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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1897)
BEATER NEW YORK. ERA IN THE HISTORY OF THE METROPOLIS. [Completion of the Now York Central'* Four-Track Draw-Bridge Over the Har lem Blver, aud of the S3,000,000 Steel Viaduct From 1 loth to 149th Street. New York, Feb. 5, 1897.—One of the most remarkable' feats of engineering on record is nearing completion/add, > beginning Thursday Feb. 11, the pas tr senger, entering New York from the f north will ride over one of the grand est examples of steel railway construe-, tion yet accomplished in this age of marvelous results in that direction. Going south at 149th street, the tracks of tlK New York Central begin to rise gradually, and at 135th street they E cross the Harlem river on the new four-track steel draw-bridge, at an ele vation of 24 feet above high tide. ^ This massive structure is remarka [ ble in being the first four-track draw £ bridge ever constructed, and is the s largest bridge of the kind in the world. | It is 400 feet long and weighs 2,5pO ■ tons.' The draw-bridge is 68 f«— t 6 } inches wide, from center to center of From 138th street south the four n«w tracks. run -over the steel viaduct to 110th street, and thence by the stone viaduct to lOGth street, where they strike the level of the present four track line. The work of building this massive, structure, which is here illustrated, be gan Sept. 1, 1893, and has continued without cessation until now, and will cost when completed considerably more than $3,000,000. The completion of the new work will permit the opening of all cross streets under the railway and so admit a perfectly free passage for street traffic. One hundred and thirty-eighth street, which has become a great thoroughfare, will be entirely free, as the trains' which heretofore crossed it at grade will pass over it at an elevation that will allow street cars and all traffic perfect freedom. At 125th street, the tracks will cross the htreet fourteen feet above the level of the street, and at this point a magnificent passenger sta tion is to be built, extending from 125th to 126th street, under the four-track , viaduct. \ ,, i This improvement will be of im mense value to the entire state—-in fact, ti> the whole country—as the bridge, being so high above the water, will never have to be opened, except when large steamers or vessels with masts and out of the city, the / important, through trains as well as the principal! suburban trains arriving and depart-! ing during those hours. ThlB wlllj avoid delays, which have been, at1 times, very annoying, and permit of much faster service than could have been maintained under the old ar rangements; and, as speed is one of the principal factors in travel in this ago, this, feature will prove an important one. Quite a number of the r;rcat improve ments which have recently been made In the northern part of tho city can be seen from the trains as they pasa over the new viaduct. Among them are Grant’s tomb, St. Luke’s hospital and the buildings of Barnard college and Columbia college on Mornlngside Heights, and very soon the grand structure of tho Cathedral •of'St. John the Divine will he observed;' Further north, and oir tih west side of the Harlem rlvejf, the aow famous speed way Is under construction and ap proaching completion; the magnificent High, bridge, Washington bridge, Mc Comb’s dam bridge and the viaduct leading to it, from the north, are works of art as well as of great utility, un der which' the trains pass, and on the right may bfe seen the buildlngd of the University of the city of New York, Webb’s Sailor’s Home, and hundreds End View of the New York Central’s new four-track steel draw-bridge over tbe Harlem River at 135th Street, Greater New York. The largest structure of its kind in the world. Side view of the new four-track steel draw-bridge over the Harlem River. outside trusses, and is carried on tbree very heavy trusses. Between the cen tral and each of the two side trusses is a clear space of 26 feet, which per mits the passage of two sets of double tracks. The floor is corrugated and the rails are bolted to it on steel tie-plates. •The trusses of the draw-bridge span are 64 feet high .in the center and 25 feet high at each end. At the highest part of these trusses is situated the . .engine-house, which contains two i oscillating double-cylinder engines, ['•'which turn the draw, and can be ^worked together or separately, so that If one should break down at any time the other can do the work. these be sons