Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-19 | Page 7 | Bamboo in Engineering

oo BAMBOO IN ENGINEERING, In Jayn the government engineers have recently constructed a road bridge more than 100 feet long, with a central span of over sixty feet, entirely en-tirely of bamboo The road bed Is composed of bamboo matting, which will be covered with a layer of dry earth. In profile the bridge resembles a stpol structure, but all the members are bamboo rods. It Is estimated that such a -bridge should bo good for ten or fifteen years. Tuto are two kinds of bamboo. uFOd In liulldlng and cab-Inot cab-Inot making in the cast one having solid and the other hollow stems. The holld, scon in Japanese furniture, Is much smaller than the hollow, ,but both bolong to tho same specleB. In the construction of bamboo houses no nails are used. The parts are bound together with lashings farmed from the Bkln of the bamboo itself. ' oo NEW YORK, July IS. Tho ten-round ten-round bout scheduled hero tonight between be-tween Joe Jeanette and Porky Flynn as called "oIT Today; owing Co anln Jury sustained by Flynn wjillo training. train-ing. A pQ9l)wnpiynt)Jf' tho, light until Tuesday next was declared. . -r-n ' Waggs Thorc goes Sapleigh la a new suit of clothos. Do you know what he reminds me of Taggs-NoV-' - --' Waggs Of a pretty label on an , I empty bottle.