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Tin: nnooKLYX daily eagle, new yop.k. si.ndav. 100- InoMa R.JLW0MEB5UXILIART- IS takra Into Ihe greal atKk arJ ware it ilia Vasaa4a at tM boe-" la ifce aaopa tb lab4 waieru a ere Manhattan WorK Pushed Phoenixville Steel Mills Bridge By Various Processes of Testing Steel. f-aturra of tb Manhattan Bridge. John Although chemical teats are rooatan'- 8-rlini iw.na.

engineer of tha tn'9 of the whila In a molten I'ho-nix Bridge aboard operatora of the furnacra ri Eagle a biue.rini aboil 'I" lh t-olor and action of the siaaa tu trt long of a ainl aiUoa in a ar. uran-lr aa the h-mi. al toarer biw. hi. required ihr labor of h-n ih proper drgrr of an raprn fvrn ran'ha to pro- i alloarrd.

It aomrtimra onura. homr- takea as r-jmrd aal there worked owrr to it: -a drillfd. me p.ao.-d aoj uli.hJ. and 'o the in al form of a fminmi radar. I'raa orkU-ra lb fla- rt ire info atractu ahd ptere are lakes to the d-lirj yard.

hfr ib-x ara loaded on trains tfi ahipped mat a oiarbarg of tngota and alao1 'B adan.d atage of fabric-i r' lB finished product, Take, for Inaianre. an ere-bar which re nd difficult proresa to mrougn a poweriui aj draulir pressure tho enda of the at eel i bars are jammed and romnreased Into the width and thlckneaa required for the a tnaa rouil pi, up anjr anull oMc and It from one olae to another. "lae i.ut.lk- baa arl to hare but Prte idea of the in.menae. os'ly and vane 1 iilhjr required in the rl au- p-nnruiure of a arat brl lg" 1 Manhafaa. A br.f will.

ihT- ir. fnlliw to aj-n ad-quat idra of und. rtaklng Wonderful Dei, of B.ldS, Pl.a radically tompleiea. Brushing the Irgal and political on liiiona m.aaion ao niu, dt-ljr in the B'atrca of auh a great contrail, the lirat real thing la the Force of 2,000 Men Concentrated and Extra Machinery Installed to MaKe "Record" on This Contract-Interesting Process of Fabrication and Methods of Steel Tests-High Grade WorK. linnTP Tfl IITI 11 TIIT flfinrfl Fr" I II Hf I I In Hi IIUILU I I1LLI I I1L LllULII Newly Formed In Brooklyn, Its Members Plan to Hold a Bazr.

CLUB NEWS FOR THE WEEK. C1V. Be.f.t..k Dinner Oos of the Features Other Notes. With the beginning of the year there! came into exiatence. in connection with irmniim Club, an organization Auxiliary and is made up of the wives the For ten I tean hoyal Arcanum Club has been a great success, due largely.

Its members "on into organized activity, anu tne auxiliary is the outcome or the scneme. Already the women folk are planning a eame about in a very mutter of fact sort of vn7 Rorpntlv it whs Kiieecatod thtlt the clubhouse be given over to the women of tne families of members for certain afternoons In each week. The men came around, of course, and the result of these, eye with the same dimension from the i h- mnt Imnnrmnt frobsbly mits hearing and discussing eye lo the outer circumference aa would i whlch norals', "ost Important omf Bn(1 lnz equal the total width of the bar at fiB mdjunct to the club, which has a Dcautl-jlh betterment the club, which is ii-center when a "melt" of these bara are ful clubhouse at Flatbush, Sixth and Ft. ready in a most prosperous condition, finished, 3 to per cent, of them are i Mark's avenues. This Is the Ladies i financial and o-ierwie fee tJ.

AW seiectea oy tne. purine inspector for a tion." That Is. they are broken what- ever graduated force is required in rtvw8'" i The Works. lugs, rivets and oruainemauon In the. where tntire of the Man- Manhattan Bridge which the people hnttan Bridge, excepting tho cahles, ia say will be "the most beautiful structure, be fabruated aud put together in of its kind In the world." auctions, is the acme of much ai tivity According to Hie present expectation in an effort upon the part of the steel of th Ryan-Parker Company, con-( ompany to make a "record" in hurrying tractors, this Immense structure, with on this big contract tho (ompleiion of more than four times the capacity of means ao much to tho people of the Brooklyn Bridge and holding In sus- i.