Of:amak. And Some of Tbem ■ Were' BorS before Columbus Discovered America, The great register of Alameda coun ty, which is considered the true and official index to the age and height of the male residents of this city, contains some remarkable information concerning well-known citizens, says the San Francisco Examiner. County Clerk Frank C. Jordan prepared the work, and he has been highly compli mented for the excellent production that gives full information about the electors. Since the register has been on the market circus freak managers and dime museum runners have been look ing lovingly in this direction in the hope of securing profitable sideshow attractions. They have read the great register. It is shown by that document that prominent citizens attain a great height and live for centuries. The oldest man in Alameda county, accord ing to the register, is W. Mam Allen, a carpenter living in the Second Ward, who has attained the age of 776 years, John W. Alexander, a traveling man, is 406 years old and 11% feet high. Then there is George H. Allen, who used to he deputy recorder. He is apparently » young man, but in this register he I* 326 years old and only 2 feet high. O. Cadman, the San Francisco insurance man and great gunshot, would never be recognized, by his friends from his official description, for he is registered 356 years and 9% feet in height. There are scores of others who are on the official list have to pass through; all tugs, canal boats, barges, etc., will have ample room to go unde rthe bridge while it la closed. The Harlem river, having been de clared by congress a ship canal, the secretary of war has issued orders that all tugs and barges shall Joint their smoke-stacks and flag-poles, to enable them to pass under the bridge while it is closed. He has also ordered thdt the bridge shall not be opened between the hours of seven and ten o’clock in the morning, and four and seven in the afternoon, except for police,'Are of government vessels, the hours named covering the great business traffl<f in Want* M Find Her Brother. While unpacking a sample order of chinaware from Germany the other day, Frank C. Young, a Second street importer, discovered a blue envelope tucked away in a vase. On opening it a letter written in German was dis closed. Being an expert German schol ar^ Mr. Young translated the missive, which read as follows: “To whom it may concern: My brother, William Bletzner, left Carlsbad, Germany, two years ago, for America, where he in tended to engage in the china busi ness. After a short time his corre spondence abruptly ended and after that all our letters were returned un claimed. I am a packer in a china house and have been placing these notes in every order to America in hopes that they might be seen by my brother or some one that knows him. Trusting that the person who finds this will convey any information which would aid me, I remain, very truly, Cora Bletzner, Carlsbad, Germany.”— Philadelphia Record. SOUTHWEST BREEZES. ' Sarcasm is a rhetorical flower con cealing a bee. It disgusts us to see others doing the foolish things we do. Every man who has g reat faith has great power for good. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. No man was ever converted while nursing an aching tooth. of other new buildings of less impor tance. North of the Harlem river, oh the Harlem division, is Bronx park, which is to contain the great botanical gardens and zoological .gardens of Greater New York, and within a. ifcw years this portion of the «i^y- will ot ter attractions which will be. unsur passed in their character by any olty in the world., 1 Greater New York, which is . 19 miles wide by 95 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. A VANISHED CIVILIZATION. Work Done by tbe Jesuit* In Sonthj America.' ' The pioneers of civilization in South! America were the Jesuits, says Lippin-j cott’s. Although their influence in] many respects may not always have) been what was most conducive to thel prosperity of the new settlement, yeti their mode of treating the natives was more humane and their plan for the development and progress of the coun try more advanced than any other at tempts of that period. They sought to establish a permanent home for their sect with a wealth and splendor thflt would equal that of the old world and1 their work was characterized by pru-j dence, Industry and wisdom. Otheil settlers came only as fortune-hunting adventurers to enslave the natives, pil-: lage the country and then return toj their own land with ill-gotten gains!; Monuments of the