Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1914 — CHANGE FOR CEMENT ARCH BRIDGE NOW [ARTICLE]

CHANGE FOR CEMENT ARCH BRIDGE NOW

Let’s Get Busy and Do Things Right While We Are At IlLet Every Person Help.

_ A proposition. that sounds go good that we believe it should go through without a hitch is to have the Washington street bridge transferred to Work street and a ’ new cement arch bridge built to span the Iroquois at Washington street. It is almpst getting the cart ahead of the horse to suggest It now, but it would be an easy matter tp unv hitch and start right than to go ahead and then acknowledge our mistake for manjryears to come. <Many peopde petitioned ' for a bridge at Work street. The county council met.and made an appropriation anp the commissioners advertised for bidsrtofbe received at the August term. The specifications are now on file with the county auditor. The bridge is ,to be an 80 toot span with a. 16 foot driveway and two Moot sidewalks. The old bridge at Washington street will be /adequate to take care of the travel on Wdrk street for many, many years to some, Jt can be painted and made to took very respectable, practically as good as . any iron bridge. But Washington street should have a better bridge. A cement arch' is the best kind and can probably be built for $5,000, the amount -appropriated for the Work street bridge This means that by ehang-' ing the old bridge and erecting the arch we can ‘virtually kill two birds with one stone,, for it will not be very Jong until Washington will have to have a new bridge,

anyway, z . ’ Our fine new brick, street Is a grtat send off to our town. A new cement bridge wiM double the value in the matter of appearance. This is a matter affecting every resident, no matter in what part of town they may live. Let’s get busy and ask the commissioners to make.the change, even if a small delay is occasioned. "