OCR Text |
Show I Miscellany The Cuba Ferry. The final link Uiat will enable a frris'.it car loati'vi In any jirt of the T'nl'Ci PtHtf!M to hO 1Mij-'fikf1 111 If.TV.iIlii ii nt Uiot romplot1. It. has hen po.'sSblc fr revral ynrs to tcr4 cars lliroimh to Ky at ovr t'n't woiT'lTfiil s.-tMii of vu(lnrn p:j nnrd an A built by T I--nrv M. Flak'l'T lor the Muri'la Kail i'i.'.-Jt r;il-rr.ntj. r;il-rr.ntj. Oik (it tim I" 4' tit. Hff Iinw I u 1-y run .on bonM a newly r.omplct'tl ferry ylfun-.r.v. t-,i to be tlie lnr-fM in tho world, ami aftT a liun'lri-.l-mll octnn trip will l:i i if Jed n i u n;l on t he r'iili;ni rflilrna-1 syptvm. ThH ptnvc-i Till craft, u r r-;i i n from ;i n ari i le (Mjiti ih-ii ih-ii t el by I In rry i "hn pin Plmnnir r tn t ho Scentifb A tne-1 lean ;u)jpl'in'iii iNrw York, J.i nua ry lii i. 1?hi h l-'bi yler'tt na ino fl nrl has ben upc.lfi Ily (If i -iKH'il iOV Us tiink. Sayn Mr. plnnmifr: "It i hi thn itiOvinrMil nni,tij w.u.l from Cuba, of i; i n pof ml t . uniniifs, I'.i-n:irifi. I'.i-n:irifi. plnfnppea mni uthrr proiluriH nf tiio "pearl of tho Antillf.' which tire li.ibb to tli" wren i' hi tlutiKT nf ruin or in - 1 jury wh-n ttaiisli.-i ain nin'1". that, the new vessel iniif.f. pro'o Iht worth l the i outwet. On Ikt nout Inwitvl run.s irnm K':y 1 V st shi will inov i ni hi" la riiHv Imlfii with JroH.e'J ,nrf ninl f ooi i s 1 1 i i fit oilcmut-hik; oilcmut-hik; In V 1 10 woKt mid the north nf ihln C((nnl.ry. "KfpiiripM villi four t",t) of lra"ks of .t h nrJa t il Ciic on tho c.'ir deck, vhh'li ir ?.',!) fr-t;t loin; n piOVl'h'H il 1 1 'O 1 1 S 1 1 U n I a - tlfin tor t h i r - of file lar;.:ett si,.' rrhlK-eiator rrhlK-eiator r.trf. Hit fercv i-tfainiT in, in 1 I -rlillnn, filled wllli ' line,. 01 vun Iic.I.Ih. Thr !4. ran Ia h.nded ei' her .lii -- t fi om thA earn tliernw('l'(.M or lhrou:h i ai;o ports nt the i- of llir '-Mel. "Thn fir v ran;,, c a parity of lh- u:t Is fi pnroxlimi t'h- ;mjimi t"HM, will) an a'l.ll-llonal a'l.ll-llonal provision In oiu- ol' t ho torwail ballaaf tanhn for Um- ihiipuirnt r,f a Lull; (liianlli v nf mob :.-.. ) 'a.'h r,(n;,i U ri'-rvfij hv an I ndr trndf n t dm i hie -'I n 1 1 n el''--frir c.i I km lioh.i nf h'.n ton:: n -pa. and thn n.-. era iv flllin-. aiid .r- 'iiaiicn.is npparati ..f. I' n tni'd In U--? lank Intend'"-) for inolarM'.. "Ten waier-iiuht . '.mpa rt im nt: , inio v.hrh Ihr vr'tH,-l :, duh.livklr.l, an' nr..) for ball. i..t pnipof Thi'r-n ni'-l'i lanlv-lin lanlv-lin va a 1 1 ti I ( v of ::'iimi film, a lid the fl'-ani'-r I li"V''iu' ran bn brniu;hl dnv.ii i i I. or prcprr draft vlum no i.ulo Ih ra r -l'ed. A FO'Hl'on of Ary mm inri -. i h. Link, ait-l for finpMiiiii iIktii t v. u ivlr. I n. 1 1 '' lit rlfiif-,a I ptniipM have h--t- n fit i,., I, v. hb'h lia vn a ra anl v ra ahlr (, , , , . inr all tho tanks wiihin an ho-ir and a quarter. "The oiiC-' of U'd mi? 'from dock to .lock Is to h liijil- In f.lit hour.- nt a n '-i n .k'1 spoc-d of t wc'c a ni a half Ii.iles "T hour. "A not a bin f . a t i:ro of the boat is th f.no uccomnioda t ion? jirovid-vi' for the o:". I c( r.y a n-1 'w. l-onr l vidua 1 !; ths ;tre provide-! to;- th.- ofTi- crs, wi-,lk; th.e i'i'W s ('iartej-i are equipped with foijr s. lower lull;... Kunnic. hut void water ? !:iiiiis:i''.i i'or'e.i''h loom. Hnd m'. t.ili M.itrr lor the plir.wers und bath- "The st Miner, th kel of wh!-h was laid Arnl built a f Cramp's s.ipbniMinu' va Phlla.Ielphla. and , l.Tinehed ..-pfn-nhrr M. ( . Knrst einui. ronpultiiur n. iv.il anhitncl for the Florida F.:i-r Co,,-t r.Mhvjy, dcsiyned tho plans and M'e- ii irrt ' ions. "The i.l. a of -puck coimnnnici i ion with "ub hs not n' v.. I. r I he pi oniot -rs of Hi.. Floi Ida l-:.t;-l Fo,,st lailwav b.ac had it In vo'-.v for iieiiiv yt-.i but the a-'-i nnt;l!hnirnt has henn nlow on account of t lie na n v d I I'm. 'id Men to o overronio. H ns no fon.ill u r j ierl n kinn to extend the line down the .s.utiiv, innrsliv siioro of Floiida lo .M'tnii. wlu-re a hnuT paue was n.adr. Tin-n c.inie that tiaiin;;. rn-uincei rn-uincei iinr inal ol 1,11 rvmc a railroad o er llm swatunv tip nf Floiida. and Ihrnri' by a remarkable series of embankments and concrete iaducts. usinc t!'.e lone curvir.p series of ke stepping stones to Key West, tne outermost accessible point that can lie reached in this manner. "In building this vondeiiu! viaduct, which 1 1-S mtls lon; from fiomestead. at the tip of Florida, lo Xcv West, earth and lO'k embankments wore ued wi-.ir-e v e r tho depth of the t a t e r p c r r-. i t : e d . Hnd more tiian fifty miles of this kind of roadbed was constructed; but in manv of the tnte:als between the kevs. of which about tb.irty were linked toed er Yy i ho undertaking, the water wns too deep to permit of filling in, und more, over many of thesct opemuts were navi-cablo navi-cablo passages that conld not be closed or were in such exposed, positions that embank men ts would not stand. Here a series of massive reinforced concrete viaducts via-ducts were placed, being built with nrch.es of fifty or sixty-foot spans. Altotethei. these vi:iducts have a total len;ti o! somewhat over five jtnd throe-fourths miles, lhMo belli'- four separate viaducts fiom r.'.'a) to U'.&OO feet long. "At t lie time t i.e l oad reached Key West It built n substanilnl drv dock, (o-sether (o-sether wiiii ample wharves, 'so iliat it was all ready when the tmio ome to establish tho hundred - mile fci ry to Havana, Ha-vana, as has now been done "--l iter i Vv Finest. ' |