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New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
RAISING AN ARCH ON ITS MIGHTY HI NGEs.

they were joined together with transverse
girders, as was done in the construction OF the
elevated railroad Such streets as One-hundred-
and-twenty- -ifth-st,. One-hundred-and-twenty
sixth-st e-hundred-and-twenty -seventh-st.,
Observation-Disclosures and One
hundred-and-twenty- -ninth-st were bridged
easily, because all these thoroughfares cross
Broadway at right angles, and pillars set in line
with their curbs were near enough together to
give the superstructure sufficient strength with
out the use Of the arch. But Manhattan-st.. for
the reason that il is unusually broad and crosses
Broadway at an angle, presented stretch Of
ground too wide 10 bridge without an archway.
we Will have to put up wooden falsework
and build the arch on this scaffolding," said one
engineer.
THAT will mean blocking up the street for
fortnight" interrupted another. We can't do
that"
Why not put pillars in the middle Of the
street," suggested a third.
That's also impossible" said the engineer
who had just objected to the blockade of the
street. The streetcar people have spent a small
fortune in q switch system here, and would
have to build ii all over again for them. No.
we must haye an arch"
And a blogkade"' interrupted the third.
There was more talk. more suggestions, more
plans. Finally James Sullivan the superin-
tendent of the work for which the firm OF
Terry & Tench had the contract, remarked
quietly:
i think I have scheme. I think we can
build the arch in segments and then put it to-
gether without blocking the street more than
an hour"
The contractors studied the plan and were
astonished at its simplicity Orders were given
for the steel The parts were built to fit, and
as Mr.. Sullivan said, the archway was erected
so dextrously that the traffic Of Manhattan-st
was halted only about hour.
A moments study Of the Hour Bridge reveals
its secret. The ends of the archway. instead OF
! being solidIy riveted into the abutments rest
lightly on what appear to be hinges There are
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Walter A. Wyckoff, professor of sociology al
Princeton. recently married Miss Lean E'lc'' =.
Colorado Springs, whom he met while disgulSeu
as a traup he travelled in order TO study th7
lives of the homeless. Some time after ne re-
turned to Princeton, he related an incident IH@'
Dappened on a train on which he was riding IN
the West The train was slow one Ihdt I@-n
twice a week between two small stations. lie
boarded it with two companions, and hall an
hour after starting it entered a very black tuh-
mel. A man seated across the aisle asked lhs
conductor how long it would take to pass
through the tunnel.
oh about two hours" the conductor snapped
and hurried through the car.
The man opposite fumbIed among his grips
Soon he seemed to be struggling with something
in tba darkness. Suddenly the car was iluml-
mated with a glaring sunlight for the tram H>la
emerged from the tunnel. All eyes turned tow
ara the man opposite. The two hours OF dark
ness promised him by the conductor ne had
bAgI1n TO use in changing his shirt He no" sat
tb1nder stricken, his coat, shirt, neckue ana
collar thrown over the next seat, as naked lroE
the waist up as man about to take oath
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

