, 1874-01-19
Faots and Figures Relative to Its Con-
struotion.

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eo''esoondeaed ar TIC chfeaao Tribune.
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Missouri, Kanans l. Texas Railway Company
aerosB tho Missouri River at Doouvillo.- tho
1aut link IN tho imnortant hiohwox 1coltng from
1hicnro to tha oottio-r.n1o ~, oatto. no,aa se
e~'s0 'N4e 'o'1""oo a!io eo'to"'aoioa VI
1e1ae'
.wAs COMPLETED YESTERDAY,
ready for raway-traflo, and several trims nass-
cd over it-the first bejng n sncnto1 train con.
vov,nr lawn ,,rt, ~ 10 snsan. -. % .,sA
49,, .a1so p"1H5 " 'ao oieeis o1 !ho loao'
anu many prominent ladies aud gentlemen from
sodalln and Boonvillo. As tho bridge, with tho
railway Of wh,cl, 1t forms ,art ia Of pront i'm.
nortanco IN tbo fptora,ta ~ ,,,,r ,,t ,,d ~ ~.
hrtaoo itoo,f rao h,,1. h., 1.I- '' - 49, ~. ~
u4"so t'o't1 rAs, oo''' 'pS oucaso meu' 10"
items concerning Its construction may not DO un-
interesting to your readers.
THE F,nar annvrvs
for tbo hrfdco ,voro u.uIo l., H.. yo,t ~ 1o,o
A. H. ~ o WY 4Iauo ~ '1o .all ., iov un'
uer 1no olo 1eDo d Noosho Na1lroad organtzar
tion, by Gen. ". 8. Smith, OF Haywood. Thoso
plnnB contemplated "ligl bridge, tho bot--
ton1-chorf to hnva hmm ri faet ahovo 1,g1,-u,,to
mark gn},anouont,v vim, H. nT;,so,.; 1:.:..s
.'rr =. a. "-'e" 'no ulesoufl, hnnsas
=" Ac1as ANYWAY company docfdcd to mako o
connection With Chicago vim Doonyilte and Han
nibal, tho work of building the railway md tho
brdro doyolye1 nnon n n cnnn % r,;ae ';,t4 IT, sno
p..aso uosoi'eu ' upou y. - anhn' Ghiet En-
gineor' VINO, aftor o careful examination Of tho
proposed br1dgo-site, md tahing into considora-
tion all tile interests to bo accommodated do.
cided TO abandon tho idea OF hlgh bridge, and
build ...--...
instead. Ho made nInmH Ind cat,matos accor3.
ingly, aud, IN the fan Of 1871 onterei into a
contract, on behalf of tho M,ssouri. Tansas Z
Texuy HRilwny with the Amn,icnI Drflro f,on,
r 1t,tz
plUto, ready to receive thu sl1nor1tructnrc. nnd
in February, 1873, lo mado n,1otl,or nontrant
witllsthe same parties, to build aud oomnlote In
Auperstructuro; tho whole 10 bo rooJy to croBH
trims Jan, /. 1B74. OWING to tho norn,iar nro.
file OF the bottom Of tho river, ho dcoldeti to
build three OF tile niue piers mud atutn,nnts on
which the supcrstructliro was to resi-. Of iron
cylinders tillod with masonry mud with masonry
tho very best quality OF hummer dressed nm
aonry.
Gen. Smith was nppolntel to take ;mmedfnta
| chargo OF construction on tho part Vt tno Rall-
way Company, and ". q. Coolidge took active
clarge on tho part Of tho Anloricaa Bridge Com
pany. However. owing to various .cauuos, but
little was done uati Tho pnrnC of 1873,
Anour TEN MONTHS AGO,
when operations commenced on alarge scale,
plota tho cutire structure within coptrucl-jmo,
With what zeal, energy and eutornriso tic work
has sinco been prosecuted, the completion Of
this 1uaynitluent structure, and Its opening for
year ago will abuudautly testify.
Tho dllicn!ties attending the building Of per-
manont bridge suba!ructuro in tho Missouri
River arc we'll known to all cngineors 1atnillar
with the eccentricltlcs Of that troacIcroua
stream. unlike the 1liBsiHHippf above its con-
auenco with the Missouri, whore foundation
upon piles, we'll protcc cd with riprap, forms
basla for permanent work,
TIE TAEAcHEltous QuIcKsASDs
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