Let us have
peace
arch spreads over one like the darkest
shadow of rainbow. | sat down awhile to
oreathe after my rough and rapid descent
by the rough. broken, rocky road from the
motel. AS famed my heated brow a pleas
ant shower of cool water -dripped from the
arch above HE benison.
Cabin John bridge, with its abutments
Is 45a feet long: it's height above the ravine
Is 105 feet; span, 220 feet; rise of span. 57.2i
feet width of span, 2a.4 feet; cost of bridge
and parapet walls. S2J4 900; cost of conduit
system s2,9O5. COO; capacity of water main,
10, 800, ,0e0 gallons daily; radius of the arch.
1,342SS2 feet; arch. or ring stones. feet
thick. deep at crown and 62 feet al spring.
ing line.
There are 11,9141S cubic yards of ma
sonry. S5266 cubic yards of concrete and
516 yards of brickwork- The cut-stone arch
or ring is of Quincy granite The rubbe
arch and spandre!s are red sandstone from
Seneca. Md. and the abutments are gnelss
from Montgomery county. Md.
"The iron doors. three In number on each
side under the arch. lead to dark chambers
The water main over the bridge Is of brick
and cement and is niue feet In diameter
The bridge was seven years In building"