, 1876-09-24
AUTUMN.


come with sombrc skies and fading leave
Vexed paternals heave sigh Of relief as the
replace broken gate-hingcs, and reflect wit
flcndish delight that they can now turn the colt
mir current into the parlor, thus regulating th
roosting-time Of their unsuspecting offspring
! Fogs and drizzling rains predominate in
marked degree, and the deep green Of the fo]iag
that was looks jaundicel and frost~bittcn. A
matter Of course, social affairs have been es
tre,ncly dull, SO much so that the majority .
our luminaries have fed Centennialwards, IN,
the city for several weeks past has been rs dc
serted as plag,ue-strickcn village. The princi
pal topic Of conversation among our leadin!
men, not even excepting matters political, i
the
| MAIN STREET BRIDGE FIASCo,
and the deplorable wrangling and mismanagc
! mcnt Of our City Council. For the past tws
| years, those interested in the advance
! mcnt and improvement of our beautiful
| city haze had sangunc visions O.
the speedy completion OF the airy structure that
alas only prosptctiuely spans the meandering Roo
ar the foot OF Main. The patriotic within gatcs
however, little rocked the components Of our cit1
fathers, and hope deferred has made their heart
so sick that they all anticipate a glimpse OF thu
A~ANJ @~""'o ~. etSo*A! o~JA GA0 kAG3 VILLA AE$
shod over Main to Canada. A hurried review ot
the childish chickering's Of the bridge powers that
be-" will, no doubt, be Of interest to the
| readers Of TIE SUNDAY TRIBUNE. and
with trnt,e the intention o, 9f laying before them
a. .. truthful i1l and - candid statement Of the
cnt has spared no pains 10 urrive at TIE ''bottom
facts" Away back in the dark ages when the
proposition 10 bridge the river was broAchcd, Mr.
Homer Glass, Chairman Of the Bridge Committee,
and the only practical member of the City Council
suggested that it be located directly at he foot OF
ana passa3 aa With the street The members Of the
Main street, WHICH is half block west
ct the pacf selected BY the chairman
petition praying the Grand Moguls to change the
location: After several months snarling this was
done: It became evident eventually that the cost
OF the bridge, and its Inconvenience II built as the
'Canncss " suggested, would be greater than it
built on the original site, so the Solons again re-
trouble occupied many months and various sessions
in the city's legislative halls. Our natives were
becoming sadly dsguste;l, aud despaired OF ever
II was at last definitely announced that the
bridge and its location had become fixed fact
in the minds of our wi=e pates, and plans were ad-
'Fron, the winds Of the north and the SOUTH
bridge builders came like buzzards to carcass al
loaded down With charts and drawings. Almost
tion only to be dashed TO the ground. The bcauty
OF selecting one plan from the many by
body Of ., men z,,s who knew as little about
moral law we'll illustrated. The Trayers
plan was finally selected, and bids advertised for
The lowest estimate figured So, 900, whereas the
milwaukee,, came smiling to the rescue, with Il
scheme that At first seemed plausible So hIr. Ira
vers and his drawings were thrown overheard, and
glaring Inconsistencies in the latter, which were
pointed out emphatically by Mr.. Glass, but he was
cried down by majority Of members. who imag-
ined that he was working in the interests Of
the Chicago man for pecuniary consideration
Aid. Smelling sent the james drawing to the cdi-
tn, Of the Scientific american and paid SIS for an
opinion that was not worth rs cents, rs Mr. Mum
simply advised Mr. Shielding that he could refer
him to proct:cal man who would furnish detail
ed plan for 500. (rhe question naturally arises
himself: And if not, who authorized him to squan-
der the city's money 30 foolishly!) How
ever, the James plan passed the inspection Of
Eastern and local engineers, and was pronounced
feasible. But Mr.. Glass knew whereof he objected
ana insisted that there were radical defects in the
drawing, and called attention to the truss ut the
intersection Of the brace rods. James allows only
eight inches from the outside anges Of the channel
bar, whereas it requires twelve inches; thus: 8
nnges' fl, ~ Inches 5 SC each, by plates inch each
inches. The best builders OF Chicago hive pro-
nounced the plan impractieab1e, so the Bridge
left, will have to make some radical changes An
effort was made BY the noodles who carry the citys
wisdom in their breeches pocket to ensraft part
james, but this brilliant scheme resulted in
ludicrons abortion that sensible builders would |
haye M nothnE to DO with it. The matter now rests
mag thank Aid: Gisss for T bis ' PRACTICAL ssletSi
Ssszs iSn r;xn aad Dsssseverag efoFts
sncW nothing Ut all about the subject in hand On
Oct. bids will be opened for the construction OF
nS u *a a bridge - and We VII FL sing
r,eaed ,s, Thefe a1s unfortunately many
natter natter which yoar correspondent has lcniently
;uage Of the Sphinx, s'Let us have peace 11n
The drowning Of the little Henscn child. which
elegraphed your Friday issue, has cast shadow
i gloom over the hearts Of the grief-stricken
The father Of the boy is IN cmpIoyc Of
ectingly working near the rese rvor while his mn
ortunate Child WAS struggling in the wator 10 feet
tint mhe eoead %a wS ha ~s tt tappyn the
ut the formers attention was attEacted
irs1a1 tssThere m,n"t.s for M moment &ad i Sas
had se m Fl The noise as and spsa pssasrt that
le great volume of water from the supply pipe
prevented the cries Of tic victim
elng heard until too late to rescue.
The fire at Case L. Co. g foundry last Saturday
ight resulted in rather serious loss to tic firm
~ ~ ls estimated al the way from s. 600 to SIS,
ooAoI Will cover The damage, | j
h1ch there was no insurance. The 4trqus criti- =
1fsd SsS the M nre Companies as follows: ssThc
, slaEe, - Immediately after starting up, g
'lins her for the rest Of the night. The
Vaughan - had her fire put out by stream from
but laid from the large pump OF Caye,a en- | t
ne. Everybody was excited for fear tie whole | r
It would be consumed, and The men hantl1inu rho
'se were inexperienced. II is now nbout time l
at the constant shil1y -shallying of the several a
e companies while On duty should end. There /
always something wrong. The horses are t.
eumatc and have the blind d-staggers, the en- c
1e 1ues leak, or the fllcs of the n
boys who run wild the mnsheen,,
lamentaby full Of rot.gut, thus preventive, q
at Systematic energy Of action so essential to il
ll-regufated fire department. 0
Garr, The Poor-Eouse keeper, was in town last | b
ek and purchased toy stove to warm the moor Il
etches under his care during the coming winter. t,
Sotkin of the Sentinel, will open the Fifth
Ard Hayes and Wheeler wigwam with a rousing il
eeeh this evening. b
THAT GUN. r
'one years ago one Of our young men awoke one
3utalu1 christmas morning and founy mavni6- K
~ o,eech~ loading shot gun slowed away in the L
o1 Hls stocklng-a present from his fond parent |
1 no no slouch Of present either as the plything p
u POI; But the gentlenan's overland cxpcdi- Il
\ 10 WIND Lake last summer convinced him that =,
never VII make - Ninrod, and, being of +
e.Galea1 9t Turn 81 mind he purposed converting 10
g11t Into ''Cnited States currency" The 4,
onel' hearing Of his acion's ingratitude, i
10 the e owner, m Tbe bbens, nrone11v a1-
> recently purchased BY Charlie IIer, 70
K for $40. and fine 1attar .on41,,na. Y