The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 18, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3
0f%1YLANIA'S TVNNELS.
Meet Under Hudson River-Longest
Subaqueous Tubes in The World
on the Verge of Completion.
New York, Sept. 15-After two
years and a half of continous work the
eastbound and westbound shields in
one of the 23-foot twin tubes, which
the Penn1sylvinia Railroad has been
driving under the Hudson river tq con
nect New York and New Jersey, met
on Wednesday. Now men may walk
through dryshod from one state to
the other. The second tube, a few
feet to the south, is expected to join
about October 7th. . The meeting of
the shields narks the beginning of the
completion of one of the most aston
ishing engineering feats on record. It
means the realization of the long-time
dream of the Pennsylvania Railroad
to land its passengers in the heart of
Manhattan Island. Pr'obably no feat
of railway strategy in the history of
the United States has attracted more
iattention throughout the world than
this one. Its completion will mark a
triumph over difficulties of tremen
dous magnitude, as this will be the
lonjest tunnel ever bored entirely un
4r water.
or many years the Pennsylvania
ilroad has brought its passengers to
Jersey City, and there they have had
to stop. The company looked longingly
across the Hudson River, but for de
cades it seemed impossible that this
longing could ever be gratified. En
gineers wagged thei' heads doubtfully
when the project of a tunnel was
broached, and financiers were over
come at the thought of the expense of
uilding a bridge across the river.
Soon after President Cassatt took
pffice, however, at the head of the
ennsylvania system, lie determined
iat the ambition of the wailroad
hould be realized. In his Annual Re
port for the year 1899 lie modestly
tated to the stockholders:
Ferry Inconvenience Eliminated.
''In order that your company may
erform its duty to the public and se
Z'ure its share of the growing traffic
it will be necessary to continue to
improve and add to your property."
Then in the report for the year 1901
Mr. Cassatt stated the determination
of the road in the following simple
anguage:
"The' Board have long felt that
our interests, as well as the conveni
ence of the public, require the exten
sion of your line into New York and
the establishment of a centrally lo
cated passenger station in that city
through which the inconvenieneb and
delays of transfer by ferry will be
Pvoided.
The project required capital in un
10ited abundance. Above all else, it
equired extraordinary courage to
foresee and to feel sure of the ability
the company to realize from its new
nprovements sufficient revenue to
ny dividends on the largely increased
apital. In the reports for 1901 Mr.
Cassatt stated his views on this sub
ct as follows:
"The cost of the work will be large,
but your Board is satisfied that the
xpenditure ,will be fully justified by
the result attained.''
This work, therefore, will represent,
rhen completed, the culmination of
robably the greatest series of rail
road improvenents ever undertaken.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad alone,
and excluding its principal lineA east
and wvest of Pittsburg, the sum of
$192,000,000-has been provided for im
rovements and extensions during the
st six years. Some idea of the vast
gures with wvhich the company, un
er President Cassatt, has come to
deal-figures which makes one think
of the budget of an empire-may be
gathiere'd from the fact that in 1898
the gross income of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company was $71,000,000;
the net income was $11,000,000; the
ividend paid was five per cent., and
e surplus, after paying dividends,
as $4,000,000. In 1905 the gross in
ome was $146,000,000; the net in
ome was $30,000,000; the dividend on
he largely inereased capital stock
Ssix per cent., and the surplus,
ter paying the dividend, was $11,
60,000. In the six years from 1893
o 1898, inclusive, the yearly divi
d.end was five per cent., and the aver
age surplus, after paying the dividend,
vp$3,700,000 per annum. In the
six years' from 1900 to 1905, inclusive,
the yearly dividend was six per cent.
and the average surplus after paying
the dividend was $11,400,000 per an
' To carry through the extremely dif
'diult undertaking involved in theJ
New Vork City improvements, the
opay designated its Third Vice
roient, Mr. Samuel. Rea, to take
Ireg charge of the work, to superin
end thei acquisition of rpal estate; to
ensult with the New York City and
tate authorities with rA- to
btalnihg the necessary righ s, to ap.
der befor the Board of Rapid Tran
ISAB
New goods rolling in,
Winter Goods. The si
meet the growing derr
most wanted just now
be chock-a-block. Cot
the "Trailers" who po
Ladies Lace Collai
Ladies' Lace Collars bough
one in the lot worth less tlh
each, your choice for I Sc.
Big variety to pick from.
