Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1887, Page 3

i i Jin two short y THE KEELAR 423 Kearney S8t San Franci been, until now, exhib These Paintings Are dirv THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. Free Exhibition of Fine Oil Paintings by California Artists At New York Piano Co's Spacious Warerooms, 1508, (510, 1512 and (5(4 Capitol Ave., Cor. I5th Street. COMMENCING MONDAY, NOYEMBER Z,at 10 a. m Works by the Following Well Known California Artists. 29 pes. by R. G. Holdredge. cct from ART GALLERY, sco, California, and have never ited outside of his gallery. THE NEW BRIDGE FINISHED, Description of the Structure Be- tween Omaha and Council Bluffs. IT WILL BE OPENED TO-MORROW. hing About the Men Who Have the Work—A List of the Casualties - The Old Bridge, Ttis announced that the new steel bridge which tween Omaha and be opened to the spans Council public Bluffs will to-morrow, Monday, November 7, 1887, It is there- forc fitting that a description of the magnificent supersteucture, together with a brief review of the work, now all but complete. should be given to the public. That it ranks among the finest structures of the kind in the world is a fack; and to the men who by their perse- verence and intelligence have brought their labors to a suceessful termination the greatest of honor is due. In com- pany with Eugineer B. Duryea a BEE reporter yeste we the tour of the bridg The first sensation the visitor experien when he fiest sets foot upon the bridge proper, and looks down sixty: five feet through o net work of massive gteel beams, is one of wonderment that such o mighty edifice could be erccted s, Then a little further wbove the floor on there rises forty fe At spans he gains his first idea of the great strength of the structure, The new bridge is 1 and has ten s 250 feet in | ing six. th called “deck” 125 feet in length. The width over all, is 64 fect. The heigth of the tloor above low water, is 66 feet. In the centre arve the two tracks, on cither side « wiygon rond 7 feet in width, und on the e outer edges bed by ivon ra foot, pusser tral spuns e These mml oW feet in stone v ) feet in l\‘v\"th t spans, and each one s of mason nd the fi lay&r of heneath the surl Lm- The length of e h at the wate 's edge and u under the coping or belting. Its thickness ranges from 12 feet the hot- tom to 8 feet ut the top. h pie faced with g and filled in \\nh large stone. The six end,or “deck ™ spans rest upon the old iron piers, but the will be replaced with stone towers dur- ing the coming year. The bridge will withstand a pressure of over four tons to the N(\v:u foot. It wil remembered that ll!hn\th this bri ||l;:-- is entively new \\\\h |\u ception of the been no stoppu regular time., $ able from the fact ||m| |h< iron piers were torn down und new ones of stone s Duryea stated that this was foat of engineering skill but was never before attem) with one of such great dimensions us the one at Omaha, The masonry work was done by T. Saulpaugh of Minheapolis. The work was first of Octoher. men | 3 ployed up to the | finishing tou the present week, The commene ed about. the Anul an av, d The last hos will be put on during steel esent time. used in construction was furni y the Union Bridge Co.,of D , and the work wis done under the supe of Chief Engineer George who made the designs, What ‘t cost will be is not known at resent, and it will be some months be- ‘.-w it can he aceurately stated. It will, however, be something less than #850.000. The bly ubout \ph wires run along the north of the bridge, between the wagon roud und the tr while the tele- phone wirves « on the south side. § Fastened to the west end of the main bronze shield on which is n anchor and a trip ham- mer which, being interpreted, reads: ipy 't similar position “Agriculture, Commerce and Munu- facture.” At the east end in the center of the span is & mammoth buffalo’s head, also of bronze. This constitutes the v of the strue- ture, I-ul it needs no mor It is i enough in itself. THE WAGON ROADS, The appr s at both ends of the bridge e sy grade and ave paved with sundstone blocks. From this side of the river the bridge is reached from Leavenworth street, dirtroad hus been proach, which is on the north sid the tracks, About twenty feet beyond the t |u\\l~ a small bric for the railrond tracks under whic I you and the south or right-hand road- wa, is is seven feetin width and theé floor is made of heavy oak timbers three inches in thickness, The crae are filled with tar to prevent water from rotting the wood. arated from the tra five fect high, and from the foot-path by u railing four feet high. The outer rail of the bridge is over five