(TITE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX. PORTLAND, APRIL 23. 1912?.
VESSELS MAY PASS. THROUGH HARRIMAN BRIDGE WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH
Immense Work Yet to Be Done, but Engineers Are Hopeful of Practical Completion by June 1, on Which Date, They Say, the Bulk of Traffic Probably Can Be Accommodated.
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EXGINEKRS enffacd in th erection
of teI on the Harrlman brtdgo
vay their work directing the plac
ing of material for the approaches and
pann, ao far as the channel piers were
concerned presented no unusual diffi
culties. But In assembling the double
lift draw span. new "diseases" to
which, engineers say. steel has becoms
heir, tended to make progress slow.
At the same time the general public
has watched the erection of the two
big towers, and the rapidity with
which they were placed has been one
of the most encouraging featurea of
tbe nndertakln.
When the big crossing will be
thrown osen to the public has not
been definitely determined. To get all
steel In position. Install machinery, cast
counter weights and get other parts
ready, is not ea. And then to
balance them so they work perfectly
is another problem.
Conaterwelghts Work Started.
Early In June. It Is estimated, the
upper deck truss of the draw spaa
will be resting at the very top of the
towers, giving added clearance to ves
sels and making the labor of building
the lower dftck simple.
Hesldes getting the main steel sec
tions of the upper deck secured, and
virtually all of the truss up. the bridge
force has started on the big counter
weights, which will be cast In place.
The counterweights for the lower deck
will be cast Independently and lifted
Into place.
The upper deck will be bung on the
counterweights and then all false work
beneath can be removed. When that is
done the machinery for operating the
draw span will be Installed and the
whole lifted to the top of the towers.
The material for the lower deck wiii
be burged into place and derricks used
to raise It piece by piece so It can be
assembled, that portion of the work
being known technically as an "under
slung floor" system. It, alone, weighs
4U0 tons. The upper deck weighs 1200
tons and the machinery to be installed
thereon tips the scales at 300 tons. In
each of the main counterweights will
be 400 cubic yards of concrete and in
the weights for the lower section will
be 100 cubic yards In each. The steel
cables on which the draw will be
raised and lowered will be of the 2Mi
Itich type.
Machinery for operating the lifting
deck consists of eight drums with
tbelr shafts and bearings on top of the
towers. There will be four drums on
the corners of the lift span with
aheives. hangers, shafts and bearings.
Wire cables will connect the hangers.
counterweights and gears, shafts, bear
ings and clutches necessary to revolve
the four drums on the corners of the
lift span. The machinery for operat
ing the lift span consists of four main
drums with shafts and bearings on top
of the towers; deflecting sheaves on
the corners of the span, wire ropes
a.id equalizers for connecting the spun
with the counterwelghtj; the four op
erating drums, gearing, shafts an
bearings, clutches-and brakes, and the
operating wire rope. Locks are pro
vided to secure both the lifting deck
and lift span in operative positions.
The electrical equipment consists of
the motors for operating the locks, two
motors for operating the lifting deck
and two for the lift span.
Double Track for Traffic .
The lifting deck consists of a double
track traffic deck for the railroad
bridge, suspended from the truss span
by hangers which rise centrally inside
the truss posts when the deck Is lifted
to permit the passage of vessels.
When the lifting deck is in service
Its ends rest on the plecer and all Mnd
or vibration stress Is carried directly to
the piers. Each Intermediate panel
joint Is suspended by a stiff hanger and
the live load is transmitted to the piers.
Each pair of hangers Is connected to
a counter-weight by eight wire ropes,
four on each hanger, and the end floor
beams are connected to a separate
counter-weight by four ropes, two at
each end.
Locked Daring Service.
The lifting deck Is locked down when
in service. Each group of wire ropes
Is connected by equalizers which dis
tribute their load. The ropes which
carry the dead load of the lifting deck
are run over sheaves above the panel
points of the lift span, thence under
drums at the corner of the lift span and
then over drums on top of the towers
and to the counter-weights.
