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3 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. 2r. 101.T SOME OF THE PET STOCK OF VV.

J. SMITH'S YARD. ST. BREKDAii'S liEW Hospital Provided for Care of Sick Chickens SCHOOL FINISHED 1 in iiy f-r ii.iA.ii ef. iti a lonvenirni iiim- of t.e lifMss.

ar. III. mi-, villi oa i' iil.ic.-d hflf teat iu t.i rji.iu If is.it ptrm.is tie regulating of tea-pi ret-ir I have i of ttl'V-e." tA Mr Smith. "nn.Jrs the reguiar fowl mala.lles. chii ken have bronchitis snd la s-vei il in" 1 have tnoe disjrjers by iahslatim I 1 ufed rtgular Innalers.

and msd the hens i Inhsle hot water with ten dropj J. Smith, Ocean Avenue Poultry Fancier, Provides Model Tenement for His Fowls Cares for Them When Splendid Structura Is Latest Achievement of the Rev. Timothy A. Hickey. 11 Ill Success Attends His Unique Venture.

cf turpentine. I hsve two hen. In WILL ALSO HOUSE THE LYCEUM "Chickens have Individually and tern-1 light. These canvas inflows were built i now. evry omer day.

that. I hsve completely re-ovrcl from aevere cuMs this treatmnt I Will Etsiues the well-toked medicine csbl-1 Thrivins; Young Men's Club ytramtnt, and are quite aa susceptible I with the Intention of putt'nx another to food treatment and aanltary conditions I due rlsht In front of the roo.ts. a. human This Is the declnra-! tb. lur wltho puitiuR tnom up.

I bum Rett that People Uon of William J. Smith of 1362 Ocean, UJ duek (or window, be Have Booms in Building Which Is a Model of Its Kind. net. toe nospiiai wbi rqiniMirn wnu i lot of Implements that sugg-sll an ward. There were rubber gloves, a knife, tweezers, a raror and selrors.

all kept In sanitary conJitlon. "I haven't sny seriou oper- atlons," Me. Sulth ald. "but I am prepared for surgery IT I have a patient that venue, who has found pleasure and aure lo nlve lr holea as well, aa a pro Ot In raising chickens in the city. I chicken consumes more oxygen in corn-Mr.

Smith, who Is something of a phi- pr.rwon to its size than almost any other losopher aa well as a poultry raiser, has animal. irto present house facca directly After five months of icnstrtietion work. St. Brendan's parochial school, at Thirteenth street and Avenue Klat- I requires It. I wouldn hesitate to put many ot the modern Ideas that hare rum lhe ground get mott broken leg In splints.

It bad." too ccsii, cuuiicciru wuu me tuuri.ii ui name, will be formally opened to the made It possible for people to live in gives the fowl 220 square feet of scratch-crowded areas, and Is enthusiastic over tug heu, waere- the chirkens hsve rock the results on'' dirt other natural conditions. Instead of an old-fashioned coop. or The basement, like the rest of the house Is divined Into compartments, each with henhouse, that serve on a farm he fltranfc8 "t0 floor feathered folka In Mr. Smith a nock live anJ tJ the runxarl ,0 tnat Tin best proof of efficiency of this inspection of tiie parishioners and the roulfy settlement In the low mor- rienti5 on Tuesilay evening nest, when tallty records and the results that have euchre and ree, ption v. 11! 1 been attaint.

Mr. Smith h.a eniy imu whk.n D9 pullets Ave montns old. which artel 1 laying on November 1. and have nrxlueed devoted to the school fund. elr'flt ests a dr.v since, during the cold- The work of the Rev.