TWO LEADERS IN
Black Taffe
$1.25 yd. wide Black 'Taffe
in every yard, a big leader
$1.50 yard wide Black Taff
unmatchable at only 98c. y
This :zonth's Butteri4
10c and 15c-no
NEWBI
sit Commissioners and other publi
bodies in New York, to explain th
project and obtain the necessary frai
,hises and consents, and also to supei
intend the awarding of the large cor
tracts for doing the work itself. Th
Company also appointed a coinmissio
,f the most eminent civil engineers i
the world to draw up the plans for tl
work, itself. The commission consisi
af Colonel Charles W. Raymond, Un
ted States Army, Chairman; M
Charles M. Jacobs, Mr. Alfred Nobli
and Mr. George Gibbs; Mr. Rea an
Mr. Cassatt, of course,' co-operatin
with them.
The Men Behind The Shields.
To have direct su-ervision over ti
wvork on the Hudson River tunne
the company secuired Mr. Charles l\
Jacobs, an Englishmniani, who has pr<
bably had to do with the building c
more large tunnels than any othu
living man. HIe dlesigned the shtichk
used in the work. The shield is thi
most import ant feature of tunnelin
undeclr water, and it takes an engine(
really to appreciate what it mean
Four shields have been in use in til
Hudson River work, two in each tub
one working from the Jersey side an
one from the New York side in ene
ease. The shields are still in perfe<
eondition, and, owing to their peculia:
ly satisfactory character, this wor
has been pushed forward with almo:
unprecedented rapidity.
The Chief Assistant Engineer, M
James Forgie, a Scotchman, designe
the hydraulic sliding platforms wit
which the shields are equipped. It
on these platforms that the men stan
in making the excavations ahead <
the tube itself; the platforms slid
out as the work advances, and tI
excavated material is dumped bac
through the shield upon train car
which carry it back to the shaft.
Mr. Forgie wvas the principal assis
ant to the distinguished tunnel eng
neer, Greathead, in the constructic
of the Wate'loo & City Railroad tui
nel under the River Thames in 1804
The contractors, the 0O'Rourke Eu
gineering Construction Company, hi
gani operationls in the subaqueous tmu
nels on April 18, 1004, the first boris
beginning on the Manhattan side. 0
Sept. 1st operations on the New Jo
soy side were begun, a deep shaft ha'
ing been sunk on each ,side prior i
the beginning of the actuial boring.
Quietly the work went on, and ti
public heard of little that was hal
pening. Accidents were. remarkabi
few. There was only one death thu
could be traced to the effect? 4 coD
pressed air; there wore inevitahi
cases of the' bends.'' The physiciat
have been in constant r.ttendanceo
the works, and overybou .---a' e
one of the tub. ' has to nu-i
examination, ortaL . ater
C KF1
every freight train that re
iowing here this season i
iands,of our business. F
Not just a handful her4
ne here first, last and all
ke after Mimnaugh, who
rs Half Price. Slaught
t at half price, not Last call
an 25 to 39 cents What's 1
each. Step quick. 2,500 yc
2,300 yi
YARD WIDE Two cas
ta Silk, only 8
30-in. Si
ta, guarantee woven
this week 79c. yd. Boy.
eta Silk, guaranteed
ard. would sc
stores tc
k Patterns on dignit
* 50 doz.
ne highfer.50dz
50c. kin
WAIT - WATCH -I
ERRY'S LE.
o workers, and hot coffee is given to
a them, as a stimulant, when they em
- erge from compressed air.
How a Tunnel is Bored.
The tube itself consists of a se, -es
e of iron rings, and the installation of
every ring means a progress of 2 and
a half feet. Eleven plates and a key
piece to go at the top complete the
s circumference, and an entire ring
weighs about fifteen tons. The cast
iron plates, or sections of the ring,
have flanges at right angles to the
surface, and it is by these that the
successive rings are held together with
bolts. Hydraulic rams, placed against
the flanges -every few inches around
the tube, pusly the shield forward at
sa maximum pressure of 3,400 tons ;I
if the pressur~e of the air in the tube
be taken into account the pressur'e up
on the shield is increased to 4,400 tone.
rThe shiield itself weighs 194 tons. It
shas nine (loors in1 it, and thr'ough these
econmes the rock, or sand,' or silt, or
wiha tever the material through wvhich
r the tubhe must be driven. Thirty men
shift in a gang, and there are three
sitinthe day of twenty four hours.
