Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-02


had been committed, as the ticket entitled
the person named to transportation, and
the fact that another person Travelled upon
II did not defraud the railroad of anything
big Tim" Sullivan put up a Christmas
feast for his Dowery friends at a restau-
rant near Tammany hall The man who
marketed for the dinner had ordered the
following supply: Three thousand pounds
OF turkey, 700 pounds of chicken, 5000
mince pies, 20 dozen crates of celery 600
pounds OF coffee, 40 pounds OF tea, 20 pecks
of cranberries. Besides there were so kegs
of beer And what is more interesting
there were three kegs left after all the men
had gone as far as they liked"
AS the men consumed plate after plate
of turkey or chicken, the Gatherings of
knives, forks and spoons against the plates
and cups made a noise like a boiler shop
The distinguished" walters, wearing
aprons, moved about, tray in hand, serving
the guests every want and with as much
as they wanted.
AS the men left the table to make room
for the others with equally voracious ap-
petite, they received a cigar, a pipe and a
pouch of tobacco: also a ticket exchange
able on February for a pair of shoes at
the clubhouse. Relay followed relay, until
Little Tim began to wonder whether
they were repeating.
at makes no difference" he said: they
can eat as long as their appetites hold
out"
Long before the last had been fed, which
was about 4 o'clock, many of the knives
had pieces bitten out, but that made no
difference.
big Tim." the hero OF the AFFAIR, ap-
peared on the scene late in the afternoon.
AS the tall figure and smiling face of the
Bowery idol came in sight his guests
stopped eating, and while they banged with
knives and forks on their plates until they
broke pieces on they shouted for Big
Tim" in a way that threatened to interfere
with the theatrical performance next door
Every man was on terms OF sufficient
him Tim" and he was the target for such
salutations as;
Say, Tim you're all right"
wen make you president, Tim" and
Tim you're de goods" Big Tim"
bowed and bade his guests continue their
| meal
Although the work on the new Black
wells island bridge has been progressing
very slowly there is enough OF this i'm
posing structure already completed to give
| n fair idea of its beauty when finished
| 1t will he longer, more ponderous in
| construction and more ornate than either
! the Brooklyn or the Williamsburg bridges
! The slow progress made in construction
! is due to the fact that the cantiever
method is being used instead of the ordi-
/ nary suspension type adopted in the case
\ of the other bridges. In the Blackwells
island structure the longest span will be
| I652OOO feet, as against the 1,6oO OF the
/ other two; but there will be two spans,
| and together and including the approaches
| this will make it almost twice as long
| as either OF the others. The cantileVer
principle was adopted because the less
| span has made it possible to carry the
bridge across on huge arms jutting out
| from each shore, instead OF swinging il
! through space on giant cables. But IL is
a question OF balancing these arms at
their shoreward ends by huge counter
poises and anchorages and molding their
| muscles so that they can stand the strain
they will have to carry when they join
over the center OF the river that has
presented so many grave problems to the
engineers. The new bridge will have a
capacity of two elevated railroad and fouI
electric car tracks, In addition to a thirty
nVe-foot carria ge-way and two sidewalks
To bear its own weight and to carry the
enormous traffic promised the trusses
which are 10 feet deep, are the heavies
that have ever been built for this or. an!
other purpose. The sub-structure for tn
main plan consists of four piers and twt
anchorages, all OF which are built OF con
crete based on solid rock. In the building
of the steel structure IL is estimated tina
50, 600 pounds Of metal will be used, an
the total weight Of the superstructure, in
GLIDING the roadway and tracks, will ex
coed 100000 In the consumption O
steel battleships and skyscrapers do no
compare.