Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1888, Page 2

~“OUR BRIDGE OF SIZE Opons To-Day to Thousands of Gaz- ing Eyes. NO MORE OLD MISSOURI'S TIDE Shall Omaha Falr and Council Bluffs Divide. THUS THE CITIES TWO IN ONE Shall in the Great Race of Progress Run. INSPIRIED BY LOVE AND COMITY, They'll Scek and Find Prosperity in Inter-State and Urban Trade Which Has Been, Sadly, Long | Delayed. "Twixt Two Cities. To-day the new wagon bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs will be formally thrown open for the useof the public. It was completed about a woek ago. At the same time itwas convected with Council Bluffs with a paved roadway than which a finer drive is not to be found in this section of the country. By these means instant communication may bo kept up between both cities. The benefit of this communication will be almost incalculable to both cities. It will enable the interchange of visits, busi ness calls, commodities and_ the re-cstablish ment of homes and industrics such as may be suggested by changed condition of affairs and the necessitics of corporations and individ- uals. The bottotns on the cast side of the Mis- souri, 80 long almost a desert waste, will be dotted with residences, warchouses and mar ufactorics, and, like the bottoms on this side of the river, become animated with life and activity which shall &fford employment and comfort to many a cozy home. All of these will, of course, add to the commercial importanceand advantage of the Bluffs, but 1t will also tend to the advantage of this city. In a social way, it will tend to remove the barrier which, like a Chinese wall, has kept Omaba and Council Bluffs apart, and con- duceto a harmonious relationship, which will bring to cach its measure ot prosperity and trade. THE BRIDGE OPENING. Elaborate Arrangements Made the Great Event To-day. More beautiful weather could not be de- sired than the present for the opening of the new Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge. It has been foretold that it will continue to- day, aud consequently the people will be enabled to onjoy tho occasion with a proper appreciation of the display which is to be made. The arrangements are now complete for the procession and the opening of the struc- ture. All the invited guests, including General Brooke and staff, governor and staff, the mayor, the council of this city and South Omaha, the judges of the district and federal «courts, the bishops and clergy, the board of education, the police and_fire comuissioners and county board will meet at - the llard hotel at 12:80 o'clock to-day. lhese will then take carriages and pro- ceed immediately to the bridge under the es- cort of the marshal, Major Clarkson, and his aids. They will be driven tothe span ovi the middle of the stream, where the formal . opening exercises will take plice, These ‘wiill consist in the turning over of the struc- ture by the contrac It will be accepted in short speeches by the governors, Larrabee and Thayer of Jowa and Nebraska, in_behalf of their respective states, and by Mayors Rohirer and Broatch, in behal? of Council Bluffs and Omaha. ‘A bottle of wine will then be broken by the wives of the mayors, and with the vintage the bridge will be bap- tised, which ovent will be saluted by all the steam whistles in Omaha and Council Bluffs, asalute which will be continued for five minutes. This celebration will be distinct from the parade, the membersof which latter will form a8 below indicated and at 1:15march from the corner of Eleventh and Farnam west to Sixteenth thence to Douglas and thence to the bridge, the trades display following in the rear of the line. The head of the line wrill reuch the bridge at the time of the clos- ing of the baptismal exercises. The military organizations will marcn to the depot where Shey will take the cars for the Broadway de- s:‘un the Bluffs. The trades display will ive across the bridge to the Rluffs, foliow- Ing those who have taken part in the opening exorcises. The civic societios will be dis. ‘missed. In the Bluffs the military, trades display and invited guests will be reunited, and, after parading on a number of strects, will be escorted to this city, all the civic socicties and the trades display aud officials of that city being in the lead. The column will then come to this city and march through a num- ‘ber of the streots, though the civic societies will not re-form. During the parade, day fire works will be exploded. In the night, there will be a_competitive @rill between tihe Omaha and Creighton uards and Captain Cole's company from uncil Bluffs, on Capitol avenue, near Fourteenth street for a trophy valued at $70 Thero will be other prizes of $100, $30 #nd $50 for visiting military compan The ::E" ill not be known to the companies. the awards will be made for the carriage and demeanor of the respective companics ‘while on the h. At 12:80 o'clock Aides J. E. Riley, Thomas Burrill, C. F. Weller, George M. 'Darrow, W. H. Alexander, F. .. Moore, C. E. Bur- meister, A. M. Kitchen, O. H. Gordon, Paul Hersh, A. W. Lavender and W. B. Taylor will meet the marshal, Major I'. 'S. Clark son, mounted at the Millard hotel. At 1 o'clock all the organizations which intend t take part in the procession must be in po tion as outlined in the following divisions : First Division—Eleventh street, north of Farnam, right resting on Farnam. Marshal and Aides. Baud, Secoud United States Infantry. Second United States Infantry, Second Division--Twelfth strect, north of fu arnam, right resting on Farnam, Band, The Governor of the State and Staff, Gen- eral Brooke and Staft and Geueral ‘Wheaton. The Mayor and Common Council, @he Mayor and Common Couneil of South Omaha. Judges of the District Courts. Foderal Oficials. +Bishops and Clerg: Board of Bublic Works. Board of Education. Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. Bridge Ofticials. 