The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-17

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washington Post, io,e.l
,,.e river front Yesterday men were
4 NN"5 In rcpairing, as far as possible the
4 Cn-s-,o ,,sf mad been done 10 the whsr'es
dau There are 200 men at work pre-
Il BY y" ,,c ,imhcrs Tor toe temporary bridge'
q pii'ne-, ,lr,yc,s were putting down pies
4 ana i', w., npop, There are also about LOO
g.. III on The south side OF The bridge,
4 men cypcctcd that The bridge VIII DC IN
4 ara an the course OF the week. In TIE
4 rc'",", ,ho wafer j. running freely, Gus
ch'",',' ,r.en,l The ice i goiged up with
rc" ,1 The tugs employed in forcing
d'i'"V. ,hrouvh succeeded IN reaching the
/, = -. cvenipg. aud the ferry-boais Will
.',Iy he able - run to-day.
pfo'a ,'.,,,,i.. Toner, Yesterday forwarded
luo Wnltam 4. wheeler president OF
to H'"' .,o ihe following letter: " In an
l"' ,,,s. resolution OF the senate h rem
'"'' ~, isst. directing the commissioners
Iu,'' D,..r.ct 20 rep rl 10 the senate what
OF '"' Ga. bcen done 10 The Long bridge
d'iN'- --csni food IN the Potomac, and
N '.,r r.nrfine The same some method
"" sdopicd that will diminish the
. c'u.'' .,urdq,ion> Of the cuy here
p,o"''' commissioners have the honor
9I'' b, following report: The re-
J" NJ has carried away three spans
o,. I,,I,c over the Washington chan
OF 'I r..,, ,oi3l length Of 400 feet. The
.riliped by the spans over the
I"!' .,.,rel. cXctpi TO The lateral bracing,
'.'.' ',,.,,r,'ivcly slight. The c1useWay be-
b. Washington and Georgetown
49,. IL. not seriously damaged. On the
,.'..i,i, side The tracks Of the railway are
Ed .ui for q long distance. though the
l..,.tb il unknown. Toe company eS-
g.. ,heir lo>>e. on The bridge ana APP
..h.. A. 10000. rs an act OF Congress
t....-o,.1 Jlue n. 1870. The Baltimore ana
~ ..,.,c f. ,ilrcad Company were authorized
tta uo.>t,,i0n. hold. change, ana use
81. or, bud,e. Under ihi> authority the
'l.'n,ry NIL doubtless proceed to re-
,..i r. broken spans OF the bridge
f....r'v constructed. The ice
.,.e v1rh formed above the bridge
1.,'-r. Oh, late food was caused 10y
a.. narrow opening between TIE piers
and D, p.r, and other Instructions VINO"
.,t. remains Il an old bridge tN'suhG
l.t,,c lie 9r,,Cut one was built. 10 pre-
,..ttb.r.tulYcuce of such gOrgeN II would
,..o.e,.,srv to remove at least one hali OF
,...,..., l.W existing, 80 clear me lhitlui'-
ill.,. claruei.wuys e all Ob>trucii0n>, ana
for,br.id the superSlructulc with SplnS Of
a., la.., double The present Width. TEE.
v.rl IL. removal oi the bar IA the main
,lgpnc. above the brldgr, would prevent
tl. .orung f. the ice At this point IN fu-
fur, ~ method can be adopted ~ simply
rc,llril- 'hr present damage when WOMB
p. Elective no preventing inundallon> here.
AFTER The caIc mI>t be radical, and VIII
involve On. buudIn. Of a ncw bridge.
IN rrp,y to request from The District
Commissioners for the use OF the i'c-boal'
10 lre,k the gorge IN the river, Mayor L.
trlbr. Of Baltimore. yesterday telegraphed :
d" We dare not send our boats SoIar away.
The commissioners tbInk that Baltimore
could .fofd 20 be more Accommodating. a.
during ,he great ire there in 1873 the Dis
trIci ire companies were sent over.
The recent frcShct in the river did no
damage in Alexandria, the tides not rising
above the usual height. \ large lot OF tim.
Der from The Long bridge was picked up in
the river there by parties, some OF whom
20, . winters supply OF wood. Most OF the
Ice which cIme from above passed down
below. leaving The channel clear The
Alexandra GdzeHC says the tine timothy
fam Of NJ. \ len Dodge, OF Georgetown,
W., covered with water the barn, much
damaged, iiilrd with hay. standing alone on
am island Of Zee, while off IN the distance,
ON another field Of ice. stood hut looking
Ike u thing fOr>lkcn. TIE once gay and
festive Jackson Cty Hotel presented the ap-
pp,rIncr Of an ark caught in the flood with
il, windows open. The roof only was dis
crJu1bc