'ney are suDm.tted to are proud enough to say. to the co- exactly the same kind of tension, though of womcn folk. Now. it much greater than they won be sustaining the bridge cables. Steel I Intended to capitalise this co-opera-, in the improvement of transit across the East River.

The Pheonix Bridge Company, which uo.ca contract wun tne nyan-i araer i Company for the fabrication of this great fc 4 hi u. reBae, social gatherings was the organization oflrl, driven, upsetting the sleigh and the auxiliary. The otticeis elected for spilling the eighteen young folks in the the first year are Mrs. R. F.

Russell, president Mrs. O. B. Schmidt, vice pres- taeni; ansstora r.oeiiier. wcremrji Frank Cooper, treasurer; Miss Mary Miller, financial secretary, and Mrs.

Theo- dore Thonet, president of the executive committee. Big things were, of course, expected from an organization with such an able staff of officers. But tho "old timers," as well as the "youngsters," of tho were simply dumfounded at the wonder-j ful progress in growth and achievements; of the new organization. In less than axles are placed through the "eyes" of the bars and these are drawn apart through hydraulic force. A bar 35 feet long usually puna or stretches from Ave to seven feet before It Is finally broken.

and at the point of the fracture there is a reduction in cross-section dimension of from 40 to 45 per cent. In this nian- ner the exact tenallo strength of a bar oi sieei ran De measured ana tne re-1 qui! eiucma iii a given contract can De met, with much strength to spare. Thus throuerh anrnnlen nf everv "hoot" "melt" every bar, beam and bolt in the output of the steel works is accurately I tested and its strength registered Besides the chemical and tensile tests. as described, other tests are known as the "bend" and "drift." The latter is used more particularly in plate and consists of forcing an enlarging punch through a drilled hole until signs of a fracture or weakening are seen. Every piece of steel that has been subjected to a test is thrown into the furnaces and melted again.

John H. Lincoln who represents the Bridge Department as inspector of the steel and steel product that is to go into the Manhattan Bridge, says that the ma terial is of much higher quality, according to tests, than is required ip the official specifications. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HEARD Silver-Mounted Baton Is Presented to Leader Herbert J. Braham at Midwinter Concert. The regular midwinter concert of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra was held on Thursday evening last In the Young Men's Christian Association auditorium pension on the 3.000 feet spans between anchorages about 20.000 tons of steel, will i De completed and ready for traffic on the opening of the summer Feason of 1909.

If I contractors are certain of their abil- to pu, up mmh FpH, whin thia period, the oniclals of the steel com- puny fabricating I lie material say that they will produce the material on time; Hnll more. If the Ryan-Parker Com- ran handle the finished product as; fast 88 11 18 delivered to them from! the steel works, thay say that the strue- ture will be finished nine months ahead I of schedule time. An Kagln representative who visited the Phoenixville Steel Works a few days ago observed these preparations and was convinced that within a few weeks things would be doing in great shape toward accomplishing on schedule time this gigantic enterprise. The same furnaces that fabricated the eyebars for the Blackwell's Island Bridge under a subcontract with the Pennsylvania Steel Company were completing the 3.000 tons of eyebars and girder steel for the Manhattan Bridge. While moBt of this material has already been delivered to the Ryan-Parker Company and is ready to be established in solid concrete in the anchorages on the Manhattan and Brooklyn sides, the remnant of the steel required was being made ready for shipment.

Section of Bridge Tower Completed. In the "shops" that is, in that department ot the works where the steel, rolled into angles, gutters, Ts, is cut to required dimensions and riveted into sections, there were pointed out here and there In the chaos of steel, sundry parts -Tift 4. Ufc via fortnight after the birth of this auxiliary pr0per Treatment fcr Wife-Beaters, plans were made, and many of the ar- rangements completed for holding i Mpnhattan bazar at the clubhouse from March, 11 Says. 16. Assignments have been made to the various booths, and everything is hustie and bustle ou the part of the I' "The stale ought to provide a whipping success of the bazar depends on post, for such men as you." said Mag- One of the Giant Electric Steel Flame rs Used in Working Out Beams, Girders and Sections for the Bridge.