'he Press, who will take Carriages at Mil- lard Hotel at 1 p. m. sharp. Third Division—Thirteenth street, north of Parnam, right resting on Farnam. Edward Creighton Guards. Other Companies Nebraska National Guards. Fourth Dll’:llhl—l"oufl“n‘h stroet, north of Farnau, right resting on Faroan. nd. Omaha Guards. G. A R.Posts. Letter Carriers' Association. All Civio Sociaties. Pifth Division—Fifteentn street, north of Farnam, right mthir on [Farnam. and. Omaha Wheel Club. for Division E, on Eleventh stroet’ south . of Howard Division I, on Howard strect east of ki enth Merchant failed "to ge ion B “The packing howses of- South Omaha will b represented by 100 mountell men under command of W. H.. Lowe, foreman of Ar- mour & Co. All the count, and railway afternoon Jim Stephenson's Tally Ho will lead the line of “wagons with eigiitoen of the oldest citizens aboard, Every merchant reprosented in the dis vlay is expected to have bis float in line at 1 o'elock There is great deal of rivalry botween many of the leading merchants and it is ex ctod that tho resuit will be a grand ariety. The' Chic nins from t 1l day. There is a_desire for a_gencral half holi- day this afternoon, and in accordance with this desire Mayor Broach has issued the following prociamation - Marow's Orrice, Osaits, Oct. Whereas, The ' new bridee Council B3luffs and Omaha will be_open the publ October 30, A. D. 1885, with ceremonies befitting the oceasion, and us this will make an important period in the frieudly ions which already exist between the two cities, 1 therefore direct y offices be closed at 12 m. on that n the parade gned to ¢ desiring to § tickets aro as: offices, ppstofiice, city ball, adquarters will close in the go & Northwestern will run 3luffs to the east end of the coune I further recommend that places of busi- ness be generally closed that all may have the opportunity of participating in celebrat- n event, hand and seal this 29th day of October, A, D, 1588, W. J. Brosreu, Mayor. THE BRIDGE MOVEMENT. How it Arose, Progressed and was Brought to a Successtul Issue. Old time brings many changes. None are more marked than that of tho change wrought in a few years in regard to the feel- ing between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Like individuals, each has her peculiarities and foibles. Omaha, with justifiable pride, at its phenomenal growth and its sudden outstrip. ping of Council Bluffs, which for a time was the larger and more thriving, fell into the natural mistake “of ignoring the city on the other bank. On the otner hand, Council Bluffs, realizing that it hada future oversensitive. It felt k fancied slight on the part of her lusty ¥ The wedding of the two cities being made complete by the building ofithe wagon bridge, those little dissensions, now happily seen e lovers’ quarrels, both have kissed, so to e, and made up for eternity. A little more than five years ed the first agitation for a w tween the two cities. 10 was start- zon bridge bo- Council Bluffs had a deep-seated prejudice agninst any bridges, Many othor citizens had looked with fear and trembling upon the building of even the first bridge of the Union Pacifie. Thoy expectod, and have kept expecting, that it would result in all the railway trains rushing through to Omaha, leaving Council Bluffs a way station. When i wagon bridge was first sugirosted, it found but few supporters on that side of the river. It was difticuit to get enough to form a committee of the board of trade to consider the matter. At last, however, such @ commiltes . was chosen: Instructions were given to favor nothing but a wagon bridge exclusively. At the samo time a committee was apponted by the Omaha board of trade, at the request of Council Bluffs, At the consultations held by the joint-comuittee this city was strong in the cxpression of a desiro. for a railway bridge. The Bluffs, as has been stated, wanted nothing but a wagon bridge. Omaha yieldod to the extent of favorhug'a combined structure, but the city on the other side could not'be induced to favor thé. combina- tion, While this discussion was being carried on, the majority of the people in the Bluffs. were shouting against a bridgo of sny kind. Thay predicted diro disaster to_ thoir town if any more exits ware provided. They scemed to forget that they could not hold people there by forco, and_thet an exit would serve for ingress as well as well as ogress. The official pipers of the icity strongly denounced tho Wagon bridge as an "Omaha_schome.’ It was the great and treacherous wooden horse by which the encmies of the city would get possession of and ruin it. Even the Non- paroil, with its shout “Work to_build up Council Blufls,” editorially declred *Bewars of the spies from Omaha. The conferences between the two commit- tees, however, continued and they were rather stormy ones too. At last, the . peoplo from this side yielded another point and in favor of the sccuring of a charter for a wagon bridge. Thero scomed mothing to prevent harmonious action. Council Bluffs was sus howaver, the fact of Omaha yiel minds confirmed the belief “that the latter city had & great scnome against tho rival on othar side. The Council Blufts delegation then turned about and tavored & combined bridge. This fickiencss upparently wearied the Omaha people and, after & futile attempt to secure another conference, the matter was dropped entirely. ‘Some time Intorvened beforo It was taken up agawn in suother form. The change of feeling in Council Blufts was 80 great that the citizens voluntarily taxed themselves by an Almost unanimous vots o the extont of about £73,000 as & bonus o the enterprising mana The bill, giving the Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge company the charter for the structure, passed congress and was approved by President Cleveland, March 3, 1587. The sccretary of war granted his permit in July, and on the 1st of the following November, work was begun upon the bridge. Every: thing progrossed satistactorily and expedi- tiousiy and on the #th of this inonth the bridio was practically finishod. On this side of the river the work has attracted no little ‘attention and provoked no small amount of discussion. There were some who looked upon it @s @& means of shutting out railroads from this city, They held hat " to bulld another bridge across the river atthis point, the projectors would be compellod to go at least one-third of mile above the present structure, where the crossing of the river is a dificult matter or the same distance below the present Unlon Pacific bridge where the west k is lined with bluffs.” Then it was heid that the en- torprise was fathered by the Union Pacific, with the hope of practically controlling the Omaha river front. Despite these opinions, However, the work progressed. the most se Fious obstacle It met being the charge filed against the company that they were not building the bridge in conformity with the charter. Licutenant Bingham of the United States corps of eungineers was sent here to examine into the matter. He reporied to tho Missouri river commission and the secretary of war, but the work was not interfered with. , When tho questiofof ocatimg the approach to the bridge arose there was a great deal of interost displayed. Proporty ownors on rival thoroughfares sought for the advantage, and at first Farnam streets was selectod. = Later the site was changed to Douglas