; , . THE-OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. , SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6. 1908.
ESCAPED- FROM HAREM TO EMANCIPATE WOMEN
Fatima cd MclmedvWife of, a Prince, Was Smuggled Out .of Her Home by a German Governess, Studied the Women s Movement in Berlin and Returns to Free Her Countrywomen
By Howiril Wetmore., !
C ONSTANTINOPLE, .Nov. 'it.
Princes Fatlma ed Helmed, a, '
- mere woman, Is destined to exer- r
t else a very great Influence jn the ,
, future of .Turkey, 'Wornen, here-"
tofore. have been a negligible adantitv. ...
. In thin country, but if the princess has -her'
wayjthey no longer will be, for '
she is frying , to bring about - the .total
emancipation of . Turkish' J-women f A
princess, reared tn a harem and speak
ing In public to thousands of "women
yes, men too about women's rhghts ln'
the , very heart of the 'aiUanV domln-
ions! To European ideas this" seems In-
credible and yet it is one. of the won- '
derful transformations worked 'by the
recent revolution. . j .
. Princess Fat I ma's , meetings .are at
tended not merely by the European vis
itors, but by the wives of merchants,
small officials and under, officers the
most conservative classes ; in Turkey.
-The most wonderful part about itUe
gatherings Is the fact that the women '
come unveiled. She is an excellent "
speaker and talks In an earnest, con
vincing way. Hhe advocates very
thing that will tend toward -emancipating
her seir She is formmg',a league
whose members are to promise not to
marry a man unless he undertakes to
confine himself to one wife. There Is-'
already a huge membership, even
amongst the women of the lower and
middle classed. -
Fatima's energies seem to be limit
less. She Is founding schools for Turk
ish girls whose parents cannot affard
to have foreign governesses. Now, this
means a great deal, because the Turk'
lsh woman of the middle class is about
as ignorant as. a human being can be.
If her husband is wealthy enough to
keep slaves she does nothing all day
long hut sit on a cushion, eat a sickly
sweetmeat and play with cheap Ger
man toys. She never reads, rarely sews",
and has not an Interest In the world-
beyend the heram and Its petty squab
bles' and Intrigues. . c. :
Though a princess, Fatlma de' MetraefT
known this wearisome life very well.
Her father was a rich merchant of
Medina, one of the most conservative
town in Turkey, and married her to a
poor prince. When she 'entered ,her
husband's family she Ha; how great
was the difference between, the life of
'aristocratic Turkish harems and those
she had oen used to. She saw thut
the kunatoH of theformer had French
and English governesses, spoke foreign
language fluently, wore dresses from
Paquln and hats from Vlrot and had
their rooms filrnished In a strange
-fashion, including brass, bedsteads and
wooden chairs. She, on her murriage,
could not even read and write Turkish.
In u few years after her marriage
she hud not only mustered her mother
tongue, but could speak and read French
aid English as well. But The more
she learned the more she longed to learn
and see. She- longed to walk about In the
streets and go to visit her female fronds
on foot. Only on very rare occasions
did sho leave the garden of the harem
and ihen she was always in a closed
carriage wJlIIx thft blue silk blinds low
ered and a stifling veil over her face.
Her husband had but one wife, not so
much because he approved of Euro
pean Ideas, but because lie said he could
not afford more since French cookery
and English furniture had become the
fashion. His brothers lived with him
and their wives lived. with Fatlma. If
the wives gave a party, only women
were present, amongst them being the
wives and daughters of men engaged
at the different embassies. If the hus
bands gave a party, only men were
present.
When Fatlma heard the foreign am
bassador's wives and daughters de
scribe their parties, where men -nd
women conversed freely, and talked, not
only of love, but of books, people, poli
tics and art, she says that she deter-
:r y,:Mmw ti-rMw
yjSJ I,1(ce of coarse bread faje that she I " I ''' 'V. 4' I
wuiuu jiui iia t- loucueu n lew 11111111111 . i JX.'A"' -f v:-e m
before. Hut persevemnce had its re- if A, ',' 4 ,$ 1
I - ' " ' "J
- r ''l
x
mined thut if she could fios.silily bring
it about, Turkish women should tl.so
be free and b treated like rown-liji
people instead of dolls. Hut this wns
not so eusy as It seemed. Not only
hr husband, but bis and her own fiun
ily refused to let her change her life in
the least."
"You speak three foreign languages
arid that Is enourli emancipation for
anybody." they said.