patrons enter through a passageway, which
leads them directly past the stage, and then
into the auditorium, which faces the way they
have entered The Lyric Theatre is rapidly ap-
preaching completion It is little larger than
the Belasco which is next door. One Of the
pecUla-ities OF the Lyric is a dressing room
fitted up with private bathroom. which, under
contract must be used only by Richard Mans
field himself and must be hermeticaIly sealed
during such periods as Mr.. Mansfield is away
On tour and some other attraction plays in the
theatre A second star dressing room has there
fore been provided for other stars than Mans
field The managers also assert that in order
te secure Mansfield permanent attraction
each season they were compelled to sign con-
tract stipulating that other serious dramatic
actor or offering could be presented. but that
light musical attractions must be the exclusive
bill when Mansfield was on tour.
The Drury Lane. which Oscar Hammerstein
promises to open in the fall, viii be the biggest
theatre in New-York. possibly in the world
But its magnitude is SO great that no one can
tell when it VIII be completed The stage
opening is to have width Of eighty feet about
three times the width Of the opening Of the
Criterion stage. MI Hammerstein promises
many startling innovations. Ia the mean time
work is advancing.
At Forty-ninth-st- and seventh-ave. excava-
lots nave QUS large uOle NLtIe444 - ~ NC IA4C
foundation Of the Comedy Theatre. which the
6ires are to build for Charles B. Dillingham;
The work Of laying the foundation stones is now
proceeding The plans for this theatre have
not been made public. but Mr. Dillingham; an
ncunces that It viii be opened in November and
will be devoted exclusively to American stars
and American plays
In addition to these new theatres. three old
houses viii be practically new in the fall when
they are reopened- Among these is the Empire.
which is being rebuilt entirely in its interior.
the balconies and the stage having been torn
out and the entire seating arrangement altered
Sc as 10 remove the pillars which have hitherto
obsructed the view Of the stage. The lobby
is also being altered. The New-York Theatre
constituting the major half of Hammerstein's
celebrated Olympia, has been altered and re-
constructed. A new balcony has been substi-
tuted for the row Of boxes which was Hammer
STEMS pet project when he built the theatre
The third theatre to be rebuilt in its interior
is the Savoy. which is now being overhauled.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
THE HOUR BRIDGE. "
Structure by Which Sub7cay Trains
Viii Cross MQnhattaR-St.

Workmen are just completing a huge steel
archway over Manhattan-st., which has been
nicknamed the Hour Bridge" 1t is the most
conspicuous part of the elevated structure in
Broadway, on which the trains of the subway,
emerging from the tunnels at each end into
daylight and the open air, will cross the deep
depression of the Manhattan Valley.
The Hour Bridge, though it may not awaken
much curiosity in the casual passerby who
sees it, as it now stands. has astonished many
veteran engineer who knows how it was con
structed It's builders boast that it is the first
Of its kind in 'le world.
It is not called the Hour Bridge because built
to endure for an hour. In point OF durability it
is likely to hold its own with any Of its size
and strength. This name has been given the
archway because by a novel process il was put
together so rapidly that the traffic of the thor
6ughfare which it spans was interrupted only
about sixty minutes.
The elevated structure extends from One-hun-
dred-and-twenty- y-ifth-st. to One-hundred- and
thirty-third-st. and reaches its highest point
above Broadway at Manhattan-st., through
which the ne-hundred-and-twenty- -dfth-st.
crosstown cars pass to and from the Fort Lee
Ferry. Here too the Broadway cars turn west,
so that the street below the arch is filed with a
network Of rails and switches.
When the engineers first tackled the problem
they were confronted with the apparently in
superable obstacle Of spanning busy Manhat-
tan-st The rest of the task was easy. Where
the tunnels emerge on each side Of the gully
steel pillars were erected in Broadway, and
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
E WITH LEAST STOPpAGE OF TRAFFIC

