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XXVI. NO. 78. imOOKLYN, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17.

ENT FOUR PACES. PRICE THREE (CENTS. THE NEW BRIDGE AS IT IS TO-DAY. ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK. the A by Comprehensive View of Structure Span the East River.

Whittakers Picture Bought Wayne W. Wilson. IT WAS GRANDPAS STORY. THE WORK FORGING AHEAD. THE NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE WHEN COMPTETED.

New Work by Rugez Tale of Wayside Inn, by Brnck-Lajoe McCords $1,500 Picture. Sumo of the best works of our local at ti'ts are pains into poa-eaaion, of Rrooka lines, and "The Citlien takes pleasing Hi stating that Proieatur Whittaker bl oil painting Grandpaa Story, now bi lorg. ti. Lawyer Wayne W. Wilaon, who ha had the picture hung in bin office in the Germania Building.

Here the pielure if dally viewed by many friends of Mr. WUq son and the artit, who ia well known a the head of the Adclphi Art Clasi. The story of the picture ia historical, though tlie hero, or the man who repreaenta thfi hero, is Captain Dick, an ancient an4 revered Brooklynite, who still plods that Mreetif of the city, and is known hy hid long flowing gray hair and lofty figure The captain in the painting holds an an cient firelock in bis hands, and he to ext plainiug to a group of eurneat listensraj youDg and old, the atory of the day of battle, when the fife end drnm ciUedl many a knight to arms. The picture way painted some time ago. It makes a val uable addition to Mr.

Wilsons collection which is one of the best in the city. Hit home contains many fine specimens fron the brush of Carleton Wiggins and War ren Shepard. Mr. Wilson haa got to be good judge of art, and he baa made hla home a place celebrated alike for aociabil ity and the fine arta. Artist Juliui Ruger did not take a vacs tion this year, bat with the new Grahd Army Post, Brooklyn City, of which he 1 a a member, he went to Philadelphia, atnf called on a number of friends, particularly the Superintendent of the Home for the Aged Men, who to a Brooklynite, and whd thinks he to at the head of the finest in atitution of the kind in America.

Mr. Ruger was shown all over the bnilding and he says he never saw anything like it in the way of comfort to men in their declining years. Mr. Ruger baa just finished the ivory portrait of a lady for Mr. Ladenburg, tha Wall street banker, and he is also at work on tbe portrait of the tote Mr.

Freeman, of Clinton avenue. Mr. Von Zastrow, the noted lithographer of Milwaukee, haa engaged Mr. Ruger to do some special work for him, and it ia quite a credit to Brook iyn that artist from the far West have toi send here to get the finishing touches put on their work. Mr.

McCord hag not got back from tha country, but hie $1,500 picture, "Under tha Hill, ia said to have been Bold to a man who is in love with 11 of McCord works." While many artists have tried their hand at depicting the heroes and heroines of Longfellow, it to conceded that Brack Lajoa, the Hungarian artist, has made the beat picture of the Tale of a Wayaida Inn, and this picture la now on exhibition at Hooper gallery, together with Guee portrait of the Bev. Dr. Abbott, Wie gands Summer Afternoon, Alexander marines and a lot of good work hy local celebrities. The Pen and Pencil Club will resume ity winter work at its headquarters on Will oughby street about the first of October. All those who intend to become members should send in their application now befory the books are crowded.

1 The intermediate towers which are to support the land spans of the new bridge are also being completed. We are now, proceeded the engineer, in a position to begin work on tbe towers. The contract for the steel for these towers was awarded last March to the New Jersey Stel and Iron Company." The inception of this new bridge occurred in 1S95. A little later, under the and these towers beam across a mile of water to the foot Of Delaney street, where Patrick II. Flynn has built two equally formidable and respectable foundations.

Mr. Flynn bad thrown himself out ot politics for the moment, and when he made his bid for the foundations very many people thought it wag a joke. A big fellow named Kennedy was in the meeting at the City Hall in Manhattan when the bids were opened. Mr. Flynn's bid was the lowest It Eaat River Bridge Commissioner Confident that tha Structure Will B.

Tkrowa Open to Ika Fab. lia Befora Major Vaa Wyeko Tara Esplroo Tha Significance of tko Oraat Uadartaklag. Rapid iraiuit la tbe problem of tha hour, and the new Eaat River hr.dge, which ia being rapidly puahed to ward completion, will do very much to aolva the difficulty. It will also relieve the congeation of traffic which haa prevailed for ao many ycara between thp old town of Williamsburg and New York and oxn tip d.atricta which have, up to tbla point, been remote from ihc heart of the buaiueaa world on account of their comparative lnacceaalbility. For a time after the coiwolidatlon of the two citioa had been effected the work on the bridge waa groaily impeded for the want of rnouey.

It ia an old atory now hjw the auppoaed limit to the bonded indebted-neH of the city impeded practically every great public improvement for a time. Chief among thwie was the new Eaat River bridge, and Mayor Van Wyck chafed at the delay in ha conatnietion. He declared over and over again that the firat dollar that could properly be apared would be devoted to the building of the atrneture. He kept bit word, too, and the work baa been going steadily on. Only six weeka ago the Board of Estimate and Apportionment appropriated for the bridge, so that there is abundance of money in band for the continuance of the work for many months to come.