T. H. Hickey i est weather. This Is due to the fact that actually beron on September he keeps them Inside, he says, without lp0- whpn h(l al(i (ht, first jn thl. pariah in a two-family hot.se on East all due to the model tenement.

i. In a model chicken tenement, which for 3c i'? Is possible to keep (our kinds of fowl lo the place, all with separate quarters. "Above the basement Is a double Boor, with entrances through traps lined with tar paper, to tht hile the basement Is completeness would rival the much-ad-ertleed model dwellings for select tenants, amid surroundings that are sanitary snd iilrasant and well calculated to I lentn sireei, norm ui tiiuc w. no cold air can produce the finest character and, best of Inclosed with net wire, all, laying qualities, in hena. Rvt through the trr.

traps when they are flllOArf Tkn I I I. ST. BRENDAN'S NEW PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. Tenement for Chickens Is a Model, ot 5 jn which the chicken feed is scattered in Dwelling Place. This tenement Is two stories and a roost high, with a southern exposure, all outside such quantities that the fowl must scratch for It.

Dry mish In hoppers is at an Inch space ucrween the wall and the rooms, with light and neat ana irrau w. roost whi.h snae the nutc air. perfect drainage, w.th an ideal base- ltli of abundant cmrcoal. l'l. 1.

to Jump to get to the would have duck, It Is Impossible, the middle of tho day, for chickens to sec how to get food, while all glass allowed no ventilation. With a combination of both, I get lllit and ventilation, and by placing before tin; vital gets to a low ebb. I "I don't in patent medicines for chickens, any more than I do for i people, nnd t.tm 5ome of them may be It. right. My point Is that each case Is: chickens.

ment overlooking runways, where tho miauiings, bran and beef scraps. most delightful scratch ng may be had. 0at Sprouts and Cabbage on Bill of The tenement is built for four families, i the duck on the out3lde, the rain doesn't I different, mid requires different remedies 111 With separate entrances, storm doors beut In. It Is necessary to keep the can-i liaising clucavns Is realiv a splendid "Nevertheless, I wash the roosts once a week, using a gallon of kerosene and crude carbolic, with which they painted all over. There Is a dropping board two feet from the ground, which saves hoavy chickens from injury In.

getting off the roosts. This is cleaned 'They also have free access to grit and oyster shell, and during the winter they arc given sprouted oats at noon and vns brushed off. however, as It g-ts very medical ediuotion. I believe that The secret of using duck Is to I a bird dic3 a post-mortem should be get a Certain stable temperature. Tt Is made to ascertain the causti of death, wanner At niitht than glass, for the lat-lnnd a record should be of the ter retains the cold every day symptoms, what remedy you s.i theit next time you will k.iow what to do.

cabbage all the time. The oats are placod In a tray with warm water, and eprcut Immediately, making a great egg-I producer. Drinking water provided In I conveniently arranged pans, which slide under tho divisional walls. "Tho arc beneath the dropping 1 feet wide by fifty feet long. with and board are entered from oue side the 220 square feet of basement, the 1 luvo found thut it to have a thirty hens allowed by the Doard of i ulace set aside with a ten dnirs wlier.

the nests arc entirely, covered and ln-clo3'id, M'ith a hole for air. They, are la li 1 Health can get all the outdoor exercise, a sick chleken tan te caiuJ lor. It is Since the change, tho sun shines In the entire house from 9:30 until 4 o'clock. I front, which is raised to clean the nests1 they wurta tbt amount bpent on medicine. One I 11 uie cnicsens nungry tney can nndrinio gather eggs.

Chicken Hospital Providss Care for u' s''cnu "rl A-i- a K001' layer when eggs trc selling at I 'The houes is so constructed as to be I Ailing uuiiry, 5 cents a dozen. My 'hospital consists I food In the litter or in the hopper. This is much easier than the old way of feeding. Hnd there Is no danger from exposure in cold weather, as the tempera equally pleasant In winter and summer, and Is easily cleaned. The birds can't get food without working for it, which exercise stimulates the clrrulation and ture upstairs is from 45 to 50 degrees.

Then they can go downstairs to the base-! keeps them healthy. I believe In th ment, which Is as dry as a dusty road in two-ttcry house because It obviates the Coming out of tho chlckon tenement, of several ccmi.nrtmen'.-, kpt clean Mr. duil th preudly led the way to the 1 with crud" carbolic and kerosene. The chicken hospital, probably the most re-1 floors of the coons are covered with saw-markabie Institution in Brooklyn. Here dust, there is plenty of drinking water, I was found a modern plant, where sick md the cups are dip-infected.