feetin height, There has been some fear ex- pressed by timid drivers . that serious necidents would be of frequent occur- rence owing to the close proximi the road 1o the railway tracks. ks by u steel lattice the Missouri be- ¢ feetin length, and | This roadway is sep- | b 11 pes. by Tojetti. vember 7t A Special Invitatiorris Extended to Al Lovers of Art. Free Catalague and Descriptive Exhibition from Monday mornin a:tl.;) g(')clock This very valuable collection will be sold at AUCTION, Commencing Monday, No- This is the first and only Art Sale of I.egltima,te PROF. KEELAR, Art Lecturer and Salesman, Will Offiiciate at Each Sale. These Paintings | Are all framed in gennine California Leaf Frames, manu- 23 pcs. by W.W.Armstrong. 16 pcs. by Jos. Scott. factured expressly for the THE KEELAR ART GALLERY. Catalogue ready Monday Morning, at 10 O'clock, m.,; also Tuesda, ,at 2 and 7:30 p. m. allery Works by [oted Artists, that has ever been held in Omaha. ear, while unnecess took great pr natural, ved to be L inasmueh as the builders ns to discoverif such dan at Fort Madison. accidents | occurred at either of these places, and from the construetion of the rondway it is almost an impossibility that one should oceur. High-spirited hors arc usually led across the first time or two, and after that no trouble need be anticipated. At the Tow neath the tr th have end you again pass be- to the north side. From point a fine dirt road has been built ross the bottoms into Couneil Bluffs. This new route neross the viver will un- doubtedly prove very popular for sev- erul reasons. st, i magnificent view of the two cities and surrounding coun- try is obtainable from the bridge. ondly, the expense will be much less, and”third noe of being Lbe needless. Bluffs 0 this ticularly from all the anng present system, THE BUILE TR e ance and delays of the ’].m.mm. the fine: structures in the es have been built under his : and b recomnized authority on the Quite re- on has associated him- . Corthill, and_the firm n & Corthill. Their in Chicago. Th name is have 0 braneh office in Ne firm has just e the Mi upl ouri at Nebr ca City and Rulo. wlso engaged at work at Sioux . Cairo. 11, and Portland, Or W. Parkhurst, o most able and efficient engineer iven chargo of the work at the beginuing. He su i corps of com- before the work far advanced had the misfortunc to ¢ his leg. He was laid up fora i et e i e Morrison & Corthill's work at George A. Lederle succeeded M l\nhhuht Simmediatel fter the lat- dent and remained here until about June 1 of the present year, when he went to Portland, Ore., to overse the work at that eity. Mr. T e is considered to be one of the best civil en- rsin the west and during his made many warm pe sonal friends. On June 1 of the present year Mr. E. assumed ch wd'to b the honor of completing the wor M. U\H\ld is a young man about sars of age. He is eminently for the responsible position he cupies, being thoroughly versed in ¢ engineering and possessing the power to command toa remarkable degree, Duryen has many warm friends in nd Couneil Bluff mong the conspicuous nssistant en- actively eugnged was Mr, R. =on of the famous tragedienne Mr. Modjeska is & most . He is now lo- Dur; Modjesk of that na competent cated at C In the elerical departmentof the wo Mr. O. Gunkel, the haps the best known agery exacting eha uflly attended to. M. vu,mn. with lis associates, being lighly educated gentleman and thorough business man. Mr. Jumes Saguin, of Council Blufts, as the foreman of erection. To him entrusted the duty of placing all the ivon beams and uprights in their «os. His was considered the most ult portion of the work. Mr. Dennis Leonard of Chicago, su- vised the pneumatic work and - was en the sobriquet of *‘the sund hoss A. Dahlin was the time keeper and proved himself the right man for the right plac THE CASUALTIES, One of the most to be regretted shases of bridge \mxhl\n" is the loss of an life which ever panies the There J > is always great dang surrounding these great enterpri aud it seems to impossible to guard gainst futal accidents, When work on the br idge began Mr.Morisou instrueted his forewen to use every effort to ouly employ experienced m ud if any of them proved to be buy «to dischary them forthwith. This order was dic- tated by hum sentiments,and the re In the whole days of which as men were employed, the total number of fatal aceidents wus only five, and three died from the Seasing fever—that is, a di tracted by working under pr A. Mervithew was the first vietim, During the fivst two maonths of the work he fell from t stantly Inllm George Neebe wasstruck shortly after a falling plank and only lived “twen four hours, He never vegained cou- seiousness. r thé winter John Montgomery, of Council Blufls, slipped _and fell into the river and was drowned. His body ove This wasa par- arly sad event. as the deceased left d father und mother who de- pended upon him for support. Hans Hunsen, of Council Bluffs, was the next victim. 