Weight Equally Distributed.
The lift span and Its counter
weights are suspended over four main
drums by 64 wire ropes, 16 In each cor
ner, . so connected by equalizers that
each rope carries the same load. Each
corner of the lift span Is connected to
the corresponding tower corner by four
wire ropes, two of which are attached
to the bottom of the tower post, run
over the corner sheaves and connect to
one side of the operating drum, while
the other two are connected to the top
of the tower under the same sheave
and attached to the operating drum, so
when the drum revolves in one direc
tion the ropes leading to the top of the
towers are wound around the drum,
while those leading to the bottom of
the towers are paid off and the span
is lifted. A reverse motion of the, drum
lowers the deck.
V'pper Work Abo Complete.
Work on the upper roadway Is vir
tually completed, there being a few
sections of the Iron railing to be put In
as soon as the workmen are through
lifting the heavy structural material
from below. On the railroad deck only
temporary tracks are In place for con
struction purposes, but the laying of
steel there can be done hurriedly.
kach tie will be cut to flt securely
over the steel stringers and in turn be
bolted through the stringers, so that.
In the event of high water, the track
will be held In place.
That the bridge will be ready In July
seems probable, but long before that
the temporary truss on which the draw
span is being assembled will be out of
the way and vessels. with high masts
will not be relayed passing through.
DEITY OF JESUS IS THEME OF REV. WALTER B. HINSON, WHO ANSWERS CRITICS
Specific Chapters Cited by Critics Are Offset by Others in Sermon by Portland Pastor.
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T WALTER BEXWELL HINSON.
John sx:31. Thcs thlncs are written
thai might toiler thst Jeans ChrUt Is
tha son of ttod.
SHALL deal now with three ob
jections to the deity of Jesus,
hlch bare come to me during
the last three weeks. And the first
Is this: "Only twice in the gospel by
John Is the deity of Jesus alluded to."
Now that came to me with something
of a (bock, and occasioned much sur
prise. For I. remembering the text,
saw that John wrote hi gospel for a
specific purpose; that we might be
lieve that Jesus Is the son of God. And
I had always thought John had glori
ously succeeded In proving to ns the
deity of Jasus Christ. And so I want
to show you this morning for your edi
fication that every single chapter In
the gospel by John asserts and necessi
tates '.he deity of the Saviour.
Charters Cite Aatharlty. '
In the very first chapter wa find it
A I a tf Jmui fhrlat that h. ttm
the authority to Impart onto us the '
everlasting life that make us the sons ,
of CoJ. Now since the world was made i
nobody ever talked like that, before or j
since. For of Christ la It asserted. !
"to as many as received him. to them
gave t-e power to become the sons of
Uod." And in the second chapter he
ays, 'Destroy this temple and in three
days I will build It up again."
And the Jews looked at the temple
wherein they worshiped, and said:
"Forty and six years was this templo
In building; how. then, can he raise It
vp In three days?"
nut be spoke of the temple of his
tvody. Now who Is this who of life can
say. -Destroy this temple and In three
days 1 will raise it up again T"
The third chapter of John Is famous
everywhere because It contains the
best-known verse in the New Testa
ment: "Uod so loved the world that
ho gave his only begotten Son that
whosoever belleveth In him should not
perish, but hare everlasting life."
Rlaapheaajr ar Deity.
Again I uk who Is this who says,
"Cod so loved the world that he gave
to you. me; and along with me he
gave you everlasting life?" In the
fourth chapter a woman of Samaria
said. "We know that ChrUt coineth,
and when he baa come he will tell us
all things." And Jesus said. "I that
speak urto thee am Christ." And
afterwar.is the men of Samaria said.
"Now we know he Is the Christ who
shoul.1 come Into tbe world."