EYE-BARS FOR BROOKLYN ANCHORAGE READY 'FOR TRANSPORTATION OF STOCK YARDS THE PHOENIXVJLLE STEEL duce. After auch plana an.l dravlnga ar rora- XZr'l akched mut be orkd out In wood patterna or templvta." giving acruratelr Hert detail In itimenainna reouired in the flnlahed produi t. Praetiially all of auch preliminary work aa Ihia baa Ml been done bridge. on the future Manhattan Prime Quality Crude Steel Specified. When the plans are complete, the next thing is the material, its fabrication and construction into a bridge.

While the kind of raw material required In the Manhattan bridge structure is carefully noted in the elaborate specilleations for this bridge, the reader will not be taken to the mines and blast furnaces to be shown where or how it Is produced. Suffice it lo say that a high grade pig iron with the usual percentage of sulphur eliminated is required. It is claimed that this quality of steel is specified bo-cause it is almost. If not quite, impos-sibel to get the sulphur out through the open hearth process of steel making, notwithstanding the fact that the open hearth process which Is employed at the Phoenix works produces the best s.e,G,l for, a moving load such as is required in -bridge construction. The Bessemer process or air blast, on the contrary, Is said to be better for a stationary load.

Into the Phoenix open-hearth furnaces Is fed the specified pig iron, with ore and 1 scrap holding the same analysis. Then a "flux" of limestone is introduced into the molten mass, for tho purpose of taking out any surplus of phosphorus or other impurities. During the twelve to seventeen hours required in reducing the pig ore and Bcrap to a molten state, samples of the liquid stoel are taken and chemically analyzed, and if it has not attained the degree of purity required, it is treated until It does. It Is then drawn out into cast-iron molds holding each from three to five tons. When it is cooled, the ingot is taken from the molds and reheated to a livid red heat; it is then run through the rollers of tho "blooming mill." As soon as the redhot ingot touches the massive rollers it ceases be called "ingot." and takes on the new name of "bloom." This is the first process of fabrication, and the bloom is rolled backward and forward through various rollers 'until a required thickness is at tained and it Is then cut into lengths, according to the special use to be made of it.

Process of Electric Rolling. From the blooming mill the "blooms" are transferred to the rolling mills, where, they are reheated and rollod through a series of special shaped rolls until they issue in the shape of elongated angles, channels, Ts, etc. With watch in hand, I saw a bloom of I red hot steel about 7 feet long switched back and forth through a series of eleven different rollers and spun out an angle-shaped bar about 40 feet long. The process was completed in just 1 minute and 45 seconds. The machinery, which Is operated by electricity, moves with human like intelligence In directing Its burden, and the metamorphosing, snnke-like bar of heated steel slips In nnd out here and there as though It were moving through its own volition.

From the rolling mills the shaped steel r- ia arl (aat lb ba f.wl It tnr Jlo ilj win. wtainlr Ix cliS.ii! e.tn. i.i'.i eT a 11 It.n.l The hi-i ae for th. cirniant tri tf Th xrit -I il th rlut bt 1 Ki.hari Murpbr '''nnr Tim -f fVfiiWK tn MA.tr -n rl hir K'-i ilc ('advalla-t'T. of tb Ki.Klifli arinT- lif lhw nt T' Imrr4-nk L'oyd.

8. A Js Fuller. h'-r rtrunUc R'yt. Knclith N-ivy. "oi.nt (ii.u il I on if, ih It al tun ita-I ton l.or1 Am of and Huron von iiu i n-h-r of (lonr.an pat tun.

Tic oflWr of ib i'lub to ir. on Thurt'lar fvtti nxf ih rlubhfiusn, Clintnn tiv imaif nm tht- various i mill iiKunc-I, and. wf'crwArd. ill a siaok-r. for i.hich poi.d nt- e-nt ati.l r-fr'rihtnrnt a an- to provided 1( iHb rs who may away 1.1 ACCIDENT ON SLEIGH RIDE.

Forest Park Tennis Club Members Tumbled Into Snow Bank, but All Escape Injury. 'h'nt occurred on Wednesday evening to ia sieignmg party ot uie orest ram len i.is Club, while on its nay to Hollis, I. The sleigh had reached tho top of a hill back of Forest Park South. Tho road al is wind-swept, and conse- qiiemiy iiiciit H3 nw nui.w upon ll. n.

sharp descent of about 6 feet is on the left-hand side of tho road, going out. ln, thia lnril((l party into 2-foot snowbank below. No OIlf. was injured, luckily, and after every one nau been exirtcatea tne journey was resumed. All enjjyed Ihe thrill and excitement of 'a real accident, unaccompanied as it was by injuries.