1t is thought thut dizziness was the cause of his full into the riv His body was picked up at Plattsmouth, H. Peter McGroff also fell into the river and was drowned. His body was found below Nebraska City, The name of but one man of the three east end and was in gerexisted. There arg several bridges of this pattern in the’ country, one at | Washington, one at Louisville and one who died from “casing fever and that was Henry Miller, the most wond th was that of son Sw wceompanied by thiee heay Ufrom the bridge infp the "He was unhurt and_veached 1. As soorn he ld clothes he was again ot known, ful esc son, change his he efficient and untiring zeal man fested by Doctors Hoffman and Gal- breth, the Union Pacific surgeons, in the inter k or injured du ing the 16818 spoken off in the highest terms by all of the work- men, THE OLD BRIDGE. It would not be in keeping 'nt of this article to clg giving the old brid that has passed from sight some little attention. At the time of its construction it was consid- . one of the great- incering skill in the While it was built of iron and horate than the greatsteel strue- ture which now spans the river, its cost was more than double that of the . no rondways lks for foot passengers, and the were cheap affairs as compared with the present ones. The initintor) steps for its construction were taken in 1866, when an act allowing it to be built was passed by congr fight arose as to location,but one » upon., Omaha voted aid the enterprisc should hav with the without providing that it the main transfer depots, general offices, machine shops, ete. e bridge company was authorized to issue honds to the amount of these bonds were sold in E contract o its constry rded to the Boom Bridge pany of Chicago on the consider it was stipul be completed by The contractors we and in the following Pacific compan and took lm\:l was com- sptember 4, 1886, 1 1,089,500, and the work should Vovem ber 10, greatly del July ‘the Union nnulled the eontract the work themsclve The bridge was not completed until Mareh 3 It was 2752 fect long, and had cloven spans. 1t was composed of ivon. arly five hundred men were constantly employed with the exception of about eight months. 'I‘h-- | was ity high water ¢, and was proached from the Towa side by n gr hout one and _one-half miles long, ty-five feet rise to the mile from the Nebraska side by a trestle work noy filled in with earth, Thus, what was considered a mas picee of engineering and mechan skill fourteen y . had to be con- demuned by the progressive spirit of the day. The Rich A Chicago r ing estimates of the w Chicago’s millionaires: T should put Potter Palmer, Marshal Field, P, D. Armour and B. P. Hutchinson at the top of the list, though not necessavily in that order. How much each is worth, is of course, mere guess work., They don't tell, but it is a safe guess that each one has more than five and some of them ten millions. Palmer's wealth is in real estate. He owns thousands of feet along State street. improved and unimproved Field is o big real estate owner, too. His buildings are scattered through the iness distr His interest in his business represents an im- ménse sum. He holds a good deal of stock of various kinds, and bonds, P, D. Armour, too, has a great may sccuri- ties and a vast fortune in_his packin house plants, He often has 1,000,000 invested in wheat for the carrying . B. P. Hutchinson owns some but nothing like the amount held by the two fiest. He is a splendid financier and keeps his wealth \m-u(-l\' in securities, Probably no man in Chi- ago could produce as much cash as he, In fifteen minutes by realizing on his securities, a_thing real estate owners of Chicago. gives the follow- th of some of conld not do, he could probably lay down anywhere from $2,000,000 to $4,000,0000, - An Ostrich Race. A correspondent from Afrien writes: We were treated to an exhibition which was a novelty wort traveling miles to e—an ostrich race. Two little carts, the frames of which were made of bam- boo and the wheels similar to those of a velocipedo, weighing, all the gear in- cluded, thirty-seven pounds, were brought forth, and four v large ostriches, trained to the business and haanessed reast, were attached to eachone. The race course was a flat piece of country about four miles in ength, nce to be traveled was alght away and retur \ mallest specimens of Afri- n humanity ever seen, less than four feetin height and weighing about sey- enty-two pounds & Bosjesmen and simple, were selected as Cha s, und all was ready. I had been l-n»\m.