Then Fatlma determined to run away
to Kuroue, to study and to see how wo
men lived there, so as to speak witli
some authority when she came hark
again. Kven running away was almoct
impossible so closely wps ' the harem
guarded, but nt last she bribed a Ger
man governess to smuggle h an Euro
pean woman's lress and bat and one
morning after her (lermun lesson she
walked boldly out of the harem, ht-r
hair cropped close to , her head, the
paint and powder (which even Turkish
men use to an enormous extent) washed
from her face and a hundred dollars'
worth of Turkish money,, secretly"
hoarded up during three years, in her
pocket.
Aided by the German governess, Fa
tlma went ta Germany and wrote thence
to her husband and her father, telliny
ria
slie un-
thetn what she had done and her
sons. Tliy wrote back to say
should not have uuv money at all
iexs she swore to return home at once.
i his she refused to do and bcKan to
fight asainst starvation In Berlin Willie
attending Kiinio higher courses for
women. Only a Turkish woman, deli
cately nurtuiei In the lap of eastern
luxury, tan form an adequate idea of
what U.is woman went through. It wan
then llml she saw the other side of the
medal tin- roitsh side Of independent
women who must thirty for ' themselves
and keep the wolf from the door.
As her small stock of money was
soon gone, she gave Turkish lessons in
the afternoons to a few youths who
wished to enter a diplomatic academy,
goim,' to her lectures in the mornings
and preparing for her examinations all
throuuli the evenings and tiito the small
hours of the morning. Hut verv lew
people wanted Turkish lessons at all,
an1 Fatlma often dined on nothing bet
ter than a plate of ill made soup and a
of coarse bread fare that she
not have touched a few moot lis
Hut perseverance had Its re
am! finally Fatima obtained her
diploma of higher education. More than
that, "she had studied the rights and
wrongs of the women's movement in
Europe, and as sooii as .the revolution
broke out In Turkey in the summer of
li)08 she determined to take advantage
of what was going on there to return
home and persuade bet sisters not only
to insist on being educated, but to In
stitute home life In place of harems
Having no mrtney, she went to tie
editor of a Berlin paper and asked for a
loan, in return for which she promised
to semi him ''copy" about the revolu
tion. He was very much surprised at
Mils offer from a woman' who looked
like u foreigner, but on hearing her
wtory acceded. A week later she was
m her native town of Medina, preach
ing emancipation to u
of the lower classes,
father wished to have
brought back tp her
This would certainly
had she arrived there
lier. But revolution
wrought great changes in
crowd of women
Her husband a ml
her arrested and
"home" by force.
have been done
a few weeks ear-
had already
Turkey. The
members of tho "Yiiuns Turkey'' party
who were in the town declared that not
a finger . should he raised against her.
At this the reactionaries, to whom her
father and husband belonged, wen- furi
ous, and called a meeting at which they
declared that all the revolutionist's
wanted to do was to --get a constitution
ill oi-der that the women might go ah. ml
nuvHIcd. This announcement caused
such an uproar in the town that all the
"Young Tuiks" would have been
nebbed had not a nomi.er of troops
arrived and dispersed the crowd, arrest
ing the agitators. .
.ftcr this Fatlma began a pleaching
tour through Turkey, which she is still
continuing. Her story soon became
known mid very many educated Turks
declared themselves to be on her side.
But this was not a difficult fortress to
storm, because no aristocratic Turkish
household keeps up eastern customs in
their entirety, and when revolutions are
going on great changes can take place
ill a short time. Amongst those who
support her warmly la Prince Sabali cd
Din. a prominent liberal and a very cul-
tined man. ' -
"You are perfectly right," he said to
her at a recent meeting she'held in Con
stantinople. "Our women must be ed il
ea led. enjoy home life, should go about
unveiled and receive visitors without re
striction like other women do. But J'ott
must be prudent and moderate or you
that of young constitutional Turkey as
well." .', . -rr
The prince put the situation in a nut
shell. If rrincess Fatima and. her fol
lowers press their cause too hard, they
will not only turn middle class. Turks
and the lower orders against thelo, but
will turn them against the new Tur
key and Its constitution, against prog
ress anu reiorin or ail K.'nus, inrowing
llieitl u,1llt II11U III- III Kin yj L I vTtvU l IUI1-
aries For, in Spite of the. revolution,
and the foreign customs observed in ar
istocratic houses, the provincial Turk,
though he may have hut one wife, is
averse to any phanges at all in his
house and private life. Badly educated
himself, he 'dues not ww why his wlf
and daughters .should be taught to read
and et "new ideas." Most nay, near-
all of the small provincial town.t
are like Medina, and the inhabitant
would moli anybody who advocated
women's emancipation.
