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"Wednesday, Bee. 20, 1922
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740 FT. BRIDGE
MOVED 75 FT,
TO NEW SITE
Engineering Calcula
tions So Accurate that
Alignment to Car
Tracks Is Perfect.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec 20 A mon
ster bridge, 74 0 feet long, with two
trestles ISO feet high, and weighing
1.200 tons, was moved bodily Tor a
instance of 75 feet here recently, ana
the workers who rode over the
structure in the morning, at Its
former location, rode over It again
in the evening, hut in-between times
the bridge had shifted position 7B
feet.
It was a feat of engineering, but
fhe structure was relocated without a
hitch, and engineers' calculations
were so perfect tha; when trie bridge
was Anally set on Its new piers it was
in perfect alignment In evrry wa'
with the street railroad tracks a
either end.
"When the engineers and their
"gang" got ready to move the huge
structure linement merely cut tne
trolley feed wires at either end of
the bridge, a few Italian laborers
pulled up the rails at the bridge ends,
and then a huge gong announced "all
set," and the moving began.
An improvised railroad was used
to rest the bottom girders of th'j
bridge on. Fifteen jaekscrews fur
nished motive power. The bridge
was moved about six feet an hour.
Pedestrians were permitted to use
the bridge while being moved, and
hundreds did so. So smoothly did
things go that those who stood on ti
structure during its progress south
ward were unale to detect any move
ment but she was going, all right,
steadily and surely.
They moved the bridge in a day.
That, to the ordinary person, would
seem to be the big end of the Job
moving the bridge. But, in fact. It
was merely an incident. The real
work was getting things ready to
move it. Engineers and workmen
spent six busy we-ks preparing for
this great Job. Everything was fig
ured out to the most minute fraction
of an inch. Then the lans were
checked and rechecked to make sure
they were correct. One element of
uncertainty was whether the track
age would hold sink in some un
foreseen "soft spot" in the terrain or
skid. With a mighty bridge on the
move, if these things bobbed up, the
hridgie might give a quick sidelong
flop and collapse. Every inch of
ground was tested thoroughly.
The bridge is located in what fs
known as Jack's Run, in what for
merly was old Alegheny City, now
a part of Pittsburgh. The structure
connects Pittsburgh and the Borough
of Bellevue, a suburb.
Several noted engineers were
present to watch the moving.
Bridgeport Man Pays
Court Fine for
Cider With KieV
XEUS -tJKl DGHEfSfUST TUULKS.
Baron Hanihara To Be
Japanese Envoy
Norwalk Would Keep
the 5 Cent Fare
Xorwalk, Dec. 20 After an ex
haustive study of the trolley receipts
here for the past year Mayor Barton
declared that he would urge the con
tinuance of the five-cent troll y fare
in Xorwalk at the hearing to be held
tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock by the
Public Vtilities Commission. While
the receipts for the year under the
five-cent fare test showed a falling
off of 57,000 against those of the
year previous the mayor says that
taking into consideration the large
percentage of rainy weather during
the past summer he believes that un
der normal weather conditions the
five-cent rate would be a success.
SEVEN" SAiOOXKEEPERS
RAIDED IX ANSONIA
Ansonla, Bee. 20 Seven saloon
keepers of this city were before Judge
M. C. Isbe.ll in the City court yester
day charged with violation of the
liquor law as a result of raids by
state police headed by Sergeant "Vir
elli. Five of them pleaded guilty and
were fined $25 and costs each and the
other cases were continued.
Ansonia Has Contest
for State Senator
Ansonla, Bee. 20 Frederick M.
Drew, Republican candidate for
state senator in the Seventeenth dis
trict, has decided to contest the sear
of Walter B. Johnson. Democrat, of
Seymour, who was declared elected
by a plurality of 18 votes in the No
vember election. Drew, who is an
ex-senator, has retained Judge A. C.
Baldwin of Derby, as counsel and
will carry the. fight to the State Sen
ate Elections committee. Fapera
summoning those interested to ap
pear when the Senate is convened at
Hartford next month have been serv
ed. Ex-Senator Drew had a plurality
of 885 votes in the towns outside of
Derby, which gave Johnson a plu
rality of 903 votes. It is claimed by
Drew that there were errors in tne
county in Derby, Ansonia and Sey
mour. Johnson has secured counsel
and will defend his right to the seat,
a certificate of election to which has
already been granted to him.
VAX JjOOX AWARDED
BEST BOOK PRIZE
Chicago, Dec. 20. The "Story of
Mankind," by Hendrlck Van Loons
has been voted the most Important
book published In 1921 by Ihe Cltfl
dren's Librarians section of the Amer
ican Library association. Out of 213
votes received by the chairman of
that section. Van Loon's book receiv
ed 164, with no other book receiving
more than 22.
In accordance with the vote, -Mr.
Van Loon was awarded the John Xew
berry medal, the gift of Frederic C.
Melcher, by the Children's Librarians
section at Detroit. It is considered
probable that the medal will bo
awarded annually in the future by
this section.
&3- von, Ham fcara
1 - : , - . SVSZ.
Baron Hanih ara. Jananese "F'oreifrn
Minister, is to be Ambassador to the
United States, it has been announced
n Tokio. He succeeds Ambassador
; hidebara.
RITISH FIND JOBS
OLE WORKERS
Government Projects
under Way to Solve
Problem of Unemployment.
Xorwalk. Dec. 20 "Tour honor,
this man would have frozen to death,
had his radiator not been filled with
alcohol," declared Prosecutor Ed
ward M. Lockwood to Judge Candee
yesterday when George Joyce was
arraigned on a charge of Intoxication.
Jovce was dragged off the railroad
track here Moridav night with his
face badly cut up and helpless. He
told the court that he had only some
drinks of cider, which the court al
lowed must have had more than the
ordinary "kick." Joyce was per-
i mined to (pay $1 costs and left for
i his home In Bridgeport.
Library War Funds
Provide Reading Service
Chicago, Dec. 20. ""he navy re
ceived $3,000 for its library service,
and hospitals $13,264.0 1 from the
war funds of the American Library
Association, according to the report
of the treasurer, covering the period
January-October, 1D22. The Ameri
can library in Paris was given $1,000
from these funds and $312.55 was
spent for "preserving war service ma
terial." The war fund of the association,
according to the report, is the largest
of the various funds, showing $61. -825.24
invested in Liberty bonds.
Thrift Stamps, U. S. Certificates of In
debtedness and government of Can
ada boonds. Total resources of the
fund during the first ten months of
the year were $93,931.37 with total
expenses of $20,686.89.
Annual membership due? to the as
sociation were more than $16,000
and life memberships paid over $500.
The sale of publications exceeded
$21,000 with the cost of publication
listed as more than $10,000. The
association expended $727.91 for
books for the blind. Salaries
amount to $20,125.24.
Scientists Explore
Rich Gem Fields
Chicago, Dec. 20 A topaz weigh
ing five pounds, remarkable not only
for its size nut for its clearness, is
anions the specimens brought back
to Chicago by Dr. Oliver C. Farring
ton. curator of the Department of
lieology of Field Museum, who has
lust returned from an expendition to
Brazil.
The expedition traveled 2.000 miles
through the diamond, gold and prec
ious stone fields of the South Ameri
can republic:, covering more than 300
miles through the mountains of the
state of Minas dorais on mule back.
The specimens obtained include
gold, diamonds, aquamarines, beryls,
i nieralds and topazes, besides a num
ber of minerals of the rare earth.
Among the specimens Dr. Fsurriwgton
believes he has one or two minerals
hitherto unknown to science.
By K. A. Wit AV.
International Kews Service Staff Cor
respondent. London i Dec. 19. The British Gov.
ernmenl :ls making a drastic attempt
to deal th the situation caused by
the exit .ce of 1,300.000 unemployed
in Britain.
It alms at putting in operation
works which whi.e giving employ.
ment and iood wages to vast num
bers of unemployed, will ultimately
prove of remunerative value to the
county-.
Among tl.eftadopted proposals are
the making nlthe new arterial roads
throughout t h country, in particular
one from M . eh ester to Liverpool,
which wil lenkloy 20,000 men for
many mon -
Loans at to be made to towns
throughout the country to assist in
putting into oration public works
of local un-tility and improvement.
A new sys em of land drainage is
to be put' in force in various places I
wnicn will employ 20.000 men for
weeks.
Xew affones' v;:en will employ 6.000
workers for - months, and 3,000, ,
000 Pounds w immediately e-v- '
pended on the improvement of 'the
great railroads
Powerful eh
aro to be set
country.
