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Show To "Bridge the H$o$pkorus I Tho scheme (if bridging tho llotpbor-os llotpbor-os baa ban revlted nt Constantln iplo and It la mnounced that a magnlflcnt structure span the river ere tho Ispse of mother year nnd will bear tho nary of tho sultan of Turkey, Abdul Huild It Is to bo constructed by the Bosphorus Hnllway company, which dalxns a Junction between the railway?; of Kurope nnd tbo Asiatic rallwsyfdf Dagdad Naturally tbs m .,e'" . r i J - -t j- Ai narrowest dividing lino of sea has boon rhosrn for tho point ot connection A military bridge erected by n Corinthian Corinth-ian long before the Chlratiin era, once panned theso COO jnrtls of water at tha same unit and oer It marched King Da-ltis snd his 600,000 Persian braves. Lord llyron, Impatient of bridges as of many things, awntn tha Hood and as a result was.nddrrsscd In much minor "" as Mandfr; The new brltlgo U to be erected on lasting H lines Masshe granite pillars aro to M lo built nnd thesw will support the H steel cables on which the bildgs do M pends llicy will provide accommo- M datlon for artillery and ornaments fl will not bo wanting lu the shape 'of M minarets nnd cupolas, decoraUd with saafl tllia and arabesque. The ccst of tha H bridge Is estimated, at about t3,000, H ajiaattfaiaiiiiflrsiiiii ' afl plan of Tim rnoi'03i:u imiDan to span tiiu uospiioiioub H |