The Standard Union from Brooklyn, New York • 15

STANDARD UNION THURSDAY, JUNE Ion that no pedestrian traffic should be allowed to cross the plaza between Sands and Concord streets; and to insure further safety to the public, and particularly to the school children who use the In school at Flatbush avenue eU'i ston and Concord -street, an our-pass should be constructed 'ovn Flatbush avenue extension. Alderman Sponsor For Squared Name Borough President Levy Sees Great-Boon in Road i Manhattan Bridge Is Seep As Monument toMClellati i Former Mayor of New York ABRAHAM tf TT i By SAMUEL LEVY1 Borough President of Manhattan I 1 i I i a-- wt il 1 Vs ij In July, railings, tracks, electrical equipment and roadways being pushed and sufficiently completed at the close of the year for the official opening to be held Dec. 31, the last days of Mayor McClellans second administration. The easterly footwalk was opened to the public July 18, 1910, and the traffic of 1 the Manhattan Bridge Thre-Cent Line started Sept. 4, 1912.

The publlo generally knows that a suspension bridge is as strong or ss Weak as its cables, made up of many wires bound together. The stringing of the wires and binding them Into cables constitute one of the most Interesting jobs of suspen-slon bridge building. Each cable of the Manhattan Bridge is 2U4 inches in diameter, and is 3,226 6 feet long. Each cable contains 9.472 wires, each of galvanized oil-coated steel laid parallel and securely wrapped In a solid cylinder with outside wrappings of galvanized steel wire. i In all four cables taken together there are 23,132 miles of wire, enough to go around the earth at thi Equator.

The four cables, with bands and suspenders, together welgjt 7,950 tons, as much as a good-sized freight ship. In the steel spans there are 21, 989 tons of carbon steel more than twice the weight of the modern cruiser, and there are 8,100 tons of nickel steel In the main and side spans. These figures give an Idea In technical terms of the magnitude of the structure that Is being improved to-day by the, opening of the new roadway. It is a great bridge, one of the greatest in the world and a credit to American engineering skill and ingenuity. n- 1 i 4 congratulates 1 The, Standard Union arid the officials of f- 1 the City and Borough With the opening of the hew Toad way on'theManhat tan Bridge, a' new link is fprged In the chain uniting the peoples of Brooklyn and -Public works of this kind which promote better business and social intereoursd between the various sections bf the city are a distinct advance in our community life.

1 H- Canal street, which is the Manhattan direct 'crosstovffl approach to the bridge from the west and leads -directly to the Holland Tunnel and. Miller highway, was widened ih recent years from Mulberry street to the Bowery. Work will commence shortly-on the elimination of that part of an unnecessarily larger triangular, sidewalk plaza directly in the path of bridge traffic at the Manhattan terminal This af-ea wiH be added to the Chrystie street, which leads north from the bridge plaza and connects with the lower end of Second avenue, has been widened to one hundred feet, the same width as that wide avenue which leads to and the Bronx. Houston street, which crosses Chrystie street at its junction with Second avenue! is to be widened to the east as far as Essex street; the latter street also will be widened from this poirt to South street that wide waterfront street leading to the financial district; Houston street will also be widened to the west as far as Sixth avenue extension. By this route Manhattan Bridge traffic will have direct access! to the heart of midtown Manhattan.

These accomplishments more closely, unite parts of the city for their general good. The fact that Manhattan and Brooklyn are now more readily accessible to each other encourages closer relationship which in turn leads to better understanding of our individual problems. and good will are thus fostered and the entire community progresses more rapidly. One of the greatest aids to public officials in dissemi-nating knowledge of the benefits to be derived from well conceived public improvements is the press' The meritorious work which The Standard Union has done in this respect may be gleaned from the fact that the city has seen fit to designate a street as "Standard Union Square. 1 5 i upon the dedication of I i i i Standard Union Square i i i i and the i opening of the new Manhattan Bridge Roadway AUTHOR OF RESOLUTION -Alderman Patrick J.

McCann, who sponsored the resolution in 'the Board of Aldermen for the name Standard Union Square. 'T-" way of this street has been widened between the bridge plaza and Jay street. Passenger automobiles will use the easterly upper deck road-wap now In service In going from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Passenger car traffic from Manhattan when It reaches the terminal at Nassau street can turn either to the left to Flabush avenue extension or to the right on Nassau street to Liberty street, Clinton street and out to Flatbush or South Brooklyn. Passenger automobile traffic bound for Flushing avenue and points east can Concord street.

Another route would be Jay street to Sands street, passing under the bridge at the latter point. This would obviate the necessity of crossing Flatbush avenue extension traffic. To expedite traffic by this route the department will request the Borough President to widen the NEW FACILITIES IN AUTO HIGHWAY i The Manhattan Bridge may considered a monument 7 to a former Mayor of New York, because it was in the admin' i jstration of George B. McClellan, still happily with us, that 3 the mhjor portion of the work was planned and carried through It was on the last day of his administration that the bridge was opened to vehicular traffic. I The Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance for the construction of the Manhattan Bridge, to extend I from the Bowery and Canal and Bayard streets, Manhattan, to Nas- sau and Bridge streets, Brooklyn, on January 8th, 1900.

