Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28

The plans for the longest and
heaviest steel bridge in the world have
just been completed by engineers for
the Pennsylvania railroad. The bridge
is to be erected over the East river
connecting New York with New Eng
land and when the bridge is complete
ed New York will have for the first
time a through all-rail route from
New England to the south and west
Eighty thousand tons Of steel are TO
be used in its construction and 1t VIII
carry four railroad tracks embedded
in stone ballast, so as to render the
structure noiseless. The plans Tor the
bridge over the waters of He'll Gate
show a steel arch span of 1000 feet
between abutments. These abutments
are monumental stone towers, divlo-
ing the arch bridge proper from the
steel viaducts that form approaches
to II. Granite at the base, molded
concrete above, the towers will rise 10
a height Of 200 feet and will contain
rooms needed for railroad operation.
The tracks themselves will be l4o
feet above the water, passing through
the steel arches that rise 15O feet
higher. The huge arches will be
erected in the same manner as the
double cantilever bridge on Black
wells Island. The carrying capacity
1t is said, will be twenty times great
er than Of Brooklyn bridge, or equal
to. four lines of the heaviest freight
locomotives. The bridge will be OF the
riyeted type. About three years will
be necessary for the completion OF
the whole work.
Il am no Harry K. Thaw, but plain
John Bell. 1 have no wealth, but If
had 1 could produce witnesses whose
testimony would acquit me-" With
these words q Brooklyn trolley con-
ductor closed. an address. to the jury
which was in three hours to find him
guilty Of murder that would send him
to the electric chair. Bell married
few years ago and year later mis-
wife died, being attended at the time
by DR.. Chas. w. Townsend, promi-
nent Staten Island physician. Bell
was inconsolable and brooded over his
wife's death. To friends he expressed
the opinion that Townsend had not
given his wife proper medical atten-
ton. On the stone which marked his
wife's grave Bell had this sentence
chiseled: Revenge renews our hap
py love in heaven" On the night OF
January 29th last, DR.. Townsend was
shot to death in his bed. Letters writ
ten by Bell caused his arrest, and In
court his own family appeared against
him. A halfIbrother testified that Bell
had confessed to the killing Of the doc
tor for revenge. Bell denied the con-
fession and explained away the tomb
stone carving as relating to other per-
sons than DR.. Townsend. Bell was the
only witness for the defense and the
trial at Richmond, N. Y, last week
was short In his speech to the jury
Bell said: Gentlemen, 1 told the truth.
Are you going to send me to the elec-
trio chair on such circumstantial evil
dence? Look at my face! Do you
think / look like a murderer" Bell
held out his hands before him. Look
al my hands. Do you think they held
the gun that killed Townsend?"
-Asheville, N. c., May 25: A bill in
equity was filed in the United States
circuit court this afternoon by Nell
and
other stockholders Of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company, it's di-
rectors, managers, agents and also
against the corporation commission Of
North Carolina The bill prays for
an injunction against the railroad
commissioners of North Carolina re-
straining them from publishing and
enforcing the recent rates provided by
the act Of the legislature Of North
Carolina 1t alleges that the railroad
company refuses to contest the rate
bill on account of the extreme penal
ties provided therein, which would ag-
gregate over $1,000,000 a day or $685.
900, 900 per year, in case the rate was
finally sustained by the highest court.
The bill alleges that a committee OF
stockholders applied to the corporation
itself to protect its interests and 1t
has declined to do so. The point is
also made that the rate bill was not
read three times and not signed by the
speaker Of the house, a rubber stamp
being substituted in lieu thereof. The
further interesting point is raised that
the power conferred upon the corpora
tion commission of North Carolina to
Ak just and reasonable rates is ju-
dicial function and while the commits
sion exists with such power, the leg
islature cannot interfere and undertake
to exercise what under the policy Of
North Carolina is judicial function.
The injunction which was granted by
Judge Pritchard is made returnable
before Judge ]. C. Pritchard in this
city. June 26 and 81.
Washington, May &c: Iron and
steel exports from the United States in
the fiscal year which ends with next
month will aggregate approximately
$175,OOO,OOO in value, against $5700O,OO0
a decade earlier and $16,000,0O0 two
decades earlier, according to figures
issued by the bureau of statistics, Of
the department of commerce and la
Dor. The value Of iron and steel man
ufactures exported in the ten months
ending with April, 1907, was about
$15O,00G.0O0. This rapid growth had
brought iron and steel manufactures
far in the lead Of any other group of
manufactures in the export trade of
the United States. For the nine
months of the fiscal year 1907, for
which figures are now available. man
ufactures of iron and steel exported
aggregated s132,OOO,O0O; copper manu-
features s7O.OOO,OOO; wood manufac-
lures s56.5OO,OOO and cotton manufac-
lures were about $15,000,000 below
those for the corresponding period of
last year. while iron and steel, copper
and wood manufactures thereof have