It is amongst this class that the
changes ought to be made if Turkish
women's future Is to be more enlight
ened than their present: und.lt Is just
this class who will receive changes with
am thing but a smile of welcome. Thin
is what makes Princess Fatirna tiisk so
hard, though all really liberal Turks
wish her success and help her, not only
with words, but with gold, which she
spends, upon the t-ause site litis so much
al heart.
PRINCE c-AWJI EDP1N
Of ('ours'.
Judge Have you ever been cross-examined
before'.'
Mr. Troubb Have I! Didn't "I Just
tell you I am married.'
THE LOST SCOOP
aft
telp
VI
By Grace D. Thompson.
A CAREER or a husband It was an
enormous question for such a
slfhi slip of a girl to answer,
but she had already decided it
a full two hours ago and was
now only amusing herself by playing
the arguments on either side against
each other to see how Morton would
win every time.
Kate Trent, this yellow-haired, impul
sive maid, was; only a sophomore In a
great western university and far too
young to be choosing either husband
or career, but having no mother or other
living relative, aside- from a chemistry
engrossed father, an under professor In
the science department had taught her
knowledge beyond tier years,
As she sat curled up use a sinen
nn iio window seat In Iter own special
den of the suite she and her father
Ind ouicklv reviewed
the important events of her college life
which led up to these two alternatives.
How well she remembered, during her
freshman year, the first little stories
she had contributed anonymously to
the various college publications; her
joy at seeing her own fancies In print,
then her bolder ventures in the city
.papers till, at the beginning of this
year, she had been asked to write, a
dalrV half-column, under the nom-de-plurhe
"Violet," for , the Herald. She
had no confidents and no one suspected
her as being the author of those witty
college notes. Kittle Trent, her friends
would have agreed, had anyone sug
gested such 'a thing, had a soft, warm
flush, a round dimpled chin, two very
merrv eves and a bewitching mess of
vnllnw curls, but as for writing, bah!
Beside, her father wouldn't let her.
The facts were her father didn't know
any more about the matter than they,
being, figuratively, burled in atoms, he
had little Interest in his daughter aside
from paying her numerous bills and
seeing that she passed her examina
tions. Jt,tst before Christmas began to ap
pear sketches of much the same char
acter in a big' rival dally, the Tribune,
under the name Mae. Then such a
competition as there was betwen the
two unknown correspondents for news.
Kate didn't know the sex of her oppo
nent, but every Indication led her to
believe it was a girl and she had
worked to best her. oh, so hard, and,
she prided herself with not indifferent
success. These minor triumphs had led
her to think seriously of taking up
journalism as a profession. Being
very independent and not caring for
the society life open to her as a profes
sor's daughter she had quite set her
heart on her "career," an she called It
to herself.
Now the alternative! Since before she
had donned long skirts-and stuck her
Yellow curls full of hair pins Kate
had been a little tyrant with men.
Those who worshipped at her shrine
had been ' hers body-, and soul, ready
to sell their patrimony for a meas of
pottage, were this synonymous with
sips from those enticing, rosy lips.
Small wonder then that this roll of
queensiilp had given, birth to a most
independent spirit and . an Imperial
little toss to her dainty head. But
the advent of Morton. Cramer, a tall
senior, soon after the winter holidays,
had hanged all this. Though she
would not own it openly, there Was a
... 1 V. I, A nn tanlallnlnir Him,
new 1111T4 iw ,,u . , .0
pies and wore no frills, but she knew
he was king, she was now no more
than subject and after the manner of
all that's feminine, having found slier
master she proceeded to worship.
She had not even mentioned the suh
ject of journalism while with Morton
for fear of betravtng herself, knowing
Instinctively that he would be dis
pleased, BO had kept her two absorb
ing interests wholly separate, but this
nfternoon clrcumstsnces had, drawn
them together and oae must triumph.
'. The noon mail had.brought a -letter
offering Morton a fine government po
sition In Manila,-which must be filled
Immediately after commencement, only
a month away. It was an unexpected
turn of affairs and made ..Kate catch
her breath ' quickly. She, had never
thought what life would be separated
from Morton, but bis next statement
was a much greater surprise.
