Argosy All-Story Weekly — "Sea Marauders" — page 60: what you’re looking at

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482 ARGOSY-ALLSTORY WEEKLY. “Kid going alone, eh! Well, that'll be soft. Tl turn the little shrimp in- side out if he gets fresh.”’ Newt saddled his horse within the stable, hesitating as he was about to lead the animal forth. “T got a hunch,” he suddenly mut- tered. “Tain’t going to do it that way a-tall. Here’s a time when I got to play her safe.” Swiftly he stripped off the saddle, but almost immediately replaced it. A little further delay followed, while Newt poked about a work bench. Hav- ing located what he wanted, the boy at length led his mount into the open air, where he swung briskly into the saddle. The unseen watcher noted this, lips curling back in an evil sneer, “On his way, is he! About time, V’d say. [’m sure getting sick of sticking up here in the rocks, with nothing to do but twiddle my thumbs. Now [ll dig up my cayuse and pound the trail too. Tll jump that fool kid east of the Salt Wash crossing. That’s as good a place as any other.”’ TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK U U U Spanning the Golden Gate - PERHAPS no group of large cities in the world are separated by such a water barrier as are those clustered around San Francisco Bay. For years transportation in the neighborhood of the Golden Gate has been one of using ship or ferry. In the last two years three highway bridges have been built across the nar- rower portions of the bay at a cost of fourteen million dollars. Work has begun on another to cost seven million five hundred thousand dollars; and a fifth that will mean an expenditure of fourteen million five hundred thousand dollars is waiting legal approval before starting. T'wo other bridges, for which Federal aid is asked, will cost one hundred million dollars each, and will span the Golden Gate and connect San Francisco and Oakland. The latter of the two will have two principal spans of one thousand two hundred and fifty feet each and a vertical clearance of one hundred and fifty feet, and a movable span to accommodate ships. The War and Navy depart- ments have offered objection because they believe that such a structure would * hinder navigation and endanger a fleet in time of war when it comes to manettvers. The Golden Gate bridge will probably consist of a single suspension of four thousand and fifty feet, making it two thousand two hundred and thirty feet longer than the famous Quebec bridge, and about six hundred feet longer than the Hudson River bridge now under way in New York. Work has already started on the transbay bridge from Hayward to San Mateo, a distance of slightly over seven miles. This will be the longest high- 4 way bridge in the world, but there are few engineering difficulties to over- = come. There is shallow water most of the way, and conditions in no way 2 Sa compare with those nearer the mouth of the bay. A subway connecting Oakland with Alameda is nearing completion, and will cost four million five hundred thousand dollars. This brings the total cost of spanning San Francisco Bay and linking together the cities nestled there to the staggering sum of practically two hundred and fifty million dollars. Guy Rader. ‘com Ebookste BOUIN: