Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 568
es sound rather remarkable. It hasnever been done before, so far as I know; but weare building a forty-five-foot arch across thatchasm, seventy-five feet underground. And un-der the next wall, where the fissure is narrowerand comes at the joint between two caissons, weare bridging the gap with a… … IHE CHUTE SYSTEM 01 IOUKING CUNCKEIE. Say, could we go down and see the work?I begged. The engineer laughed. Do you know, hesaid, I sent a green hand down the other day— a negro —and he was so scared that he fellupon his knees and began to pray. Why, what is there to be afraid of? I asked. The…
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