Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
BY ]. p. GLASS.

A VAST reservoir Of engineering intelligence
" from which can be drawn scientific sou.
~ tons Of most of the problems confronting
the country Is Of its most vital
possessions as it faces the future, in the opinion
of Gustav Lindenthal the master builder Of
bridges, one Of Americas greatest engineers.
However, the noblest conceptions of engineering
intelligence cannot be realized, says Mr.. Linden
thai, unless they have the support Of statesmen
and other great men Of affairs.
Future advances, then, hinge upon leaders
with the vision to utilize our priceless asset Of
chronological efficiency for the public good,
marshaling to the cause the whole army of ex-
perts who already have made such tremendous
contributions to modern living.
Action cannot long be delayed for civilization
has developed complicated situations which soon
must be clarified. This should mean, In the
end, extensive construction projects which viii
contribute heavily to the approaching era Of
renewed prosperity.
To converse with Gustav Lindenthal is q golden
privilege. This rugged genius, who designed the
huge Manhattan, Greensboro and Hell Gate
Bridges over the East River at New York, who
aided in the construction of tunnels under both
the East and North Rivers, and who has executed
numerous other important engineering projects
throughout the East and Middle West. Is now in
his eighty-first year, but like youth, he looks
forward, not backward.
Everyday COmmuter.
not his mind. Every day, no matter what the
weather conditions may be. he commuteS from
his country estate, near Metuchen, N. j.. to his
ONCE in Jersey City Today he busies himself
with another tremendous idea-the spanning OF
North River between Weehawken, N. j., and
Fifty-seventh street, New York City, with
double deck bridge which would provide space
for 20 vehicular lanes and IL railway tracks,
thus giving the metropolis q greater outlet to
the wide suburban spaces Of New Jersey and at
the same time entrance to Manhattan for an
the railways from the West that center in
Jersey City.
Upon landing In New York recently, Prof.
Albert Einstein told newspaper men:
America already has given us that perfection
of methods Of production with which we are
all Of us becoming increasingly familiar, and now
we have reached the point where we dare hope
that it will find ways and means to overcome
the existing economic crisis that American
genius may be able to devise q definite formula
which will allow this world to establish q more
lasting and satisfactory balance between manu-
factrer and consumer than any that has existed
50 far"
Almost simultaneously, DR.. Robert A. Millikan,
the American scientist, told o convention In
New York City Of life insurance presidents that
the problem Of unbalanced productionp cannot
long wait for a solution the present form Of
society is TO survive. Scientific planning against
recessions in business must come, he said either
through leaders of industry or through the
government. He preferred the former.
Scientific planning obviously is the province Of
engineers. As one Of these whose wisdom has
been enriched by much more than half a century
Of experience in important achievement, begin
ming, as far as this country is concerned, as
engineer for the Philadelphia Centennial Of 1876,
I sought an interview with Mr.. Lindenthal.