The party spent several hours In a hotel at Hollis, wire re refreshments were served and dancing indulged in. PflCT WiMTCi UmirrlWU lUOl VVHNIEU. latriUe House yesterday, in the-West Side Police Court. Manhattan, to Thomas Mc- Dermott, of 554 West Forty-sixth street. McDermott's wife, Mary, accused the prisoner of abusing and striking her.

MeDermott, who is a furniture mover, owning several vans, was arrested by Pa- trolman Cook, of the West Thirty-sev-; enth Street police station, in a saloon' ON CARS at Forty-sixth street nnd Ninth avenue, partly intoxicateu. wmi a roji oi dius amountinz to $1,400. Mrs. MeDermott said her husband had' been drunk periodically for the past three weeks, abusing her during that time. "You're a big strapping man, MeDermott," said the magistrate.

"You seem to think that because you're the head of the hotiso you can throw your wife around and maltreat her. You would not dare mix it up with men of your size ia a 'iii i lr. a Phoenix Bridge Company Works, the ladies." was the remark made by a prominent memDcr ot tue ciud tne oiner evening. "That Is quite true, we admit it, answered the President of the auxiliary. Our work is nearly completed; It is now up to the members of the club to do their part." Tho beefsteak dinner, held at tho -In-1 vincible Club last Monday evening, was a moBt pronounced success In every particular.

A large number of the members and their friends were on hand to join in the good cheer, good fellowship, good music and good eating. The consensus of opinion was that it was as tine a beefsteak dinner as the club had ever held. Another feature of the entertainment was the presentation of a beautiful loving cup to Judge Lewis L. Fawcctt, who was president of the club for a number MrS I plan. Such a plan as that according to which the Manhattan Bridge is being constructed must necessarily be an evolution of engineering skill, a product, not of the day, but of the age, gathering into it the most, efficient work of the past, and summarized and added to by the WORKS of the Manhattan Bridge.

most expert engineers of the present time. This plan for the Manhattan Bridge has required the almost unceasing work of half a dozen years. Almost nil this work has been done in the Bridge Department. After the bridge plan has been turned over to the steel works, it segment specified in the minutest detail. I so that it will be absolutely certain that when it is fitted into its place in the i bridge structure, there will be nothing lacking or nothing not wanted, i In commenting upon tho engineering 1 t.iti I i.iiitu.11 ui uie puonu ucutunu aim nrccs- isity for the greatest expedition in turn- lug out this work.

The Manhattan Bridge is therefore given the nrefcrrrd position on the company calendar, and I lron plant, tne worksnopa ana mills ot the bridge company, is being concentrated nearly as possible on this particular vork. While the huge plant, which is scattered over a territory of a milo or more in length, is capable of working out a comparatively unlimited product, It noeds extra tools and machinery for a hurry-up job on such high grade and particular work as the Manhattan Bridge. 'With plenty of time ahead, its facilities lire unquestioned, as is evidenced by the fact ot Its just completing the Immense bridge over the St. Lawienco River at Quebec, Canada a bridge that will have the longest cantilever span in the world utretching, at an elevation of 400 feet above low water. 1,800 feet from pier to pier.

In common railroad bridging, this plant produces the most massive vork. One contract alone with the Le- high Valley Railroad includes more than i 'two score immense steel girders, lia 1 feet long and about 10 feet wide, and 'weighing 70 tons each. One of these swlveled on a flat-car train, SECTIONAL VIEW OF Showing Material Holled covers five car lengths, and Is so loaded and moved. Extra Machinery for Manhattan Bridge Work. This kind of work is turned out In great quantity, but when it comes to the delicate, high-tenailed work required on the Manhattan Bridge, It is a different proposition.

