Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1915, Page 5

N THE~ O\ OMAHAN BUILDS BIG | BRIDGE AT YUMA 3. Wi Towle Brings Unique Idea Into Play, Floating Structure Into Place. TASK \ GIGANTIC SUCCESSFUL 104, Built by the Omaha Structural Works, Omaha, Neb. John W. Towle, President B. A McClain, Superintendent. + Thited es Indian Department. Cato Sells, Commissioner; L L. Odel, Agent. The foregoing is & copy of the tnscrip- tion that appeara,on”each of two bronze tablets, one.of which s at either end of a steel bridge over the Colorado river at Yunda,; Ariz., 2,500 miles from Omaha. The bridge .cqnnects California and Arizon Steel wag crected at a cost of approxtmately ' $70.0 and yesterday was completed, work having been in progress since September 1, 191, - p Bullt by Omaha Man. In the Ronstruction of thia. bridge an Omaha man, John W. Towle, president of the 'Omaha _Structural Steel works, has successfully ‘performed & feat that had never before been accomplished. Bodily ho bas carried a: steel bridgé complete, welghing snore’ than $00 \tons, for-a dis- tance of 460 feet over a chakm more than 10 fedt deep This gigantic undertaking was aecomplished in littlo more than an hour and the ends of the bridge came inté place with such exact pregision that when the anchor bolts were put in place! the holes through which they went lacked 1t —ome-sixtoenth of an inch of “being true, with the measuraments made months 7 before Early in' 1914 the go¥ernment con- cluded to erect_a un-nlv“un bridge uver the Coloradp river at\Xuma, Ariz. There were numerous bidders, but the Omaha Structural Steel works of this city wqs the successful competitor and was awarded the contract. Presjdent Towle jmmediately gasqmbled his forces ut the steel works here and after making u careful survey ahd getting the detailed Plans, commenced getting out the mate- lal at the Omaha plant, While the womk has progressed rapidl there have bBeen numerous delays on ac- count of high.water and difficulty in securing competent labor. The double track wagon bridge, consisting of a single span,, 350 feet long, suspended 100 feet above the\ waters of the Colorado river, was completed last week and’Sat- urday turned over to. the government. On Santa Fe Trafl. * The fipst vehicle to pashhover the bridge | was a Ford automobile, but from now on there will. be mapy of them, as, the structure is on the Ocean-to-Ocean high- way, what in the past was known as the Santa Fe trall: ~ The Yumu bridge, which is the| only wagon bridge over the Colorado river in a distance ‘of 1,90 mites up and down the stream, hill on the Arlzona side and has its other [ ena on the Indian Wil tn, California. During construction the bridge work was carried on under the direction ‘of President Towle,’ who, with Mrs, Towle, epent the greater portion of his time at Yuma. Upon its complgtion last week the event was o\L-rv A8 & sort of a holiday in ¥uma. The stores, closed dur- 4 ing the and the public schools wera. dismissed. 'The entire city-turned + cut, to the parade and everybody marched ) to the bridge, the east end of which is right at the foot of. the principal business street. Theré the band/ played, after which b delegation of Arizona peopie marched to the center of the structure, where they met a delegation of Califor- mians and the-compliments of the season [tion sale, beginning at 10 a. m., 1th and were exchanged. *1In the construction ofthe Yuma bridge 800 tons of structural steel was The strength of the structure may be séen from the fact that the steel crdes YeAms .are’ thirty-six inches deep,. with twelve inch steel joists. The inaividual members in the top cord form a box two by three feet and weigh 15,00 pounds, It 15 estimated that fhe bridge is so strong fhat without endangering it, it would safely carry two. continuous processions of the heaviest traction engines, passing une another. Firat Plans Go Wrong. N\’ The construction of the bridge over the [ bank, are protected by the depositors’ GREAT FEAT IN BRIDGE BUILDING—Upper panel shows bridge being carried for ward on pontoons as it is being pushed into plate after being built on shore. panel shows ‘bridge in position with pontoons removed. |Customs Men Watch, for Prize Fight Films | THAW ORDERED 10 MATTEAWAN AGAIN piic v | “Bery Saits Me" Lower 9 » NEW YORK, April 17.