street, where the bridge now stands. The ofticers aud owners of tho new struc- ture arc: Johu T. Stewart of Council Blufts, president: Guy HBarton of Omaha, vice presi- dent; George F. Wright of Council Bluffs, secrotary: Joseph H. Millard of Omaha, treasurer, and T. 4. Evans of Council Bluffs, general manager. The above gentlemen, With N. W. Wells, also comprise the board of directors, THE BRIDGE, How It Was Built and the Material Used in Ita Construction. ‘The bridge itself is an iron structure, and, with the approaches, is about seven- eighths of a mile in lengtn, with a uniform width of thirty-three feet. Commencing at the intersection of Ninth and Douglas streets, in Omaba; an iron viadues stretches 1,200 feet eastward, clearing the Burlington and Union Pacific tracks aud resting on pier No. 1 at the river bank. Here the main span of the bridge commences and extends 400 foet across the channel of the river to pier No. 2, at & height of sixty fect above the average water line, or fifty-four feet above the high water mark, which allows awmple room for the passage of steamers beneath it Two spans of 230 feet each, and four of 150 feet on the lowa side, connoct it with a tres. tle work of 540 feet, and that, ia turn, l2ads to an earthen embaukmert of 1700 feet which forms the Tow stracture. This crpsses g low ground and necessitates the erection of two other bridges of about 300 feet in length, The north one is for the use of the motor line only and is about twenty feet in width, while the other is for a higliway and is thirty-threo feet wide. Both are trestle bridges, aud rest upon piles.* The 400 fost span is built on the double in. tersection Whipple systom, and the remain- iug, shorter spans le inter suction pl allowed for roady t aside for the use of the Motor line and vehiclos and the remainder reserved for the use of * foot- passengers, ‘The whole is supported on iron cylinders, which rest on nine iron piers, built of %, inch boiler iron and filled with coacrete. Four of thoso picrs, Nos, 1, 2, 8 and 4 are sunk to bod rock b the coucrote is admitted, No being eigh o and the s five fect below the low uking of these piers required considerable skill, as they were placed in position during the winter scason and put together on the ice. They rest upon a caisson, in the base of which was a worlc-chamber, ‘reached from above through an mr lock, down which the emplovees descended. When the ¢ son was lowered to the bottom of iver, a hoavy pressure of air cossary o keep the work chamber free from water which otherwise would come in around the edges, and also to foree the sand and gravel from the river bed to the surface” whi reached through a blow pipe. The pros varicd from fifteen to forty pounds to tho square inch according to the depth at which the men were working, and was at time: great that only those inured to 1t could stand the strain for any length of time. From cach of these piers, arise two iron_cylinders measuring 16 foet’ at the base and tapering to 7i5 feot at the top, some sixty feet above, when they arocapped with stone to support the iron stringers of the bridge. On the Towa side of the river, four other piers are placed. They also ar’ built of i¢-inch boiler iron and rest upon piles driven into the carth adistance forty-four feet. The iron cylinders that reston them aro somewhat smailer, being 32 feet high, 10 feet in _diameter at the basc, and tapering to a diameter of 6 feet on the top, which is finished in like style to the others.' The use of iron caissons has been tried for the first time in conncetion with this bridge and they are built from designs furnishod by Mr. Hopkins of tho firm of Hopkins & Scully. So successful have they been in overcoming many of the difficulties incidental to briage building, that the designer has applied for a patent, and has e prospect of receiving one. cn taken to allow for the ch in temperature and the consequent expa and contraction of the immense amount of iron used in the bridge. 1n the main span, four inches is considered suficient sp nd the eastern end rests on roller, on pier No. 2, as the weight would be too great to allow tho use of friction plates. The viaduct spans slide on friction plates on the end of the col- umns, and_rock on intermediate eolumns, thus providing for the action of the tempera* ture. At night, the bridge will be illuminated with eighteen arc lights, supplied from a dy- namo in the power-housed on the lowa side, Some idea can be formed by the amount of material used in the construction when it is known that the weight exceeds 4,000,000 pounds, and_that the wooden planking alone requires about half a million feet. No serious difficulties were encountered during the progress of the work, the most noticeable being a slight deflection which oc curred in the sinking of pier No. 3, and was overcome in & day or two by the application of hydraulic pressure, and an equally slight misplacement of ono of the minor spans which required a movement of three inches und was accomplished by the ald of jack screws. The whole work was under the im- mediate supervision of Frank D. Moore, civil engineer, wno designed the superstruc- ture. He was assisted by J. J. Marshall, At times, and for a month or two, upwards of four hundred men were employed by the two contracting firms, and earned on an average $3.50 per day, making a_daily expenditure of $1,000a day for wages alone. The cost of the structure is estimated at about $~+— ELRCTRIC CARS AND LAMPS. A Descripton of the System, Which Furnishes Both. The electric motor line which is to run from Council Bluffs over the bridge and re- turn, is a novelty in this part of the country. “There have been 80 many failures of similar motors that there is some doubt in the minds of many as to whether this will prove a suc- cess, Manager Evans and his associates, however, are confldent of success. They have made themselves thorougily conversant with the history of every electric motor m the land, all the failures, and the causes in detail. 