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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
wrens Valuable In the Garden.

The examination of So stomachs Of
house wrens showed that 80 per cent
of their contents was composed of in
sects or their allies, and only 2 per
cent of vegetable matter, made up OF
bits of grass and other vegetation evi-
IDENTIFY taken in catching the insects.
As the wren often raises in a season
u to 16 young, all of which become
mature enough TO forage for them
selves very soon after they are able TO
leave the nest, it is evident that pair
of these lively little birds are very de-
sirable tenants in garden or orchard.--
Peoples Home Journal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Crow at Home on the Earth.

81 have seen no bird walk the ground
with just the same air the crow does"
writes John Burroughs in "An Idyll of
the Honey Bee" ut is not exactly
pride; there is no strut or swagger In
it. though perhaps just little con-
descension; it is the contented and self
possessed gait of lord over his do
mains. 'All these acres are mine he
says, and all these crops; men pillow
and SOW for me, and stay here or go
there and find life sweet and good
wherever I am
''The hawk looks awkward and out
of place on the ground; the game birds
hurry and slulk, but the crow is at
home and treads the earth as If there
were none to modest or make him
afraid"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
First Methodist Church.

First Methodist Episcopal Church,
state Circle, Rev. H. w. Burgan, Pas
tor, offers the following srvices to-
morrow and next week:
Sunday:
Gas a. m.-Sunday School, H. R.
Riley, Supt.
9.45 a. m-Men's Bible Glass, ]. NJ.
Armstrong, teacher.
IL a. N. and s p. m.-Public Wor-
ship.
tbs D. m.-Epworth League.
Wednesday:
D. m.Prayer Service.
Visitors to the city are invited to
worship here. A cordial welcome ex-
tended to all.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Hoy 10 Use n. Tsiephone.

Telephone experts declare that If a
person speaking over phone holds
the transmitter four inches from his
mouth it is equivalent to adding about
90 miles TO the line over which he is
conversing. Carelessness in using a
telephone is one Of the common causes
for indistinct transmission The best
reSul.s are obtained b. allowing about
's...f IL inch 70 intervene between The
-..sGst aGd he tzL-ls-z.stter. according
. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
College Avenue Baptist Church.

The services for tomorrow and next
week at College Ave. Baptist Church,
Pastor, Dr. John S. Sewers, are as fol-
lows:
9.45 a . m.-Bible School, Supt. Mr..
H. H. Hall Separate Bible classes for
men and women.
Ia. INFORMING Worship.
700 p. NIB. Y. p. Union.
745 p. m.-Evening Service.
Thursday, p. m.-Prayer meeting.
The pastor will preach morning and
evening unless special notice of
change.
Friends and visitors are cordially in
vited. All seats are free.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Carried composItIon in Head.

Mendelssohn was a head worker
In composition, in spite of the long
time he spent over bringing such works
as the Scotch and Italian symphonies,
some of the overtures, and st. Paul
as near as possible to his ideals of
them. His friend, Edward Devrient,
tells US that it was Mendelssohn's
habit not to write down his compost
lions until he had quite finished them
in his head, and afterwards had play
ed them to his most intimate friends.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
MARYLAND Avenue NJ. E. Church.

Corner Maryland Avenue and Prince
George street
Rev. L. NJ. Bennett, Pastor.
Sunday School during the summer
months will begin at 10 a. m.
10 a. m.-Men's Bible Glass.
IL a. m. and p. m.-Preaching by
the pastor.
/. D. m-Epworth League.
s. p. m.-Usual service.
Wednesday, TO 9 p. m.-Prayer
Meeting.
Sacrament of the Lords Supper first
Sunday in every month.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Potato Bread No Novelty.

Potato bread is no novelty. A letter
written by Voltaire In April, 17T5, 10
Parmentier, who introduced the tuber
into France, speaks of the philoso-
piers success in making bread COM
posed half of potatoes and half of a
mixture of wheat and barley Vol
taire described the product as "very
tasty" and related that his agricui-
turaI laborers at Ferney had eaten it,
with the greatest success" during q
period of famine.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Christian Science Society.

