The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-12-21

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Appleton. From his evident anxiety
she gathered that the matter was OF
raver consequence than she could we'll
understand.
Thirteen inches in 1900 feet can't
amount to much" she said vaguely.
Blaine smiled in spite OF himself.
You don't understand. It's as bad as
thirteen feet. for the work can't so on
until everything is in perfect align
ment. That whole forest Of piles must
be Strengthened"
"lmposSihle" she gasped. why,
there are thousands OF them.
He shook his head. still smiling
doubtfully. Nothing is impossible to
Mellen and Parker. They've begun
clearing away the ice on the upstream
side and driving new anchor piles
above. They're going to tit tackle to
them and yank the whole thing up
stream. | never heard Of such a thing.
but there's no time TO do anything
else" He cas-: a worried look ut the
smiling sky. Il wonder what will
happen next. This is getting on my
nerves.
out on the river swift work was go
ing on. Steam from every available
boiler was carried across the ice In
feed pipes. the night shift had been
reused from sleep, and every available
man was busted in relieving the pres
sure. Pile drivers hammered long tim
haTS into thn riNar l,,l ahnr, tho
Threatened point. hydraulic lacks were
put in place, and steel cables were run
to drum and pulley. The men worked
sometimes knee deep in ice water, but
they did not walk; they ran. In an
incredibly short time the preparations
We're completed, II strain vas put upon
the tackle, and when night came the
massive false work had been pulled
back into line and the traveller was
once more swinging steel into place,
1t was n magnificent feat. yet not one
of those concerned in it could feel con
tidcnt that the work had not been done
in vain. for the time was growing ter
rihly short, and, although the ice seem
ed solid, it was rotting fast.
After the southern half Of the span
had been completed the warmth III
creased rapidly. Therefore the steel
crew heightened its hours. The men
worked from I O'Clock in the morning
until II O'Clock at night.
vi '"e i?'l' Nlthou' warming Oh an!
sort, Garfield glacier began moving for
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tnt giant loi no" ne SlooN On hlS
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peIt upon SURPRISING 'ue ih'erioperS'
lh'Il Ms SIe'u lHcfedSeu' As 'he Sia
cler advanced 1t thrust the nine foot
blanket OF lake Zee ahead or 1t, and
this III turn crowded the river Ice
down upon the bridge. The movement
at the camp site on the first day was
only two inches, but that was suffi
GENTLY serious.
The onset of Garfield at this time
was. OF course. unexpected, for no for
ward motion had ever been reported
prior to the spring breakup. The ac-
ton of the ice heretofore had been
alarming. but now CONSERVATION
spread 4 panic swept the ranks If
the builders, for this was no short
lived phenomenon. This was the an
nual march Of the glacier itself, which
promised TO continue indefinitely. \
tremendous cutting edge nine feet in
thickness. like the blade of a carren-
tcr's plane. was being driven against
the bridge by an Irresistible force.
Once again the endless thawing and
clopping ana gouging of ice began tut
the more rapidly the ~encroaching cdte
was cut away the more swiftly dill II
bear down. The huge mass began 10
rumble; il "calvcd.' it split, it dct"nat-
ed, and. having finally looscncd itself
from its bed. it acquired increased NO.
mentum. As the men with chiscis and
steampoints became exhausted others
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