«l with a magnificent sixteen- wnds high English hunter, baving a record placing him among the very best T A e Cape Town, and was quarter way toward the turn of the course, pushing my f; steed to do his best, when the feathered bipeds sturted, and before I reached the turn the ostrich chariots had passed me, go- ing and returning like a flash of lig ning. 1did see them, und yot so quickly did they vanish into distance that a pen pictu aluable for its acnuracy, can not he en. The time takon at the starting point by several of the specta- tors was, for the four miles and return, vearly nineteen minutes. noi very fast for ostriches, they said, but too rapid for English hunters, I kuow. visible on various corners throughout | there will bo registered in the tape in | closed it remains to lock the outer | by the tous -m'"\'\'-‘f.‘.v‘fl.d e O Omaha. In various cities these iron | the little room at the city hall, two You can’t remove the key! And [ oo from the superior of the order in boxes are Ated of a flashy red, a | d8shes, with a space_ followed by three the peculiar propertics of the 1 jome, He was the only Jesuit priest in | gaudy yellow or Y dush ‘This will indicate to the oper- | are visible. It requires a s | America who wore a gold watch. For many ew York ¢ e bet, but Yorkers won atindig wnation was felt ind expense to the ecity, instruments in the case of the surgeon On the face of the dise are several di- visions indieated with the names Riot, good repute, and live 1n the vicinity of any one of the twenty nal boxes in Omaha, DOLICE AND FIRE SIGNAL of a policeman’s perquisites, and be pro- . Burglary and Thiev An ad- ) and an investigation followed. 1t wad The Electric System of Alarm Now | vided with a key to the turret nearest justable index pointer, like the hand of | impossible o fusten the crvime on any in Use in Omaha. your home. Itis o simple brass k o clock explains their use. Should wlkeys. The prevention e led to the n\uuhumg of avious keys given out, and then came the invention of the release key precaution. Follow Hu wire leading from the ivon hoxes and they will lead you fover how tops, across open spaces, and | still oy other wires, but they will all converge in the little room at the city hall. It is the electricalfroom of the police and fire (I.]. tme ||I~ul Omaha. 1t fs a plain th all kindsof queer elees Herr Most come into your neighhorhood any fine day and attempt to incite the idle crowd to deeds of anurchy, fix the willing hand on the “Rigt? and touch a Then in the little room at the cit your call will be two dots, a sp three dots, telling of trouble at twenty three, followed by three dashes telling THE STREET-CORNER STATIONS' a peculiar pattern, and it fits a lock of still more peculiar properties. The interior of the box other square iron box sloping roof after the style of Ves Manner in | temple, or like o child’s toy house. Police and Fire Alarms brass erank is on the outside of the s Turned in to the O ond ivon box. If it be Bill Slug's day TR off, and he is in your neighborhood in- 1t [ J dulging in his old familiar pasttime of in signal language of a riot there. cleaning out saloons, turn that erank at Mr. Most would conclude his exodium random, and the police patrol wagon, | the patrol wagon filled with police and like an \lm‘\pm'(m‘l b of thunder, will | followed by reserves gathered on the us, and it costs the city come clattering from around the corner, | way would” appear and the reading of | & nl a month to maintain it and ere Bill's frolics have been fully the riot act would accompuny the B begun, he will be on his ride to the dispersal of the mob. In_ case of fire, "l““","'l-N" d Jesuit, jail, wondering how it all the indicator would be adjusted to the | Barrivour, No al ‘Telegram to discloses an- A Description of the Whic The motto “Ever R monition heeded in an exaggerated sense by the economical foresight of Toodles at the auction, buying a door plate marked Thompson, in anticipa- Wy has its ad- . L S aa ) offoctod? word s S aikols » sigrunl | the Bek,)—Father John Bapst, o noted Jese tion of having a daughter, w some | came about. And how was it effected? word “F on the dise, and the signal e g & Jaughter, who eome § Uiy enough. The revolution of the lungunge would bo the mumber of the | ui, died in the Mount. Hope hisune asylum aman of that name. Its strict observance leads to the con- struction of the fire escape and the stand pipe on the ten story building and the placing of the life bout on the