I chick could get all the care, such us "lCa' case is treated separately, and doctoring, nursing, cleaning and even an tho danger of contagion 1. eliminated. I operation, like a putli nt In Bellevue. It is flhvi.ys well to ke.n a few druits I "It doesu't pay to doitor chicken I on hand, consisting mosfly of common which has reached the last stages ufithlnss tifed In the household. fd as necessity of letting the chickens oi't in summer, where they can wallow and pick the snow and wet.

and the drinking water, i kept at a moderate temncrnt'ire, doesn't allow the bird to become chilled. I "The windows are 4xfi. about half glass stones and scratch in natural conditions. "The roosts are set in brackets so that It Is Impossible for red mites and parasites to get on the roosts as before. The brackets can be had at little cost and are a splendid thing.

They are cup shape ond hold carbolic acid. They leave hall nd half dt.ck. The sash Is made so the disease," said Mr. smith, "but it does ginger, red pep'JT, oinei gldss and durk are outside. I used; to watch them closely fir symptoms oil.

cnrhointed g.y-eriii are- twelve-ounce durk, which permits the slight cold, or other trouble, and to spirit! cf amrinnin. charcoal, bis-sun to shine In ff'cly. With windows all I study tho condition and treat the hr.n'mutli, cost.or oil. peroxide of hydrogen, The Building Will Also House St. Erendan's Young Men's Lyceum.

immediately apparent that the number of the i Catholics in the section alone, to say Van Alst. Hallct. Howland. Crescent, tuilt of sheet piling, owing to fall. It was necessary to go down only 25 feet to a rock foundation, but on thu Ward's Island side It will require pneumatic caisson work.

After leaving the Ward's Islind plr in going over that island the viaduct takes GREAT NEW BRIDGE OVER RIVER WITHIN TWO YEARS Merchant. GooJrii and Chaunccy I swampy nature of the ground. There a distance of 2.H70 feet, over half a mile. I will be two parapet piers at 132d street, tn the bridge tower bv means of thirty- one on each side ot the highway. North two steel piers from 81 to 110 feet apart, i of that highway there will be solid piers and from G2 to 71 feet each in height i to 138th street, each for two tracks, and IS to 24 feet in width.

i varying in distance apart from 65 feet a sbnrp turn to the north and It enly William J. Smith, TVhnse Chickens Live In a Model Tenement and Aro Treated In a Hospital When 111. and private nests, entirely secluded, which may be entered from the rear, where the peaceful White Brahmas or the nervous Rhode Island Reds may lay their eggs undisturbed by the Jarring egoisms of their neighbors. Not only are the healthful fowl cared for in Mr. Smith's settlement.

If one falls sick It is not treated In the tenement, where It would be a menace to ln? and'Tot ov. nothing of the steady accessions to their ranks from Manhattan and other sections of Brooklyn, demanded larger accommodations at once, and title was taken to some twenty lots, comprising a plot extending 120 feet deep and facing Avenue from East Twelfth to East Thirteenth strett. The following summer work waB begun on the church, and the basenvnt thereof, well built and commodious, wes finished and ricaicated in early December, KI0S, by Bishup McDonnell. Devoted to athletics snd an ardent advocate of them as an important accessory building and to a height of about 125 Magnificent Span of New York Connecting Railroad Line feet above the surface of the Island. There arc twenty-nine piers on Ward's Fiom High lowers.

lasth street. There will bo a center The attention of a visitor to the work Hue ot beams in the last-named bridge, is called to the row of high skeleton the girders, 9 to 10 feet in depth; and towers all along the line. These talc it will be from 12 feet to 14 feet frorr the place of derricks in depositing the the masonry to the top of rail. Will Soon Be Finished Dissolution of Injunction Lifts lecatnby5 concrete when it Is wanted inside the; rrcm )3Sth street to the Harlem Kiver necrest the bridge Dior are 90 feet Hid street there will be retaining walls molds or forms. The material hoisted to the spiritual as well as physical de Bar That Halted Construction.