It was to be a suspension bridge with steel toW-1 ers, with a capacity of a congested five load of 16,000 pounds per linear foot. It was to carry foot-passen-igers and vehicles, and surface, ele-; vated and cubway cars. The ground for the first Rapid subway had not yet been broken, but It would soon be, and transportation' experts were enthusl-Jastlo over the possibilities of subr (way traffic to solve all the citys traffic problems. The automobile was still the horseless carriage, greeted everywhere by shrill shouts 1 of -Get a horse and no could irhaglne that within k- few years It would constitute the greatest traffic problem of cities In every part of the world. Hence thert was no provision for automobile traffic when the bridge was projected.

A GREAT BRIDGE The length of the bridge was projected as 6,655 feet, more than a retie and a quarter. "The greatest span between the two towers was to be 1 470 feet, and the approaches 2,067 feet (Manhattan) J.668 (Brooklyn). The tewers wereto be erected upon with the depth to solid rock mean high water ninety-two i Construction was commenced October 1. 1901, when Robert A. Van Wyck, the Greater Citys first Mayor, was still In office and about a month before the election of Selh Bow, president of Columbia University, to succeed him.

Whan work was begun the following interesting facts were made public, indicating the vastness of the project: The bridge was to be built upon th efoundatlon of caissons, deep un-, der the river, 144 by 78 feet. It Is the work on the foundations, far be low the surface of the river, that calls for courage and heroism greetin' than any battlefield ever saw, ns well as perfect planning. -The masonry tower foundations above repan high water were to be '21 46 feet, and upon them the graceful structural steelwrok towers 'afe built, rising 336 feet above mean high water. Each steel tower weighs 6 172 tons. THE ANCHORAGES tThe anchorages, at their 'bases, are 237 feet, by 181 feet, 10 inches, and at the top they are 184 feet.

4 Inches 4 ptf 152 feet, 6 Inches. Riir chorage weighs 231,600 tons, or the Wright of five Leviathans. the centre the bridge gives a 'clearance of 135 feet above mean high water, thus permitting the tallest ship to pass underneath with out trouble. Millions of tons of American warships have passed beneath to the Navy Yard just beyond the bridge and Just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. Work was begun on the Brooklyn anchorage in February, 1905, and by that time the erection of plaqt, removal of buildings, driving bf the sheet piling, excavation for foundations and the driving of foundation plies had been successfully completed, a brilliant piece of erfclneer-lng work that was a credit to the men who planned and executed the work.

At the close of the year the Brooklyn anchorage was 31 per cent completed, and the Manhattan Rrv chorage, in April, was well under way, 16 per cent having been By the close of the year erection of the plant and removal of" Manhattan buildings had. been completed and the driving of the sheet piling was 75 per cent pleted. In 1906 the steel for the cable an. chorages was about half delivered, a stupendous bit of industrial organization In Itself, the Brooklyn anchorage was 59 per cent completed, but the Manhattan anchor age was proceeding slowly, 52 per cent having been completed at the close of the year. CABLES ARE STRUNG By April, 1907, everything was set for tyre stringing of the cables, the Steel for the anchorages having been all delivered.

The towers were 31 pep cent completed at the close of the year, the Manhattan anchor-choragg was 80 per cent finished and the Brooklyn anchorage 83 per cent. i The non-engineering public was able to see the bridge actually take form In 1908, because in that year the cables began to be strung, wire by wire. The towers were complete In-June, the plant assembled for the footbridge cables being ready in the same month, the first wires were strung August 10, and the last wire was in place Dec. 10, four months later. The cables were 89 per cent, completed at the close of the year.

In August. 1909, the cables were completed, and In the same year the approaches were nearly finished on both sides of the river. From May to the end of the' same year work was completed In lowering the Second avenue elevated on Division street under the Manhattan ap preach of the bridge, a feat Of engineering that aroused the greatest admiration. Not a single train failed to run according to schedule despite the magnitude of that job. WORK PROGRESSES In February, 1809, work was begun on the suspended spans, and it was practically completed in October.

The next, and final job on the bridge as It wa presented to the public in its earliest form was begun com-, roadway of Bands street between Jay and Bridge streets. A further Improvement contemplated by the commissioner Is the opening up of Concord street between Washington and Liberty streets under the Brooklyn Bridge. This will provide a desirable outlet for bridge traffic. Commissioner Goldman believes that Nassau street should be closed to truck traffic between the bridge plaza and Jay street. The commissioner is of the opln- EAST RIVER BRIDGE PLANNED IN 1810 (Continued) (Continued) crossing the traffic bound for Manhattan.

The Brooklyn bound traffic from west of the Bowery will be segregated In Canal street. The truck traffic shall be confined to the center of the street and the passenger automobiles toward the southerly side of the street. A similar scheme of segregation is practically now In effect In the Brooklyn Plaza of the Manhattan Bridge. Then again, Bayard street can be used by Brooklyn bound traffic from the west by turning to the north at the Bowery and proceeding directly to the bridge. The Bowery from Chatham Square to Canal street can also be used as an approach to this bridge, and to assist uninterrupted flow on the Bowery.

