The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

NE IV WESTMINSTER-88/VG.

The works connected with this fine stru'iico.
have rapidly progressed since our last ir the
Little more than a month or six weeks ago enlY,,io
cast-iron work had been completed, th° at
wrought-iron crowns of each arch being st,T"„ft,
Messrs. Cochran's iron works, at Battersea.
however, not only has the whole of the iron erg'
wrought and cast, of thej first half of the are pa
been finished, but the " buckle" plates havelle,io
bolted down for the roadway, and a portion 0 a,
macadamized road itself at either end construe of
The manner in which the road is made is a serie,sft
bolted on to the ribs of the' arch. The
wrought-iron convex plates, about 7ft.
,by 'els
filled
al
between. the convex crowns of these are
wrt a wood pavement, the interstices of' which able
closed in with strong asphalte; till all is perfee.4
evel with the top of the plates. A coating of uis
brick rubbish, to the depth of 8 or 10 inches,
then laid down, with a layer of granite over
Both the portions over the abutments of
bed,
Middlesex and Surrey sides have thus been finis
ter.
inter/
but the granite has not yet been laid over the in
mediate arches. The work of strewing this, hen
ever, would occupy but a few days, and, as far as "'",c,
he judged from a careful survey of what has yet,l_,.,
be performed, there seems no reason whatever vinifj.
the first half of the bridge should not be bps that
another month. It is not, however, probable Ito
it will be ready for the reception of carriage the
much before Christmas, if even then. What 'l3
Board of Works are doing in the matter of theik.:
proaches it is hard to say. Late in the season o'so
Fitzroy passed a short bill enabling him to pure,ll„,,e.
and remove the block of houses on the left or Pa: ,
yard side of the Middlesex end of the reacble
Whether he at the same time obtained the moue,' re
cannot tell ; but certain it is that as yet no sier flair
shown on the part of the inhabitants of any a', Asre-
sition to quit the houses which are so urgentlord-
quired to be removed, and we believe tnat ae—,,rre
ing to the notices they have received none To
bound to do so before Christmas. For such de'v4
t seems hard to find any excuse, as it has ulna
been known that these tenements must come u-be-
efsventually, and ought to have been removed
ey.
ore this. The block of houses on the. Su to
side, leading from the end of the bridge or.
Stangate-street, are what is called bridge PrOnetrion
may not be required, though one
or the occupants of these houses comPerls- have
r thought at least a quarter's notice a necessary page
uninary to such a wholesale ejectment. The bri.tS.
must therefore, if opened this year, be opened $
out proper approaches at all. Fortunately, sue or
course will not involve any great amount ofd elefest
cost or trouble ; but when there is not the Slob the
reasonable excuse for incurring any one
three the public will not unnaturally be 013'1f-the
By cutting down a slight portion of each end 0 the
old bridge, and so levelling the roadway on t 0 !au
would 11
new structure, the difficulty of the approaohes
be got over for a time. In the first half of the 070
bridge now completed there is not sufficient roeot
to give good accommodation to the immense ani3,e
of foot and passenger traffic which now daily throte:tt
the old structure. For this reason we belie e.ll be
for months after the opening the new half wi the
exclusively devoted to the carriage traffic,
for
greater part of the old bridge being reserv' •Ott
foot passengers only. During this time about eight
or ten feet of the western side of the old bridge will
be hoarded off and taken down, and twlllthi9
arches bolted on to the new structure, and With both
additional space room will then be gained f°l
carriages and passengers. The work of taking and
the old bridge entirely will then be continueci,buo'ut
the second half of the new one completed in a the
another 12 months. With such energy haverica
engineering works, under Mr. Page, been Or en-
forward that all the piers have now been
tirely finished, with the exception of the eastern
two
halves of two, directly in the way of which are_ae...
of the piers of the old bridge, which, of course,
not be moved or meddled with at present. the
The outer rib of ornamental work on wh'ubeen
perforated stone parapet will rest has not yel'how..
completely fixed to the finished half. This';4. can
ever, is a matter of no moment whatever, as r $
be placed in a fix tnight, or left unfinished 1° et
twelvemonth, indifferently. Placing the wore
on the rib will occupy about two months, a "the
which can, of course, be proceeded with afteLls
bridge has been opened for traffic. Two tranLcill
on the east or right hand side of the new ha'
at once be fixed for heavy traffic, and the left hand
side set apart for carriages and public conveia.„llCcs
When the whole bridge is finished the tran"''''et
for heavy waggons will be close to the kerb.
either
side, while a sli d• • .11
lamps along the very centre of the bridge vviix
totally
sides of the river. ght kerbstone ivision

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