ship at sea in a dead calm. Not the least useful of the adjuncts of the motto, is the iron turvet abdut the lamp post, followed by a fow duys ago and was buried to-day near the Jesiit college at Woodstock. M was Seventy years old. With other J lie was @ refugee from Eurone in 18 was assigned to Portland, Muine. tinge of the kriow nothing troubles: his house stripped. of his d, and near] of Portlan perpetrated | with o gold box and two dash and three dashoe The electric would be transferred, caught on the fy it were, from the city hall to the ney street stution, and the requisite m would be turned. Your wonder s which most to admire, the simplicity of the mechanicel device of the box or But hold! The interior opencd curvents of electric little room tendant sits ¢ registors. | @ s day and night before clect If he were disposed to doze, the sharp I ving of a bell in response to the turn of the crank will fully arouse him. Le that your numiber is twenty-thr \en in reponse tothe turn of the erank beaten to death. to partly atone for b the outru bright green, but in Omaha theiv color is a nondeseript hue. They ave always locked, always dull- | that an ordinary brawl or a case of [ and oh! citizen of good repute, if, at ng and if ‘observed by the casual | drunkenness exists in the neighborhood. | time, you should prove of spor by, it is with a thought of what | Through aspeaking tube he communi- | position, and turn_in an alarm look like inside retive ever | cates with the police in the jail, and at Foi fiins youiwoulal ba'surely years he was at_the Jesuit house at I . | erick, Md., and belonged to the college facs iy | ulty.” When his mind gave way six months ago he was sent to the asylum, ator in signal language, the location of the box by its number, and warn him to effeet the removal of your own sm the lock, Your key is number - Gould Outlives a Hurricane. simply identitied > ! LONDON, Oov, I'e ten these iron boxek, they give no outward | once” there springs “into the " patrol | by the nimber of your key held fast in SRl e e sign of their hidden mysteries, Aud | wagon, before which harnessed hovses | the lock, and your punishment would b e et the “open sesame™ to their interior, | stand waiting, sufficient foree to meet | follow. ¥ during” which Tweed and kings, sped nments supper gives power to quell riot and ana summon the engines to flames.to run down by with their booty unconc hy,to | the emergen: 1t took the electric | In the days of '71 when gathering | currentan instant to do its work of r Genetand ‘the old crowd andthieves ation, another was required to give | contractors wore diamonds, aled and to re- | the police notice. Howlong a time will | horsefiesh, and gave cnter move the fallen” drunkard from his level | be consumed to rench_the hox depends | for Amphytrion. At a little O'Brien's Treatment., DunLiy, Nov. The Tullamore prison authorities have ordered that William of the gutter to the-more friendly cell | wpon its distance and the fleetness of | given toa visiting delegation of Phila- | {1 ',‘l:,“,;l‘"l"‘,‘“:‘r’m“",_,n“{‘"fl'“' [ i) ut the station. And all this without | the horses. delphin firemen, the question of the 2l or confusion. There isno bra- | Open the inner box and the sight | promptncss of the fire departments of Another Batoh of Ttatiaib, vado about electricity; ens but always acts, it ne and elect ve citiesarose. Bets were r money 100, and one of the re are Rumford | New Yorkers turned in a general alarm ,and the whole | from the nearest corn It was fol- 1ce of the polished | lowed by a response of all the engines in ting you will repay for the trouble, | the respoc er (hl\'m- ty with glass and | made, of | New Youk, Nov. 5—The steamer’ Chat- 1y Quem arrived here to-day from Bor ux with seventy-cight Italian steerage assengers, all of whom are well. The_ bag- Kugo s béen thoroughly fumiguted. coils tipped with nick | presents the appen If you are a well known citizen of SOUTE OMAFTA IS TO THE FRONT. The Child We Always Backed with Our Voice and Money, Is Getting There. Remember tha.t We are the §xoneers in South Omaha That We have been with Her ever since She YWas a Cornfiecld! ‘We have the Largest List of Choice BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE LOTS ! Don’t Fail to Get an Interest in SOUTE. OMATFLA Along with the men that REPRESENT THE HUNDRED MILLIONS Call at our office and let us give you some pointers. GET PRICES AND THEN COME TO US. And we will sell you lots in the vicinity at From 10 to 25 Per Cent Lower than You Can Get Them Elsewhere, M. A. TPTON & CO, 309 S. 16th St,, Opp. Chamber of Commerce, Telephone 854. We know evefy foot of her soil and the value thereot.