Great Bridge Opens in Gala Fashion Across East River
New York and Brooklyn celebrate the formal public opening of the Brooklyn Bridge on May 25. President Arthur and officials attend, with a parade, fireworks, and mass crowds viewing the structure and its towers. Engineering notes highlight Roebling’s legacy, caisson foundations, and cable details amid festive ceremonies.
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New York
Brooklyn
Great Suspension Bridge
East River
Arthur
Cleveland
Chicago Tribune
Columbia Heights
Roebling
Mayor Low
Rooklyn
Great Bridge
Seventh Regiment
N. G
State of New York
Emmons Clark
Park and
Fifth Avenues
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Madison Square
Edson
Frelinghuysen
Folger
Gresham
Chandler
Brewster
Marshal McMichael
District of Columbia
Allen Arthur
T. J. Phillips
Rollins
Laidlaw
New Jersey
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
City Hall Park
City Hall
New York Tower
Twenty-third Regiment, National Guard
Major Low
Society of Old Brooklynites
Hancock
Atlantic
Upshur
Port of
United States Army
Columbus
Greene
Trinity
St. Paul
Statistical Summary of Historic Bridge Construction Data
Construction began January 3, 1870 with completion in 1883. River span measures 1,59 feet 6 inches and sand spans total 1,860 feet. Brooklyn and New York approaches add 971 and 1,562 feet 6 inches respectively. Overall length 5,989 feet and width 8 feet with four cables each 15% inches in diameter. First wire ran May 29, 1877. total wire length 14,361 miles. Cable weights 3,58844 tons. Tower foundations lie 45 feet (Brooklyn) and 78 feet (New York) below high water. towers rise 278 feet above high water. Center river span clearance 135 feet at 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
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East River
Brooklyn
Fulton
Hellgate
Governor's Island
Staten Island
William C. Kingsley
John A. Roebling
Brooklyn Tower
Engineer Roebling
Washington A. Roebling
Air Force
E. F. Farrington
New York
Lergeth
Flogging at Skipton and neighboring parishes in history
Historical notes recount flogging as a common punishment in Skipton sixty years ago and earlier for sheep stealing and vagrancy. Records show a bedle employed for whipping, with payments of 1 6s 8d yearly, and entries in 1699 of hedge breakers punished. Similar practices appear in Kildwick in the seventeenth century with vagrants retaken and punished.
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Skipton
West Riding
Skipton Castle
Ferrand
John Lawson
Mary Lawson
Alice
Malton
Banks Taxes Clarified by Attorney General Opinion
The Attorney General advises the Treasury that under the 1883 act no tax is due on the capital and deposits of National Banks since January 1, 1885. He adds no tax on State or private banks’ capital and deposits since December 1, 1882. Also notes non assessability for periods tied to the act.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Israel Weinstein Loses Suit Over Free Pass Damages
Israel Weinstein sued the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York for 30000 dollars claiming loss of a leg in an accident but was denied damages because he traveled on a free pass. London Truth recommends sulphur fumes as a remedy for a severe cold.
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Israel Weinstein
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
London Truth
Five-day Northwestern Sharpshooters tourney to cost 5000
A five day shooting tournament by the Northwestern Sharpshooters Union of North America will be held in Highland Madison County on May 30 to June 3 with prizes totaling 5000. The event prompts extensive Highland preparations.
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Northwestern Sharpshooters’ Union of North America
Highland
Madison County
Justices of the Peace
St. Louis
Mound City
Pulaski County
Charles Thrupp
Miller and Baker
Nilwood
Macoupin County
Dr. Miller
A. W. Miller
Charles Baker
Miller
John Mulperon
McLean County
David Granger
Kankakee
George R. Lentz
Gallagher & Son
Cairo
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Unfortunate Courtship Saga of a Canadian Bachelor
Philip Raakee of Waterloo Ontario visited Washington last evening claiming to have paid six months rent for a Markham family and offered one hundred dollars to a husband to separate. Mrs. Markham agreed to a divorce for two hundred twenty five dollars and to join Raakee with the four children, but fled with their children to Windsor after leaving Raakee.
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Green County
William Upstone
Rockford
Chicago & Alton Railway
Bloomington
St. Louis Coal Railway
Crainville
Williamson County
A. D. Duff
BR. F. Moore
Lawrence Browning
Judge Browning
Chicago
Calumet Club
A. B. Hosteller
Shorthorn Breeders
McLean County
Anna Gotlitz
Emery A.storrs
State University of Iowa
Philip Raakee
Waterloo
Ont
Schemansky
Potomac
Raakee
Markham
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Brooklyn Bridge
J. S. T. Stranahan
Twentythird Regiment
Littlejohn
W. C. Kingsley
Levy
Abram S. Hewitt
Dr. Storrs
Heights
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Ccc
Victoria
St. Lawrence River
Maintenon Aqueduct
Parkesburg
W. Va
St. Charles
Firth of Tay Bridge
Siam
Singapore
Vienna
Illinois State News
Union County
THE
Illinois Legislature
Senate
House
State Industrial University
Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary
Chicago Deaf and Dumb School
State Laboratory of Natural History
Eye and Ear Infirmary
St. Louis Bridge
Messrs
Princhville
Walsh
Laboeuf
Kirsten
Thornton
Chester
Shawneetown
Chester and Joliet
Harper
Billings
McPie, Morrison
Wood, Crafts
Pethea
Willoughby
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