"I will get a license and tomorrow
afternoon we will drive over to Preston,
where 1 have a friend who will marry
us and ask no questions."
"Marry us!" Kate gasped.
"Why yes; is It anything unusual for
lovers to be married? That will give
you a month to cret ready to go away." '
In her bewilderment, all Kale could
think of was being married first anr!
getting her trousseau afterward.
"That is doing things backwards,
Mort. Why not get ready first and then
be married later?"
"Your father would refuse to let you
leave college before you graduate if you
to ask him and this way he cun t
t "
Vheli hi- nhtns had been enrefollv
demonstratcil to her Kale had finally
agreed and was now waiting in a trem
ble of excitement for the morrow. Her
father, always so busy with his re
searches thut she hardly knew him. had
gone out of the city for a few ilavs. so
there could be no stumbling block In
the way. and tomorrow she was to be
Mort s wife!
Sic- r,.i that she could not sleep but,
in spite of her excitment. was beginning
to doze, v, hen. suddenly, she seemed to
hear newsboys calling. "Special! Special!
Kittie Trent, only .Innirbter of Professor
1 rent,
mer."
v'n an instant she was -thoroughly
awijkc- again. Wouldn't that make a
great s.-o(ip' Whv couldn't she write
it up. slpn it "Violet" and if any one
married secretly to Morton Cra-
suspect'ed who she was that would
surely throw them off the track again.
The .scnteices began to form in her
mind; she would be t lie scoop of the
season nnd wouldn't she score against
tile unknown Mac!
In the morning she wrote out her
story that it might be sent in as soon
as she returned from Preston, leaving
a space at the end for any little Incident
of the journey. If she was excite'l
ai knowing this was lier wedding day
sin- whs doubly so at the idea of her
triumph over her opponent.
Although she went to no classes the
d.;y passed very ipiicklv They drove
to Preston and Kittle Trent cam.' back
K'ttie Cramer. She had lead that girls
often hesitate al the last moment to
give up their old lilcrty for oae mart
and she had wondered at the time how
she would feel but'as Morton, tall and
strong, stood beside her in the minis
ter's l,ttle study, she knew that her old
life was nothing to her love for him.
It was hist dusk when they returned
arid Morton went to his own home
promising to came hack later in the
evening. heft alone she began to feel
weary, so curled upon the winJow seal
for a nap. Just 40 winks, she thought,
thi n I II slip down and mail my story,
adding. "Oh. you dear scoop you." out
loud.
Hardly had siie 1 losed her eves win 11
again came clear and strong the "Spe
cial"'' cry of the newsbovs.
"Kittle Trent, only daughter of Pro
fessor Trent, marrhd secretly to Mor
ton Cramer! Times. Times!"
She jumped to lier feet. Was It the
same dream? But no. the cry was re
peated. Throwing open the window she
listened yes, it was a real newsboy
and a real caP.
"Bring mo a paper," she cried. ' I
A moment more and she had the Trib
une in hor hand and was eagerlv scan
ning the first page. There it was a
whole co'iimn. signed Mac.
'till, my scoop! my scoop!" she sobbed
to herself as sbe read and reread the
storyof her murriage. It was all there,
even about their little dinner at the
Wayside Inn, not three hours ago. Who
could have told? At last she began to
wonder, for lier mind seemed too star
tled to think quickly. Who could have
told? The minister probably knew Mac
and wiled ill to her. Yet how could he
have known about where they dined?
No, it most no, it couldn't -lt was
Morton. Her own Morton, who never
even mentioned another girl's name ill
lier presence, to have confided at once
to tills unknown iheir secret! He must
have plumed the news to her from the
office at the inn. She remembered now
that he went out for a smoke.
GREAT NEW BRIDGE MAY
; May Refuse to Allow Brooklyn, N. Y., Traction Company to Connect Its
B
STAND IDLE Traction Commission
System
Never before hau Kate known Jeal
ousy. She believed herself immune to
this monster, but now she felt .that he
was teartnc her very heart out. How
Morton bad deceived her. bad led her
to believe that he was all her own, when
lie must belong partially, at least to
some other girl! She had given up fill
her former friends and that independ
ent spirit pin which she gloried so. . Was
it any more than fair that he should
do the same? To be made a plaything
of on her wedding day. to)!' ' Professor
Trent daughter! It was too much, and
her whole body shook with the force of
her emotion.. Not a thought of the lost
scoop now; there was no room for such
a trifle when her mTnd was filled With
bitter. bitter jealousy, with wounded
pride, with betrayed confidence. ,
Before the storm had even begun to
subside Morton came in.
