Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-07
ENGINEERING
BLUNDERS BY
PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Construction
Corps Under River at
New York.
TUMOR IS TAKEN FROM JAW
0fYaIuabIe RhinOCerOS-. Great
Hudson Celebration Pro.
posed for 1909.
special correspondence

mcni, go see ~ they cannot hnd n way
20 correct errors iu previous work
the engineers III gharse of the Penn.
aylgania railroad ,uaael construction
under the North aud East rivers have
begun r NTH tunnel from lhe foot 90
haat Thirty fourth street to Long la-
land City
work un the afst four tubes has
been abandoned. temporarily I'd icasf.
because OK The unexpected difficulties
encountered. and the engineers hope
w the new tube 10 ascertain way 90
complete their original plans The
river bed over this experimental tun-
mel win he frozen % o. said. so that
she engineers eau ses hos the process
win aid them.
when the compressed cir blew a
hole through the river bed on the
original work some aeeks ago ANA the
work was abandoned. engineers ola
other tunnels declared thar the men
engaged I'M building the East river
section of the peuusy lvanla'e tubes
had made a mistake in tunnolng
through the river bed at q point too
close % the crust of the bed, 30 that
when sand and gravel were en-
oountcred y became necessary toI
turn on the fun force Of the air COM
proasor so Keep th9 nyor from food
ins the tunnel
As n result OF the pressure ihe ait
~ leaking sup through the river bed,
disturbing the water az points in and
about the ThiFty-t0rih street ferry
slips. an % which have been UNDER
mined. Ia fact. the rack Of one Of
sac new ferry slips has sunk, the
cradle OF another IS sinking inch by
inch every day, aud the bridges Of the
other slips are being shaken from
ifeir foundations.
Although the ueW tunnel ls q costly
experiment. 4 Is believed 20 be the
uuly way so correct costly errors that
have been made. TO overcome the
Nfacuity OF forcing the tunnel shield
through sand which flows IKE water
tho river bed will De- frozen aud dug
oui in chunks. freezing plant has
been installed al the shaft of iho OK
norment tunnel nt tne foot OF East
Thirty aflh street The plant keeps
ihe temperature at 20 degrees below
zero This freezes the wet sand,
which is then dug out with a pick.
Some OF the engineers have cumo
tn the conclusion that Che freezing
process viii work well O. tho head of
the tubes where the blowout occurred
Other engineers say that che freezing
process rs simply q deIay chat VIII
bring about no good results. a dead
line has been established about the
ice plant SD that vur liitlo ini1rma-
lion of value can BE- gainpd there hy
ouiaidcFs and thc contractors refuse
ia discuss the work, declarlns that a.
clause in their contract iornlds them
Al tho outside engineers seem tol
think plans Of the Belmont tunnel
ought 90 followed That tunnel laI
bong cut under the river ri point
more than enc hundred feet deep
whore soad rock Be- found Tho work
81 tunnelluE through this solid rock
is easy compared with tunneling
through rand
Tumor Taken From Rhlnoeeroa
The difficult ana unusual operation
"a rhiuocefua has been performed 30
rhinQceros mas been performed by
the geological Park, Bronx, and 80
successfully that d Us believed the
chances are excellent FOR saving one
81 the finest specimens OF the genus
now DO captivity
The patient Is Bachida, "a female,
two years Old valued "a $4,000, which
arrived two weeks ago from Africa
Ia charge Of Keeper Hans Kumtch.
On the voyage across the keeper OBJ
served that his thick-hidod pet was
suffering from some pain la the back
part Of her CaYernQus mouth. Ia fact.
she kept g open 50 continually as tol
suggest an intention of swallowing
Observers
Dr. w. Reed Blair, the veterinary Of
the garden. Kept a close watch on the
open faced hachida. and decided she
had an abnormal growth somewhere
in the vicinity ~ one OF her small
back teeth. which bear a resemblance
to eoy dramheada. Ills diagnosis
was confirmed bv Raymond j. Dit
mars, the curator, and together (hoy
went Co work 90 cxtirpato the growth
nachsda was thrown down and
chained aud her head fixed in n
wooden clamp. so Rs 90 be imm0vable.
d. Blair discovered the seat OF the
pain ga the maaaot1r muscles, which
control the opening and closing OF the
Jaws. TO give the unweildy patient as
little pain az possible. be sprayed che
outside of the Jaw with either until 10
was about halt frozen. Then bel
plunged Ia a lance. bur the thick hide
resisted The steel, ana q became noc-
eianry 20 grind hard steel carving
knife down 90 hno point 10 make d
successful inclsion
The point of the improviaed probe
penetrated a large tnmor and gave
Miss hnchidu instant relief Her hig
marble like eyes seemed 10 roll in
fhe.r sockets and her struggles ceased.
a ludnage tube was inserted. aud az.
GER che tube YVES dried a pint OF anti
optic nuld was injected The chains
were taken on. me operators ioft the
cage. ana the patient began clog
dance and a most unrhinOcerog at
tempt 90 stand on her head and climb
ihe bars 0f her cage
ny fsasW She had become quiet
and hCyoEd occasional efforts 90
pick her teeth with her lefi hind foot
appeared to bc coniented and happy,
coooanuta From Colon District
Panama principal crop Is coconnuta
and from the consular district Of
Colon alone about 100000 TO 0,00Q,-
900 81 these iruii ere exported 90 the
United Crates annually. The market
prce from ilB 90 &ab a