tailieunhanh - CHATTERBOX 1906 PRESSWORK

Two large cities stand opposite to one another on the banks of a river, it is not likely they can do very well without a bridge to connect them. Yet the citizens of New York and Brooklyn were obliged to manage as best they could for a good many years before they had their bridge. There were many difficulties in the way. For one thing, the river is very broad; for another, the tall-masted ships ply up and down so frequently that it would never do to build anything which would obstruct their passage; and to overcome these difficulties would. | CHATTERBOX 1906 PRESSWORK BY COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO. BOSTON . First Passenger Across the Brooklyn Bridge. MARVELS OF MAN S MAKING. I. THE BROOKLYN SUSPENSION BRIDGE. HEN two large cities stand opposite to one another on the banks of a river it is not likely they can do very well without a bridge to connect them. Yet the citizens of New York and Brooklyn were obliged to manage as best they could for a good many years before they had their bridge. There were many difficulties in the way. For one thing the river is very broad for another the tall-masted ships ply up and down so frequently that it would never do to build anything which would obstruct their passage and to overcome these difficulties would mean the expenditure of a vast sum of money. But the folk who earned their daily bread in New York and lived in Brooklyn grew thoroughly tired of spending chilly hours in foggy weather on the river-side piers waiting for the ferry-boat to come and take them across and at last they began an agitation which resulted in the Brooklyn Bridge. The engineer who made the first design was Mr. John A. Raebling but he did not live to see it carried into effect for one summer day in 1869 when selecting the spot at which the great work should be begun he met with an accident which caused his death a few days later. His son Mr. Washington Raebling then took the lead. Plans were carefully drawn and submitted to the Government who after much consideration ordered that the bridge should be five feet higher and five feet wider. This apparently slight change added about 172 800 . to the cost of building for little changes in big things mean more than big changes in little ones. The original cost was to be 10 800 000 dollars or about 2 160 000 . but in the end it amounted to nearly 3 100 000 . Before we talk of the trouble and labour let us look for a moment at the great things the engineers have accomplished. The Brooklyn bridge is five thousand eight hundred and .