Why sweetheart, what is It?" ha
cried. ri'.'n
"Don't touch me,' Don't come near
me, Morton Cramer!" came the voice
from the cushions, -trembling with anger
and shrill as a child's.
"Klttie. what do you mean?'' he asked
in astonishment. Never before had s!i
shown the least bit of temper.
no away at lonce. 1 aim t want to
KOOKLYN, N. Y., people are great
ly stirred up over the probability
that the great Manhattan bridge
now near completion ,will1e com
pelled to stand idle for a period
of from one to five years after it Is
finished and ready for service. Tht
recent action of the public service com
mission In denying the application of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company to
connect the Brooklyn elevated system
with the bridge, destroys all hope of
any adequate operations of the railroad
tracks on the bridge whflm that struc
ture is completed.
Civic organisations are taking un the
problem in the hope that the bordugh
may.be spared a similar handicap to
Its growth to that which was caused
by the five year delay, in ''the opera
tion of the Williamsburg bridgie.
Mass meetings and other actions, de
signed to compel some quick and ef
fective measure from the public ser
vice commission. nre contemplated;
and, according to sentiment expressed
the commissioners must show their
hands very quickly in remedial ac'tion
or vacate their office. .
The public service commission de
fends itself by the contention that cer
tain traffic problems preclude at pres
ent other action than that.already taken.
In the first place the Fourth avenue
subway project planned for the opera
tion of seal tracks of the bridge and
authorized by it Is tied up bv tax
payers' suits and must await the dis
position of the courts; and the appli
cation of the Intel-borough Rapid Tran
sit company for a subway connection
with the bridge cannot be granted at
present beeause the route prayed for Is
identical with that of certain sections
of the Fourth avenue subwav route. And
too, the denial of the application of tiie
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company for
an elevated connection was based large
ly' upon an alleged popular sentiment
against encumbering the new bridge ap
proach by an elevated structure and the
fact that no provision has been made
for an elevated terminal or distribution
system at the Manhattan end of the
bridge. .
According to such authorities as Wil
liam M. Ivins, not a dollar of private
capital Will go into the Fourth avenue
project' and no municipal funds could
be available for .such purpose for a year
or more.
Expert engineers claim that while the
Brooklyn elevated system may have
been connected up with the .bridae
according to the plan submitted, hv
the time the span Is completed, it would
bfe Impossible to construct tho necessary
ubway connections within" that time
even If the contracts1 were now let and
worked under the most favorable conditions."-But
that . under present con
ditions tnere is no probability that rapid
transit can pe esiannsned cron
bridge Under-two years at least after
the structure ta ready for traffic.
1 r rv,gi it t
a ' -
'Ii I - t-- t!r-r I f ft:l f If r 5 .
m 5 . J a r..i wS , ,m.,t MJmMM.UkM . Tt'W v ! 1
Ik.
;i.u;i
Never do you under-
old spirit was fast re
el hate you,, loathe you;
w4
) A fx iw.
WW
,vl . I -"i A
f.s'w.vg.t.w.wd.;'
1 N
13
it 5 0? I
see you a'.lin
stand?" Her
turning now.
ro at once."
Tme next moment she heard, foot
steps on the stairs, slow faltering foot
steps as of a person dazed;
That night and- the following dr
were, the most terrible she had ever ex
perienced In nil her'butterf ly existence.
Mover before had she known pain and
now It came to her with the blinding,
benumbing force of a flash of lightning,
with greater effect, since there was no
preparation. Morton h;id been her whnl
world so long that now she was left
completely alone. Every moment
seemed a century, and by morning sho
felt that she hd lived forever. The
first force of her anger had spent Itself
and only her extreme Independence kpt
her from repenting for her outburst.
Hy 10 o'clock she tried to find soni
excuse for Morton's seeming disloyalty,
but none seemed adequate for the of
fense. She hud given all, whv should
not he? i,nd again she wis over
whelmed by passionate jealousy. Then
noon came. The crowds of students
self absorbed, hurrying by only swmed
to increase her loneliness unJ desola
tion. . .
"I will go wild if I don't sec h;m. Tf
he would only come I could forgive him
snythina now. for oh. 1 can t live with
out him." she cried, as the afternoon
dragged slowly, by. But no Morton
came. At last she had found a wili as
strong as her own.
