A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . theSanta Ana is a harmless looking river .that ap-parently might be spanned by an ordinary tres-tle work. But at times during the rainy seasonit is subject to sudden rises when a huge torrentof water freighted with sand dashes with power- ful force against any obstacle. It was to provideagainst freshets that so powerful and enduringa structure was built. To secure a solid footingon the bedrock of the river for its piers it wasnecessary to
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . theSanta Ana is a harmless looking river .that ap-parently might be spanned by an ordinary tres-tle work. But at times during the rainy seasonit is subject to sudden rises when a huge torrentof water freighted with sand dashes with power- ful force against any obstacle. It was to provideagainst freshets that so powerful and enduringa structure was built. To secure a solid footingon the bedrock of the river for its piers it wasnecessary to sink to a depth iii the river bedvarying from fifteen to fifty-five feet; as theseexcavations were carried down it became neces-sary to construct coffer dams and use steam-pumps to keep the water out. During the greater]3art of the time that the bridge was in the courseof construction a force of 200 men was employedand the work was carried on night and day. Anidea of the magnitude of the bridge may \ye ob-iained from the dead weight of the structure,which is estimated at 34,000 tons. Its cost was$200,000. The bridge was open for traffic earlyin ^Tf-rl ^/y- JOTHAM BIXBY. O you youths, western youths,So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship,Plain I see you, western youths, see you tramping withthe foremost, Pioneers! O Pi( All the dazzling days, all the mystic nights with dreams,Pioneers! O Pi( Have the elder races halted?Do they drop and end their lesson, wearied, over there beyond the seas ?We take up the task eternal, and the burden, and thelesson. Pioneers! O Pic All the past we leave behind;We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world;Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of laborand the march. Pioneers! O Pii We detachments steady throwing,Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains , holding, daring, venturing, as we go, theunknown ways, Pioneers ! O Pioneers ! We primeval forests the rivers s
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