~Warned by ¥ | 1 C. Stuart, special deputy collector of cus | Appellate Division of New YOrK iome of this port, that word had been received of an attémpt to BNng into New | York the Willard-Johhson fight films made at Havans, every examiner ‘em . | ployed by the port appratser was on the | | FURTHER FIGHT TO BE MADE | "atch for them today. A similar warnin, | it was reported, has been sent to th h- ocustoma officlals of all NBW YORK, April 17.—Harry | ijen K. Thaw was yesterday orderéd! Commenting on this action, back to the state hospital for the lard sald % criminal insanie at Matteawan by the | L €uess that means we can't afford to ! 1% | take any chances of losing the films just [appellate division of the New YOrK | ot present. You can say supFéme court . Supreme Court Rules He Must Be Returned. Atlantic seaboard Jess Wil for me that we {did not ‘expect to bring the films in at In an opinfon coneurred in by all!this time and that we have made no ef- {fort to break past the customs house l the justices the court atfirmed the |, tnem and don't inténd to make any | denial by Supreme Court Justice Page | yueh offort.” ’ | of a motion to return Thaw to the| e — Nurisdiction of the state ot New MANY PROTEST PRESENCE OF HUERTA IR_U. S. Hampshire, whence he was extradited | to stand trial for conspiring to escape WASHINGTON, Apell’ 1t.~Profests | from the Matteawan asylum, Bndj.coinat the continued presence in the ruled that the original order com-| uinited States of General Huerta, former mitting him to the institution wus| provisional president of Mexico, have | still valid | been received at the White House, tt was | s learned tonight, in large numbers within Case §6 Stata Oourts the last few days. Most of them came Plans afé now being formulated to | from Mexican residents in this coumtry. | take the case to the state court of ap- | Some asked that General Huerta be do- eals. b ll'ur(rd. others that he be’arrested and | A Qeclalon adverse to Thaw came as a "::" ":‘:_“r‘;l'n:‘" 2. N, NG’ e et great surprise to his counsel. b ; Phe ot ¢ .| The protests were sent to either the T e e rning I~ | ito or . Labor departments, &R~ heir { voluntarily to this jurisdiction Thaw was | Hib: g nature indicated, without comment from subject to no promige’or inducement and | Prevident Wilach. 4 that New Hampehire had only done the | SPECIAL SALE duty expected of It when {t retumed him |- to New York to answer for & crime for | | which He had been indtoted. ! The order chrried with it the publica- | tion that Thaw could not be taken from New York county until five days have ‘Men’s and Young Men's tion the bearing plates were within two and one-half inches of beifg in place and the anchor bolts and holes canfe within One-sixteenth of an inch of matehing. accurate had the calculations been made that it was & matter of little aif- culty to overcome the obstacles and complete a perfect bridge! The work of sliding the bridge across the river, while a gigantic undertaking) di@ not require as saweh thoe as would naturally be supposed, it having been moved in one holr’and fifteen minutes. {The expense, however, was considerable, for to keep the span level while the work was being carried on cost an-even $1,000/ for salaries, material and machinery used. Engineers ‘'who vlewed the bridge dur- ing the course of constructiol asserted that the idea edopted by President Towle is something decidedly new in bridge {bullding and something that\is lkely to be generally adopted in the future. Throat and & Troubles. starts from Pennenuux} Quickly helped by Dr, King's New Dis- covery. In use over forty years. Every home siould keep a Wottle for emergen- cles. AN druggists.—Advertsement. BRIEF CITY NEWS Have Root Print It —Now Heacon Pres \ Oo. Lizhting fixtures. “Today's Movie Program” classified section today, and appears in The Bee EXCLUSIVELY. Find put whi the us moving picture theaters offer. Straw Seaso! - ‘Benedidt, sldewalk . contractor, has opened the straw. hat eeason by appearing on the streets inehis Panama. Y Last day of the Gordon Van Co. auc- Douglas Sts. Still a large amount of good furniture for sale. Flumber a Bpakrupt—Andrey’ David- son, a plumber, 107 North Fo street, has filed a petition in bankrupicy. Lia- bilities are named at $2,00 and asscts at $1,929, % A Saving of Time for both customer and yourself when your office is_ con- vénfently located. The Bee Bullding— “the bullding that is always new'— makes this saving sure, 3 The Etate Bask of Omahs pays 4 per cent gn time doposits, 3 per cent on savingy accounts. All deposits in