Christian Science services are held
every Sunday morning at IL o'clock,
at IS State Circle
The Sunday School convenes at 10
a. m. Those under 20 years are wei
come
The reading room is open every
Wednesday afternoon from to 5.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the Sunday service and to visit
the reading room
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
GEO. w. JONES
Circulating Library

.rfa following books were added to the
r#.rrr week ending Apri 6, 1918:
.TH. Dwelling Place OF Light" by Win
.f.u churchill.
aIaa Inevitable Balance Sheet" by Ka-
"a circuit Riders WIFE" by Cora Har-
.Ionr Live The King" by Mary Rob-
errs EucbHrt.
cover The Top by Arthur Guy Empey.
.Ikriclting obadiah" by Joseph {.
Lu,HIu.
kenny" boy Leonora Dalryimple.
NV -Four Years In Germany" by j. w.
Garur..
"Where Your Treasurer Is" by Holman
uav
arhe Clue In The Air" by Isabel Os-
wuder.
TERMS New Books, Pc. per day.
old Books, ic. per day.
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ST. Philips Church.

ST. Philips Episcopal Church SER
vices are as follows:
Sunday School, 3 p. m.
Evensong and sermon Thursday at
s p. No.
Evensong and sermon Sunday at 8
p. 10.
The friends are cordially invited to
be present.
Rev. Wiley j. Page, preacher IN
charge. VI
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
General Store Traded for New Jersey.

In the year 1914 a colony of Qualz-
ers, sent out from England by VIII
liam Penn. bought from the Indians
a large slice of what is now New Jei
sey. The price as recorded in the new
"Life of Penn" by John w. Graham
was as follows:
Thirty match coats, 20 guns. 30
kettles, / great kettle. 80 pairs of
hose, 20 fathoms of duffels, 20 pet
ticoats, 80 narrow hose. 20 bars of
lead, 10 small barrels of powder,
20 knives, 30 Indian axes. 20 combs.
60 pairs of tobacco tongs, GO pairs of
scissors, Ga tinshaw looking glasses,
120 awlblades, 100 fish hooks,
grasps of red paint. 100 needles, 60
tobacco boxes. 100 pipes, 200 bells,
100 jews-harps and 8 ankers Of
rum"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Naval Academy Chapel.

The services tomorrow at the Naval
Academy Chapel, viii be as follows:
S.45 a. m.-Celebration of the Holy
Communion.
1915 a. m.-Morning Prayer and
Sermon.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
First Baptist Church, (COIOred).

Rev T. l.. Jones, Pastor.
The services for tomorrow and nev-
week:
5 a. m.-Prayer meeting.
10 a. m.-Special sermon by >
Pastor.
100 p. m.-Sunday School
$50 D. m.-B. Y. p. u.
7.30 p. m.-Sermon by the Pastor.
All are cordially invited.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10

Services at St Martins Evangelical
Lutheran Church on FRAMES Street
Rev. H. F. Carl Haas, Pastor, are as
follows:
$50 a. m-Sunday School, ]. Milton
Brown, Supt
IL a. m-English Preaching.
s D. m.-English Preaching
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
ST. MarY,s Church.

The services for tomorrow at st.
Toohey, C.SSR., rector, will be as
follows:
ga. m.-Low Mass.
Z a. m-Low Mass.
8 a. m.-Low Mass.
1870 a. m.-High Mass.
400 p. m .-Devotions and Benedic-
ton of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
THE SERVICES
TO M o r r OW
TRINITY M. E. Church (SOuth.)
West Street and Spa road

The services for tomorrow and next
week at Trinity M e. Church, South,
Rev. A. f. Owens, pastor, will be as
follows:
Sunday:
1000 a. m-Sunday School
IL a. m.-Preaching.
p. m.-Class meeting.
8 D. m.-Preaching.
Wednesday:
100 D. m.-Teachers' Training Glass
S D. m.--Prayer meeting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
ST. Margaret's Church.

The services at Saint Margarets
Church, established by Act of the
Colonial Assembly in 1922, for to-
morrow are as follows:
10 a. m.-Sunday School.
II a. m.Morning Prayer and Ser
mon-on the first Sunday in each
month, Celebration OF the Holy Com
munion and Sermon.
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Asbury M. Il. Church.

