TIIE WEST SIIOKE.
.inn th, i.,vPti..n r.f the infant en. stone, iron and steel-have been need in
Wnri It in not with the purpose of building the bridge, and the most expe
drina hitry of the original organiza- rienced workmen employed in putting
tionof tho liriilge company, or to enter them together. The iron cylinders for
hV a rfica"."ra cf th? write of th the tubular iu were manufactured iu
hat. eiMre nI vexatious course of Pittsburg, and the plates put together
Mixtion which has followed the inaug- by Messrs. Trenkmann & Wolff, of this
nrMion of the projpct, that this article city. All the heavy castings were made
Iim ln written, but principally to fur- by the Willamette Iron Works. Iron
hUli a plain and intelligible description for the long spans was made in San
of the bridge ibtflf. The incorporated Francisco. The entire structure was de
ham of the company is "The Willam- signed by the Pacific Bridge Company,
rtt Iron Kridtf Company." The capi- of Portland, and is a splendid specimen
tal Wk has vn fixod at SJOO.OOO.OO. of bridge architecture. The structure
Tl officer of the company are William is what is known as the "Pratt Truss
IWk, prMtith'iit ami treasurer; C. F. Bridge." It rests on seven piers, three
Swip'rt, secretary; William Beck, Ru- of which are built of stone, the others
fu Mullnry, Charlos Wiberg, C. F. Swi- being immense iron tubes, filled with
Krt and John W. Urazee, board of di- stone and cement Pier No. 1 stands
r,'ct"r- one hundred and sixty feet east of the
In connection with the work of build- Morrison street wharf. The foundation
inK th bridge it is not out of place to consists of piles, strong timbers, stones
tat that ojrations have been, and still and cribbage. Ninety-four large, sound,
n, unW the immediate charge of Mr. red fir piles were driven firmly into the '
I. C. UmpWll, who represent the eon- bed of the river, and capped with square
tracts Mr tamplU has had long ex- timbers twelve by fourteen inches, and
L1?T !D t ",.,8t7cti,?n of VftrioU9 cress-capped with timbers ten by twelve
mportant brub. in the and is in inches. Around these piles a strong
Z SuhLT f "T 1 ? ,bam!,e aD Cribwrk of timber the lowe?
AdiVe "esting on the bed of driver, the
nc RWt the the crib aDd pilbg
For Jeral month. t Wlth stone- The teP8 of these
iu Z2 in on rnL 7 T pi,e8 haV6 been 8awed off Pit two
vicing of CWa '"I andrhalf f6et bel0W the low"r
FiMrlaTlLg on L T f f the
oul d" n be f0undati0n ever
hich U pior. have l J , 7 I , I " llne' or exP8ed atmospheric in
In lmiMi.2 uJZJZrw 1 experiments have de-
tn-ncl. fr convenience at the T "J"141 that timber thus submerged
'L For u-h .pan, of Z T" 'or an indefinite pe
drum, lrarily, on which en t! , dimensions of the wood work
7 mwt Ui'L Th institute,! I a I f18 T' k foryour feet
W" wurk. and w,ro merely to al" S Qr mche8; feet
Ibe nnaot .,M until UiwJmu flhmR8nry sting on this is thirty
;.ly Jml nn.! k.H Jp.- IT 'T081 ,u legt" by nine feet in width,
fU r k m then torn away J 6 an rises to the floor of the
Th Ut n,at..rial. obtainable,,,.,, ,lg"' "five feet two and one-half
lDchea aW the lowest stage of water