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SECOND SECTION. PAGES 4 11 to 18. iELiATT & iPIiATT, 8 ajIBERTS: ST. TH-B NEWS OP AEL THE WORE D BY WIRE TO OTJR OPPICE ISstaiblishcd journal in Saturday! Morning, December|14, 1907. STRENGTHENING OF THE BIG BRIDGE A BEMABIABIE ENGINEERING FEAT '■J’liE WORK WHICH AiMOUNTED ALiMOST TO A RECON- ^^TRUCTION IS PRACTICALLY FINISHED—ALL THE {• NEW STEEL WORE IS IN'PLACE AND THERE RE MAINS BUT LITTLE TO BE DONE—WORK WILL NOW ALLOW P.VSSAGE OF HEAVIEST ENGINES AND TRAMS. r The strengthening of the Pough- lcea>esie Bridge, w'Mcli am o u n ted in the viaducts and p a r t of the m ain ihrid'ge alm o st to a reconstruction, is p r a c tically finished. All the new Steel w o rk is in place and the only rem a ining w o rk is 'the laying of a few ties, replacing th e sidew alks, guard Tails, etc. T h e ties are laid, except in g a h o u t 600 f e e t of the double track on the east p in spans, w hich w ere the last of the steel w o rk to b e co n s tr u c t ed, and t h e r e is 1,200 feet of sidew alk level, and in these iron pipes wgre in serted which w'ere filled with con crete. ’Thi.s seems like a very novel 'waj'- of strengthening- a pier, but it ■ha«! apaprently been entirely su c c e s s ful. On shore, in m any places entirely new footings had to be constructed and the anchorage piers are new' throughout. These piers, as all who are fam iliar w ith the bridge know, hold down the shore arm s of the can tilevers instead of holding them up, to he -put down. S’ome painting also j though they also perform the function ReiTlClv Oars, Designed hy Kay M iut ay. Lifting TniSvS o f Pin Span on Wc.st Side of llivea* ------- Not aide Feature of the Work. 1 rem a ins to be finished on the east pin spans, and th e double track is not en tirely liniihed. The steel w o rk has been finished over the river for sever al m o n ths, and in th a t section recent w o rk has been alm o s t entirely lin the line of rep-lacinig the decK,— th a t is, th e ties, guard x-aiis and track. The Old track on the bridge whs of rails w e ighing only sixty or seventy pounds, and this h a s beeix replaced by one h u n d r e d pound standard .slotl lails, c-xcopt in a very sm a ll section, .vhich by the lim e -Jhis article gets int j print A.Ill pei'hap.: he completed, as It was held h a c k by the fact th a t the last shipm e n t of i-ails was sh o r t by six of enough to corrixlete the work. The woik of the .American Hridge Corr.pany, which took the c »i; ract for strengthening the bridge in the spring Of 1903, h a s ‘been divided into four p a rtf: first, the foundation w'ork; I second; the placing of a center truss; I third, the I’cplacing- of the old lattice |{TUS'.5e.'; of the viaduct w ith heavy plate IsiJ'd'ers, and fourth, the reconstruction the pin .spans, of -v.hich there are I five o r six on this side of the river la n d tw o on 'the other. In genei-al, g t h o work of strengfheningr throug-hout I th& whole bridge has been to add a I new m e m b e r in the center, so th a t I the bridge, instead of being supported I from tw o pciints on each side is now I supported from thx'ee, and a s the oen- ' t%r m e m b e r is larg e r'an d 'heavier than eith e r cX the two side ones, it adds m o re th a n a th ir d to the strength of the struoture. On all the river piei's a new upi'ight A-.-.'ha.ped tow e r h a s been built to su-pent the new center truss. The top of the .A-tow’er and the central m em b e r of the -shoi*e arm cantilever is show n in one of th e pic tures herew ith presented, and it is possible in the picture a ’so to see som e Of the new w ork tfirough the rest of the bridge. The general ef fect of the new w o rk as one looks at it from the fertT b o a t or from any point along the river front is one of con.^idei'ably g r e a l e r stability and so lidity. T h e lattice w o rk of the trusses and cantilever arm s does not look so open as it did. There has been con siderable new bracing put in he-ides the center m em b e r, but this does not show very m u ch, except f rom a view point very near by. The work cf reconstruction lias been st^veral t.nif-i before dcscr'beJ in the Eagle and there have been some de cidedly intcre-'^ting features about it. At the beginning, it consisted chiefly of f o u n d a tion work and cf putting m the plate girders on file viaduct, be ginning- a t the bridge over W a shington Street. Qur readers -will rem e m b e r the description published moi'e th a n a year ago of the w ay the piers in th e river w'ere drilled