This Colorado river has been somethlig never | Fuarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. Dunham— before attempted In bridge building in | Resclutions - for the United States and has been In ao-| Resolutions of fondolence on the death tordance with the original ideas of nt Towle. First an attempt was made | Douglas County Assoclation of Ploneers. _to drive piles' and bulld the supexstiuc- e idea was abandoned Be It known ¥hat the lower part of the | funeral of W. F. Heaton will t Colorada tiver {8 & peculiar stream. At |from the residence, 307 Hamilton street, ! Yuma At, runs through a gorge 'of solid |2t 10 a. m. Sunday. The Eiks lodge will of Martin Dunham were adopted by the ugust Lockner and Mary Cormack were _-ture on these Floods ¢sme along and |the committee which drafted .the resolu- washed them out several times and then | tions. ‘W. ¥ Heaton Funeral —The place rock. This gorge is some 40 feet wide |have charge of the service at the home and from the tops of the hills on elther | &nd the Woodmen,of the World at .tho | side it 18 100 feet to the water. The water is anywhere from seventy to ninety feet deep and srowing deeper, for ure- cemetery. Writer in Outlook—Herbert ments indicate that with the siit and | Younger brother, Hawthorne, that the gravel that is coming down from the | Jatter has just had amother of his naval Ubper country, the bottom of the stream |8Tticles published in The ~Outlook for “.is rapidly cutting itseif to sea level. It is figured that this will not be many cen- turles, for at this time, at Yuma, the country 18 but 116 feet above the level' of the Pacific ocean. ' Pushed Out on Boats. in building the bridge when the piling iden was abandoied, President Towle concelved the idex of comstructing it on nd and then pushing it across .the stream, Other engineers said it could not b dope, for they knew a thing of>this kind Hed never been tried. in his vocabulary, President Towle had no such word as * work. He first“puilt an jmmense barge, which” he moeréd te the Arizona side of the river and at the point wherd, the east approach of the bridge was to vest. On this he built false work to the helght of what would §& the bagelof the Lridge. Then he began the gonstruction of the superstiucture, running it back on_the nfll. Thus i time, out dn the Arizona side of the Colorado river he had a complete sieel bridge. Then the question ot how to throw it over the stream was the next woblem that had to be confronted. llerg President Towle brought his ideas into play and he concluded that the great mass of stecla comploted bridge, could be pulled acrosf the river and the west end attached to the Californss shore. Moves Over the Water, Cranes, derricks and engines were brought into action. Steel cables were attached to the bridge and another set to the barge that-rested on.the surface of far below the bridge. Scat- tered around ; under the bridge there were ten fifty-ton jucks. Thew the word was given tqstart the moving machinery. Silently and gently the great structure moved out over the watcr as the cables tightened. The movement was slow, but the work wes carried on with such scientliic precisfon that when the west eud of the bridge reached the California shore it rested on its permanent founda- March, 8. The story bears the heading, “Wanted: A Naval Budget,” and s & American Naval department. - L SEVERE BREAKING - OUT AROUAD MOUTH Itched and Burned. Scratched Caus- Ing It-to Spread All Over Face, Used Cuticura Soapand Ointment, All Healed Inside of Ten Days. Sprague, Wis.—*1 have used Outicurs Boap and Olntment with marked success. 1 had a severe breaking out around my mouth which lsched and burned causlag me 0 scratch. That caused it to spread all over my face and v broke out in lide blisters théu got rough. It mearly wet me crazy some days. “1 hall using other remedies withous wuccess until I got & box of Cuticura Ofat- meat and & cake of Outicurs Bosp and the first two applications gave me great relief. T used the Cuticurs' Sosp %o bathe with snd Outicurs 'Ointment right afterwards, I kept on using them until they removed all traces of the breaking out. Iaside of tem days it was all bealed up.” (Signed) Mre. ©. L. 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Honesty built ourbusiness ties and is neutral.” the charge of conspiracy ls finally return- The one thing needed to bing salva- able Monday. 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