Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE MOVED. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE MOVED.

’T'At 10:15 a. m., Wednesday the Order was given to “go ahead,” at which the man at the horse used to turn the capstan to which | the big Washington street bridge had been hitched said “Gidap.” The horse began to go in a circle around the capstan, and the big bridge began moving over toward Joe Larsh’s. it came, just like it had to; fevery time the horse turned the • bridge got nearer on to dry land, and b\ Wednesday evening it was more than half way of its length in the street. Thursday the high watef. and the fact that the men had put in a good half -day’s work Wednesday after midnight caused a delay until noon of that day when operations were renewed and the work of temoving the bridge was completed yesterday morning and the dredge began

throwing rock. Several |days wHI elapse before this bridge can be replaced as the dredge will have to go more than two hundred feet below it to allow all the boats that go with the dredge the necessary room.