Show Finest of New Yorks York's Big Bridges ridges Open to Public 1 4 S 4 f v Y 4 i l J 4 ir v 4 I c c L J L g M t. t 0 10 i c L trl Rr SOUTH s r. f 1 0 NEW iw YORK YORK The Tho last ast and in the opinion of many engineers tho finest of Now New Yorks York's East River bridges the Manhattan was opened formally by Mayor Myor McClellan on New Years Year's day Two hours after tile tho formal ceremony ny fly tho brid bridge brigo o was thrown open to vo- vo lucIa traffic About trucks car- car flages and automobiles passed over the tho bridge before dark when tho the brid bridge e ewas' ewas was was' closed again as a complete equipment equip equip- ment meat of lights has not been installed The Tho building of the Manhattan brid bridge e was authorized January 8 1900 Tho The estimated cost was of which was for the structure for land in Manhattan and tho the rest rest- for land in Brooklyn Tho The Brooklyn tower was finished in De Dc- ember cember 1902 and the Manhattan l tower in March MarchI 1904 The Tho fir first t permanent permanent per per- manent cable wire WIrO was strung in in III August August Au Au- gust 1908 and the last one in in December Decem Decem- I ber her 1908 The four cables weigh tons and contain acid steel wires They are arc feet longer and two and a half inches thicker than those on the Williamsburg bridge I Tv ii t if j p Z- Z 11 c. c i 1 5 M. M L rIAN 4 Sl vENS ON AND tm R. R |