White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-15

Happy Tom unrolled q package OF
gum and thrust three sticks into his
mouth. speaking Of bad luck" be
continued. "when are you going TO get
married. Murray"
O'Neil started. "Why-never. 1t
isn't the same kind Of proposition as
building q bridge. You know. There's
o little matter of youth and good looks
that counts considerably In the mar
rage business. No woman would
have an old chap like me-"
Slater took a m%ournful inventory of
his chiefs person. then said doubtful.
~: "You might put II over. Murray. |
amt strictly handsome myself. but |
did"
As O.Neil slipped into his fur Goa
after the fat man had slouched ont. he
caught sight of himself in the rlass Of
his bureau and paused lie leaned
forward and studied the eareworn
co%untenance thni neercd forth of him.
then shook his lend He saw that the
hair was growing grayer that the face
vas very plain. and-tes. unquestion-
ably IL was no longer youthful. or
course he didn't feel old. but the EVIL
dencc that he was SO admitted of no
disproof. and IL was evidence of a sort
which no woman could disregard.
For n week the Ice rose slowly. a
foot d day. and In spite of the greatest
watchfulness II took the false work
with II here and there. But concen-
trated effort at the critical points saved
the structure from serious injury.
Then the jam In front OF Jackson gla.
cier went out. at least in part. and the
ice began to fall. Down It settled.
smoothly. swiftly. until It rested nee
more upon the shores. 1t was still as
irm as In midwinter and showed no
sign of breaking: nor had 1t moved
downstream a hairs breadth. O'Neil
gathered his forces for the final IN
slaught.
On April 8 the last Of b steel for
span No. ! reached the front. and
ton was begun. The men fell to with
a vim and an enthusiasm impossible TO
describe. With incredible rapidity the
heavy sections we're laid In place. The
riveters began their metallic song.
The towering three bent traveller ran
smoothly on its track. aud under It
grew a webwork of metal. braced and
REINFORCED to Withstand. I'm addition to
ordinary strains. the pressure of a hun
dred mile an hour wind. To those who
looked on the structure appeared to
build itself. like some dream edifce.
II seemed a miracle that human hands
could work that stubborn metal SO
swiftly and with so little effort But
every piece had been cut and fitted
carefully. then checked and placed
where It was accessible.
Now that winter had broken spring
came with a rush. The SHOWS began
to shrink and the drifts to settle. The
air grew baimier with every day; the
drip from caves was answered by the
gurgling laughter OF hidden waters
Here and there the boldest mountain
sides began tn show. and the tops Of
alder thickets thrust themselves Int
sight. Where wood or metal caught
the sun rays the u retreated. Pools
of Ice water began TO form at noon.
The days were long. too. and nc
frozen winds charged out of the north
As the daylight heightened SO did the
working hours of the toilers.
On April IS the span was completed
In thirteen days Mellen's crew had
laid 400 feet of the heaviest steel eve
Used In a bridge Of this type. Blu,
there was no halt. The material fol-
the second section had been assembled
meanwhile, and the traveller began tt
swing 1t into place.
The din was unceasing. The clash OF
riveters. the creak and rattle OF hoists
the shouts of men. mingled In a per
sistent. ear splitting clamor. and foot
by foot the Orders reached out toward
the second monolith which rose from
the river bed. The well adjusted hu'
man machine was running smoothly.
Every man knew his place and the du-
ties that went with II: the hands of
each worker were capable aud skilled
bare. rills gashed the sloping SNOW
fields. the upper gullies began to rum
BILE TO Observation-Disclosures of the
process that would strip the earth of
snow and ice and free the river In all
Its fury. In six days 800 feet more Of
steel had been boiled fast to the com
plete section. aud span No. 2 was In
place. But the surface of the Salmon
"a no longer white and pure; ii was
dirty aud discoiored now, for the de
bris which vad collected during the
past winter was exposing itself. The
icy covering was partially inundated
also. Shallow ponds formed upon II
and were rippled by the south breeze.
Running waters on every side sang y
menace TO the workers
Then progress ceased abruptly. II
became known that "a part of the mate
rial for the third Span had gone astray
IN its long journey across the CONT
nent. There had been a delay ut the
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