El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
BRIDGE
ACROSS THE
HUDSON
Will Be the Greatest Struc-
ture in the World, Cost
$42,OOO,OOO.
WALL STREET HAS
ERA OF DULL DAYS

FEW YORK, y. Y, March 29.-As
nj result Of recent developments it
= y now seems probable before the
snow flies this city viii see an actual
beginning on the greatest bridge in
the world. which when it is completed
in 1920 will unite Manhattan and New
Jersey in a mile and a half long span
across the Hudson. costing, it is estl-
mated S42000,O 600
To cover this sum the legislatures Of
New York and New Jersey viii shortly
he asked to authorize a bond issue and
as soon as that is done actual work
will be begun. with the cost 10 De
shared about equally by the Two states
According to the plans prepared ~
the engineers having the matter IN
charge, the actual work on the DrIdse
itself will cost SIS, 900. 600 1t is figured
that it will cost $5,0O0,0OO more to ac-
Quire the necessary property; S5sUUU'VVy
to take care of interest charges ana
ether financial expenses, and $5,OOO,UUO
for engineering work and contingent
expenses
One of the features Of the bridge
will be its great central span. Whlcn
will be the longest in the world, z6ov
feet from tower to tower The bridge
itself from Ninth avenue to the hudson
county boulevard viii be $4,000 1eet
long. The bridge viii have greater
capacity than any yet constructed
Provision has been made for two SUD
way lines, two elevated lines and four
trolley car lines There viii also DE
two driveways, each So feet wide NO
provision has been made for steam
ira fife All traffic viii flow along
one level allowing for ready transfer
in case of congestion or blockades- Inc
big suspension bridge, as planned VIII
clear the surface Of the river oy ~
feet. 50 feet higher than any or the
East river bridges. The towers which
will support the roadway will be OF
steel and 545 feet high At the base
the towers will be 2O4 feet wide The
plans call also for two tunnels to be
upsed in connection with the bridge
DOlefuI Days in Wall Street.
These are dOIeful days IN Wall
street with brokers and stock exchange
members wearing ever lengtheninS
faces as a resuIr of the refusal of the
public, for some reason not yet con-
cretely defined to purchase securities
at prices which really should seem at
In spite of the general prosperity and
the heavy crops Of last year the lambs
ere unusually wary and though no
one can tell why, certainly refuse TO
become interested in the market To
what low state OF affairs Wall street
has come is most strlklngly shown by
the sale this week of seat on the
nearly 100000, which was the current
price of a few years ago.
Not for Is years has a seat sold for
so little money The last lower sale Oc-
CURED in 1900, when a seat brought
$50, 600. Whereas seats for sale are
generally as scarce as the prOTerDlal
hens teeth, il is now understood that
there are several more on the market
unattractive as the price would seem
to be to the holders Brokerage houses
are busily cutting down expenses and
shutting up branch offices
Altogether Wall street is going
through a period OF stringency such as
few Of its members remember which
has progressed TO such . state that old
time traders hardly recognize It.
Passing Of the Fire Horse.
So far as the New York fire depart
nent is concerned, the day of the horse
is rapidly drawing TO a close and IL IS
only question Of the time necessary
to secure the automobile equipment ne
fore it viii be ended This does not
mean that New Workers are at once TO
be deprived Of the sight of horse drawn
engines racing along TO blazes belch-
ing smoke and cinders, with men hang
ing on precariOusly to every part
1t probably viii be five years before
the last OF the old fashioned engines
goes TO the junk heap. But now that
il has been definitely decided to elm
mate the horses, they Will become few
e- and fewer, for as fast as money is
appropriated motor driven engines and
horse carts viii be put into service.
There are now 1900 horses in use
hundred motors have already sup
and by the end Of this year another ZOE
viii be put into service at the rate OF
ten each month Eight hundred and
fifty pieces Of apparatus is the equip
ment now and allowing for increases
in rapidly growing parts of the city
considerable time viii be required to
put the department entirely on a motor
basis As fast as they so they viii
be replaced by motors. The gradual
conversion will cost about $4,000 00O-
The automobiles can make 40 miles
an hour and keep it up as long as the
motor runs The upkeep of the auto
mobile engine is about one third as
much as that of the horse drawn We
hicle, though the new ones cost in the
neighbOrhOOd Of $4,000 each
Health Bookkeeping.
Health bookkeeping is going to
make as much of a reform in the dis
eases and life chances of Americans
as money bookkeeping has made for the
finances of Hayi or Liberia The As
after recent meeting announced that Z
II would concentrate its efforts for
health reform upon the problem or
getting accurate, complete data on
birth, death and disease
The great campaign viii be directed /
toward the obtaining by state authOri- (
ties and the bureau of the census of q Z
much more complete and accurate set I
of vital statistics than are now collect
ed our increased scientific knOWl- /
edge the report says, cannot be ad- [
Yantageously made use of without these I
vital statistics.
If an expert is employed to advise a (
manufacture. he viii at once ask TO 7
see the books. In some localities I
through sheer ignorance the highest I
mortality comes from those diseases
which are now known to be largely !
preventable- One mild case Of small /
poN in an adjoining county Will cause I
more alarm than dozen cases OF I
malarial or typhoid fever in the imme-
date community But if We can. by I
official statistics, convince any com !
munity that it is an unhealthful place /
in which to live, and that such fact /
viii become common knowledge then. /
the local Inhabitants viii apply the ]
remedy. Publicity is the most effec- /
tive weapon that can be employed /
Is ~ L. a.. -. = =. |