In tbe fifth chapter Jesus says: "He
that bonoreth the Son honoreth the '
Father, and be that honoreth not the
8on bonoreth not the Father." Now -that
It blasphemy, or It Is tbe asserted .
deity of Jesus. In the sixth chapter i
be says. "I am the bread of life. And
that bread so wonderfully satisfied
Simon Peter that he turned round and
said: "We believe thou art the Christ
the son of the living Ood." In the
seventh chapter be said: "He that
drlnkcth of the water that I shall give
unto iilm shall never thirst." Who Is
this tbat assuages the thirst of hu
manity? In the eighth chapter be says. T am
the lltht of the world." The light of
the world: A mere man the light of
the world:
Bllad Made
In the ninth chanter ha rlv.
to a blind man, and then to the blind
man be says. "You should know your
cure 1 related to the Son of God." And
the blind man said. "Who Is be. Lord,
that I may worship Mm?" And Jesus
said, "He la speaking to you now."
And the blind man offered Christ tbe
homaKS of his soul.
In the tenth chapter Christ makes
the astounding statement, "As the
Father knoweth the Son. so the Son
knoweth the Father.' As God com
prehends me, so I comprehend God.
As the Father with bis Infinite knowl
edge can bound me; even so I have
knowleage that surrounds even Je
hovah. In the 11th chapter Martha
says. "We know thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God." And Je
sus honored her faith by the resurrec
tion of her brother. In the 12th chap
ter be says, "I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me."
Manifestly the utterance of a God. In
the 13th chapter he says. "Ye call me
Master and Lord, and ye say well, for
so I am." An absurdity or a vindicated
revelation! In the 14th chapter he
commands, "Ye believe In God" place
me along side of God and "believe also
In roe."
Prophecy Is Promise.
In the 15th chapter he says. "I will
pray tbe Father and he shall give you
another Comforter; whom tbe Father
will send In my name, and be shall tes
tify of me." An asserted familiarity
with Ood and power with the Holy
Spirit that necessitates his own deity.
In the 16th chapter he says, "Whatso
ever ye shall ask of the Father In my
name he will give It." And then, more
astounding still. "Hitherto ye have
asked nothing in my name, ask and ye
shall receive, that your joy may be
full." Who is this that has unlimited
authority In beaven? In tbe 17th chan
ter we read, "This Is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true
God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast
sent."
In the ISth chapter he stood, a poor,
friendless prisoner, before Pilate, and
I Pilate said, "Art thou a King?" And he
said. "My kingdom is not of this
, world, but all who love the trutb love
my Kingdom.
Death Peaaltr Deaaaaded.
And then In the next chapter the
Jews say, "He must die, for we have a
law and our law condemns him, be
cause he made himself the Son of God."
And the Jews were right. This Is ex
actly what Jeaua did. And then in
the next chapter Thomas comes and
says, "My Lord and my God." And
reaching the last chapter you find Peter
saying. "Lord, thou knowest all things;
thou knowest that I love thee." My
friends, that critic of mine needs to
read the gospel by John with his eyes
open, then will he find out that there
Is not a chapter In the entire gospel
but asserts the deity of Jesus Christ.
The second objection Is this: "I give
you eight texts that deny the deity of
Jesus." And the first Is this: "My Fath
er Is greater than I." Surely. No believer
In Jesus ever hesitates to accept the
statement that Christ in his humanity
was inferior to God; while at the same
time he asserts In bis deity he Is equal
with God, as says the Nlcene creed
equal to the Father as touching his
Godhead and Inferior to the Father as
touching his manhood. For you have
read bow Paul said, "He emptied him
self, and came down to earth In the
form of a ee-vant."
I and Mr Father One."
And within these narrow confines of
our human limitations be could accu
rately say while affirming "I and my
Father are one"; "My Father Is greater
than I." And the second was the state
ment, "I can do nothing of myself."
Which Is gloriously true, even when It
came to the moment the awful mo
ment when flesh and blood cried out
against the cross yet he could still
do nothing of himself, for he said, "Not
my will, but thy will be done."