Finally, a gu.
pounds will be
power stations
throughout the
e of DO, 000. 000
veil to merchants.
corporations and i n ks to speed up
She foreign trade of he country.
The Government hepes that initi
ating these work- will set other
trades in operath n and so stimulate
the general business condition of the
country early in the new year.
Report New London ;
Concern May Join
Merritt-Chapman Co.
Xew London, Dec. 20 -Merger of
the T. A. Scott Co., of thi-, city, one
of the oldest, if not the oldest,
wrecking company on the Atlantic
seaboard, with the Merritt-Chapman
"Wrecking Company, the Scott com
pany's principal competitor in busi
ness on the Kastern coast, is being
effected in Xew York City. It was
learned here on good authority. Cap
tain r. a. acott, neaa or the local 1
concern, which was founded by his
father, is in Xew York City attending
to the details of the merger, which
win ,ue announced snoniy. it s un
derstood that the combination will be
arranged for January 1.
The Scott company has a fleet of
tugs and wrecking apparatus here
and have participated in some of the
largest wrecking operations on the
coast, have built lighthouses, and
bzreak waters, docks, and wharves In
many places. They figured promi
nently in the preparations Incident to
the wartime visit of the trans
oceanic sAinmarine ueutsch.and to I
this port some years ago, one of their
tugs, which was convoying the Her
man undersea craft out of the bar-I
bor being sunk with several casualties!
as a result of a collision with the sub
marine.
The Merritt-Cha.Dm.'in "Wrecking
Company have long sought a merger j
with tlv local company, it is sta-ed
here. No details concerning the !
financing of the new combine could I
be learned here, owing to the absence i
of Captain Scott and the refusal of I
other officials of the- local company
to talk.
Spencer Adams, a shortstop, and t
Fllmer Jacobs, an outfielder, of the
Reattle club, are being consider--.',
by major league scouts as probable
ourchases. i
Says Italian Railroads
Are Sadly Mismanaged
Pome. Dec. 20 Benito Mussolini.
Italy's new Prime Minister, who, un
til nine years ago was known as a
Socialist, has begun his tenure of of
fice by inexorably laying the axe to
the root of all public service institu
tions owned or managed by the state,
scuch as railways, telephones. teV
graphs, letter and parcel posts, which
show a deficit, and even some others
which are more or less successfully
run. The railways in Italy are perhaps
the most striking example of the dif
ticdlties and weaknesse of tate man
agement. During 17 years of Buoh
control, declare Professor Ugo Al
cona, an expert on financial questions,
they nave ceased to be the largest
rroducers of national profit, and are
today virtually owned by the railroad
men." Before the great war the
railways brought in from 40.000.00fl
to; 50.000,000 lire a year, which might
be taken as interest on the live and a
half billion lire which had been spent
on constructing them. The deficit in
1921 was over a billion lire, although
the price of tickets is now three times
what it was, and it is said that the
deficit for 1922 will be still great-
IRTS
FLUSH KIDNEYS
This Carload of Player-Pianos was shipped from the Factory in time to be placed
on sale December first. Embargoes and slow moving freight caused delay. The car
has just arrived. When you read this advt., the truckmen will be unloading the car.
Too much meat may form uric
acid, which excites the kidneys: t,hey
become overworked; ret slugrgrish.
acl.e and feel like lumps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is
irritated, and you may be obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night. When the kidneys clog
you must help them flush off the
body's tirinous waste or you'll be a
real sick person shortly. At first you
feel a dull misery 111 the kidney re
gion; you suffer from backache, sick
headache. dizziness. stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu
matic twinges when the weather is
bad.
lrink lots of water; also get from
ary pharmacist four ounces of Jud
Salta; takv a tablespoor.ful in a glass
of watei he-ore breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys may then act
tine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
u-d for generations to clean clogged
kiilneys and stimulate them to nor
mal activity, also to help neutralize
the acids in urine, so it no longer
is a source of irritation, thus often
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lirhia water drink which everyone
should take now and then to hei
keep the kidneys clean and active.
Druggists here say they sell lots of
Jail Sails to folks who believe in cor
recting kidney trouble while it is only
trouble. Adv.
! ARRIVED THIRTY DAYS LATE !
We purchased these Players to sell at
Have decided not to inventory them January first. THEY MUST BE SOLD THIS
WEEK ! ! If price and easy terms will sell them, they will go quickly. To accom
plish this result, we are discarding profit, and have decided to close them out at
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