Rev. E. s. Williams, Pastor.
IL a. m.-Sermon by Pastor.
230p. m.--Sunday School.
5 p. m.-Epworth League.
8p. m.-Services.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10

The services at Edwards VI. E.
Church, Camp Parole, John L. Walsh,
Pastor, for Sunday is as follows:
2 D. m.-Sunday School
3 p. m.-Preaching.
730 .. m.-Epworth League.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
IIANE MAsHINGTON

....tt- 500. s9Oj. 1905, 11.05. A. NJ, 1906,
1U5 -u5. 300. $50, s4.UJ A.30, 300
tI5 200 sos, 1l.0J. 4. NJ; 1905 A. NJ.
,uaUg except sunday.
#g.uue.ts 40 Odenton with I. X. r. and
'.- Annapolis Junction with the y. * o.
.gIIreyfs az Odenton with +. r. r.
.L9.al Annapolis 10 Baltimore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Passport Baptist 0Inrch.

At Eastport Baptist Church. Rev.
]. S. Sewers. pastor, the services for
tomorrow will be as follows:
2.45 p. m.-Bible School; John E.
Stokes, Superintendent.
730 p m.-Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
$50 D. m.-Evening Worship.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10

At Mt Moriah A NJ E. Church,
Franklin street, the Rev. J. A. Bris-
coe, pastor, the services tomorrow will
be as follows:
IL a. m.-Sermon by w. Fl. Brown.
S p. m.-Sermon by pastor.
Communion, IL and s.
Sunday School, $50 a. m.
Church meeting Monday night at
d. N.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
1r,NE RALTIMoRE

- -.- E25. g.35 1885. lI.35. A. NJ.
t.' s5. 235 335. x4.O5, 4.35, 1905,
AZ. 40. g.3j, 11.3J, Z. NJ, 1875
.. ,-..I. receive or discharge passengers
D." ~ local points between Annapolis and
Naval Academy Junction and at Linth-
..grI ou signal
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
West Annapolis.

Rev. L. NJ. Bennett, Pastor.
The services at West Annapolis NJ
E. Church. for Sunday will be as FOL
lows:
2-30p m.-Sunday School
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PASTORS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. Maurice S. White. pastor.
Sunday School, 9.45 a. m.
IL a. m.-Preaching
s D. m.-Preaching.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10

r.r tickets and information apply at
air ..t, ticket ofies West Street Station,
STAT. House station. College Avenue and
MAIDEN Streets: Carvel Han, Maryland
U8,r. UMee T.. S. y. A., for officers, mid
sHumeu. etc., connected with the Naval
Academy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
Something to ncreet" About.

Persons casting about for something
TO worry about may take pleasure in
recalling from 1.-THE Little Minister
the manner in which self-styled simple
folk in Scotland regard the northern
lights-"the devils rainbow" Waster
Lunny called it. II saw it sax times
in July month";" he said, 'and it made
me shut my cen. You was out admir-
ing it, dominic, but can never forget
that it was seen in the year ~ just
afore the great storm. / was only a
laddie then. but mind how that awful
wind stripped a. the standing corn in
the glen II less time than we've bcen
here ut the waters a. 1t was col.eo
the deirS bosom. AIy fathers hiEDos
words TO me was. It's time eneuch L.
greet. laddie. when you see the au
rora borealis.'" Waster Lunny We
greeting Ger the drought then, but
twelve hours later the Quharity was
out Of its banks. washing out the corn
and with a years store of wool on IT'S
crest was dashing out TO sea.
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LEAVE ASSAPoEIS
- -trerf Nfafinn

.--l g.0 $50. d7.4O. x7.JO. $50 go,
s... N vi A. NJ 1870. 10, 30, $500.
-a [f-O. d5.20. SEQ, 200, SO, 1920,
NO 8. Il.
naval Academy Gate 10 minutes
L'. .I..-. State House station, Biaden
80 aaI College Ave. seven tJ minutes
earlier.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10

The services for Sunday at the East
port M. E. Church, Rev. John L.
Walsh, are as follows:
10 a. m.-Class Meeting.
IL a. m.-Preaching.
Els D. m.-,Men's Bible Glass.
$50 p. m.-Sunday School
500 D. m.--Preaching.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
st. Marks Baptist (cOIOred).
Compromise st. Near Chestnut.)

