The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-29
[ LARGEST span
IN THE WORLD
WILL BE AT NEW YORK WIEN
HUDSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE
VS. COMPLETED.
WILL Be or CONCRETE
Thousands Hang On Straps o. New
Subway Cars--Doctor Calls y
Good Exercise---..eWs From
Old Manhattan.

New York, Feb. 3S, New YORK Y
H. have the largest concrete bridge
span In the world, when the proposed
Henry Hudson memorial bridge over
snuyten DuyviI creek Is completed
The central span Of that structure II
To be 703 feet in the clear In stee'
there exists longer aren. tnat OF the
upper Niagara span which measures
$40 feet The nearest approach III
concrete bridge to the Henry Hudson
sran. is the Grunwald structure ~
Munich with a span Of 23O feet. Ihla
new bridge il also interesting IRON
another standpoint. as IT will pc the
link that will connect Manhattan with
the mainland. III it We're not for the
small Spuyten Duyyil creek Mammal
tan would not be an island. The cost
OF the structure will he close to -
o00.000
Good Exercise.
The thousands OF men and women
who fight for places in the subway
trains eeyry night, during the rush
hours. have realized that the struggle
resembled fierce foot ball game, bur
II remained for DR. Weizmiller, physi
eat director Of the Vest Side Y. NJ q
A. to tell them that hanging TO
strap with only space enough ~
stand on one foot was next TO taxing
| i regular exercise N a gymnasium
81. Wel2miller explained carefully
that II all depended ON the point Of
view that one took OF the matter III
short. if one II to get real gymnastic
exercise for half an haur he must be
an antimist. He must forget that ne
His In the subway, must forget that
someone is constantly stepping on his
tees or jabbing him In the ribs, and
hang on to the strap first with the
right hand and then the left. In this
way men and women, according 10
the doctor. will find the ride pleasant,
and get sufficient exercise net only @
Keen them in condition. but make
them enjoy their dinner when they get
home.
Close unon the heels Of DR.. Welz
milier's subway-gymnasium scheme
has come the report from London thai
It II proposed there to run separate
cars for women only during the rush
hours so that they may not have &c
fgbt for places with men and boys
{ The same scheme has been proposed
in New York. but it is probable that
the result Of the experiment in Lon
don will be watched. and II it works
satisfactorily it may be tried on Man
hattanites.
a Hinh Fire.
New York went the extremes III
fires last week. when small blaze
occurred on the fortieth floor OF the
new Singer building, and at the same
; time a ear in the subway caught fire
The fire In the Singer building was
? not serious. but il established th'
record for the highest fire Gotham
+ eevr had. 1t was sight 10 see white
= II lasted. and had it been more
serious It would have been a splendiC
, test for New ork's fire department II
, dealing with the lofty skyscrapers
, The subway fire was not serious ethel
and no one was Autt, BuA t4aC III We
, run while it was ablaze, from Wortt
: street to City Hall where the flames
were extinguished.
Cigarettes More Popular
While the fight goes on in man!
sections of the country against th'
smoking of cigarettes, the latest hg
Tres reveal the fact that "coffn tacks
are increasing in popularity In New
York, while pipes and cigars are OF
J. the wan. One reason advanced 10
This Is the greater convenience OF IN
cigarette. It has been noticed that a
number of fashionable stag din
ners this winter that cigarettes haV'
been very popular. A few years age
It was customary at these dinners L
give ont a few cigars. and lay a cigar
. cite at each plate. But it is now IN
| practice to give an entire box OF cigar
cites to each person, the entire cor
> tents of which is smoked between IN