eThe record progress so far is five
d' rings, or twelve and a half feet, in
h eight hours. Men of all nationalities
thave built the Pennsylvania tubes uin
_der the Hudson, negroes having done
k a large part of the job. Laziness is
soniething the contractors never had
to conitendl with; they say there mVst
be something about the compressed air
which generates energy and enthun
a siasm, for the ''muckers'' vie with
hi one another, to make the record num
s ber of rings
aPerhaps there has never been an en
gineering project in which theory and
The engineers calculated the difficul
k ties closely, andl a really remarkable
sse of reports has been in effect
from the first (lay. Every morning
Mr. Jacobs has known the progress
made the day before, to the very inch,
n and the amount of rock and soil excav
ated, to the cubie foot. T1hie Pennsyl
vania Railroad officers and the con
tractors hold this p)erfect system and
the thoroughness of each day's work
Lchiefly respsonsible for the prompt
ness of the meeting of the tubes.
wn Enieer ay too, that no project
was v o eniriel pouhr the emph
- ass wa soentiely ponthe results,
0 rather than upon the money it costs
eto attain them. Records have been
ekept with unprecedented accuracy and
fullness, and, they have been correct
Y ed, revised and re-revised with bewild
tering frequency.
3 *"Poor man!"' exclaimed the good
' II4 lady, ''to what do you at
it ,ri ,r craving for drink? Is it
8~ heredita '?'' ''No, ma'am,'' replied
d Weary 'Willie; ''it's thirst.''-Phil
~adelphia Ledger.
iOMwu
aches Newberry is bring
will be greater than ever
:>r months we have been
a and a few samples ther
the time for bargains. S
blazes the way. WE P1
er Prices on all Summer G
We need the room for new g
5ft must "take a walk" at any old
Is. Outing Flannel at only 4 1-2
is. Outing Flannel at only 8 1-2
es standard Percales, Instead of
1-2c. yd.
:andard Drills 8 1-2c. kind 6 1-4
1'Pants at 25c. a P
lund too cheap for the real dig
talk about. We are a trifle "
y, but ext-a long on bargains.
Boys' Serviceable Winter Pants
I, for only 25c. a pair.
VAIT, KEEP BOTF
iDING DEP
THE STATE OF SOUTH CARO
LINA, COUNTY OF NEW-.
BERRY.-IN PRO- ti
BATE COURT. il
Charles J. Purcell, as Executor of the d
last will and testament of Ned ti
Whitter, deceased, Plaintiff, vs.To
latha Whitter, Kansas Spearman,
William Whitter, Henry Whitter,
Lottie Spearman, and J. E. Nor- N
wood, Defendants.
It is ordered that all creditors of
Ned Whitter, deceased, be and they a
are hereby required to render in their h1
demands, on oath, to this Court on or c
before the 15th day of October, 1906. f
And it is further ordered that all
such creditors be and they are hereby
enjoined from prosecuiting~ their de
mands in any other proceeding.
.J. C. Wilson, Ii
(Official Seal) J. P. N. C.
Sept. 7, 1906.
ti
TEACHER WANTED. p
Lady teacher for Maybinton school, b
who will teach children at school n
house and not expect parents to teach b
them at home. School small. Term il
about 7 months. Salary $30. Opens P
Sept. 17th. Address, P
W. B. Whitney, Clh'm'n.
WV. B. Oxner, Clerk, ti
Blairs, S. C., R. F. D. No. 1. e
b
SCHOOL TO OPEN. ii
The next session of the Newberry
Graded Schools will be gin on Mon
day, September 24, 1906. The schools
will be opened promptly at 9 o'clock.
The pup)ils, who were not present on
account of sickness at thme examina
tion last .June may report for ex
mination and classification on Mon
day when the school opens.
W. A. Stuckey,
Superintendent.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Newberry.
By John.C. Wilson, Esquire, Probate
Judge.
WHIERAS, WV. RI. Gauntt andI L. M.
Player hath made suit to me, to grant
themi Letters of Administration of the
Estate of andl effects of M. M. Player
THESE A RE THER1NFORE to cite'
and admonish all and singular the kin
di-ed and Creditors of thme said M. M.
Player deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be hold at Newherry on Tumes
day, September 25 after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in thme forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 10th
day 'of September, Ann~o Domin, 1906.
J. C. Wilson,
J, P. N. C.
.rrying is easy, but lIousekeeping
. rd.-..e4rman Proverb.
