Show A great bridge builder one of the greatest masters ot of the art of the engineer that this country af f inventive and resourceful minds has yet produced was the late leffert lefferts buck who died at his home abar new york on oil july 17 mr air buck among many important engineering projects was notably identified with he linking of new york and brooklyn y great bridges he ile was the design r and builder of the second of these brooklyn bridges and the con consulting engineer of the third his steel arch bridges at niagara falls are regarded as landmarks in the history of that tyre of construction his pioneer work in peru and acua dor as the builder of difficult pieces of railroad involving high bridges and viaducts gave him a deputat on on the west coat of south america for mar kill and efficiency under biffl cult circumstance that no other man has equaled in the andean regions his modesty and unselfishness were as great as his courage and his pro fess ional skill in all his qualities he vas as an honor to the self sacrificing profession of civil engineering which has done so much to place our coun try in the forefront of modern nations american review of reviews A man always expects his wife to be a lot better than he could possibly be new york morning telegraph Telee rach |