Jesuits still remaim in churches, aqfleducts, cities in ruins and the history of 100 prosperous mis sions; from the Amazon to Brazil’s southern borders we see their signs The aqueducts of Rio de Janeiro the1 hundred churches of Bahia, the stone! water dams on the rivers of Goyas* the crumbling ruins of almost every' state of Brazil tell of the Jesuit occu pation. Other settlers of that period, left almost nothing behind them; their mission was to destroy, tear down and drive out the only element of good the country had, that they might establish the reign of terror, slavery and rapine that cursed the country so Win# Making In California. | A big boom in wine making la planned In some parts of California the ! coming ecasor.. In the northern So noma district last year • many tons of fine grapes rotted on the vines, the supply being greatly fn excess of the capacity of the wineries. All the lead ing wine makers of the district aro cow Increasing the capacity of their cellars, the total increase being about. 700,000 gallons, and many wineries not operated last season are being put in shupo for a hei)vy season's run this year. Over 400 car-loads of wine have ' been shipped out of tho district la the ' past left' months to make room for tho ; new vlntago. Grapes are selling there ; tor from $10 to $15 a ton. ' * n An Opportunity of a Uf# Time To secure a first-class vehicle below cost to manufacture. We are closing : out the stock formerly belonging to the Columbus Buggy Co. in Omaha, ! N'eb. nothing reserved. Send for cat alogue. J. II. Hai.sky £ Smith Co. 1008-10-13 Harney Street. I . Omaha, Neb. ; \ That ConfuBlngDebato. He bad a morning paper and a hur ried look as he entered the station. “Gimme a ticket to Horr.” “What place?” "Horr—Horr—down here, south—su burban town-” “Oh, you mean Harvey?” And he did. Horn* Seeker*' Excursion# at Half Bate* Via the Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route to points in the west and southwest. Tickets on sale Tuesdays: Feb. 16, Mar. 3 and 10, April 0 and 30, and May 4 and 18. For descriptive-and illustrative pamphlets of the different states, time and map folders, address H. C. Townsend, Gen eral Passenger agent, St. Louis, Mo. The Four Jtomaua. “It is wonderful,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “to think of the progress tho world has made.” “Yes,” Bald her husband^ "one can’t help seeing_ evidences of progress everywhere. If you walk out on the streets you see electric cars and elec tric lights everywhere.” “Yes, whenever I see an electric light I do feel so sorry for the poor Romans. How they ever managed to read any thing by the light of those spluttery Roman candles Is more than I can im agine."—Washington Star. Twins In Size, Shape and Activity. This Is what those Important little organs, the kidneys are when healthy. In disorder they may differ In all three particulars. Dis ease usually destroys them successively, not simultaneously, and one may be active while the other Is seml-paralyzed. Give to both a healthful Impulse, without exciting them, with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which fore stalls such.dreadful maladies as Bright’s dis ease and diabetes. Use the Bitters also for malarial, bilious, rheumatic, nervous, bowel and kidney troubles. One Door In Georgia Barrooms. Under a new ordinance in Griffin, Qa., a barroom in that town may not connect with another room, and muit have but one doorway for entrance and exit. Even if the proprietor of the bar lives in the building in which It is situ ated, he must have a separate entrance to his house, and from his bar must go > into the street in order to get into his home. The object of the ordinunco is obvious. _• Han’t This! We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, Ohio, We, tbe undersigned, hare known P. J. Choney for tbe last 15 years, and beileve him perfectly honorable In all business traieiactlons and financially able to cUrry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To- ' ledo, O. W aiding, Klnnan & Marvin,' Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of tbe system. Price 75c per bottle, bold by all druggists. Testl montnlsfree. Hall's Family Pills are the best. An Kloplug Family, Miss Alice Howard, a member of a wealthy Lexington HCy.) family, eflopod and was wedded at Jeffersonville, Ind, to Robert Clem by Justice Hausc. Miss Howard’s'mother and father eloped and were married and five married sis ters all eloped with their respective husbands, four of them to Jefferson ville. _ \ Fiso’s Cure for Consumption is tbe only cough medicine used in my bouse.