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Show What 'c w Yorkers are Tulk-lu;: Tulk-lu;: About. New York, 25. Lower Eet River bridge ie completed, tbe last stone having been put in poeilbn. The I "ci ad lea" through ivhicb tho great cables pass are now covered with stone, and the top ol tbe tower present a smooth unbroken eurfnee. The gaug of workmen engaged here haa been transferred to the Brooklyn tower, which will he finisliod ae rapidly as poaaible. Moie than seventy stones yet romaiu to be placed in prsilion hero. About 400 men aro at work on the bridge. The greater part of the work in progress is being done on tbo anchorages. 0(jeu oppO:ition 10 the Vanderbilt elevated railnmd increases. Mayor Cooper, ia a rnepsagfi transmitting the roport of tbe commissioners to tbe aldermen virtually censured them for tbelr action, and showed that it was proposed to purl with a very valuable franchise for nothing, and without compensation to property ownore. Much opposition has also developtd itself in tbe board, and one of the park commissioners places himself nn record against tbo scheme. Tbe Times says: "It may be aseumed with aB much confidence aa possible to assume anything mainly riepondout on the capiico or corruptibility ot the board of aldermen, that tbe further extension of the elevated system ol rapid transit ou Manhattan Island will be found impossible. |