LJG
EWi
ing us case after case q
before. Every stock
preparing and carefu
e, but every departmer
Itick to the store that le
rCH THE MUSIC TO THE
oods. Get Read3
oods. 200 Boys' Kersey Su
price. 200 Boys' Kersey Su
c. yd. 150 Boys' Kersey Su
100. Boys' Kersey Su
c d. 100 Boys' Kersey Su
10Oc. 50 doz. Boys' School
c. yd. Shoes by I
lir - made by the bigget an
in America. Come<
nifiled We have more Shoe
ohort" than most of the Nev
in stock, and still cast
, the to the clink of the na:
after case.
I EYES OPEN ON
LJM
A-RTMENT
E:XAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
The next county teachers examina
on will be on Friday September 21st
i the office of the county superinten
ent of education. Colored applica- I
ons in the court house. 1
J. S. Vheeler, 0
Co. Supt Education.
'OTIOE OF SALE OF POidARIA
OIL MILL.
Notice kI hereby given that by auth
rity of a resolution of the stock
olders, the diectors of the Pomaria
'il Mill will sell the proparty and
-anchises, both real and personal, of
i1 Pomaria Oil Mill, at public out- t
y at Pomaria, S. C., on the 12th day
f Septemb)er, 1906, at eleven o'clock
Sthe forenoon, on the following
irms:
T1he purchaser will be required to
ay five thonsand dollars cash, on
te day of sale, .$500 of which must be
aid to thie actioner as soon as the
id is closed, nr the nroperty will im
ediately be resol< 'he balance to
c paid within thirt;~. iys, withouit
tterest, whereupon tit:e to the pro
erty will be executed and delivered.
uirchaser to pay for papers.
This sale will be made to enable I
'e dJirectors to pay the dlebts of the
>rporation, and the proceeds will
e applied to the claims of creditors
the order of their legal priority.
W. W. B3erley,
R. HI. Hipp, 'l
J. P. Setzler,
J. L. Graham, (
0. B. Aull,
E. 0. Hentz,i
D. A. Kieckley,
Jno. P. Wicker,
Jno. 0. Koon,
H. HI. Counts,
WV. M. Wilson.
Directors.
Frank R. Ht
Real Estate, Stocks, B<
Bought ai
Offlee Over Her;
Newberr;
If' you want to Buy, Sell o
SEE
Upon application at our
to price and show
we have il
FRANK. R. HUl
THREN
ORK
f High Grade Fall and
will be increased to
ily buying the goods
,t in this big store will
ads and don't follow
TUNE OF LOW PRICES.
r for School.
itts worth $2.00 for $1.49.
its worth $2.50 for $1.98.
its worth $3.00 for $2.39.
its worth $3.50 for $2.98.
Its worth $4.50 for $3.49.
Caps just landed.
lie Car Load
d best Shoe manufacturers
lirect to us for your Shoes.
s -piled under my tables
rberry shoe dealers carry
3 after case roll in. Listen
1 puller ripping open case
STORE.
TEACHER WANTED.
For the Dead Fall school. Salary
35.00 per month. School opens Octo
er 1, and runs seven months. Ap
4ications may be filed with any one
f the undersigned by September 35th.
B. L. Dominick.
R.. S. Boozer.
Newberry, R. F. D. No. 4.
J. W. Crouch.
Silver Street.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned not
o trespass upon the land of the un
ersigned1. Persons t resp)assing upon
ur lands withlout our Consent will be
ealt withi according to lawv.
R{ufus A. Sligh.
.J. B. Kempson.
E. E. Sligh.
.'AKE A TRIP TO THE EAST via
CHARLESTON & WESTERN
DAROLINA RAILWAY
Through Savannah and Steamship
rom Lauf'ens, S. C. to
Baltimore, Md., and return $29.40
Boston, Mass., and return 39.30
New York and return .. .. 35.30
Philadephia, and return .. 33.40
Round trip summer excursion rates;
'ickets on sale daily to and including
~eptember 30, with final return limit
ectober 31, 1906.
For full information call on or ad
r.ess,
C. HI. Gasque,
Agent, Laurens, S.C.
Geo. T. Bryan,
Gen. Agt., Greenville, S. C.
Ernest Williams,
0. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
nter & Co.
mnds and Mortgages
id Sold.
ild and News,
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r' Exchange Real Estate
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Office we Will be glad
any property that
i Charge.
iT ER, Manager.