—D. C. Albright, Miffllnburg, Fa., Dec. 11, ’95. There is such a thing as having great Influ ence without having great talent. Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, randy cathartic, the finest liver and bowel regu lator made. A man can't depend upon a good time un less he enjoys hard work. imii-t'" • iimiM The ppm ut Ml of deatbf from Ilium.ITT Of the heart fail* to act when a man dies, but 44 Heart Failure," so called, nine times out of ten is earned by Uric Acid in the Mood which the Kidneys fail to remove, and which corrodes the heart until it becomes unable to perform its functions. Health Officers in many cities very properly refuse to accept “ Heart Fail' ' ure,” as a cause of death. It is fre quently a sign of ignorance in the physician, or may be given to cover up the real cause. A Medicine with 20 Years of : • . Success behind it . . will remove the poisonous Uric Add by putting the Kidneys in a healthy condition so that they will naturally If, A STRANGK FREAK OF NATUR*. We hope,to sell 1,000,000 package* Golden Rind Watermelon, the moat wonderful freak of nature— smooth, ahlny. yellow rind, crimson Heah, dell* clous! It's sensational. Took S00 first prizes In 1896. You must have It to be In the swim. Melons go like wild fire nt $1.90 apiece. We paid $300 for one melon'! $109 prises for earliest melon —ripened In 1896 In 41 Says. Lota of money made in earliest vegetables. Salzer’a seeds produce them. Thirty* five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1.00. Send This Notice and IB Cents for a Package of Golden Rind and won* derful seed book, 146 big pages, to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wls. ___ ' w.nu Gallon's Cabbage Hoads. Several years ago the - residents of Gallen, a little Berreln hamlet In Michi gan, -were surprised at the advent of a party of Chicago men who devoted their time to Inspecting a large' tract of swamp land near that place. The curi ous cltleenB were still more astonished when the Chicago contingent purchased the alleged worthless land for a trifling sum per acre and set about opening up huge ditches to drain the large area and fit it for cultivation. Last season that portion of the tract cleared produced 20,000 tons of cabbages, which brought In $80,000 to the fortunate growers, the land proving to be peculiarly adapted to the culture of that vegetable. This year the cabbage patch comprises 600 acres of this erstwhile worthless land, now ^valued at $200 per acre, and there are some people in Gallen who hint that there are cabbage heads In that region other than those under cultivation. NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS. 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Why do you continue to suffer without 4 testing it? !»▲ OBIPVI and its aftereffects are speedily cured by it. It is also a sure cure for Hoarseness. Sore Throat. Catarrh. Consumption and all Lung and Throat 4 troubles, whether acute or chronic. Send for testimonials and other positive proofs. It is not only GUABAHTBBD TO CU11 but it is guaianteed not to contain any 4 Ipecac, tartar-emetic, lobelia or any other nauseating or dangerous drug. It does not cause sickness like ordinary cough medicines but is pleasant to take and children like 4 It so well as to cry for it frequently. Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm. The following In an extract frem a letter just received from a prominent Iowa clergyman: “Many winters have I coughed all winter long. Twice have 1 been com- 4 pelled to rent from my ministerial duties for a period of several years. Wheir I took cold In the winter the coughing would be intense. 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Husband was originally the liousebond, oi Ixnid of union of the house. “It Will go away after awhile.” That's what people say when advised to take something to cure that cough. Have you ever noticed that the cough that goes away after awhile takes the cougher along ? Andkt doesn't como back! Ayer’s Cherry Pectb'ral Cures Coughs. Comfort to California. • L-f.:. ■■■■#<;-* -I Every Thurauay afternoon a tourist sleeping car for Denver, Salt I.ake City, San Srancisco, and Los Angeles laves Omaha and Lincoln via the Burlington Route. It Is carpeted, upholstered ,Builington Route In rattsu. has spring scats and backs and is provided with curtains, bedding, urn els.soap.etc. An experienced -slot ■ ■ ■ excursion conductor and n uniformed Cullman porter accompany it through to the Pacific Coast. 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