w'ith p r a c ti cally the sam e sort of drills th a t are used In b o r ing for oil in Pennsylvan ia. L o n g boles were drilled dowm through ’the solid concrete in t h e cen te r o f the piey^ to or below the w a ter — ! of -holding up the ends of- the pin trusses at the beginning of the via ducts. It Will be rem e m b e red th a t traffic was .stopped on the bridge for a day or so at the tim e the 'pins were driven out tn a t 'held the su p e rstruc ture fapt to tlic old anchorage. K c c o n structiiig tJie P h i Tiaisses. The reconstruction of the pin span-r was another very intere-.sting feature of the woi-k. On t h e w e st side 'of the river this woi'k was done last winter, and the old trus.-es were lifted out w ithout taking them a p a r t by the der rick cars stationed at each end ot them , as 3h.jvvn in the accom p anyiny picture. Tbls was considei'ed a ra t h er notable achievem e n t, and after be ing lifted out these trusses were sent to A thens, Pa., ■.vhere they were, fo- inforcedl An entirely new truss was SMITH, raiANTHHBPIST FOMMDST eiTIZEN OF OUR GITT SI'.VRTIXG IT’SlNKSS BY SKLUXG CANDY FROM A BAS- KFT, HE- 1 ^ v o w OCR LEADING MERCHANT AND FREvSiDENT OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE CHAMBER OF CUM-MERCE—HIS C( iN'fRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS EXCEED a ’ HALF MILLION DOLLARS. The C h ristm a s editioif of the Eagle he bought hi.s sugar from Jam e s u.uiid be incom p lete without some pian c h a r d a grocer who conducted reference to the forem o st citizen of ■ his business in-the B lankenhorn build- tlie tow n — in fact a veritable Santa | ing on Main Street. In those days O a u s for the city and all th a t pertahes ' Mr. Sm ith bought tw e n ty pounds of to its welfare. Such a m an U Mr. VAhlliam \V. Sm ith, the president of the Cham b e r of Commerce of Pough- k t ' t p . i e and a m an -,vho nas done rr'cre fur the city than any of our cit- The career of _Mr. Sm ith is too well known to the public, to call for repiti- tior. at th ’'-- time. Suffice ir to say th a t Mr. Smith i.s now seventy-seven year.a old. was born in T a n a d a and came to Poughkeepsie wheti a boy fd th hiis Top of East Shore Pier, showing new central A-towei- and Central member of Cantilever, taken from Rej-noids Hill. 1 a r e n t .s a i i . l brother.-'-. I l l s f a t h e r [ b r o t h e r s o p t n e i l a litttv fi> n f e c tio n r - r y Of course put in the center of each span. On the ea.st --'=ide of the river, ho-vt-ever, v.hertf th e pin spans are con- [ s tore on M arket Str, i t . the firm being siderably h>n.ger. one of th e m being Jame.^ Sm ith & Sons. few o f our 1“.% ft i t In Iciisth c r.i.-ri.ing tlio Xew York C e n tral & H u d son R iver R a il road tracks, this m ethod w as not us ed. The first of these east side p:n :pans had already been supported on tim b e r false w o rk because of the ne cessity Of holding it up w h e n the an on c h o rage -pier was rebuilt a.nd hence it could‘be taken a p a r t ‘w ithout difficulty’. T h e other.s w e re taken a p a r t by m e a n s of eye beam false work, suspended ‘from panel points. On both th e east and t!he w e s t sides of the riv e r these 'trusses w'ere moved oa Pago olxlest citizens can still rem e m b e r when Willia.m W. walked the streets with his basket selling candies. In due t'm e he b o u g h t the interest of one of hi.s b r o theis and from that time the busines.s began to prosper. -After his father'.s- death TVilliam YY. and Andrew’ S m ith fo rm e d 'th e firm to become known all over th e United State.s as Sm ith B rothers. An intresiing incident th a t has never bef<>re been published regard ing Mr. Sm ith’s early business career illustrates the g r e a t progress he has m ade in his candy business. W h e n h e was selling his candy from a basket j s u g a r at a time. He then m ade his J c a n d y and had to sell it from ‘his I b a sket before he was able to purchase an o th e r tw e n ty.pounds of s u g a r. One I clay Mr. bm ith thought ituvould great- i ly lacilitate his candy business if Mr. Eianc'hard would tru s t ‘him for a barrel of .sugar. W hen th e reciuest was m ade Mr. Sm ith vVas m et with a itfcu s a l. Ho was com p elled to con tinue his tw e n ty-pounds purchases until he could get eno-ugh m oney to gether to purchase one barrel of sugar. A t the present tim e 'Mr. Sm ith has in storage from 3,000 to 4,000 barrels of sugar. P r o m a m ere hole in the wall on Market Street, W illiam W. and A n d rew Sm ith establis-lied