'Th ey have avoided the mistakes of others, and profited by the those who have found the s, successfully. There seems no reason for doubting that the motor line, if not to-day, will eventually work like a charm. The line as now built starts from the Broadway Methodist church, Council Bluffs, and runs east on that street to Thir- teenth, where it turns on to Avenue A, diag- onally ‘across the block, striking the avenue at Fourteenth street. It proceeds alon Avenue A to the river and to the bridge, an across to Omaha. It is 4 4-10 miles n length. The motor company has bought the street car line in Council Bluffs, and will gmbfibl: make numerous extensions. The iron is what is known as the T and girder rail, and is lnd on heavy oak sleepers. The speed to be obtained on straight broad streets will be fifccen miles an hour, and greater speed can be obtained 1f necessary. The overhead electric system furnishos the method of operation. It was applied for the first time oa a large scale to the road at Richmond, Va., after which this road is fashioned. The electric current comes from the dyna- mos at tho central power station through wire above the tracks to motors beneath the cars. The current is taken from the over- head wire to the motor by means of a con- trivance known as an ‘‘under trolley,” which is fixed on a flexible arm projecting from the roof of each car. On each side of the street is a line of poles, set 100 feet apart, which are connected, two by two, by wires running across the street at right angles to tho tracks. At a height of twenty feet, and di- rectly above the middle of the track, is hung the “working conductor,” as the wire is called, on which the trolley runs. The trol- ley is a wheel about eight inches in diameter and deeply grooved, which, by the pressurc of the flexible arm which supports 1t, is kept in contact continually with the under part of the ‘“‘working eonductor,” which is a copper wire three-cighths of an inch in diam eter. The troliey runs a little back of the center of the car, and a small rope running from the end of the arm over the rear hood of the car gives the conductor meuns of controlling the trolley,so that he can shift it around when he reaches the end of the route and wishes to start on the return trip. The method of switching, by reason of its ingenuity, deserves special note. At each switch an automatig switch plate is attached to the wire, 50 that no attention has to bo paid to either the wire or rails, as 4 little spring attached to a swinging plate does the whole business, simply, safely and very effectively. Two motors are placed beneath each car, one on each axle. These are of ten-horse power. Each motor car can easily pull threa other ‘cars. Theyare of the well-known Thomson-Houston pattern, being so compact in build that they can be put on any street car without a change in_the construction of the car, except a strengthening of the floor. An observer would not notice anything more than the usual running gear, urlcss he looked sharply, in 80 small & compass are the motors coutained. ach acts Indopendently though contralied by the same switch. .In this way the passengers and the car give neir full weight in tractive value, sinco each puir of wheels is euabled to use its full trac- tive power. These motors are geared by toothed wheeis to the axle in such & way that {or every revolution of the axel nino revolu- tions of the armature of themotor are made. Each motor is supported by bearings on the axle, With such a support each motor swings frow its axle, and the swaying and Jolting of the car does not affect it. In ascending a steep hill or going around a sharp curve the motor makes a buzzing sound, but ordinarily makes no noiso at all. Control of the car is nad by common brakes at each end and the spoed is regulated oy & system of electrical switches contained in a cylinder about three feet high, which _ rests against the dasher. By an arm and indicator on top of the cylinder the current is let on or shut off, reversed or reguiated. The motor way, by this moans, withont the use of the brake, be reversed aad the car brought to a standstill wlinost unmediutely. ‘The phact establishod here will give abund- ant power for ferty gars, There will be but twonty-aix put on, at present, which will one cab euch wayevary six minutes, Cl cars will be putan when the road is opened for the winter, bub epen cars will be put on during the sumuser. 5 All that is necessary is to change the boxes; As the construction isso simple that the pemayal of a few bolts is ull that is necessary. ‘The cars will 4 heated in winter by gaso- line furnaces bebash the seats. The cars are of the most mppgoved style, being the finest productiops of the famous Pullman Pala ‘ar compuny, of Pullman, 111, They are each furnishiad dvith five incandescent lights, three upin the inside and onc at each end, which renddrample light and give the cars a brilliant ub[mlrnnm-, At night. Tt is being pjanned for the cars to run every five minutés, and the trip from the Method church to this city will be made in twenty minutes, Th shops are situated at the corner of Avenue A and Thirty-second = strect in Council Bluffs and ver onsiderable. ground. The main building is 60x160 feet, and will hold forty cars. It is well lighted and is fitted with all necessary machinery for doing any needed repairing to the rolling stock. Quite a force of men will be cou- stantly employed there, ‘The power house is situated directly south of the car shops on Avenue A, and is 44x80 fee vei bstantially built of brick finished. A huge chimney, 175 t in height, towers above the structure. The chimney is sixteen feet squure at the base and has a four-foot flue. At a distance of thirty feet from the ground the chimney assumes a cireular form, which is continued to the top. The interior of the buiiding is divided into two large rooms, one containing the boilers, the other the two Westinghouse engines of 15)-horse power each and the four large Thomson-Houston dynamos. One of the dynamos furnishes the electric light used in illuminating the bridge, and tho others generate the current that' furnishes the motive power. The machinery already in the building will gencrate sufficient power to operate a line of double the length of the present one, and there is ample room for ad- ditional machines. On the bridge alone, independent of the approaches, will bo placed twonty 2,000 can- dle-power arc lights. They will ‘be placed 100 feet apart, and will illuminate the struc- ture at night 1n a most brilliant manner, The approaches will also be brightly lighted. A FOUR MILE DRIVE. The Great Road From the Bridge to the BlufTs, Leading from the Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge eastward to the latter city is a magnificent d ay. It is paved with cedar blocks and almost as level as a danc- g floor. Over it the buggies roll with & rumbling noise not at ail disagreeable, the while crushing the gravel upon its surface, which a few days' trafiic will pulverize into dust. 