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Brooklyn and New York.

--Mr. John A. Roebling, the engineer of the Niagara Suspension Bridge, proposes to build a bridge between the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The super-structure of the bridge would form an arch about two miles long, clearing the water of the East river in one sweep of 1,600 to 1,800 feet span, and extending over the houses of both cities in a series of smaller spans whose length would be gradually diminished from the East river towards either approach, say from 1,200 to 1,600 feet.

The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 1, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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