It ia impossible, of course, at this time of day, to say just when Mayor Yan Wyck will have the proud distinction of opening the new bridge' but the determination at least (JnAave it finished before the close of his administration, i The bridge; when completed, will he one of the finest and most commodious structures of kind in the world. Its complete dimensions will be as follows: Feet. Length of ipaln span, center to center of tower l.ftftft length of entire bridge between 7,200 Width, outside to outside of carriage ways. US Minimum height of bridge above mean high water of springs for 20ft feet on each side of center of main apsn 135 Height of masonry In tower, foundations above high water 20 Height of center of cables at top of towers above high water 835 Width of carriage ways, each 18 Width of two foot-walks, each 12 Width of four trolley car tracks, center to 10 Width of two elevated railroad tracks, center to center, distance apart 72 Grade of approaches, per cent 8 Grade of elevated railroad tracks, per 2 Those figures tell tersely but succinctly how complete the new bridge will be in all directions. Nothing seems to have been overlooked, and the man who is at the head of all.

Chief Engineer L. L. Buck, has the reputation of being one of the cleverest bridge builders in the world. He is paid 710,000 a year for his work, and he earns every penny of it. He is essentially an earnest, conscientious and indefatigable worker, and he asks none of his associates to do anything that he would shirk himself.

His right-hand man, the first assistant engineer, is Mr. O. H. Nichols, and his reputation almost rivals that of his chief. One of the most responsible positions on the work is that of the resident engineer.

At the Brooklyn end of the bridge that official is Mr. E. Duryea, a bridge builder of large attainments and wide experience. The resident engineer haa to be constantly on tbe spot. It is his duty to see that the plana are carried out to the letter, and that nothing defective or faulty is permitted to creep into the work on tha part of contractors.

It was on January 19th of this year that Mayor Van Wyck summarily ejected the old Board of Commissioners that had been appointed jointly by former Mayora Wur-ster, of Brooklyn, and Strong, of New greater city to go on with the work, but Controller Coier thought he could find a way of meeting the difficulty, and the Mayor was equally determined that the new bridge should be built. Mr. Van Wyck had scarcely been a week iu office when he declared that the first apportionment possible would be made for the new bridge. There are one or two pathetic little incidents associated with the building of the bridge. At first it was suggested that the Williamsburg Savings Bank on Broadway in Brooklyn would require to be shaved in order to make way for the approaches to the hridge.

The Williamsburg Suvings Bank is alike the most palatial, the handsomest, and the most valuable property in the Eastern District, and there was a loud outcry when property was being condemned against the touching of the bank. This agitation resulted in a detour being made to the north to avoid the demolition of the most picturesque building in Greater New York. On the other hand the bnilding of the bridge will tear down St Marks Church, over which the Rev. Dr. Samuel M.

Haskins. the Protestant-Episcopal patriarch of Williamsburg, presides, and bas presided for nearly sixty years. This church was a landmark in the district. It is hoary with age, and it will seem like sacrilege when the time comes to tear away the thick eye-relieving deep-green ivy from its classic walls. 1 E.

DrRTEA, Resident Engineer in Brooklyn. York, and on the same day he installed a board of his own. The day was a Wednesday, and the scene was somewhat dramatic. It was the day for the regular meeting of the old Board, and they were gathering rr it when James W. Boyle, the Tammany Hall appointee, stalked into the offices of the bridge in the Emigrants Savings Bank, on Chambers street.

He pushed his way into the vice-presidents room, dumped his tall silk hat on the desk, threw himself back in the chair, and thumping himself on the breast, deeiared: As vice-president of this commission, 1 take formal possession of this property. The old commissioners stood aghast at this summary mode of procedure, but there was nothing for them to do but to get out. The board at once held a meeting and began at once to work in carrying on the building of the bridge. They have been meeting faithfully and regularly every week since then. The present commissioners, with a salary of 73,000 a year each, are as follows: Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, president; James W.

Boyle, vice-president; James D. Bell, secretary; Juiinn D. Fairchild, treasurer, and John W. Weber. If the entire greater city had been scoured Major Van Wyck could scarcely have selected a set of men to build the bridge who have so thoroughly the confidence of the public, alike for general reputation, ability, energy and intelligent application.

It was through the courtesy of Mr. Weber, who is particularly enthusiastic in the work of the bridgef that a representative of "The Citizen was enabled the other day to obtain a general view of the structure in its progress and and ns it stands to-day. Mayor Van Wyck will dedicate the New East River Bridge. That has been assured. This bridge will stretch from the foot of South Fifth street, in the Borough of Brooklyn, to the foot of Delaney street, ifl the Borough of Manhattan, quite a milt away.

The New East River Bridge is in evidence to-day. At the foot of South Fifth street the massive towers have been completed under the smiling aispices of the Degnon-McLean Construction Company, SECRET ART JAMES D. BELL. Model M. J.

