. Journal of electricity. THE DRYDOCK The Chinese employed in thedrydocks make excellent me-chanics. They are industrious,use their wits, and at times areingenious. They must, how-ever, be strictly watched by anoverseer who knows good work,and they know that he knows THE GREAT ARCHED BRIDGE AT TOKYO In the far East on all sides one sees evidences of the crowding out ofthe old and the setting up of the new. This is especially true in engi-neering design and accomplishment, and receives its greatest emphasis inthe constructive effort of the Japanese. comparative size is shown to the eye by
. Journal of electricity. THE DRYDOCK The Chinese employed in thedrydocks make excellent me-chanics. They are industrious,use their wits, and at times areingenious. They must, how-ever, be strictly watched by anoverseer who knows good work,and they know that he knows THE GREAT ARCHED BRIDGE AT TOKYO In the far East on all sides one sees evidences of the crowding out ofthe old and the setting up of the new. This is especially true in engi-neering design and accomplishment, and receives its greatest emphasis inthe constructive effort of the Japanese. comparative size is shown to the eye by the factthat the writer of this article, who is shown on the arms of the statue, isover six feet high. In-deed the statue is socolossal that one mayclimb up into the head ofthe effigy and there wor-ship Buddha at a shrinewhich is perpetuallymaintained for savantsof the religion. The arched bridgeherein displayed i 11 u s-trates the former meth-ods employed inJapanese design. Thisparticular structure isthe Sacred Bridge atNikko. It is the one overwhich General Grant wastold that he might pass, THE GREAT DIABUTSU ... , 3 • The great statue of Buddha. although no foreigner near Yokohama Japan.—What ha(J ever before been al- another civilization has accom-plished
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