Therefore, the company is installing new planers and hydraulic drills and such other special machinery as will allow of a concentration of the working for.ee. on the maize of angles, curves, ROLLING II Where tho -tecl for the Manhattan Chains of These Bars Locked to Girders, and Buried Partly in Solid Concrete, Surrounded by Heavy Masonry, Ar Drawn Together Above the Masonry and Linked to the Cable Constituting the Mcoring of This Mammoth Span of Steel. and Partially Shaped for Construction of the Manhattan Bridge towers in various stages and processes, working toward completion. The largest piece, composed of many heavy plates riveted together, is the first section to be practically completed that Is to go into one of the eight bridge tower supports. It weighs about 30 tons and will occupy a position above has to be gone over again, and every de-the second joint from the pedestal base; tail worked out to a nicety.

Every of the tower. For the purpose of getting rivet, hole must, be located, every bolt an advantageous photograph of this Bee-i length measured and every section and of years. Judge. Fawcett thanked his saloon." friends for their kindness, In a most i MeDermott declared that he could hold graceful and felicitous speech. i his own with nil comers.

A telegram was received last evening I Magistrate House lectured the prisoner from Captain Robert Mullins, of the In- and advised the wife agaiti3t the inter-vincible bowling team, which has entered ferenco of relatives in family squabbles, the Mardl C.ras Bowling Tournament in and adjourned the case until Tuesday. PHOENIX BRIDGE WORKS tion for the Eagle, one of the huge trav- ellng cranes which meander through the shops wit their lobster-like rlaws, picked it up from amidst a mass ot steel and carried It Into an open space. The thing was done with almost as much ease as MILL OF THE '1 at Marcy avenue and South Ninth street. An elaborate programme, composed mainly of classical numbers, was heard by a large audience. Those who had heard the midwinter concert of a year ago were interested in noting the marked improvement which the orchestra has made under tlu leadership of Herbert J.

liraham, Its conductor. The orchestra has been heard In concerts at least once a mouth for some time past, but the one of Thursday evening was made a special occasion for the giving of selections from the great composers. Just before the programme commenced, Dr. Krrdinnnd Siegel, president of tho orchestra, presented Mr. Braham, on behalf of the Symphony, with a silver-mounted baton.

Dr. Siegel expressed tho appieclution of himself and fellow luem-Lers of the conscientious end successtul work done by Mr. Braham since his cou-tt'-ction with ihe orchestra. The overture from "Eg- mmit waj the first numoer, ann was iui-lowed by a suite from Grieg's "Peer Gym." The "Morgenstlinmung was especially liked. unfinished symphony In minor; "Seanea from Foreign Lands," by and Ihe overture from "William Tell." by Rossini, were also heard.

As a request number the orchestra played several ex cerpts from "Mile. Modiste." Mr. bass, was heard in solos. The olllccrs of the orchestra are: Ferdinand Siegil, M.D., president; Richard Colin, vue president; John 11. Brown, troasurer; Max Lavcnthall, recording secretary; Harry Roosacle, financial secretary; ilenry T.

Hut till, corresponding secretary; Victor E. Bergstrom and William Ilanitn, librarians. Tne personnel of the orceesira is as Roesselc. S. liooknian.

Bassoons Dr. L.inzer. Dr. It. F.dwards.

Cornets J. (.. J. H. Brown.

Horns K. Cohn. C. Irsllnger. Trombones FlukelHteln, If.

Srhwcigcr. Percussion Instruments Shields, W. Thompson. Coles. 0.

C. BARBER RESIGNS. C. Barber to-day resigned as presl- O. dent of tho I'nltod Box Board and Paper Company.

No action haH yet been taken toward the election of a successor. The annual meeting of tho company will be held soma day next week, follows: Violins I. w. Aureus, n. a.

Ilramerd, A. Buhl, G. Chuthe. L. Cohn, P.

Dohn. Falkenstein. S. Holmes, W. J.

R. Lulz, R. Taiber, A. M. Trcmmel, M.

Kluse, .1. Kruger, M. Lfventhall. E. Morris.

M. Mann, B. H. Schmidt, Wllltumt T. Wel.

Violas VV. Hninm, J. Rot henbe-g. Buss nets E. F'lWler.

J. C. Ross. Oboes. II.

-v-W "I fi' hr 11, r-Tm-mtfaiWHflrwi Corner of Shipping Yard, a1. i i 4 v- twNv f' I Wl I i' Jk A i trZj i 1 i IJf it -A' i Jff i 1' 1 na' jVTO-r A I Bridge I Being Fabricated. The Steel Plant, of Which but a Section Is in This Cut, Covers an Acre More Than a Mile in Length..