1," tpft the other inhabitants, but Is removed to the chicken hospital, where every case Is treated Just as people are treated, by diagnosis, and Individual methods, follow- i ny elevators to the top of these towers i and fill between the streets and bridges veiopment 0( young' men the Is sent by gravity through movable con- over the highways. At or near that point following Father organized veyors or cnutes up to ieet in any i trains will '-o over upon tno trai ns oi i st Brrnoan's l.veeimi idnuartpra I direction. The high retaining walls are the New York, New Haven and Hartford the n-w society wer? rented ou Ing Mr. Smith's firm bellel tnat cnicKens have Individuality. If not personality.

"Most people think the only thing necessary for success In chicken raising a new departure. They are 3 feet wide Railroad. The total length of the work Coney Island avenue, below Avenue nKn uate win uii irusseu oy lour spans of steel trusses, Inverted bowstring type, each span 2934 feet in length. The stream Is not navigable, tho wcter being only 15 feet in depth where the bridge crosses. The tracks will bo carried 100 feet above tho water level.

tract for the bridge over the East River, the largest arch struc'ure in the world. The river spun Is 1.000 feet in length and has a cl'Mianco of 145 feet. The In the Bronx Is 4,000 feet. I and gymnas tic and other appropriate fit- Forms Grand Triumphal Archway tol tings for the entertainment and improve- I ment unrt nh vni ci: I lv rif the is to get some hens and roosters, feed i at the coping and only 7 or 8 feet at the bottom instead of 20 feet, as would be required under the old method. The walls have been reinforced with 8-inch channel iron, and they are tied crown of the arh is 300 feet above tide! new xoric xiuruui.

male element were installed. 7 i The Randall's Island piers are similar water and the two towers arc each 2201 tn The rapid progress being made on the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge over the East River, Ward's and Randall's Island and the Bronx Kills and Little Hell Gate assures the completion of that Immense structure within two and a half years or by the summer of 1913. The temporary legal bar to the construction of the bridge over Ward's Island together with steel rods, embedded In icci ill neiuiiL. uvrr 1111. mill t'liiiic vm uei 1 them and leave tho rest up to the hens.

It Is not up to the hens. It Is up to the man. In the first place. It Is up to him to get the right breed of hens, and that, of course, depends on what he wants them to do. Mr.

Smith Tells of His Poultry Rais Henry F. Hornbostel the architect of the bridge, In speaking of its esthetic beauties, said: of maaonrv lll he In the tnem. wun su-iooi span the earth f.il surrounds That even greater things and larger numbers on the roll ere looked for lu the lyccum arc revealed in lie accommodations thnt have been made for tho work of the in the way towers and the concrete piers and abut-1 ml nthf L'f 1 1" i the.n1' 3 in thickness of "It will form a veritable triumphal ment3 In the approach. (ac i quarters in the new school, in the pro arch at the northerly entrance of ing Experiences. nv priecrg a nig sHving ot ccncreie.

Bronx Kills 80 feet. Over th Kills I Tne masonry work on the Long Island there Is being built a double-leaf bascule Is ahead of contract time and will bridge, each leaf 175 feet in length, 350 i be completed this year. It was necessary feet total, crossing tho stream diagonal-1 before beginning work on this approach ly and allowing 120 feet in the clear for to secure about $3,000,000 worth ot land each channel. f0r right of way. In Lciitr l3iand ritv it vision ror wmcn tne most thorough, care has been exercised and generous expenditure made to supply everything essen "I wouldn't like to law down fast rules, i was removed Thursday when Justice Mc- Tort of New York, as the old Brooklyn Bridge looms up In Its impressive proportions, giving dignity to the city when viewed from Us southerly entrance, the tial to the modern men's organization.