'The road is outlined with stone curbs, It crosses o part of the old bed of the river over which it is raised & number of feet soD as to enable it to be used n high water. At places where there are patches of water sub stantial bridges or piling havo been erected, thus maintaining an unbroken road to the town. The drive 15 seventy feet wide and substantially constructed. It is lined on cither side” with telegraph and telephone poles, and a distance of every 100 feet thero i an 0il_lamp, which is to do duty until the gas main-shall beextended to the river. Ior a considerable distance the country on either sido is -open and uninhab- ited, especially bofore the first bench is reached, Furtharion, the water works are reached, the door opening on the side of the road. ity there is o small cluster of houses,some of which have been but recently erectod. : JNearer the town one notices pieces of ‘property outlined with tall, majostio_trees, which suggest early occu- pancy. But many of the original owners have abandoned tHem and the ground is now held for the high pricés which it will soon unquestionably commana. Still nearer the city the road between addi- tions which ara " placarded for sale, and Aottea with tle cottages which bave just sprung 4ato'existence and display a taste and beamty in design uncommon in such structures..;.Kurther eastward, the yver house of the, mater sompany, with its lestoons of ghste! coj re, is reached. It is on the south side of the road whilo the large car house faces it a short distance on the north side. This structure is nearer the motor track, thus rendering it unnccessary for the line to cross the road until the Bluffs is almost reached, Here the houses become more compact and soon the horse car track from the transfer turns on the avenue. Later the iron bridge over Honey creek is reached and beyond it the motor line, with a couple of tracks, curves into the roadw: and then the visitor is well within the cit; Then follows a succession of stores, houses and hotels of ail kinds to the heart of the city. This drive is four miles in length, and with those in the city of Omaha and Coun- cil Bluffs, enables the owner or renter of ' a vehicle to enjoy a drive over paved surfaces of not less than fifty miles. Without 1t, the benefits of the bridge could scarcely be' appreciated bocause un- paved roads through the country it traverses, in soft weather would be bogs and in warm weather as dry and dusty as was formerly the great American desert. This road will be a revelation to the oldest citizens of both Omaha and Council Bluffs, especially those who crossed from one to the other in the ex- tremes of tho climute. Instead of drag giog through the ~ mud, under going suffocation in the dust and spending perhaps hours in the crossing, the distance may now be covered at an easy trot in half an hour. As a means practically uniting the people of two great cities, facili- tating their intercourse, increasing their op- portunities for mutual exchange of commodi- tics and enabling everybody to enjoy a drive of unusual length and interest, this new road is certainly worthy of most unqualified ap- preciation. ——— FATALITIES, The Accidents Which Resuited in the Loss of Three Lives. Considering the size of the structure and the number of men employed in its erection, the work has been carried out with a singu- lar freedom from accident. Not one of the three fatalities that occurred is looked upon as & “bridge accident,” for they were of o nature liable to happen around any new building, and were in no wise due to faulty work or want of proper precaution on the part of the contractors. The first was the death of Night Watch- man Patrick Brown, who fell from the via- duct on the Omaha side one night in the month of July. He was evidently unused to the work, and had fallen from the bridge while bewitdered in making his nightly rounds, as his body was found bencath the bridge where it crosses the railway tracks at a heighth of forty feet. The second fatality was that of the water- v, George Solko, who fell in front of an approaching truck while recklessly display- ing some boyish feats of agility, and was crushed to death. The third was; bridge carpentes. band at the bu: Hiward Calkins, a Me was an old ess, whom long prac- tice had evidently made careless. He stum- bled over a coil of ‘fopg’ while passing along astringer and fell, ‘& distance of sixty feet, into the river. b -0k In addition to thesaj were two or three minor accidents, i sheifirst of which Con- tractor Scully was, ghe. victim. He slipped and fell across same(new work, breaking two of his ribe, bil &’ 8o alight was the effect that he was at woPk iglm in less than ten ‘h“'hlt might bave proved a fatal accident was fortunately aveetéd when three work- men were rescucd.fros No. 2 caisson after being imprisoned ; far ,an entire day. Only oneof the three wpaflflactad by the en- forced confinement, ynder a heavy pressure of air, but he too recovered suficiently to return to work in a day or two. The vridge is looked upon as a lucky one by the builders, who have a superstition that 8 heavy loss of life during_ tbe erection of a bridge means an equally heavy loss after it is completed, and they are prepared to cite a number of instauces where this has beon the case. Rases of Toll. ‘The toll for adults, horses and cattle 18 as follows Footmaa ...... Horse and rider ' Horse and buggy, driver Horse and wagon § Two horses, buggy bt carriage Two-horse team, hack or wagon. . Three-horse team, hack or wagon. Four-horse team, hack or wagon Each extra horse Each éxtra. person..... Horses, mules aud cattle (each) Sliecp and swine (each). . RED HOT AND STILL HEATIY Polities Reach the Fover Point in New York City. FUEL ADDED TO THE FLAMES. Lord Sackville Condemned to Ever- Iasting Fire by the Democratic Leaders—Quay Puts Caustic on Bourbon Wounds. Everything On the Boil, W York, Oct. 20.—[Spocial Tele Tux Bre.]