three arches in the bridge, the two outer being
eighteen feet distant from the inner one, SO
that the total width of the structure is thirty
six feet. Each arch consisted primarily OF four
sections When all were in readiness the six
end sections, one by one, were hoisted by der
rick engine and their lower extremities we're
hinged into place on the abutnants. In this posi-
ton they were held by wooden props and ropes.
and then the two middle sections OF each arch
were riveted together on the ground into a single
piece. By derrick and engine this was hoisted to
the right height, its two ends were Joined 10
the other sections. Lateral girders were then
riveted into place TO hold the three arches rig
idly together The props were knocked away.
the guy ropes were unfastened. and the bridge
was ready for its burden. In the mean time
| cars, wagons and pedestrians passed to and FRO
uninterruptedly Only when the central sections
were being hoisted into place was the warning
! stand back" given; not because the place was
rendered impossible. but as precaution against
| injury from something breaking loose and fall
| ing.
! The hinges where the ends of the three arches
! rest on the abutments are close to the ground
Each consists of a cylindrical steel pier which
fits half into the groove Of the arch, and half
into the groove of the conicaI shaped iron
plate which is riveted to the granite abutment
These six piers therefore. carry the crushing
weight of the whole bridge. Each arch alone,
without the lateral girders the railroad
tracks weighs sixty tons.
The Hour Bridge. while unique in mode OF
construction, is also novel in shape Ordinarily
| the two ends of an archway are OF the sans
height so as to preserve its symmetry and pro
vide an equal burden for the abutments on
each side. Not so with the Hour Bridge Al
though its curve looks perfectly symmetrical 70
the observer, its northern are five feet lower
than its southern abutments. on the northern
side Of Manhattan-st the foundations nave
been sunk thirty feet below the ground and SIX
feet below the water line. The southern tounda-
tions extend thirty-two feet below the ground
but only two feet below the water line Inc
archway at its highest point is sixty feet ABOVE
the street The span of the arches from hlllse
to hinge is III feet and inches. The actuaI
distance. in a straight line, between the aouL-
ments is 16S feet and inches. IL , two SUD SUD
r-erh tJyeutv-rfne feet above the top of the SI
Paul Building.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
WHY He ATE YOLKS OF EGGS.

Lady Yarmouth. who Miss Alice Thaw.
Of Pittsburg. was presented at the Court Of St
James in June. Since her arrival at the Var
mouth estate, she has received much attention
from the peasants and many small presents
have been bestowed upon her. She told TO one
OF her American friends who visited her in
England the following story. which she got from
& woman whose sick child she was visiting.
The woman complained TO Lady Yarmouth Of
her difficulty in getting along, and Of an ex-
perience she had had with a boarder.
THE first morning this man stopped here"
she said he began to eat boiled eggs very
gree1uy. Egg after egg he ate-three, four, fve
six-and II was only the yolk Of them that he
swallowed; the white he didn't bother with at
all
when he dug his spoon into the seventh egg
my temper got the better of me and said in a
severe tone:
Don't you eat the white Of the egg.
SIR
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
WHY SHE WORRIED.

From The Chicago News.
Host-My wife is worrying about there beng thtr>
teen at the table tonight
Neutrality-suspicious., Ell?
Host-No; she has only dozen silver KNIVES aR
forks.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

Surely not, my woman he answered Inc
yoIk is the bird: the white is the feathers
Would you have me make bolster of myself?
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
A FITTING
TRIBUTE.
A Citizen OF Bennington Pays "A Well
Earned Tribute.

The following public statement Of a res
pocied citizen adds one more emphatic en-
dorsemeut Of merit to the scores that have
appeared before.
Mr. l.. l.. Stevens, machlnst, emp Dyed at
Edw. L Sibley's machine shop, residence
6l3 Main-st, sry.; "Mrs Stevens and my son
used Doan's Kidney Pills. From the suit
obtained have not the slightest objection TO
your f,rring to me as an endo-scr Of the
pr partition. For some years Mrs Stevens
mad nackache ana lattery tie attacks were
much more severe than wbe they were first
noticed She heard Of Don's Kidney Pills
ana took a cOur Of the treatment. They
stopped that parlcu ar attacE. My sou, who
Is employed 10 shop with m also used
Doan's kidney Pills aud absolute proof was
q, en- from the resu1s received that the rem
edy acts as represented
For sale by all deaer Price 80 cents.
FoNer-Nllburn Co, Buffalo, ~ Y, sole
agents for tue Uni Ell States.
Remember the uame, DOan's, and take no
substitute.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
important To Mothers.

