The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-14

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WORK or PIITsB uRc MAJ
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below town is exciting q great amount.
81 interest. He has been brought
from Pittsburg 70 help the bridge CON on.
lstrtIctors get the coffer dams to stop
leaking. The builders have expert
fenced a great amount of trouble In
Keeping the water out of the dam.
They sent for the diver last week, and
he has been working under the water
for several days. He goes beneath
the water and while there he places
cement IN the places where the water
is leaking through the dam. He has
been able to keep some of the water
Two piers Net to Build.
Two coffer dams are now being
built for the two piers which alone
remain to be built. One Of them is
above the lock and the other is he
low Il. The steel has been laid across
1.-The water up to the uncompleted
piers.
a Trip With the Diver.
The diver is not able to remain un.
4 der the water very long, not over
twenty or thirty minutes. His suit
lis perfectly water proof. In the front
part of the head piece is a large eye
of glass through which the diver sees
to do the work. This Is highly mag
nffytne and greatly increases the size
OF everything before the diver as he
walks about in the "watery world.
There are two pipes leading down TO
him, one to supply him with fresh
air and the other to carry away the
air already breathed. This diver IS
not down very deep in the water, SO
the pressure is not very great upon
him. The pressure which is cxerted
bv water is one OF the greatest dill
cu|ties which the diver meets. for the
deeper the water, the greater the
pressure. 1t is this nressnre which
places a limit to the depth that one
can go. There is a depth great
enough in the ocean which wonld
mash a diver flatter than stove lid.
II he were to sink into 1t. The diver
sees many things which are curious
looking down in the water: but he
saws that he pays no attention 20
them. Fish fit around and often gaze
right in the large front eye, with a
look which seems to say, What right
have you to invade our realms?" The
diver works on. however, and pays no
attention to their intrussons or inter-
rupttons: he brushes thera aside AID
pays no more attention to them than
the kitchen maid does to the house
Inv. Yet. the diver SAYS that he often
does stop and look at the Inhabitants
/ Of the "watery world" and notes
the ones which are very peculiar
i looking. and is often tempted to seize
a fish and brings him to the top for
supper.
Wages Based on Work.
The wages of divers are good. They
based largely upon the character
the place in which the work is
ated. II the water is rough and
ngerous and deep. the wages are
her: il in small river, where the
ter is shallow and quiet, the wages
not so much.
sunny Spots In Divers Life.
me of the brightest spots in the
Of the diver is when he goes
cath the water and searches a long
for the body of some drowned
or grown person whom the peo-
have been unable to recover by
or drag hooks. The relatives
be almost frantic with grief.
8 is a great thrill Of Joy, says the
!. when he sees the body in some
ce or hole, where it has escaped
let and the hooks. He seizes 1t
", gives the alarm and is quick
avn to the top, where he expert
great happiness in handing over
cad body to the one who has
ID fer 1t for days, and who has
for lust one more look into
ce of the beloved one. There is
Drk more pleasant to the diver
work. of this kind.
Guards at the Bridge.
rds are kept at the bridge both
nd night to keep the men who
en- to destroy the bridge from
ne out their threats. Several
en- have been discharged and
aid they would have bengeance
wing up the bridge. A strict
is being kept upon all the
ire. from both sides of the river.
woMAN's WAYS.