Show I 1 NEARBY AND ry cy T T I 1 YONDER maxey ciley I 1 I 1 R r tunkhannock Tunk hannock viaduct IS N TIIE rile beginning railroads tn ivera ing regi ous rather generally built their hinea through conconi cun and alongside of narrow and crooked streams with tile the natural re sult that they told lind ninny many ehu sharp rp curves lit and heavy unities glades in their make tip tills was all very well in that day put times changed traffic increased more longer and faster trains were necessary these self selfsame same sallie curves und and grades became serious handicaps great railroad systems fund found 0 it 11 nee necessary fur for economic and other reasons to lo perform astonishing tents feats of eng engi 1 in bt bridging id ing streams tunneling mountains and re shuping landscapes to modernize their lines und and rid then them belies sell ea of these object objectionable lona trie features outstanding among accomplishments Is tile the record breaking tunk hannick hann ick vla viaduct duct oear near the great an cna coul fields in northeastern pennsylvania chih carries tile the trucks tracks of it the lackawanna railroad from mountain to mountain across the valley of creek afloat about halt a nale mile long and fret feet high tills this munn noth monolith moni of concrete and steel consists ot of a full doa dozen great arched spans ten of which are ench each ISO feet ion long into which nent something like cuble feet feel of concrete and 2 0 t pound of steel has the reputation of being fur far and away the laig pt est concrete bridge in all the world it cost a huge sum hut but it also shortened the line almost tour four miles saved 2400 degrees of curvature and reduced the grade feet with wita the result that longer train s can be handled bandied at faster speeds 6 0 A city afloat W WHEN tile the worlds largest trans ocean still ship the Lei leviathan lathan sets sail for a jaunt across across tile the briny deep it Is virtually a city fi afloat float tills this tremendous lessel hns hits a lots hiis call capacity allty of 4 ant and carries a crew upwards of 1100 a total of persons or more thun the die lation of many county seat towns it Is 18 15 feet ion and IS feet high hlo h glicr let nine decks have ao an area of seven arid and one hulf acres and it makes the trip between america Al and europe required 14 in ID prairie schooner times in alve days and a few hours it has forty six boilers holl furnaces furr inces uses oil for fuel Is capable of develop deiseh p ing horse power tier her loaded eight Is rounds and nor mal draft thirty alne end one half feet the amount of equipment required for the operation of oils monster inon ter ship Is astonishing Aln among rig the lie items tire pieces of it china pipers of of glassware pieces of silver and 2000 kitchen join abid storeroom stoe stofer roum oom utensils pounds of 0 blunk blankets ets unit ino inoima imm pieces of linen HO clocks WO telephones liones electric lights and miles of wiring to provide for one trip her lockers tire are stored fill rounds of potatoes pounds pound of flour 1500 pounds of butter 20 quarts of milk 2240 pounds of rohne co boxes of apples pounds of sugar and three tons of toi tell und and coffee dilong with staggering qa lenti ties of various other Pi edibles libles 0 0 gramercy park anew to in 1831 a former mayor of new york set aside a plot of ground had it enclosed by fence and given to the owners of the surround ins ing property prop eity ty he started what edly as one of the first attempts at city planning in this country the name gramercy it seems camp down from meaning crooked little swamp aiom a creek ahiel through h alii rel linn u when lien the dutch occupied the island of manhattan tills palk Is IQ arh urged therefore he to boast of antiquity as one or f its charms ric i indeed IQ 1 thle till al spot a m i 1 nineteenth street and lexington Lexin glon avenue neu nett york in adso I 1 relations elat ions many outstanding men of I 1 their times lived around ll it history 1161 ory records that the file plan to link america ind europe by cable was erm its dis ased in an shutting abutting mansion sn 3 jet iel J tilden governor goern goer nor tr of new boll and who almost became president ol of the united stampa brought lei distinction to it tile the late president roosevelt Koo sevell was born just around the I 1 corner from it A little city wither a big one so to speak the residents have experienced uneasiness many times lest their ex ei elusiveness be disturbed as tile the march of commerce comm advanced upon tt it the erection c a hotel the threats ti run a car line through it and a aila way may under it during the turmoil oll or of the file civil war opre pre strung from lamp posts nearby although now waited in by towering and invaded by family hotels tel and clubs this historically faniolo and cherl cherished shed neighborhood continue toj etain aln an exclusive residents ilar brool tr acter of noticeable and 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