The manufacturers of Castoria have
been compelled to spend hundreds OF
thousands of dollars to familiarize the
public with the signature of Charles
II. Fletcher This has been necessita-
ted by reason Of pirates counterfeiting
the Castoria trademark. This count
erfeiting is crime not only against
the proprietors of Castoria, but
against the growing generation. All
persons should be careful to see that
Castoria bears the signature Of Chas
H. Fletcher, il they would guard the
health of their children. Parents, and
mothers in particular, ought to care
fully examine the Castoria advertise
ments which have been appearing in
this paper, and to remember that the
wrapper of every bottle of genuine
Castoria bears the fac-simile sigma
ture of Chas H. Fletcher, under whose
supervision it has been manufactured
continuously for over thirty years.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
{. S. KINSLEY, General Agent
Rutland, Vermont
cHAs. N. POWERS, Agt, Bennington, VT


The editor of the Banner and Re
former has just received, with the COM
pliments of the publishers, a copy of
the Kodol Almanac and 200 Year Cal
endar, which is certainly a most unique
and useful book. With a copy OF this
publication at hand one is in possess
sion of calendar which covers the
past as far back as the day of our
national independence, meets all the
requirements of the present, and dates
as far into the future as near the be-
ginning of the next century. BY ref
erence to this calendar the day of the
week, OF any given date in any month
of the year, from l776 to 1916, may be
found at a glance.
Messrs Z. G. Dewitt & Co., of Chi
cago, are sole owners and publishers
of the Kodol Almanac and 200 Year
Calendar, and while several millions
of copies are in circulation, they have
yet few hundred copies of the first
edition, and will send one copy to any
one enclosing a two cent stamp, with a
request for same, provided this paper
is mentioned.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29

The leading color pictures in the
February Century the most novel and
curious in subject of any that maya
zine has yet published are from in
teresting and beautiful studies of the
aurora borealis made by Frank Will
bert Stokes while in the Arctics in the
fall Of 1892 and are richly worthy OF
the subject. They reproduce in tint
for the first time in a popular maya
zine the wonderful effects Of the auro-
ra. Mr. Stokes, probably the first
real colorist to visit the Arctic regions,
was with the Peary and relief expedi-
tions on the Kite when he was privi-
legged to see some color displays worth
all the dangers and privations of the
trip.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
Is There a Weak Spot That Is Likely 70
Develop DissaSG2
Paines Celery
Compound
Quickly Reaches the Affected
Parts, Fortifies Them and
Imparts New Life to
the Blood.

Are you conscious OF a weak spot in con.
nection with any Of the great organs Of the
bodyg DO your kidneys bother your 1t may
be that you experience pain IN urination or
pain In the small Of the back. You perhaps
find the skin dry and harsh, the urine high
co'ored or a deposit 10 it. Any OF these
symptoms point to kidney trouble
Is your liver doing It's work properly? If
you have vomi ing, nausea, furred tongue,
constipation or oisorded vision, there is
weak spot in connection with the liver. This
demands instant attention
In the network Of muscular fbres Of the
stomachin a healthy condition, or are the
nerves weak, irritated or inhamed? Is the
digestion poorY Have you dlsp' hsia, Indi.
gestion, heartburn. or waterbrashy Any Of
these troubles are forerurners Of suffering
and III health
Does your God as Il courses to all parts Of
the body carry nouri-hmeBt and life, or is it
filed with impurities and poi.onsg Unless
you have a fall and vigorous supply OF pure
blood, your life is daily 10 danger
Eminent medical men and the tens Of thou.
sands made well and strong by Paine's Celery
Compound, will tell you that this marvellous
medicine is your sure deliverer from all the
troubles we have mentioned. Paine's Celery
Compound quickly and promptly reaches the
weak suffering parts, fortifies tOem, gives
new life to the blood, nourishes the nerves,
builds muscle and tissue, and makes you re-
joiee In a condition Of health that will be per.
and iasting.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
INTERESTING ELoPEMENT.
Wealthy Young Woman From Valley falls Ran
Away With hostler.