but out of six breeds I have found pivi 0f the First District dismissed the Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons rrocecang3 brought by the Biggest Bridrre Erection Job Ever Undertaken. The Job of the erection of the East River span will be one of the biggest ever undertsken. Some of the single pieces will weigh 175 tons and these will be raised up two or three hundred feet, poised in midair and swung around into Handball and basketball courts, equal to There will be a clearance for boats of I was necessary to secure thirty plots Narrows. It Is the meat elegant ot the 'lie best in the country; bowling alleys, WnY "hi" ti'or laVIi, superintendent -t the Manhattan State I have developed twenty wnito ugnorn aw layers In five months against seven the Island. The Court held that 63 feet under the bottom of the steel ranging in size from 390 square feet to series of bridges.

shower retiring rooms, wardrobe trusses of the bridge. 136,000 square feet, located between Dit-I "This, the fifth bridge across the East arrangements, gymnastic paraphernalia, The center of activity on the Astoria! mars and Wootocy avenues, and extend-1 River, represents the great advance of i reading and meeting rooms were pro- I vided for on a goiurous male and with months for Buff Orpingtons. I have some Light Brahmas, but they are only show birds, and have also tried Plymouth Rocks, but the trouble with the- latter was that they were apt to lay eggs with BRIDGE OF CONNECTING RAILROAD OVER EAST RIVER ABOVE HELL GATE. an eye single to completeness and durability as well as attractiveness, The many accer.sicns to the church necessitated the assignment of an nssist- ant to Father Hickey soiub three years I iigo, and tiie Rev. Joseph A.

Devane, I flesh from old Maynooth in Ireland, a seminary which lias supplied so many I pastors and talented prusts to fields of Catholic missionary effort throughout the world, and particularly the United soft shelU. The lighter breeds, such as the Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns, cost Icbs to feed, and I believe that the more active hens are the best egg producers. "It Is more difficult to raise chickens i i -tvi vwvsi've i at i iiiiua I I a i Slates, w.is sent to St. Brendan s. in tho congregation, large and uninterrupted, continuing the need for provision of a school became presstngl apparent, and a year ago the determination was reached that the completion of the church phould be deferred and a school started.

With characteristic zeal Father Hickey proceeded to the preparation of both plans and people for the task before the parish, and the litter, with loyalty and good will unfailing all times, responded littlngly, and on July 4 last ground was broken and work on the new structure was begun. Despite deieys Incident to inclemency of weather and deferred delivery oi m.iterial, work has progressed steadily until now only slight finishing work on the upper stories and the in stiillatinn of school furr.Uhings and fit' tinps remain to be done. la Uie are located the m.iin hall of leet, containing bowling alkys. and basketball courts, general gymnastic paraphernalia and larye rooms for i curing, bathing, reading and meeting purposes. On the main floor is located the assembly hull, with 8-foot doorwnys.

one on each side, approached shirt, gradually rising stairways. auditorium, feet, having a seating capacity of close to a thousand persons is supplied in addition to the doorways mentioned with a wide on th" west side, forward, opening on a short broad iron stairway to til" yard, and also an exit Ing seventeen blocks, from Chauncey engineering In the last thirty years. The street to Cabinet street. Twenty-nve Brooklyn Bridge, having only a 1, 203-foot had to be got by condemnation, and span, was considered a very bold attempt aoout si.uuo.uou was expended lor tne In town than In the country, because bens are more nervous here. Some of them are extremely temperamental.

There Is the greatest difference In the temperament of Leghorns and Brahmas. for Instance. Leghorns are so nervous that no strangers should be allowed around them and the greatest care should be taken with them. They should be handled very gently, for they remember any hurt they receive. They are a little wild, but not too flighty.

"White Brahmas, on the other hand, are extremely quiet and make good pets. And if you don't believe chickens have individuality, look at this hen." Hens Are Different in Temperament, Says Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith, In the midst of a group of chickens, picked up a beautiful white hen.

It didn't seem to mind In the least, and he insisted that the reporter take a good look at her "face." Sure enough there was an expression almost humanly motherly in the old hen's face, in sinking contrast to the s'lly look of some of the younger generation. To Illustrate his contention of temperament. Mr. Smith tried to catch a White Leghorn, but only started a commotion, while he picked up the peaceful Brahmas one ofler another without effort. Mr.