All parking should be prohibited on the easterly side of the Bowery from Chatham Square to Canal street. Hester street can be used as an east and west street from its Intersection at Chrystie street. UNDERPASS SUGGESTED Commissioner Goldman suggests that In order to expedite bridge traffic across Canal street and make it safe for pedestrians to pass from the Bowery to, Forsyth street on the' northerly of Canal street, an underpass be constructed for the use of pedestrians between these points. At the Brooklyn, end of the bridge the new roadway comes to grade at NaSsau street. The road- Now free to Every Merchants 100 INSURANCE PROTECTION IN CASHING PAY ROLL CHECKS Brooklyn Bridge, Roebllng received an Injury and in 1869 he died of tetanus.

His son, Washington Augustus Roebllng, scarcely less distinguished than he, took his plans and modified them, and made the present bridge grow under his hands. The Brooklyn Bridge was finally completed and placed In operation May 24, 1883, amid great rejoicing, but with considerable misgiving. In his autobigraphy, Alfred E. Smith, who was born in the shadow of the masonry tower at the New York end, tells of the fears that the bridge would collapse and of the death of a number of people on the day it was dedicated. But outside, the results of the panic fear on the day, there has been no mishap In the 48 years of the existence of the bridge It remains a notable structure and a monument to two great men, the Roeblings father and son.

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Every employer adopting the ABC Pay Roll System is covered insurance protecting himself, his employees, merchants and hankers against loss from fraud- v'ulent alteration forgery of signature or cn- dorscmcrit, andcountctf citing or duplicating of ABC Pay Roll Checks, Also Located in Parkway Bpths Building 'i i 1 SAFETY WITli CONVENIENCE FOR ALL 1 3 The GENUINE ABC Pay Roll Check is identified easily by a water-mark in the paper, and its rightful holder may be identified by its ingenious matching identification card. Backed by insurance it is safely and readily cashed without premium, everywhere. Co-operation between employer, employee, merchant and banker results. Fordetailcd informationwrite or -phone The Todd Sales Company, i89 Montague Room6o8, Brooklyn N. Y.

Phone, Cumberland 6-2347 lie BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CO-OPERATE Appreciating abc security, for the first achieved for the merchant in cashing pay roll checks, and desiring to render every possible service to residents of" their store the Business Organizations below recommend that their unit or ''member stores co-opcrate by accepting ABC Pay Roll Checks in 'payments of mer- chandise, and by cishlng them for employees insofar as the facilities of such stores permit.1 1 'i A MOORISH MARBLE PALACE OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN Hit'1' I 1 Thus Brooklyn employers hayc adopted ABC; others will follow, soon: CHEESMAN-ELUOT. COMPANY, INC. CROSS, AUSTIN IRELAND LUMBER CO M. T. DAVIDSON COMPANY JULIUS GROSSMAN, INC KOLLMORGEN OPTICAL CORP.

LARSEN BAKING COMPANY, MODEL BRASSIERE CO, INC PELUSSIER, JONAS RIVET, INC QUANTIPRODUCTS MACHINE CORP. JOHN ROBERTSON INC ROYAL RAYON'CORPORATION S. E. M. VERNON, INC WILLIAM VOGEL INC 4 i a -s The Following Curative Baths May Be Had at This Establishment HOT SALT WATER Tl)B BATHS MT.

CLEMENS MINERAL BATHS CARLSBAD TUB BATHS The Business Organizations Listed Below Have Approved the Cashing of ABC Pay Roll Checks -r V. Us A BUSINESS MEN ASSN. OB FLATBUSH i FLATBUSH CHAMBBt OB COMMEXCB FLATBUSH DEPENDABLE MEXiHANTS, INC. FULTON STXEbT MEKCHANTS OF THE BEDFORD section ABRAHAM AND STRAUS, INC. H.

BATTS RM AN CO. THE BEDELL COMPANY JULIUS GROSSMAN SHOES MAX TINS, INC. 'I C. LUDWIG (AUWANN A HOOXXTN JAMS BUTLER GROCERY CO. THR GREAT ATLANTIC AND VACfflC TEA CO.

LOU r. LIQGBTT CO. 1 -v DANIEL REEVES, INC. THO. ROUUTON, TOUNO BATE OPFENHB1M, COLLINS CO, ORBENBOlNt MERCHANTS ASSN.

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NATHAN STRAUSS, INC. The members eftle sieve trsnitiens essbing ABC Psj tell Cheeks, teulmsnj tbeusmtds'. TheussiUs mere, acting independently are accepting ABC Pay Rett Cbtfks in payment tf merchandise and csh them for the empUytes tf the Bneklyn companies listed sieve. The ABC Pay Roll Check hm bmght tt merchants tf Bmklyn an tpperttmity tf building getd-will with tmplett safety agtinM pay roll check fraud..