Finally the Idea of sending for aha
flashed acros her mind and was as
oulckl- dismissed. hai I'rofesmii'
Trent's daughter send for a mm, nvvn
if he be her husband never! dtiil no
Morton. As the shed ws . Mnenc.'d
to lengthen her spirit 'seetrcd grudu d! v'-i
to break, her pride to mf'' She felt
that she could not live th.ouyh tint
twilight hour. si. filled ui'h Jia.piv '
memories of former da vs. ah.ne. t?..
with trembling, uncertain fltucrs, sim
wrote the recall.
In a short half hour, ages t ' the,
waitine girl, there was a w.-ll known
step, the door opened ind 111 a fli.-t!i
she was In her hush, ind' irnis.
was it. el. sr? it last he ask-"l.
didn't you tell ine about th
I? wouldn't h.ivt- minded f-'i
least. !f yci: Jiad only told me,''
other girl? I don't undei-
Mac. the girl who writes f.u-
You told -her atKmt cor
Manhattati Bridge, the Third East River Span to Connect "Old Xew York", and' Brot&lyn, to Be Completed In About a Year.
"What
"Why
other gii
much, ut
"What
stand "
"Whv.
the Tribune,
marriage."
Astonishment, surprise,
passed over Morton's fsee
cession. Then the light
soivmi.
"Didn't you know before.
Couldn't ou gus bv my name,
A. Cramer? 1 am Kit".!"
(ncredtilmirt'
in rapid ,
of a u..
pany. erectors for the Curiam Steel com
Pny jufhlch hnli!s. thy. jem ral con
tract for the production of the fine
itetd for the bridge, has built up tlu
dg 21 H inch cables above the core
strands and expects', to complete the
Cables bv . .Tammrv V nftr vrhlrh tlid
the building un ' of v the : Superstructure w ill
uegin, . , .
rrsnk K. Robinson, pi-esident of th
completion of the structure, stands In
rurinus.mntra tut the, pre.-nire for
haste brought, a ymr or so ago .upon
the contractors for the materiil an.l
construction work of the bridge which
resulted tn our giving the Manhattan
bridge contiaots a precedence over
others. In turnlnj out the- great tou-
risse , or nicKei -sichm iina other open
neartn steeis specmeu
Jn the mean time the work of rnii...('.irhmi Ki..i mmiunv tn....r,n,- m - i,,a1,. uh ..- -,..'- i
Structing the bridge Is progressing rat , "The lark of provision for the oier- selves to supply the material months
Idly. ,ihe :01nUoii.. Voiitracting yiu. lion -of thcs, Manhattan bridgw n Uii ahead to t tiio llmo ren,uiiei. Ana also
the Olyndon people who ;ire strlnglnnr
the-v-ires for us, will have the cables
tompfejed in one third the time it took
to build Up the cables of the Williams
biute bridge tliough the latter ar.J
smaller-- We have, therefore, done our
part, and since the Manhattan bridge
will be completed in Uecemher of next
year, it'ls verv unfortunate thnt the
People cannot then tive
Ktmcture." , - . - - . .
, Tlie- Manhattan - bridge Is the third
span' across the East j'ivi t tj conMvvt
'-''' ,,i , ciii j vnti 11 ,', ' I
"flreen is the t'.niK '
-"rirs, hats, it!.-jtM. ,, ve: )?,! !(,. T I,
.. .,' '",...', v The Wearing -of Jrcci.
"o.ld New York," or tlie Borouaji of . "
Manhattan-wtth'trff-'tsoTougli of ltrrtrm- That --the- sihyt,. in .-Ho " i' . .
lyn. When '.completed It i will be the ouite up m date Is i-v t,l- ,- - i i,v
i'fH suspension nrioae in me woriu. remaiRx in a f.-in Jtin o v (
naving an etgnt track railroad capacity
of 2ift.00f passengers an hodr one wav
or uiu.ueo passengers au hour east and greu. To be a snort
west- In addition there wfi he. a ; dees-fed In rr. n
vehicular roadway 28 feet wid slid two "The new Ktvl.--- ,..c;i' f
the ttae of the. ''foot paths 12 feet wide: The main span whV ar- ut ..f i i-,u , ,;.
or tliis-giunt structure Is 1470 f-r-t hui-r consider ..., ,.. mv ..t -
ohd the bridge completed inclu'dln t.-ut t,! , ' , t ,. ,., ; ;
v-tiiitv: will cost over ;'.0'...'. hi'
. . ' V
.t . ' -. ' .