Parties from Valley Falls were here
Thursday and in company with local
officers spent a good portion of the
day searching for couple that eloped
from that villege the afternoon before
and who from all that could be learned
came here. No trace of them was
found here and the Valley Falls party
returned home that evening.
There is quite romance connected
with the elopement. The lady was
Miss Mabel Thompson, % years of
age, and a daughter OF j. E. Thomp-
son, a wealthy manufacturer of Valley
Falls. She is rather prepossessing in
appearance, being of fair complexion
with light brown hair and grey eyes.
She was modestlv dressed in black
skirt and jacket and wore black vel
vet hat. She is of medium height.
Her companion, Edward Hines is
also "a years old, 5 feet 10 inches high,
rather stoutly built, with sandy com
plexion and blue eyes. he wore a
blue coat and vest, black trousers,
black hat and black overcoat. The
couple carried no baggage and it is
not known how much money they had
with them,
Hines had been employed by Mr.
Thompson for some time and was
hostler in the family. He is a gentle
manly appearing young fellow, with
quiet manners, and, as far as is known
good habits. Miss Thompson. who is
fond Of horses, spent good deal of
her time around the stable, and con-
sequently saw the young hostler fire.
quently. Her family, however. did
not suspect the intimacy which had
grown up between them until they
learned of the elopement.
Late in the afternoon deputy sheriff
Nash learned that the couple had been
located in Granville, the young lady
at hotel and Hines at a farm short
distance from the village where he had
secured work before leaving Valley
Falls. Her father was informed of
their Whereabouts and went to Gran
Vile the next morning II is expected
that q reconciliation will eventually be
the result.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
Finds way to Live Long.

The startling announcement Of a Discovery
that will surely engthen life Is made by edit
or 0. Fl. Downey of Churubusco, Ind. Il
wish to state" he writes, "that DR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption is the mos
infallible remedy that have ever known for
Coughs, Colds and Grip, It's invaluable to
people with weak lungs. Having this Won
derful remedy no one need dread Pneumonia
or Consumption. It's relief is instant and
cure certain" o. E. Gibson guarantees ev-
cry SOC and 81 90 bottle, and gives trial bolt G
free.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
BIG GAME PRESERVE.
Including the Best Trout Pond To Be Found
In America.


Including the Best Trout Pond To Be Found
In America
Fremont H. Wright OF Newton,
Mass, who owns several thousand
acres of timber land in the town of
Woodford and on which'he is nov cut
ting logs, purchased last week the en-
tire real estate, etc, of the Groton Lum-
Der Company Of Groton. The prop
erty includes Darling pond, said to be
the best trout fishing spot in Vermont
There are 540O acres of land and the
price paid was $4,000 Mr. Wright
had already purchased a tract of 5000
acres adjoining the Groton Lumber
Company's property, and it is expected
that a new company win be formed to
purchase the whole property and es-
tablish a great private game preserve
No better place for such a preserve
could be found in New England as
Darling pond already furnishes the
best trout fishing in America, and the
immense tract of land has been cleared
of the original growth of spruce and
the dense underground that is spring
ing up all over it will give the best feed
and protection possible for deer and
other large game. Mr. Soule, who is
engaged in clearing the remaining lum-
Der from the tract, will complete work
there this season and the tract viii then
probably be given up entirely to the
propagation of game.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29

A Canadian wood chopper who has
been at work on one of the lumber jobs
on the mountain was here Saturday
afternoon displaying large wild cat
that he caught in singular manner.
While at his work he saw the animal
enter a hollow tree that was standing.
He Immediately closed the entrance at
the bottom and started a fire so that
the smudge would go up the tree. His
effort was successful for in a few mo-
ments the cat came tumbling down in
an unconscious condition, and he
easily killed it with a club
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-29
The secret nfInnr ma

Consists in keeping all the main organs OF
the body in healthy, regular action, and in
quickly destroying deadly disease germs.
Electric Bitters regulate stomach, Liver and
Kidneys, purify the blood and give a splen-
I'D appetite. They work wonders in curing
kidney Troubles, Female Complaints, Ner-
yous Diseases, Constipation, Dyspepsia and
Malaria. Vigorous strength aud hea tn al
ways follow their use Only soc, guaranteed
by o. E. Gibson, druggist,