| Show bridging ho I 1 1 1 r captain jam james s B fads eads he the well known know engineer in junction conjunction with h mrs A 0 lambert has completed ra lt ed pl plans plaus ans tora fora for fon a bridge across the the connecting pera pern eurof euro i hearn constantinople witt the ihei fk si atie atle shop hoi the bridge which wih wib the tah PC x of and flooring will be constructed of iron fron will wili be feet wide feet long and consist of fifteen spans pans of which the central one will cover bover feet the longest span in thew the world oria orla the height of the roadway above the surface of the water will be feet the chief difficulty in the erection of the bridge will be encounter isid in the construction of the great central c arch 1 jhb current of this point is very strong and it will be necessary ece in the piers piera to bink oink two great caissons chaissons cais sons in water nure thau than fee J deep the piers of the ar be fifty feet thick nod and will be be of granite blocks locked together with iron ifon brace braces 4 by anew invention of the engineer the weight of ariy arly any heavy ot objects ejects such as troops or steam cars passing oven over afi the the arches will be equally distributed among all the i supports pup rup ports so thul that the banger baner arising fronc the concentration of weight upon aby any one point will be averted 1 A careful survey urvey of the bed odthe of the shows that it consists of three thre fee fert feea of over about fifteen feet of s sandy pandy an dy strata is a foundation of solid rock it is estimated bride bridge can bo constructed at a cost of labor being uncommonly cheap in constantinople |