MORRIS, Superintendent of the Works; and the chairman, Colonel A. D. Baird, asked: Is Mr. Flynn here? The room was crowded with other bidders, and Mr. Kennedy pushed his way to the front.

Youre not Pat Flynn, laughed the chairman. Youre too big for Patrick. "Well, said Mr. Kennedy, who gave his name then, 'T think Mr. Flynna certified check is good enough and it's here.

There were doubts in regard to the ability of Flynn to build the foundations on the New York Bide of the river for the new bridge. Those in control of the contracts wanted to know where Mr. Flynn had gathered his knowledge of bridge building. English Ship-Building ns for Germany. In reviewing the evolution of German shipbuilding.

the question mnst arise; How could development so remarkable be attained in a time relatively so short? England and France had begun much earlier to build iron-clads and torpedo-boats, and the experience of the English engineer! in designing and building fast and elegant transatlantic passenger steamers was much older and fuller than that of their German rivals. First of all. it must be cordially admitted that the British shipbuilding business has served from first to tost as a splendid model, which the Germans have not hesitated to use on the greatest scale. Many German naval and mechanical engineers held positions in the largest British yards, thus adding to their knowledge; others made frequent trips across the channel to study the equipment and organization of British workshops. Much of the heavy handling machinery and many of the machine tools were bought in Britain.

It is a pleasant duty to admit that, without Britain as a teacher, no such rapid success could have been attained. Rudolph Haack, in The Engineering Magazine for COMMISSIONER JOHN W. WEBER. administration of Mayor Strong in New York and Mayor Wurster in Brooklyn, it was decided that better means of transit between the two cities were necessary. It was argued reasonably enough that it was a -shame for people living in the great suburban district of Williamsburg to be obliged to step down into the heart of Brooklyn in order to get a car for New York, when the river was in front of them and bridge could have done the trick in ten minutes instead of thirty-five.

Rapid transit to what people are looking for nowadays. The new East River Bridge Commissioners propose to give it Fto them as well and as quickly as they can. You cant bnild a bridge in a day, and it will cost $7,000,000 or perhaps more to bring the half a million people in and about Williamsburg in touch with Manhattan. But it to worth the money. And that is why the bridge to being built.

For time after Mayor Van Wyck had been appointed it seemed as if the new East River Bridge would remain a vision. There did not appear to be any funds in the treasury of the If the Earth Should Stop. The stopping of a projectile always result in the generation of heat The velocity and weight of a projectile being known, thj amount of heat developed by its stoppage) can be calculated. In the cae of largg bodies moving rapidly the result of the; calculation la something astounding. Fob example: The earth weight 6,000 millioty million-million tons.

It travels in its orbits at the rate of over eighteen miles a secondJ Should it strike a target strong enough toj stop its motion, the heat developed by the shock would be sufficient not merely to fuse) the earth, but also to reduce a large portion of it to vapor. It haa been calculated tha ft the amount of heat generated by a collisioiy ao colloaal wonld equal that obtained front the burning of fourteen globes of coal, each) equal to tbe earth in size. And should the earth after the stoppage, fall into the sun, as it certainly would do; the amount of heat developed by its impact on thy sun would be equal to that generated by thf combustion Of 5,000 earths of solid American. Mr. Kenndy said that Mr.

Flynn had made the lowest bid and was willing to give a bond to the extent of half a million to cover himself. The Commissioners took Mr. Flynn at his word; they put him under that bond of half a million and he has finished his work. A towering, good-natured Scotchman named Colin McLean secured the contract for building the foundations and anchorages on the Brooklyn side of the river. Mr.

McLean had many difficulties to contend with. In the first place there was a storm so prolonged and fierce that not a barge with material conld he brought to the anchorage at the foot of Sooth Fifth street in Brooklyn. In the next place there wae a strike and stones that should have been carved out alike for the foundations and fot the anchorages were delayed in their All these obstacle were overcome and to-day that big burly Scotchman with hi towers and a great pile of masonry behind them can look across the river a mile away and (ay to Pat Flynn: I am jnst as good a man as yon are. The Citizen's reporter waa Informed by one of the engineers that on tbe Brooklyn side of the river the anchorage had been built to the extebt of fifty-five feet and that forty-five feet more of granite would be laid upon it. As it struck tbe writer, the massive pile suggested stability enough to carry a whole city.

Thats what it's meant for, ianghed the engineer. Then he pointed across the river to two piles of granite. "These," said he, "ere to form the link between Manhattan and Brooklyn. All this part of tbe work had been done, and it to a matter of only a few months until it will he entirely completed. When finished the height of the anchorage from the foundation to the roof will be US feet Jnst now at the base there have been placed 171 cubic feet of timber and cement with 22 feet of masonry.

A to the New York anchorage, con-tinned the reporter informant, that in about tbe same condition as the' anchorage in Brooklyn. We are tomewhat behind, over there for the reason tbit it wis easier to find eoiid bottom in Brooklva than it waa in New York," BROOKLYN ANCHORAGE AS IT APPEARS TO-DAT THE BIERS AS THEY APPEAR TO-DAY.