Show jouter NEW YORK aita RA IN THE HISTORY OF r THE metropolis ichon of the now kew rk centra Cen Ceat trl rss rear four track drawbridge draw drw bridge over the haryn inver and bd of the th steel nhat from 11 oth to 1 fasth street bew york feb 6 5 1897 one of the lost gt remarkable remar lible feats of engineering la record decoi is nearing na completion and brinning Cr inning thursday peb eeb 11 the pas ger entering new york from the ath b will ride over one of the grand gel amples of steel railway construe M yet accomplished in this age of felons res results alts in that direction going south at street the tracks ithe the new york central begin to rise rt dually and at street they pos co the harlem river on the new tar bur track steel drawbridge draw bridge at an election don of 24 feet above high tide this massive structure is cemarka tie lle in being the first tour four track draw ever constructed and is the unest une st bridge of the kind in the world is feet long and weighs 2500 tag the drawbridge draw bridge is 58 feet 6 caches wide from center to center of outside trusses and is carried on three tery ery heavy truss trusses ft between the cen 1 aad each of the two side trusses k i i clear space of 26 feet which the passage of two sets of double auks the floor is corrugated and the nals sire re bolted to it on steel tie plates the trusses of the drawbridge draw bridge span 64 feet high in the center and 25 teet high at each end at the highest pan of these trusses is situated the house which cont contains aLnis two double cylinder engines which turn the draw and can be corked forked together or separately so that 2 one should should break down at any time the th other t caa do the work ys y s x from street south the tour four now new tracks run no over dver the steel viaduct to loth hoth street and thence by the stone to street where thel the strike the level of the present tour four track line the work of building this massive structure which Is here illus illustrated illustrato trat ed be garl gan sept 1 1893 and has continued without cessation until now and will cost when completed considerably more than the completion of the new work will permit the opening of all cross crims streets under the rail railway wu y and so 80 admit a perfectly free passage tot for street traffic one hundred and thirty eighth street which has become a great thoroughfare will be entirely free a as the trains which heretofore crossed it at grade will pass over it at an elevation that will allow street cars ind and all traffic perfect freedom at street the tracks will ross cross the street fourteen feet above the level of the street and at this point a magnificent passenger station is to be built extending from to street under the four track viaduct t this improvement will be of at immense value to the entire state in fact to the whole country as the bridge being so high above the water will never have to he be opened except when large steamers or vessels with masts have to pass through all tugs canal boats barges etc will have ample room to go undo unde arthe bridge while it is closed the harlem river having been declared by congress a ship canal the secretary of war has issued orders that all tugs and barges shall joint their smoke stacks and flagpoles flag bag poles to enable them to pass under the bridge while it is closed he has also ordered that the bridge shalL not be opened between the hours of seven and ten in the morning and four and seven in the afternoon except for police fire or government vessels the hours named covering the great business traffic in r r and out of the city the through trains as well as the principal suburban trains arriving and departing during those hours this will avoid delays which have been at times very annoying and permit ct cf much taster faster service than could have been maintained under the old arrangements range ments and as speed Is one of the principal factors in travel in this age this feature will prove an important imPOrts mt one quite a number of the great improvements in ants which ha have ve rece recently D aly bee been u made mad 0 in the northern part of the city can be seen from the trains as they pass pan over the new viaduct among thorn are an grants tomb st lukes hospital and the buildt buildings of barnard college and columbia columbi a college on Morning sid heights and very soon the graza grand structure of the cathedral of st john the divine will be observed furt further her north and on the west side of the harlem river the now famous speedway Is under construction and a approaching 0 pro aching completion the magnificent en I 1 mgt high bridge washington bridge mccombs dam bridge and the viaduct leading to tt it from the north are works of art as well as of great utility un nn der which the trains pass and on the right may be seen the buildings of the university of the city of ne york webbs sailors home and hundreds hun dreda lal 51 4 00 1 0 4 I 1 5 e M 00 abr fad view of the new york centrals new four track steel drawbridge draw bridge over the harlem river at street greater new york the largest structure of its kind in the world r TW 1 1 N side view of the new four track steel drawbridge draw bridge over the harlem river of other new buildings of less importance north of the harlem river on oa the harlem division is bronx park which Is to contain the great botanical gardens gardena and zoological gardens of greater now new york and within a f few years this portion of 0 the city will ot of J fer attractions which will be unsure J passed in their character by any city in the world greater new york which is 19 miles allea wide by 35 miles long certainly offers the tourist and seeker after knowledge or pleasure more inducements than any other american city and few cities in europe can equal it adirondack |