Smith's tenement and hospital, as well as his chicken philosophy, are an evolution. He didn't start right in with his present Ideas. In fact, like many others who have read of tho Joys and profits to be had by raising chickens, only to find that they wouldn't "pan out" like the poultry books Indicate. Mr. Smith's knowledge has come through years of experience, during which he made many costly mistakes.

"Raising chickens is my pastime," said Mr. Smith. "Soma men go in for painting, or for golf, or take up some other hobby; in the same way I began raisin! chickens. I started with an old wagon-shod as a hen house. Roosts were tacked up from wall to wall: there was no protection from the ccld or other annoyances, and I had trouble.

"I lost a number of hens In a short time from cold and roup, which Is a fatal as well as a contagious disease. 1 also had trouble with red mites, a dangerous pest which continually draws blood and runs the birds down. 1 am sure that all of these things came from tor a suspension bridge, but here we have a steel arch of almoBt equal length. It will be the biggest steel arch bridge In the world, and by far tho most imposing and handsome. It Is a happy solution of combining the artistic and the commercial as applied to a great freight railroad bridge where the greatest solidity is demanded.

It has been approved by the Municipal Art Viaduct section at present Is In the vicinity of Flushing and Stelnway avenues. A large arch Is to be built over Stemmler street, and retaining wall ol reinforced concrete 70 feet In height and 70 feet In width, sufficient to provide for tailrond tracks, Is being built between Stemmler street and Flushing avenue: this will be filled In with earth. Over Stemmler street there Is to be a 60-foot arch span, with a rise of a little over 30 feet to the top of rail, giving a street clearance ot 21 1-3 feet. A Blngle unsupported span of 166 feet In length will go over Grace and Flushing avenues. The girders will be over 30 feet In depth and will be supported on their southeasterly ends by great shoul the Insanity Act, prohibiting the construction of a railroad on or above hospital lands contains nothing that gives the superintendent any power to bring such a suit, and that the legislative act of 1905, permitting the building of the bridge, superseded any provisions of the Insanity Act prohibiting the construction of such a structure.

It was said that the New York Connecting Railroad Company had spent $4,000,000 on the structure and had paid the city $115,000 fcr a franchise permitting Its construction over Ward's Island. The masonry work on the piers and abutments through the Astoria sec'ion Is progressing rapidly toward c3mplctlon, and equally rapid progress Is being made position by the great derricks as easily as though they weighed a few. pounds each. The bridge will 'be a rigid steel arch. The upper chord has been differentiated from the lower chord by a graceful reverse curve which, still retaining its connection with the tower.

Is a method of erection which will be cantilever in character. In the erection of the structure the two arches will spring from the piers and gradually melt at the center, and 'during the process of erection these halves of each chord weighing thousanrs tons, each projecting hundreds of feet out over tho river, will he held In place until th- meet and the key piece Is placed in position by the pull of the tower reinforced with steel members of the false work which will later be used for the floor of the bridge. whole thirty plots. East and south of Long Island City, through Woodside. Wiiifleld, Elmhurst and the Lutheran Cemetery, about $2,000,000 of property was acquired.

Half a Mile Beneath a Cemetery. Southeast ot Stemmler street work Is progressing rapidly on the embankment work through Woodside and Wlnficld and over Grand street, Elmhurst, The first abutment of the bridge over Woodside avenue Is completed, also the supports for the columns and excavation for tho remainder of the masonry for leading to the Thirteenth street entrance. "What is the most important, it was The elm has been to provide moans ot ders and on the northwesterly end by an put by the railroads in the hands of the egress permitting the cai-y diparture of biggest bridge engine, in rh's country. the largest crowd from the hall within and whose reputation for ability is more Ave mlnu'es. The i3 linisiu entire-widespread ahrosd than in t.i'x country.

ly in white, the six supporting col- I refer to Gustave A. Llndenthal. umns boin'' lon" 1,1 Etylt'' the girders, each of will 'h is 4'1 feet Largest Aerial Structures in the Jong, 3 feet deep and wcl-hs over four World. I tons, are linished in frieze and entabla artistic pier, upon the ton of which theyitl'" bridge. In tho Bronx Tho great bridge with Its approaching will rest.