Charles Houston, Evangelist of st.
Marks Baptist Temple, Compromise
and Chestnut streets, will preach to-
morrow.
He will preach on the 9Th chapter
Of ST Johns Gospel
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
w. B. & A. Electric
Railroad.
vID.CITY TERMINALS

uumy Service HoTf Bai5i@ a34 Evening ena
.--gf.u and Camp Meade
'u.-6Iagtou aud Camp Meade
.s.ueers change at Naval
Academy JuuctiOn.l
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RihIe Students Associatlon.

Meet Sunday in Knights of Pythias
Hall, School st. Berean Bible study
at p. m Seats free. All welcome
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Nh. Zion church. EastDort.

II a. m.-Preaching by the pastor,
Rev. A Dennis.
230-Sunday School, VIM. Blunt,
superintendent
7OOLEpworth League, Sam1 Jones,
president
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-10
st. Luke's Chapel. Eastport.
EastpOrt VI. z. Church.

500 p. m.-Sunday School.
600 p. m.-EYening Prayer.
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ST. Anne,s Parish

Protestant Episcopal, Founueu Ib5z.
Rev. Edward Darlington Johnson,
Rector.
Tomorrow services in st. Anne's
Church will be as follows:
100 a. m.-Holy Communion.
HOO a. m.-Morning Prayer and
Sermon.
500 p. m.-Evening Service.
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Edwards M. e. Church.

o p. m.-Evening Worship.
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TERMS New Books, Pc. per day.
old Books, ic. per day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
AMERICANS ARE DESTROYING
 GERMAN GAS PROJECTORS
Upset German Plan For a Gas Attack
 on Large Scale.

With the American Army in France, Tuesday. March 12.-,By The Associ- ated Press )-Four groups of German gas projectors, in addition to the group of 200 projectors already report ed destroyed, lfavE-oeen discovered and likswise blown tT pieces by the Amer ican artillery. Probably German plans for a gas attack on a compara- lively large scale against the Amer ican positions northwest of Toui have thus been upset. !
 The new groups of projectors were discovered from aeIia ost5fbgrsI pfi $ taken by American observers ia French airplanes. The effective ae- ton taken against them was due to the quick work of the observers, the intelligence officers and the artiIlerists in turn.
 The American artillery on this front has been more active than ever in the past fifteen hours. and it's shells also found Judgment in a number of am- munitiop dumps which were blown up. Many extensive explosions are report ed.
 The correspondent, standing on g hill, witnessed one dump situated in a wood go up in a brilliant flash and a great puff of whitish smoke, tre- mendous report following a few sec onds later. Explosions and fires also were caused by our shells in villages and a number in the woods behind the enemy front
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
WORLDS LARGEST REINFoRC
 CONCRETE SHIP LAUNd
54 Similar Ships Expected to Be
 pleted Within 18 Months.

A Pacific Port, March 14-So suc- cessful was the launching here today of the worlds largest reinforced con- crete ship that her builders announced they immediately would begin con- struction of fifty-four similar ships and expected that all would be com pieted within eighteen months.
 Sixteen weeks from the day the concrete was poured into the forms, the 1900 ton ship, christened Faith took the water. The huge hull careening sharply as it slid sidewise down a steeply pitched incline, threw up . huge wave in the narrow estuary, then righted sharply and rode like a buoy. Not hitch marred the operation. En- zines will be installed at once and the Faith put into commission as rapidly as she can be fitted out, and given trial trip, it was announced.
 Experts who witnessed the launching predicted that concrete construction would mark new era in shipbuilding and that the speed with which such ships could be turned out undoubtedly would have an important bearing on the allies successful prosecution of tho war. ~
 Quality rather than grace is express ed in the concrete ships lines. She looks as if she might have been carved out of rock, so massive is her builds
 Engineers for the company also said that reinforced concrete had, contrary to popular impression, notable f1exi- hiiity under strain and would. there- fore, be able to stand the stress Of sea duty
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
2OO,OOOMenEnrONed
 For shipyard Work
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY DE-
 APARTMENT OF LABOR
IN RESERVE CAMPAIGN
All Requirements of shipyards on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the. Great Lakes Are to be Met as They Develop


