The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-03-13
feet have been erected.

feet have been erected.
These, I believe, are the greatest
arches OF stone in existence, but the
municipality OF New York is now err
Getting what is known as the Hendrix
Hudson memorial bridge across Spuy-
ten Duyvil Creek, a feeder OF the Hud-
son river, which will have n central
span Of concrete re-enforced wath
steel 703 feet in the clear. This will
be by far the largest arch Of mason
ry, but there are spans OF steel still
longer. The Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, of Pittsburg, erected a viaduct
across the Gowteck Gorge on the gov
ernment railroad near the northern
boundary OF Burma, q 500 feet long,
with central arch OF 800 feet. 1t
looks like steel cobweb standing in
the sky.
One of the steel bridges over Ma
CARA has an arch OF $40 feet, and that
which spans the East River at He'll
Gate, New York City, has an arch OF
1000 feet.
What is known as the Hudson
bridge, now being built at New York
at a cost OF s3.s00.0o0 Wa. be even
longer than that In Burma, the total
length being 2,S40 feet and the width
eighty feet. There will be two floors,
one for railway cars and one for We
hicles and passengers.
Samuel w. Curriden OF this city
calls my attention to an epitsph In
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond,
which is inscribed upon a monument
erected 70 the memory OF train
man on some railroad who was killed
In an accident. The monument is
shaft with a model OF locomotive
upon II, and the epitaph reads as foi-
lows:
In the Crash and the FAN he stood
unmoyed and sacrificed his life that
he might fulhll his trust. y
Until the brakes are turned on Time
Life's throttle valve shut down.
He wakes TO pilot in the crew
That wears martyrs crown.
On schedule time, on upper grade,
Along the homeward section,
He lands his train at Gods round
The morn Of resurrection.
His time all full: no wages locked;
His name on Gods pay roll
And transportation through to heaven
A free pass for his soul.
A railroad track and siding adjoin
the cemetery 30 near that the switch
ing crew can see this monument as
they move backward and forward per-
forming their dangerous duties.
In answer to an inquiry would
say that the cost of supporting the
British army is much less In proper
ton 20 that ofsthe United States army
because of the differences In the pay
roll. A British soldier gets a shiii-
ing a day and a British officer gets
about one-fourth OF the pay and al
lowances given TO an officer OF the un-
tied States army. No man can accept
a commission In the British army who
does not have a considerable private
income Il
The British army estimates for 1908
9 call for an appropriation OF $lb4,-
1856 5,i2O. The army bill which recently
passed the house OF representatives
and 10 now before the senate of the
United States apropriates ssb.oo7 $50.
The United States army has strength
OF 10000 men and the British army
is5, 900 men. not including that of In
dia.
The same difference is found In the
pay rolls of the American and British
nayies, which accounts for what may
seem 20 be an excessive proportionate
cost on the part Of the United states.
There are about eS.s7a sailors and H.
500 marines In the British navy. maxi
Ing q total Of il6.<7b. and 1880 sail
ors AID o.o>e marines IN lhe United
states nasy. makipg Z totel g a.