From the pier the s.ime span I Th foundations for tho bridge at First Is continued over Theodorei and Nassau avenue are completed. The west abul-streets bv steel girders of about the cf the bridge that will cress same length to another missive pier and Broadway, Jackson avenue and Second from that a shorter rpan will continue sln'n hftvp beon completed, the lino tn Blled-ln ohniment Beyond Grand street. Elmhurst it ture ettect, paneled on tr.e bases. The "The five bridges over th F.i"t River arc of their types the largest In the 2 miles in length is the most Important FourTrack Billaited Hoad for of tho links In the New York Connecting iour lrac aauastett Koaa lor Railroad extending from Port Morris in Heaviest Trains, the Bronx on tho north and Manhattan The structure Is designed for a four-Bench Junction of the Long Island Rail- I ballasted road to carry the heavl- be built for half a mile tin- world except th" Owenrbcto. which Albert street and Franklin street 30 feet 16-foot wnlls are by pilasters, in molded panel effort, with cnppings similar to the columns.

To the rear of the hall, between the entrances, is located a standard picture machine loft, in which not an inch of wood was used. The stage is large ar.d the proscenium arch is finished in simple but tastily ornate style, To the right is lo ruim on n.e imi" est known railroad trains dr.iwn by the are continued over the Manhattan Beach der the Lutheran C-metery anting out exceeded in length ot span: on the southerly side of the bur al ground for the dead at St. James Park. It will I other of tn0 al'l'h l'nc then be curried on an elevated struc- exceeds tho New York Connect-ture over the tracks of the Montauk Di- ing. The citln-n of this city who, vision of the Long Island Railroad, and (citing a Fall Klv.r boat, pas.ies under all most powerful freight and passenger locomotives.

The towers will be 104 feet by 140 feet and they will continue up that size to where tho seat of tho arch rests upon the shoulder at that point will be continued beyond that over the of them, helioid.i a supreme expression of cated a room 16xUi feet and to the left. about 40 feet above mean high water four-track elevated structure of the Long I tho enterprise and energy and po wer of i a separate stnite entrance. Kvet ythitiM Island Railroad to the Brooklyn line at the metrrpoiis tbr.t should at least make necessary for theatrical purposes of ama-Cooper avenue. Near Highland Park i um proud of his municipality. A for the teur effort will be installed.

Division of the Long IslHnd Railroad to Bay Ridge. This four-traik line, 20 miles In length, will connect the entire New England system of railroads with the big Pennslyvan'a Railroad penetrating with Its subsidiaries and connecting lines every part of the United States. The mammoth terminal at Bay Ridge will he connected with tho big Orrnvllle terminal cf the Pennsylvania Railroad on the New Jersey waterfront, covering Revcral thousand acres by means of a enrflont ferry, but the Pennsylvania Rail- trict It will be cont nued by a four-tube amount of capital Inv. s'ed In all of them, On the two upper floors are located the unsanitary conditions. I fed grain to them In troughs, which is another bad thing, as a deep litter Is essential and makes the chickens scratch for each grain they get.

My laying boxes were exposed to the light, air un.l cold, and In height. From that abutment there will be a single supporting span 250 feet In length with a single supporting pier reaching tn an abutment at Stelnway avenue. From there the work Is carried westerly by a viaduct ot continuous retaining wa'N. dlrt-flileil. from Stelnway avenue to Kouwenhovcn street, which highway Is arched over.

The arch of the span is 70 feet, the rise 35 feet, and 47 feet to the top of rail. Series of Impressive Arches in Long Island City. From there the viaduct will be continued by continuous retaining walls with solid fill to Pomeroy street, which Is crossed by another 70-foot arch with a rise of 3S feet. 51 tee to top of rail. A similar arch spans Blackwell etreot.