—The lordly mess in which the British minister has iuvolyed himself and the result of the last day's registration in this city are the two most engrossing politi- cal topics hore. The goneral impression in both republican and democratic circles is, to usea popular vulgarism, that Lord Sack- ville's name 1s “Dennis'" 80 far as diplomatic sorvice in this country is concerned, All Sunday republican messengerswere cireu ing through the Irish districts of the city, sounding the feoling on the subject of the now famous letter. The reports are to the offect that large accessions to the republican party may be looked forasa result, The Sackville lotter has undoubtedly achioved a purpose that was impossible by other means, and the democratic leaders appreciate this to their sorrow. Tens of thousands of copies of the English lord's letter, with a picturo of the British flag on the other side, have been distributed through the city and are being forwarded to all parts of the country The democrats are endeavoring to noutral- iz0 the offcct of this as best they can, but thus far they have discovered nothing that will avail. The visit of Hon. Pat Collins and John Boyle O'Reilly and their stuy ¢ham- ber iaterview with the president Ssfhurda on the subject of Lord Sackville's recall, demonstrates the importance attached to the issue by Irish democrats. It is conceded that Chairman Quay's bold stroke to maintain the purity of the ballot in this city by the employment of detectives and offering rewards for the apprehension of repeaters has borne splendid fruit. Satur- day was the last day for registration. and by all precedent it should have becn the largest. Instead there was no iucrease ovor the reg- istration of 1834, It was only one-third as heavy as on the first und_sccond days, and but half as large as on_the third day. ‘The heavy registration on the last day in previ- ous years offered opportunities. for fraud which were accepted and the lists thus in- creased to the democrats benefit. The ac. tion of Chairman Quay in not onl offering, but paying rewards for the arrest of repeat. ers, scared the rascals who intended repeat- ing. Another encouraging featuro is that six down-town wards, wuere in previous years the rogistration of new voters was the heavi, est, only show an increase of 2,400 this _year over that of 1884, Thetotal increase in the city is 45,000 over the regist®ition of four years ago. Thirty-two thousand of this num- ber are in the upper or Hurlem wards, where the ropublicans have at least a fighting chance. Of the total number, 19,000 are for- eigners—Germaus, Italians and Irish, The latter two nationalities are almost solely democratic, while the former are re almost to aman. An entircly new feature of this year's registration is the pertinacity with which the republicana have kept track of newly.made voters, Men of their own nationality sought out every freshly-made citizen and endeavored to join him to repub- lican support, and in hundreds of cases suc- cossfully mide converts who otherwise would have helped the democrats. The state democratic leaders have taken cognizance of all this. It has worried them, aud they are fighting mad to think that they can't rule the roost as in former ycars. To- aay they issued a circular predicting the elec- tion of Cleveland, Thurman and Hill. They denounced Chairman sQuay n_unmeasured terms; charged him with bringing Pinkerton detectives to New York to hound voters, The words in this desperate production, evidenco of failing hope, fairly make the paper smoke, they are 8o hot. The democrats of New York, and of this city particularly, are sick of Quay. He makes them weary and keops thein up lato at night, thinking over schomos to checkmate him. Thoy hope that he will get sick or that some disaster will overtake him—anything so he cannot_stay here and harass them and make ife & burden for them. Senator Quay has been ill for two days. He overworked himself, and last Thursday night took a_heavy cold. He did not leave his room on Saturday, but is better to-day. Tn the way of personal gossip it is_author- itatively announced that General Butler will leave for Michigan tomght to stump the state for protection. He will go to Indiana for the final wind up. Mr. Blaine spent Sunday with Mr. Hasley in New Jersey. Last night he came to the city on the 7:20 train and was driven direct to the Twenty-third street cntrance of the Fifth Avenue hotel. The stories about his sickness and nervous prostration were the silliest bosh. He is in perfect health and spont the night in his room with his son-in- Iaw and daughter, Colonel and Mrs. Coppin- ger. When Hugh J, Grant_wrote his letter ac- cevting the nomination for mayor at the head of Tammany, he charged crookedness in the board of public works. General John New- ton, Hell Gate enginecr, one of the commis- sioners and & prominent member of the county democracy, replied in a soathing let- ter demanding_sausfaction. Grant replied alleging favoritism in the letting of contracts and other matters. All of this only tended to widen the breach between Tammany and the county people. Last mght General Newton came back at Grant in_a second let ter. Itisa scathing document. After de- nying that he has improperly administered the office of commissioner of public works, he heaps abuse upon Tammany hall methods and churges that the leader of that organi- aation, when alderman, violated bis oath of office by awearing that, he would only voto 48 certain Tammany leaders instructed him, instead of for the boest interest of the taxpayers. The letter conclud “Let me say in charity that 1 acquit you personally of all intended malice. I know your lack of training and of inteilee- tual power, and_am_satisfied that you are sailing under false colors, and that you arc mentally incapable of writing the letters which, since your uomination, have appeared above your swmature.’ This means more blood between the rival factions. It begius to look as if Major Ehrhart, the republican candidate for mayor, might ' win with & good majority. It is said Hewitt's re- publican strength is_deserting him, that it finds in Ehrhart a first-class man which it cannot afford to o back upon. Mayor Hewitt has publicly declared that Eurhart would mako a8 good & mayor as himself. Hewitt hates Tammany, and if he fluds that he can- not squarely beat its_candidate, Graut, there is reason to believe that he will quietly'throw his support to the republican, Major Ehrhart, and in his election compass the defcat of his arch-enemy, Tammany. N MORESUPPORT FOR CLEVELAND, m to Another Englishman Heartily En- dorses President Cleveland. Youxastows, O., 2.—[Special Telegram toTwe Bee.