Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-04-26

which was a system supplying 100000 gallons
Of water per day; receiving, storing and issuing
3,250,000 tons Of engineer supplies.
The famous epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren,
builder of st. Paul's cathedral, might well be
paraphrased for the corps of engineers, and the
visitor to the National Capital might well be
told IF you would see their monument, look
around you" The City of Washington was laid
out by Major LEnfant of the French engineers,
but 1t was surveyed by Andrew Ellicott, pro-
fessor of mathematics at West Point and the
development of the city plan was continued
thereafter by army engineers. One Of them was
I. L. Casey, who In 1867 found the Washington
monument 1855 feet high and unfinished by civil
ians In charge. He put a new foundation under
the existing monument-an intricate and diff
6cult job, albeit-and finished 1t to its full height
Of 555 feet. But the Washington monument Is
not the only work of the army engineers In
Washington. The public buildings there which
they constructed include the Capitol, the Library
of Congress, the Government Printing office,
the State, War and Navy building, the Post Of
flee building and the Lincoln memorial. More
over the water supply Of Washington 1.-THE Wash
ington aqueduct) was built and is now being
operated under the direction Of army engineers.
In the vicinity of Washington are three bridges
which are outstanding engineering accomplish
ments, all built by this corps. They are the
Cabin John bridge, completed In 1855, by Meigs
which was the longest masonry arch bridge In
the world (single span, 229 feet) for nearly 80
years.; the Francis Scott Key bridge, built 10
1920 by Tyler to replace the old Aqueduct
bridge connecting Georgetown with Virginia, and
the Arlington Memorial bridge, which Is being
constructed under the direction Of Mehaffey,
which is to cost S15,OO0,0O0 and which will con-
meet the Mall with the Virginia side leading to
the Arlington memorial.
The imprint Of the army engineers lis strong
upon both the highway and railway systems
Of the country. The famous old Cumberland
road, from Cumberland, Md, to st. Louis, the
first national highway, was constructed and
maintained by officers Of the corps of engineers,
from 1924 to 1910. The Alaska road commission,
consisting Of three army officers, has constructed
and maintained LOO miles of wagon roads, 900
miles of sled roads and 400 miles OF trails.
Mention of river and harbor work at the be-
ginning Of this article recalls the fact that this
work was begun by the corps Of engineers In
1924, when West Point was the only engineer
ing school In the country. On this account and
also because there was then no continuing civil
service and because fertilization construction
was already an organized service Of the army.
these works were put under the charge of army
engineers. From that time to this they have
been in charge of the development of this work
and up to the present time the Investment of
the government In these projects is over $1,000,
100000; their upkeep requiring s20,000.O00 a
year. The corps of engineers now has charge
of 200 harbors, POI rivers and SO canala
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