, 1881-05-29
The Army Of Toilers That Uses
the Bridges and Tun-
nets.
Fiftv-four Thousand Persons Going
North and West Between
S and I.
An Admirable Reason Why the Bridges
Should Be Kept Closed Then.
Wonderful Concentration Of Life On the
South Side-The Useless Tunnels.

1tis provided By the revised ordinances re-
Gently adopted by the Council that during the
season of navigation. the bridges shall be closed
for an hour in the morning, and also IRON nal1-
past to half-past in tho evening Inc oo]ec1
Ut this Is of COURSE to accommodate the army OF
peoplc who are seeking the South Side IN me
forenoon. and also arc leaving 1t IN the nj 1tct-
noon. The provision In the old ordinance that
bridge shall not remain open for more than ten
minutes is also continued III force. So that dur
tns The daytime no person need be delayed more
than ten minutes, and during the rushlnE
hours of morning ana evening he need
not be DELAYED at all Tho volume OF ordinances.
which includes this one, will probably be issued
in book form early this week. and all viii DC ~ ~
force next week. Then the bridge, tenaers ,t ~
be instructed to enforce this ordinance ap.'ut
morning and evening closing, and very pfouao4s
THERE WILL BE WAR
The tu1men and the yessclmen say that Lney
will not put up with such an oroinance. duge
Say that, TO begin with the Connci! mas 10 rls
navtguble steam, and that. even It 1t hau' tae
70! them; They say that + the i like the ae
reach here In the morning. unload during me
day. and leave in the evening so Us s. 70 eoad4 r1n
across the lake during @ the x1 mEd ar nno They M sa
in short. that TO close the bridges from bali
past TO half past is to ty in the face OF Gon,
RteSStODAl leEiSlaf10u ana u atIlUA5!5 Ante
with their BUSINESS So they talk g'ooml!s
about rushing into the bridges, Smashing tneul
down, and forcing their way through. uesp'.
the ordnance, bridge tenders, anu eFefyooos
else.
1t is interesting, therefore, to find out ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE Use THE BRIDGES
during the evening. The morning ttaFel 10 tae IT,
South side is spread over moro time tnau !a .ne
reflex tide at night. Nearly everybody leaves
the South Side between and They come
Struggling down into it all the time IN me Horn
ing from to II. TIE TRIBUNE has tne1G1or'
In order to get some information on the suplsct,
which is interesting not merely III ~cAnntc ~ ~
with the bridge business. but as sno"1uk tne
concentration Of lub0r in the business quat'Gf -
Of the South Side. made an accurate counc orth u,
the number OF persons Eolne ~, Fna,,,
and west over the bridges IRON @
Van Buren to Hush inclusive. and through .1a3 Inc
two tunnels. from to Z O'Clock; Lah ne 1tt.nt
bridge having hecu closed at the time tae coh,t h,
vas made, Is. Of course. omitted 1ro'a ~ ~
LIE only effect of its closure was u E!e ~
crease the traffic over Randolph street, "nh ,a -
II the most frequented of all the bridges ~ n1 thn
add. perhaps, in some slight measure. nsetnp " Inv
travel over Wells street. many persons G.u9Sus i.;s
thai bridge and continuing ssest"ara " ,,tra g. t
ae Street None of these figures WeIe E1jr thn
saturday, SO they represent thereio ore, sh ri
ordinary travel not the extraordinary ioo" ~
people down town to do shopping.
Tur EIC1-ftES.