 Washington, March 14.-seventy five shipyards on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the Great Lakes have been notified by the department of labor that it's employment service is prepared to meet their labor require ments from the 100000 mechanics who have been enrolled in the shipyard workers reserve campaign now in progress.
 To Eliminate Confusion.
 The department in its announce ment tonight said the yards had been asked to hereafter obtain their work CTS exclusively through the depart ment's employment service in order to eliminate the past general confusion to industry resulting from the turing of skilled workers from other indus tries, the piling up of idle labor in shipbuilding eenters and the unneces- sar yinterchanging of labor between shipyards.
 So that the acquisitions of the yards for men may be met promptly, direc- l tors of the United States public ser vice reserve, conducting the enroll | ment campaign, have been instructed I to begin immediately classification o. l all recruits and a special Ulearanct section has been established at tht department to facilitate the handling 1 of applications from the yards. The Pacific coast yards are not in, | cluded in the plan.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15

On the major battle fronts the oper- mainly of artillery duels. trench raids and intensive aerial activity by all the oposing forces. In the operations on land the American troops continue to locate and blow to pieces with their artillery German projectors in the Foul region which the Germans re- gently have been attempting to set Gp i'll large numbers, in preparation, it is believed, for a gas attack on huge scale. American aerial observers have been doing splendid work in spotting out the gas tubes and reporting their whereabouts to the artillery.
 Not alone are the gas throwing inn plements coming in for attention by the American gunners, but German batteries, trenches, wire entangle- ments and points, of military concen- tration and intuition dumps also are being given practical demonstrations of the accuracy of aim of the men be- hind the American guns. Additional betteries have been silenced by them, trenches and4wire entanglements have been torn to pieces and ammunition
 dumps blown up.
 l With the return of good weather myriads of airmen daily are to be seen
 over the battle lines. dropping bombs or in aerial combat. The British
 French. and German air services all lare. claiming numerous victories fol | their aviators in fights in the air f During the first 10 days of Marcf falone, British airmen are credited witt
 accounting for 79 German planes | while the German war office assert:
 that on Wednesday II enemy machines
 and three captive balloons were de-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS
 UPON BOYS TO ENROLL
In the United States Boys Working
 Reserve Week Beginning March IS.

Washington, Mar. IA. President Wilson today called on all American boys of 16 years and over, not per- manently employed, to enroll in the United States boys working reserve. A national enrolment week beginning on March IS has been set aside by the department of labor.
 The presidents open letter, made public today, follows:
 "The department of labor has set aside the week beginning March 18th as national enrolment week for the United States boys working reserve. The purpose of this national enroll ment week is to call the attention of the young men of the nationa to the importance of increasing the food sup ply by working on the farms, and to urge them to enroll in the reserve.
 'T sincerely hope that the young men of the country of sixteen years of ago and over, not now permanently em- ployeG and especially the boys In our high schools, will enter heartily into this work and join the Boys Working Reserve in order that they may have the privilege, for such I believe it to be, of spending their spare time in q productive enterprise which will cer tainly aid the nation to win the war by increasing the means of providing f5y the forces at the front and for the maintenance of those whose services are so much needed at home.
 "(Signed)
 sWODROW WILSON"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
Ice Carried Long B.& M. Bridge Away
AT DOVER POINT, N. H. OVER
 PIscATAouA RIVER
400 FEET GAVE AWAY
Ice Loosened by High Tide Wrenohed Five Spans Loose Without Waeoing When No Teams or Trains Were on the Structure.

Dover, N. H.. March 14.-Ice ioosened by an extremely high tide today wrecked the Dover Point bridge over the Piscataqua river. The bridge carries the tracks of the Boston and Maine railroad branch line and is also the thoroughfare for highway traffic between this city and Portsmouth Five spans, totaling nearly 400 feet in length, were wrenched away and float ed down the river. No teams or trains were passing over the structure at the time.
 Gave Way Without Warning.
 The. Dover Point bridge gave way without warning. Ice from two to three feet thick had covered Great bay, some distance above the bridge and many foes had broken away and piled up against the structure. The high tide broke up the ice field and the additional pressure proved toe great for the bridge to withstand.
 One Span Anchored.
 One span which floated away almost intact was taken in tow by workmer from a shipyard, who dragged it our of the current and anchored it. The wrecking of the Dover Poin- bridge delayed several hundred work men in the navy yard and shipbuildins plants at Portsmouth in reaching theil homes here.
 The damaged bridge was owned b, the Boston and Maine railroad anC was built in 1888, connecting Dove Point and Newington. It was largel. of wood, 1850 feet in length. and rest ed to a great extent on wooden piles