one of the largest candy 'plants in this section of the state, fo r Sm ith B r o th ers' candie.s are kno-yvn far and wide. Only recently Mr. .Smith, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary' of his business eareei* an d it was one of the m any ■happy' celebrations of 'his busy life. Mr. Smitii’s Gilts to the City. “W h a t would Poughkeepsie do w ithout W illiam W. Sm ith?” is a question th a t has often been pro pounded by' many' of oUr c itizens. H is ' p liilanthropy has won for him the adm iration and sincere thanks of many’ of the city’s citizens and largest institutions. He presented the city with the handsom e College Hill P a r k and only a sh o rt tim e ago gave an in firm a ry to be erected a t the City Hume. Then there is the beautiful Pres'byterian Ciiurch, now nearly finished, the Young W o m e n ’s C h ris tian Association building th-e addition ti. the Old Ladie.=;’ Home, and. the building toon to be erected for th e Young M en’s C h ristian Association, be-ides .gifts of large am o u n ts to th e Hom e for th e .Friendless and m any churches and other instiutions. These gift.s w’ould aggregate over a h a lf m illion dollars. Of th e g r e a t good that ilr. Srriith has done among the poor people and of m a n y p h ilanthrop ic deeds h e <has perform e d th e r e are m any t h a t the public know s no th ing about. It is roughly estimated th a t W illiam W. Sm ith h a s .given three-quarters of a million dbllars t o ward thU tvelfare of the city of {Pough keepsie, its institutions and t o deserv ing societies and the poor. W illiam W. Shnith’s candy and cough drop business and h is restau ran t and store an d bakeries have done m u c h to advertise 'Poughkeepsie. T h e r e is probably no a r ticle on sale in the country to -d a y h e tter know n th a n “Sm ith B rothers’ Cough D rops.” orders. Large, shipm e n ts are m ade to all points in A m erica, every state of th e union being i^presented. The cough drops are found in nearly everey city and village from M o n treal ■to F lo rid a and fro m the 'Atlantic to the Pacific, and are also shipped to foreign countries. ^ Sm ith's R e s taurant. Perhaps there is no branch of Mr. Sm ith’s business th a t has done more for his excellent. reputation as a busi ness m an than liis fam o us restaurant. Travelling men w’ho have had occasion to dine there have never left w ithout uttering words of praise, not only’ be cause of the excellent character of the food and its preparation, but because of its cleanliness. Its home-like appear ance and the excellent service. It is interesting to know th a t about 175,000 people are fed there every year. On special occa.sions, such as county fair days, during the college races and ■horse trots, over 2,000 people are fed in a day. Mr. Smith takes considerable pride in this branch of his “house of happiness,” and well he may. His three bakeries are also well known and their products add greatly to the ex- eellencly of the restaurant. Sm ith Brothers have long been fa mous as caterers. No intoxicating liquors of any kind are allow’ed in the restaurant. Mr. Smith refuses to cater a t any social gathering w h ere intoxi cants of any description are used. He not only refuses to serve dinners in siTch instances, but refuses absolutely to allow his Avaiters or cooks to offi-. d a te. YVhen the great Poughkeepsie Bridge w as built a dinner to the rail road men of the country w a s given in this c'ty. Mr. Smith was secured to do the catering. B u t as the tim e for the dinner approached, he ascertained th a t it was intended to have wines served. CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEOIMENTATION BASIN HAS BEEN GREAT UNDERTAKING NEW BASIN IS OF CONCRETE, 275 FEET LONG AND 150 FEET WIDE AND HAS AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF ig FEET—THE BASIN DIVIDED INTO SIX COMPART MENTS—A RECORD MADE IN ITS CONSTRUCTION BY CITY ENGINEER CHARLES E. FOWLER. The building of sedim e n tation -cuitous current and is expected to f* ’’' ■basin at the filter .plant, n e a r the pum p ing station of th e Pough-keepsie 'Water Worlvs, has been a good deal •more of .an undertaking than m ost .pe^ople realize. This basin is- of con crete, 275 f e e t long a n d 150 feet wide. The concrete walls a t the sides are 9^/2 feet in height, >but the basin is li- feet deper in the middle, giving an avei-age. d e p th of ten feet. It is not sim p ly <a big concrete lined pond or basin, but has a num b e r of additional features which will add greatly to its