Potter avenue Is crossed on a bias by a then they step In to 75 feet by 100 feet. These foundations and the superstructures up to 40 feet not only have to carry the vertical pressure but the thrust of lhe Immense steel arches. These piers aro of a solid rolnforced concrete cor with a gray Maine granite facing, similar to tno Queensboro Bridge piers. The two tunnel through East New York to New Lots road. The work on the tunnel is being rapidly pushed and It will be completed within two years; beyond that -he It probably exceeds that of any other In-1 classrooms, ot which there are fifteen; vestment In the City of New York.

large cloak and retiring rooms and a lee- "The completion of this bridge and the lure room of accommodating 200 York Connecting Railroad tunnel i punlls. The stairways at each end of the tba general conditions were bad. elevated and drprefsed sections to Bay wi! bring Brooklyn In close, unbroken 1 building lead to a 20-foot corridor on The Amateur Poultryman Decides to Kltige are compieiea. railroad connee'lon with every section of each floor, running tnrougn tne center ot road plans ultlmi'ely to supersede this piers, one ou the Astoria side of the Clumge His Methods. carflont ferry with a four-track tunnel the mainland railroad svsteme, north, I the building, from which direct access to end west.

Anv Brook I vnl te nil rooms Is had. All the rooms hav Work Progressing Kapldly in the I "Then I decided to go to worlt and Bronx. can take a train from Flathush avenue, from Bay Rldee lo ls New Jersey terminal, about thr-e mil -s. Soundings have revealed that the work could ho done without encoun'crlng serious obstacles. Nostrand avenue cr East New York for river and the other on the Ward's lal.

nl side, each rlFe to a height ot 140 feet above tho water wliero the tracks cross through arched openings, then above that, tho towers with an artistic finish wilt rlso to a height of 300 feet ab.ive the water. been designed with particular regard vsntllatlon and light and are fitted with water, sound and fireproof walls. Thl ceilings are 14 feet high. T- ll.nn llin I. lag ranldly.

Tho masonry pier at the I "oston' Washington or Chicago, and the can ship his The framework of the building Is en- edge, of the Bronx Kills Is 65 feet in heavy steel girder structure 30 foot truss and with four supporting pedestals 80,000 Tons of Steel Used. Tho 80.000 tons of steel work to be goods by an unbroken all-rail route to of height, 54 feet In width and tapering In build a r.ew chicken house. Tho first one was built on the ground, facing the east. It had only one floor. I aoou found that this mndc a rat nest of the place, besides being very damp.

Tho rats congregated underneath and built their nests In the ground and the rain beat In the wlndoys covered with duck, which was another bad feature. "I therefore turned the house around, no that tho windows faced south. I had at a height of 61 fe.et to top ot rail resting on pyramld-foi concrete founda thickness from 12 feet at tho base to any part of the United States or Canada, and the Long Island farmer or truck used In the undertaking Is being gotten Bridge Piers to Rise 300 Feet Above out In the shops In Pennsylvania, and Water. The concrete retaining wall Is continued 7 feet at the top, with Interior arched from Potter avenue wot with a 70-foot openings 31 feet width of arch and 16'i prcgi csa nan Deen mane in the foundation ot the Long Island pl arch over Rapelyo street, a 100-foot arch jvt nebevoise avenue, 63 feet to Rp of rail; 60-fooi arch over Lawrence street, tions 12 feet deep and 8 feet square at the base. Every device known to modern architectural skill nnd building inenu't to Insure a thoroughly fireproof structure has been employed.

The building 1 llithtcd by electricity and tho heat supper Is by the hot water system. grower will enjoy tho same privilege, all avoiding the expense of New York Harbor. Long Island City wljl become a great manufacturing center ajrt Jamaica Bay will becoino nn Important harbor and terminal." every truss and chord and bolt will be made ready for Its place In the structure a hundred miles and more away from where it Is to be put In position. Tho r.t the Fast River bridge at the easterly feet height is completed. There will be two rows of piers from this point to 132d street, eleven In each row, work on which Is progressing rapidly.

Their concrete foundations had to bu found the ennvis windows Inconvenient, s'de of tho railroad at Astoria, and It Is il feet to ton ot rail. From there the and did not give sufficient American Bridge Company has the con- to have It completed by next structure will be carried over Barclay,.