|—T. Priestly, a textile manu facturer of Brentford, England, a leading liberal in his town, and a close friend of Gladstone, 18 m America to inquire into the prospect of President Cleveland's election, Mr. Harry Bounell, an American-£nglish- man, and 8 memoer of the firm of Brown, Bonnell & Co., iron manufacturers, thus de- scribes an interview said to be with him: ¢“I'm over here to satisfy myself regarding Cleveland's chances of re-election,’ he said. ‘What do think about it¢' “Tadded that Idid not seriously apprehend 0 great amisfortune. This nettied him,and he declared that President Cleveland was tho most intelligent man of affairs in the country to-any; that he had endearcd himself to Eng land by the advocacy of freo trade; that e would if re-elected. do the whole world an undying service by abolishing the beastly high American tariffs and by bringing labor down 10 its proper ievel. Lasked hiw what he would give for such & consummation sud o B ves Giver Why, wo are_givmg all the time toward the enlightenment of the Amer- ican people on the most important subject “What do you give-free trado treats or #ood solid hard vash ! f asked Wo subscribi liberally of both, ' sweored. - It costs us lots of brass," then asked him what offect ho thought the passage of the Mills bills and four years more of Mr. Cleveland's administration, with its freo tride tondenctos, as foreshadowod by piacing wool on the free list, would have on Lis business, He answured ‘our years of such administration under such o condition, would run_every power loom in Eugland, i*rance and Germany wight day.' ho an- 3 id Mr. Bonnell, “Lord Sackville but voiced the sentiment of intelli- gent Englishmen soeking o foothold in our markets when be advisod his correspondent to vote for Cloveland.” Mr. Bonnell declined to_ give his friend's nam, gentleman is uaderstood to be Mr., s rosperity of Montana, WastiNaroy, Oct: 20, —Preston H. Loslio, governor of Montana, im s annual report to the secretary of the intevior, estimates the population of the territory at 140,000, The finavcinl condition of “the territor good, being entirely free from debt, with plenty of in the treasury. All the industrics of the territory, the report states, have been prosperous during the year. Agriculture bas made rapid strides rd, and it can be stated that the average yield per acre of wheat, oats, Trish potatoes and cultivated grass in Mon tana for the year 1887 was not by any other territory in the union commercial operations of the territory during the year covered by the re port aggrogate $49,000,000. The product of mines, income from the sale of wool sheep, cattle and horses, with the receints from the sale of surplus agricultural products, amounted to $427,000,000. Upon the subject of education, the Feport says that every child in the territory of school age is on the school roll and is at school nine months of the year. Train Robbery in Arkansas. ST Louis, Oct. 20—t st-Dis special from Newport, Aric., gives tho de- tails of a train robbery on the St. Louis, Tron Mountain & Southern railw day. The robbers, three in number, the train near Diaz, but went no than the smoking compartmoent of the per, where they compelled three Rers o his and then esc Victory for the Drummers, WASHINGTON, O In an opinion ren- dered by justice Bradley in the drummer tax case of William Gasher vs the state of Texas, the supreme court of the United States to- day declared unconstitutional all state laws vosing a license tax upon commercial trav: rs ot residents of the state inposing the tax, e o Chicago's Street Car Troubles. Cuicaco, Oct ~President Yerkes, the North Chicago City railway compa denied the report which has been made that there has been or is to be any reduction in the pay of the new men, and asserts that there is no dissatisfaction among them. The call of the old men to report for work this worning was not general, but only for a fow who were put on under the terms of the agreement made when the strike was de- clared off, of Famous Cuban Bandit Killed. New York, Oct. 20.—The Spanish consul in this city to-day received a cablegram from Havana saying that the famous bandit, Victor Fiagoso, had boen killed and some of his companions wounded by the civil guard of Cuba, A Dear Game of Pool. A.B. Tunica, John O'Brien and a third unknown party got into a dispute over a game of pool Sunday night and the result was a fight, The,third party skipped out and Tunica and O'tirien followed. Lce Travis was passing by at the moment, and as he dressed like the man_ they were after, with- out any explanation they jumped upon him and gave him a terrible thrashing. The police arrested the trio while the melee was in progress, but _on arraignment Travis was dismissed. ' Tunica was fined $15 and O'Brien $5. A Narrow Escape. O. A. Matteson, while engaged in excavat- ing for a water main on Eighteenth and Jack- son streets yesterday afternoon, narrowly escaped being crushed to death by a mass of earth. He was removing the supports in the trench, when without warning, a large mass of earth gave way in the immediate vicinity of where he was at work. He grabbed one of the upper stays, and thus prevented himn- self from being knocked down, but the dirt fell with such force as to break’ his left leg in the region of the knee joint, Matteson was_conveyed to his aparturents in the Em- mett house on Elaventh street near Harney where the injured member was dressed. S Women Physicians. Chicago News: ‘‘It is only within the last twenty-five yoars that women have been permitted to enter medical colloges.” said Dr. Fannie Dickinson, a raduate of the Woman’s Medical col- ego of Chicago. *“The schools of Amer- ica were the first to admit women,” continued Dr. Dickinson, *and England wag forced into concession. Thirty years ago Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Hog- gan was obliged to leave England and attend a school in Zurich to get a med- ical education. A short time afterward Mrs. Garrett Anderson, now one of the most noted of female physeians, as woll as Mrs. Agnes McLaren, had to leave Edinburg to get hor education in Pari It seems strange that a city like burg, boasting of the most perfe sehool system in the world, had no p where a woman might study medicine if she were 8o inclined. “There are now four medical colloges in the United States, situated at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chicago. There are, perhaps, one hundred and fifty female physicians now practicing medicine in this city and many of them are graduates of our own college. Since its existence the col- lege has sent out 200 graduates to follow their profession and they ave scattered all over the world. ~ Some are in Cali- fornia, others are in the east, and a number are in Africa and India. Those who have gone abroad are act- ing as missionaric It has been the custom of foreign missionary societies 10 pay for the education of young women providing they will pledge themselves to act as missionaries for the space of five years. Many intelligent girls have taken advantage of this opportunity to to get an education, and after serving their time will be independent. q"l)o women who become doctors in- cline to any (mrtirulur branch of medi- cal practice? “That depends on where they are located. If they settle in alarge city, where specialists can do well, many of them choose some particular branch. In Chicago some h taken up nervous diseascs and others the diseases pecul- iar to women, while I chose to be an oculist. There are also some who & in general practice, and I have no doubt there are women