efficiency’. W h e n the Albany filters were built, about five o r six years ago, they were provided with a settling _ h a sin which was sim p ly a big basin into which the w a ter was pum p ed and allowed to stana until a consid- malri in the .basin about trwenty-foua? hours, being ■(Irawn olf in a little W*- terfali at the n o r theast corn^ea*^ frona w h ich it will fun to the present in tak e basin and 'then-ce into the fiitei«|. ■From the center of t h e 'basin iS it drain, running northw e s tw a rd u n d e r the railroad tracks to th e river. Thill will be used to em p ty the basin an’^l w a s h out tn e .silt wdiicn has been dbf* posited. In all pro'ba'bilitj’ t h e b a s l* will not have to be emptied' m o re t h a n once Or twice a yiear, and -during th # tim e th a t it is o u t of use water caa be pum p ed as a t present, •diirectly to the old intake 'basin, and so >cn .to th* filters. It is expected th a t the rem o y - ' of the ■cloy, dirt and o th e r m a tto r suapen-iio-n in the w a ter by' a llpw - orable p a r t of the sedim e n t h a d set- ing it to stand in the sedimentation? Lied out of it. Then it was draw n off basin for tw e n ty-four hours will clar- fiom the surface into tihe 'filter beds, fify sufficiently so 'tliat th e ^filter* Since th a t tim e it h a s been found that the w a ter settles better if it is conducted around a circuitous course by’ w h a t are know’n as baffle parti- tJi n.i. These are partitions of tw o - lb C'h plankhig, set in' iron column.^ .standing out fi'cm each side of the He refused to have anything to with th t event and so steadfastly did Ue ‘ ba<;in alternately. They are about 4 6 abide by his purpose th a t the wines foot a.= p a r t and there .are five of them. -------- ------------ ------------------ - ------ - ------- , the failure of the city authorities' t0 were banished. He has plainly tlem -f d ividing the basin into six co m p a r t- j hold a taxpayers’ election fo r its au- wili run twice as lohg as a t p r e s e n t \vithout beco-ming so -clogged as to necessitate cleaning. Rapid Woric. ■Mr. -Charle.^ E. 'Fowl-er, city engl-^-, peer, ha.<?made a record in buildinif this big barin. The work w a s g r e a tly , delayed in the beginnin-g becapSe ■ Intci'ioi' of N e\v Bashi Just Before Completion. -jl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ’.i- onstrated to business men th a t a res- open a t the en d i like this: tau r a n t and catering business can be conducted in a m ost successful and pi'osperous m anner w ithout the use of intoxicants of any kind. ■William W. Sm ith is a self-m a d e, successful business man. In h is early youth he m ade up his m ind th a t he would live up to his C h ristianitY in all his business engagem ents. H e further resolved th a t if th e tim e ever came when he had to lose business o r sacri fice his Christian and tem perance prin ciples. it would be his business which would have to suffer. Mr. .Smith’s gen ial and m o st am iable disposition, his philanthropic characteristics, his love for the poor and unfe-rtunate and his great success as a busines,s m an have eo-nibined to m ake him the forem o st citizen of Poughkeepsie, and the Ela-gle joins with his m u ltitude of friends in wishing him m any m o re years of good health, continued prosperity and a large share of the world’s happiness. IIEIAINK OIEIPP. Snperintmding' Ooncrefe Work., T h e little fa;otory on O h u rch S t r e e t is L o ts iof men. won.’t need, veriy big always riumin,® at its ©a^aeij^ 4o fill toml^toaes to -tell _o£ iLeir good doeds. I i l_ thorization early in the sum m e r. It will be rem e m b e red th a t tb e r e wa« first a referendum , -which merely, de term ined the sentim e n t of the taxpay ers, and several weeks later, a. -tax- paj’ers' election. Ej’ the 14th of Au- eu-.5t, ho.\v’ever, the land had been ob tained, and ‘all the plana ba-d-pre viously been draw n and subm itted to Hazen & W hipple, the well known? consulting engineers upon w a ter sup- ■ply questions, no tim e was lost.- ‘ ~ Two .short baffle -partitions ^’i^lJ be land was previously the nor.th-wes^ W ooden fram e work to be filled vdfib ^ncrefte for w a ll o f sedim e p ^ ioM noticed' in one corner; th a t is th e northw e s t co m e r -ivhere th e intake •pipe enters f r o m the pum p ing station. As th e w a t e r is pum p ed in it flows around tliesf 'titions in ■a slow cir- ner of the Becih property, adjoining th e road leading to th e filter basi*. and bound-ed on t h e west by the ^jCJontiniied on pa^ ^