The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-05-05
COMMUNICATION.

across the river on line little North
of South street, / would say that the
bridge was originally built over the
Miami River, at Hamilton, Ohio. As
GU are perhaps aware, the wagon bridge
at that place was carried away by the
great freshet of September, 1866. A
company was then formed aud this
aftravelers between Hamilton and Ross
willie, until wagon or permanent bridge
could be built. The new bridge "a wire
suspension of 400 feet span) has but
recently been completed, at a cost of
SS5, 0oO-it having side accommodations
for foot passengers, it did away with
the necessity of the Foot Bridge, which
i purchased as it stood for 81 200. 1t
& D. R. R. made liberal contribution
to our enterprise by charging us less
than half freight from Hamilton to this
place. The Bridge as originally built
cost "a 900. 1t costs US 1850 on the
ground, and we calculate that a like sum
will put it up and complete everything
| in first rate order. OF this amount we
have $4,000 subscribed, leaving, say, in
round numbers $500 to be raised by adj
| ditional sub scription. The cost exceeds
/ the original estimate very considerably,
from the fact that we are adding 80 feet
to the length Of the bridge, making $50
feet in the clear, and elevating it as near
the top Of the hills as it is possible for
us to do. It will be permanent struc-
ture, and first class in all respects. No
fears need be entertained in regard to
its strength, as the cables a in number,
| Oh and Oh inches in diameter) are ca
pable Of sustaining the weight of many
/ tuns.
! Our Company will be organized ac-
cording to law, with the right to collect
! tell, but it is the intention to make it
(. free bridge, and to those who are anx-
ious to escape from the heat of the city,
! we offer free and easy transit to the
pleasant and cheap lands beyond-where
a man can enjoy all the advantages of
city and country life combined, and
where every man may sit down with his
wife and babies under his own gourd
vine and there shall be none to make
! him afraid.
Would be going too far in wishing
] your Royal Highness," when you shall
4 have done with the cares and anx-
81 81, >, e. fl,ot
favored locality? Methnks I see you
4 now, at, say, the age Of four score and
ten, vending your way, staff in hand,
across the Wire Suspension Bridge to
that quiet retreat provided for the even
ing OF your age. May it realize your
most sanguine expectations, and may
your sun not go down in darkness, but
may it sit radiating bright anticipations
beyond the gloomy night of death, is
the wish ofyours, very truly,
L. M. MERING
4 We are under obligations to our friend
Mcring for the above Information re-
garding this important improvement,
and it viii, no doubt, be appreciated by
our readers. The "quiet retreat" for
the aged Individual, he depicts, may not
be another Utopia, for we almost see 1t
in the dim future, unfolding itself like
an apple blossom, and, whilst standing
at the dollhouse, on the East bank Of
Whitewater, thirty years hence, waiting
to receive three cents in change for the
q five cent piece handed to the toll gate
keeper, 1.-THE toll being two cents for
crossing, and not coming into the city
often in consequence of the infirmities
of old age, we do not then pay toll by
the year, we recognize in the bent fig
ure, gray-eyed, gray. bearded, and bald
headed toll-receiver, the still pleasant
countenance of our friend General
MERING, who has become the sole pro-
prietor of the Wire Suspension Bridge,
! and has retired from all other business
and worldly cares. As he handed US
the change, he cast his eyes to the
l''Happy Valley" below, where his boys
lived (ten Of 'em) and run the old Mill,
and waving his hand in that direction,
exclaimed, in the language of the Roman
Matron: These are my treasures"
land, in voice full Of emotion he
continued-"whilst they are taking toll
at the Mill below, I'm taking toll above
l-thafs my sforte." -
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HErGHTH OF HoosrsR SOLDIERS DR.. B. A.
Gould, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. one of