It was rigor ously tested on the 20th of December, and under the tremendous weight of eighteen locomotives and twenty-four heavily loaded gravel cars, showed a temporary deflection of but six inches, proving to be a grand and perfect success.
In less than seven months, December 1st, 1883, the bridge was completed.  It was rigor ously tested on the 20th of December, and under the tremendous weight of eighteen locomotives and twenty-four heavily loaded gravel cars, showed a temporary deflection of but six inches, proving to be a grand and perfect success.  Bridges on the cantilever principle are now becoming quite Cantilever Bridge — Constructing Overhang.