The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-15
1900 TON DRAW TAKES ATRIP.
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Saturday Yesterday work wv v" -
featsd, when tho new draw that hns h"nn
constructed ~ accommodate us 'tncF'
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yond kineshfidgr viii 10 moved NJ the H'"r
and fitted ~ tlr snp left Nv thu withdrawal
~ tho draw span Yesterday
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Terry a reuch company aud tho engineers
under hia charge forced tho Now ~ tho
winter In Tho shin canal tn 10 thu work ~
nf,ina tho mass 81 a,ael from IL pivot and
again settling II upon tho new draw rack
|, preparad for II - mile down stream Yet
90 nicely had the work 90 be adjusted 10
tho sbb and flow ~ the current tha had
n delay occurred failure and even tho loss
Of the bridge might have resulted.
Before the falling tide had quite reached
ita lowest ebb the two heavy supporting
pontoona, formed Of two sets ot barRes
lashed together and supporting a wooden
crib "a feet high, were slipped under either
end Of the draw. opened at q small angle
from the line Of the bridge, Little leaA than
an inch was all the leeway bet ween the
tons Of the wooden cradles and the bridge
Orders they were To support. AT lONO
o'clock the tide turned and the towerlike
cradles we're jammed firmly mp against
the understrappings Of the draw span
Then, while men hurried up the cradles
with blocks and cleats, the more firmly to
set the draw span in its support, the en-
gineers of tugs /, 2 and 3 of the Harlem
River fleet and Of the tug Cornelius Van Colt
set their steam siphon pumps to WORK
upon the water that had been let into the
holds of the four barges to sink them to the
proper level.
Not only was the tide to raise the bridge.
but the pumps must beat the tide, to permit
of the span being raised before high water
and set down upon it's new cap with the ebb
at a o'clock. Three two inch streams OF
water spouted from each Of two Of the barges
and two streams of like volume came from
a third. The steam crane barge OF the
contractors brought to bear a heavy CEN
trifugal pump upon the remaining barge's
hold.
We've got to get this water out faster.
yelled the sooty foreman through the funnel
of his hands. 1t was IL o'clock and the
wheels of the draw tramway had not lifted
an inch from their track.
Whereupon Mrs. Amanda Olsen, wife OF
| Gus Olsen, the skipper Of the good scow
| Genevieve Cutler, emerged from the tidy
green cubbyhole in the bow and applied
herself to the hand pump over near the
water butt. This is a good job for my old
/ man. said Mrs. Olsen between breaths,
land we must not lose it," But Mrs. Olsenis
somewhat generous in girth, and her heart
action is not good. Therefore, Gus. Jr.,
/ aged 10. and Amanda H., !, were equ-
sitioned to take her place at the pump
I handle.
! At / o'clock it was possible to see light
/ ulueT Tue WuttlS u tbO SilSuiai "a
! the draw span, and the tugs began to take
| up slack on the barges. When $50 came
men wriggled in under the pendent wheels
and eased away the heavy ringbolts within.
Az they worked l 500 tons OF steel hung sus-
pended over their heads.
Half an hour passed, and by the decimals
of an inch the space between wheels and
track became wider. Upon the bridge there
we're standing George H. Pegram, chief
engineer of the marlborough Rapid Transit
Company, and A. S. Berauist, his assistant;
Chief Engineer George S. Rice and assistant,
C. V. V. Powers of the Rapid Transit Com
mission and H. j. Howe, district engineer
of the commission.
At 225 o'clock, on the dot, the cry went
up, Clear away" By closing one eye and
picking out an object along the line Of a
stringer one could see that the bridge moved.
A cheer went up from the struggling line OF
spectators on both banks. Amanda Olsen
ii, rushed out on the deck OF the scow Gene
We've Cutler and waved a kitten by the neck
in wild hurrah. The old mans job had not
been lost.
After some j%ockeying with the current the
four tugs got to work, two leading and two
towing behind to act as brakes in necessity.
A passing New York Central engine blew a
blast to welcome the new craft. Other
whistles blew. The ~falsetto voice of the
bridge tenders siren on the floating span
answered.
Just one hour was consumed in the trip
down the river. Twice the pontoon on the
port side of the bridge span fouled on a mud
bank and twice it was dragged of by the
straining tug.
When the new stone pivot bulkhead where
the span was to rest was approached the
boats slowed down to a snail's pace.
Within fifteen minutes the runway track on
the capstone was directly beneath the drum
Of the seagoing bridge and nothing re-
NAMED but for the easing Of the tide to
settle everything into place.
Tamniany Leader Curry Married.
st. Ambrose's Church, in West Ffty-fourth