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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 13

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Brooklyn, New York
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13
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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE I trtphi of all Pin-. the Bugle, which talnrd for a nomli c-nli i'l piBr oo k'l'" Ually Eale. PICTURE SECTION. PICTURE SECTION NEW YORK. MONDAY.

SEPTEMBER 2. 1907. PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE RETIRED I Sfts Marcus A. Weed. Frank L.

Greene. Mrs. Lucy T. Lewis, A. G.

Merwin. Dr. John Mickleborough. ir school year of 1 rx T-1 is. the of the host-known principals of Broklyn officially their connection with the schools.

Their work ended, of course, when the schools closed nt the ei WVwwi Q.wVl -li. 7 UUHI C-M'-HM I. J. I IL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I milk 1. roollo.

I'll N' I need, Public School No. 78; Almon M. Merwin. Public School No. 7-1.

and Le Roy F. Lewis, Tublic School No. 11. The retirement of Lucy T. Lewis, vice-principal of the Uirl High School, will severely I BLACKWELL'S ISLAND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ADVANCING RAPIDLY, The Big Traveler 180 Feet High.

General View of Bridge and Approach, From Second Avenue, View From Sutton Place and Sixtieth Street. Excavation at Second Avenue and Sixtieth Street, for Foundation of Approach. the collapse of the St. Lawrence i cantilever completed on both the Manhattan and Queens sides of the river. The 250-ton cantilever traveler, 185 feet In height from floor to the top Work on the Tower.

IE SIOAK on the Blackwell's MrVJ Island Bridge and the i approaches in Long Isl- tan have, advanced to such an extent that the contractors are confident the great steel structure will be completed by next spring. Since ot the tower that supports a nam- tops bridge near Quebec, which was of the cantilever type, the same as the Blackwell's Island, interest in the construction of the latter has increased. The two lofty steel towers Mir noting the massive stone piers on Blackwell's Island, and the permanent island span aud the giant world. The firth of forth struc-true is larger aud contains more ma teiial. hut it is not so massive.

The lenisth of the bridge from the Queens ancliorau-e to Manhattan anchorauo will be feet. It is ii double decked structure, ninety-one feet in and 'anaiHc oi niinm i. mi tons t'uss scciniis ot its two ill cintain by In rue force of work between the ten. The false it front stone mtge piers is The Pennsylvania Steel contract calls for nearly U. S.

OFFICIALS ACT TO CHECK YELLOW FEVER IN GUBA III A Street Cleaning Force in Guanabacoa. Cathedral and Public Square, Cienfuegos Typical Cuban City Where I nsanitary Conditions Foster Spread of Yellow Fever until the lever I I f'tiha Mas issued a eases in 'lent uegos, ami a ploye, I her and when the work of tjii ami the I -r e-nated in tak- work of disinfection and the The spread ot the 'lie carelessness few In the outskirts of Havana. Cien- Hr creenationa It sing the L- work of sanitation in to his nailing which on the part themselves, and osnc ia! work Is finished the Island will be as clear of yellow fever, army ortlcers believe, as It was after the war with ctifue-os has been divided i extermination of the yellow fever mosquito will proc 1 under the direction ot otfieers appointed by Governor Magoon.in most cases suugeons of the of their doctors, who, bernjf lm- tticts, and steps are being taken.

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