in every special branch of medicine. Now, [ want_to tell you something you don’t krow. There isno school in the world that teaches stu- dents how to fit the frames of spectacles, although this is fully as important as that the frames shotld have glassos in them. Unless the frame is adjusted s0 that that the center of the lens is di- rectly before the vupil of the eye the er give satisfaction, and ion hy wearing. ians have become very expert stacles becsuse they ll\ld?' the subjoct. ‘They have to be responsi- ble for the mistakes of oculists, and have learued to : no depandence on the cpiuion of the average doctor, Phy- sicians in this country bave mo possible means of ordering spectacles that will suit the eyes of their patients. They may describe the strength of -the lens that they need, but unless the frame is proporly mlflwh\d they might as woil not erder ‘the spoetacles. Ls it hot steango that this simple part of every doctor’s edueation has béen neglocted and that no vollege teachoes it?" - The Beauty Show at Spa. Spa (Belgium) dispateh to the London Standard: The postponed beauty show was opened o few daysagoat the Casino, but. only twenty ladies were presont. Prance, Belgium, Germany, Portugal Sweden, Austrin Bohemia, Russi Hungary, Italyand the West Indios were represented. . A prize of 10,000 francs was awarded. The jury consisted ntlemen, among whom were I noblemen well known in Paris. There wasa difference of opinion among them respecting the charms of the didates, but one of tho most att; is a young girl from Guadaloupe tite creole of refined foatures and dis- tinction of manner, who is said to helong o an ancient family here. Hor name is Mlle. Soucaret, and, as she is fa- vored by most of the jurors, it is probe able she will receive A dashing maiden from Stockholn, who ealls hor- self Olga, is also a favorite. The thivd lady who stands a fair chance is a Parisionne, a brunetto, who appears under the name of M Boulogno, and who has been Sixty ladies sent theiwr photographs to M. Emile d'Hainault, the director of tho Casino, but many were rejocted as in- eligible. The competition was adver- tised, but the postponcment arose from the fact that scveral of the most at- tractive candidates did not arrive in time, while othe ad come unprepared with appropriate costumes, Tho latter defoct was remedied by the liberality of M. d'Hainault, who ned the ladies at a seric to which the jury were also invited, and during these festivities they had oppor tunities of studying ‘the charms of the candidates. “At” the Casino to- day the ladies were seated at the end of the le, and while the visitors in- spected them o band of Hungarian ladies played. Seven English girls o plied to the directc their photo- graphs, and were ac 1, but at the last moment they sent to Wms saving they could not come. A young lady writes from Poland that she had started for Spa, but was intercepted by her parents and taken by force from tho train. She wrote on her photograph her regrets at not being able to com- pete, as she felt sure that her beauty would have won the admivation of tho f’\ulgx-i, The director has sent her a otter in which he expresses the hope that che will be able to attend next yonr, when the competition will be held on a more extensive seale. Taken alto- ‘ther, the concours de beaute may bo pronounced a fair su Cheering the Visitor. T Siftings: Some of the property owners of a town in Arizona h ho flooding the country with enticing cir- culars describing the place to be a por- feet sanitarium. The circular maintains that the state of so cultured and refined, ete. Quite a nim- ber of people, mostly invalids from thoe North have visited the place, and one of them who has returned alive furn ishes the basis of the following sketel: The visitor, Rev. I. H. Hutchinson, is somewhat of an invalid, rather timid, and much in need of rest and quiet. The day after his arrival at Dookville, that being the name of the place, he had a conversation with the landlord of the hotel “Well, stranger, how do beautiful bracin’ climate?” “1 find it intensely hot.” “Hot! Why, the thermometer is away down to a hundred. I reckon the reason you feel the heat so is because you don’t y of my beer on ice. It costs only ts a bottle.” **Never drink,"” replied Mr. Hutchin- son. ‘‘But tell me,do you have as much dust all the year around?”’ ““Why, man alive, you don't call this dusty, do you? If you feel the dust it is because you don’t bathe enough. It will only cost you 81 a bath; you to pay extra for the towels, of course.” “What I need is quiet. Tcame here to avoid all excitement. Good gracious! what is that?" “The hoys at the saloon across tho street are having a little fun. You had better come away from the window or some of them may shoot at you.” “My heart palpitates fearfully.” “Ill tell you what you want. You need a good reliable pistol. I've gota self-cocker I'll sell you for $20—dirt cheap.” **No, I thank you.” It's all over now. I see them car- rying two dead mon into the drug store. We will have funerals to-morrow. We don’t often | funeralsat this season, It helps spread the smalipox.” “Smallpox!” “Yes, we have it every summer, but don’t let that seare you.~ I can soll you a bottle of medicine for a dollar and a half that .will make the smallpox run from you.” “I am afraid T shall not like this cli= mate.” “You'll get used to the climate, but T hope you haven't got anything to say against the people.” *Oh, no; that was a very pleasant gentleman to whom you introducea me last night.” Like him do you?” “Yos, he was very polite. He said ha was going to take me out riding some day.” 3,\: you say, he isa gentleman. Ho is the lending undertaker. I rveckon he § ships more bodies north on ice than all the rest of the undertakers in town, and his charges are quite low, He is my brother-in-law.” “I think,” said Mr. Hutchinson, wearily, “that I will have to leave for the north to-morrow. I expect I had better retire for the night. Will you have the porter awaken mo at an early hour?” “Certainly. We always charge fifty cents extra for that., Good night, By the way, if a centipede or turantula should crawl into bed with you and bite you wake me up by pounding on the ceiling. I've got a remedy for seventy- five cents a bottle that will cure you up in fine style. Good nigm, stranger, Pleasant dreams to you.” et Proof Could be no Stronger. Someryille Journal: ©s, Mrs, Coldsteak,” said the old boarder, hearts ily, ‘I don’t know a person in the world in whom I have greater confidence than T have in you. If you please, Mrs, Cold- steak, I will take another small piege of that mince pie.” 150 oty i3 vou like our