New-York tribune., 1883-03-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PREPARING TO OPEN THE BRIDGE.
co,,,nrrEE TO ARRANGE FOR CELEBRATING TI'

q Co,,p,rr1oN-rHE QUESTION OF TOLLS.
III. Rrdge Trustees heli their March,
meeting yesterday in Brooklyn: SeV1rSt Ina
important matters were under ,Sa cownleIed
str1clnre tue ns was laid over until April sIx,een dc
Of the trustees were pre- en-, including May9, WI
for the first time The Execnlve. Sonlniil' rail wond
norted thai about 10000 feet of lattlce ran mUnu
he needed to be put along the sides OF tne PRONE rome
made and roadways orender the Brdge entreay saie
The lowest bid was made by Mah'Gy q - be deIv.
ss,msas s1fS MAY Of tso sed contract This item had
not been included in any previous es,'mSro
Rlee'uT Rbs Tommittee on Tolls, Mayor Low cLairman,
reported that travel on foot shouia S tSo caro To
over the and saaS for animals and vehicles
follows: One horse OF horse aud man, D cen quo
horse and vehicle, 10 cents; two horses nu h o
10cents except horse trucks when Snouiu pe %
CENTS. cents for each additional horse; neat anh
mails, cents each; sheep and hogs GEMS nr,ed
MayOr Low spoke in regard 10 tne fepo.t n s .i 20
its adoption. He said that the Interests T ". on
cities m the matter were identical. Ihe amonnt
shonld be fixed so as to receive the largest reSonS
and make the bridge most serXcea1i so co,,d moi he
more than cent and the revenue would not out
weigh the advantage OF q Hee oi'ufu, pn
free bridge would o5oWa te%G tSe f igfTU gver and
40 il would be of advantage 10 every one. ne ne
fare OF cents was reasonable for a rue OIL ni'io
william Marshall one of the committee, novel
that the report he printed together with scnedue
OF Fulton Ferry rates, and oe lalu over a,nd ua 'N
Inril meeting This was unanimously adopIeu'
Mir stranahan moved thai a COMMITTEE c,nSlsV'
ing of Nayors Edison aud Low, General oioGuli
Vice President Kingsley J0hh L. A-ie" 't'u '1; H. -
celebration of the opening of the hrldge; Sgoi n,o
Low declined to serve on the commt,ee: I ino "'o %
t;on " az adop ell. A committee was aiso APP
noin,ed TO take charge of organizing me po ICE looe
of the bridge and engaging conductors auu B1tto Bt,
keepers The matter OF placing menlorlai t'oio'
ON the bridge was referred TO special coluihl'te
Mavor Low reported for tle Committee on E&-
animation of the Accom- and Cons ructlon Vi eho
Rridge-composed of himself and ex-Mayor Urace
that the work of examining the accounts was
going forward satisfactorily. General newton '.nI
Colonel Casey, the expert engineers, hau ''"tIu a
that any determination oy tlem Va ,, ho
amount of materials in the bridge wOuiI Only pe
annroximate: no one could tell how close an ap-
pioximatIon il would he, and IT would oe OF 10 US
as check upon the accounts he engineers couI
easily calculate the strength of the brloge' ana
il they were relieved OF estlmathg 'ne % VII
than $4,000 The cost of the expert
eccountapty sc wees one could now
comoute. On The 81 otion of Mr.. Stranahsn 1t was
voted 10 dispense with the estimate of the approx
mate amount of materials In lhe orlnge. GeueTa
Slocum moved that VICe-PreSldent kingsley anu
the Mayors and Controllers OF the Two cities HIaw ;
up bill TO present 10 the legislature provldlng
for the control of The bride after IT rs coinpeteu ne
thoucht that twenty trustees were too many 10
manage the use of it, and IL should be III the names
Of not more than three. A motto bv Nir. Agnew to
Law this on the table for we. was lost py 'Ie
ment TO have the committee report oac 10 the
trustees aud motion TO that ELECT was loSt OE,
vote of < to z It was then adopted with the
amendment.