And that Is in accord with his high
statemer.t, "I came down from heaven
not to do my own will, but tbe will of
my Father who Is In, heaven: and I
cannot do or teach aught separate from
the Father and his will." And the third
was the sentence relative to the Judg
ment day, wherein Jesus says, "Of that
day and that hour no man knoweth,
not even the angels, nor the Son."
Again remember how he had placed
himself within human limitations. And
while as the full-orbed Son of God his
glance sweeps all eternity, he was then
the Christ who had emptied himself
and taken tbe place of the servant;
and It was not within his received in
structions to Impart unto the disciples
the determining day of gloom.
His Wisdom .Apparent Today.
Nor was it necessary to bis life work
that this should bo revealed, and
therefore he knows It not. Inasmuch
as he has not received Instructions to
thus Impart the day of Judgment,
either voluntarily or in reply to re
quests. And yet In this very reply he
calls himself the Son and places him
self above men or angels. And wboso
has studied church history since and
watches the condition of Christendom
today, sees how wise was Jesus in not
Imparting that Information to his dis
ciples. And the other Is the affirma
tion to the rleh.ruler, "Why callest thou
me good? One is good, God." Well, does
be aay be Is not God? Or does be say
only one is good, even my Father? No.
He who said "I and my Farther are
one", says "there is only one good and
"that is God." Ask him what to do to
' inherit eternal life. And then this
Jesus answered the young man's ques
tion himself. And in so doing answered
i the question which according to his
own words should only be answered by
i God. And the fifth was this, "I ascend
to my Father; and your Father; my
God and your God." Now I have never
' read what seemed to me to be a strong
er proof of the deity of Jesus than
i that, in all the gospel.
Prayer Is Glvea.
For he says to all Christians, "When
ye pray say, Bur Father'!" But he
never said that, sentence himself; he
always says, "Your Father," or "Thy
Father;" but speaking of his own re
lationship to God; he says "My Father."
With a suggestive singularity, he keeps
himself separate from his people, even
when approaching the Fatherhood of
God. And the next was the sentence by
Peter that Jesus Christ was "the man
approved by God" to be the world's
savior.
Yes, but you should always judge an
utterance by the speech that contains
it. And In that same speech, Simon
Peter - says, there Is no other name
given under heaven among men, where
by they can be saved. And you should
always Judge the speech by the habit
of thought and expression of the speak
er. And Peter Is the one who says,
Jesus is the Shepherd and the Bishop
of our souls. And Peter also says, "Ye
are not redeemed by corruptible things,
such as silver and gold; but by the
precious blood of Christ."
Jeaua Is Mediator.
And tbe other sentence is from Paul,
wherein Paul affirms that Jesus Is the J
mediator between God and man, and
Is the man, Christ Jesus. Yes, but re
member again that in matters of criti
cism, we must Judge the whole speech,
when Judging a single sentence. Now,
did anybody in all the list of writers
of the New Testament, more gloriously
and assuredly state the deity of Christ,
than did the Apostle Paul? He it was
asked, "Who art Thou, Lord?" and fol
lowed up his first question with the
second, "Lord, what wilt thou have me
to do?" He put his ringer down on
that particular key, the Lordship of
Jesus, on the Damascus Road, and that
keynote ran through all the harmony
of his after life. For watch him writ
Itz to the Corinthian Christians; and
he says in the prologue, "Grace be un
to you and peace from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ;" and when
he closes that same letter his glorious
epilogue is the prayer: "The grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with you." And the last text
mentioned by my critic was this "Then
cometh the end, when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom unto his
Father, then shall the Son also be sub
ject to the Father that God may be
all in all."
Assertion of Deity.
What a glorious text! What an as
sertion of the deity of Jesus that ha
shall put down all authority and all
power! Did ever God expect a man to
do that? And then that he shall take
up the conquered kingdom, and hand
It over to the Father! Did ever God
expect a mortal man to do that! And
then when he has reached the end of
this great dispensation of saving grace;
and when no longer is there need that
the mediatorial kingdom endure; the
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