Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-22
GARDINER BRIDGE Arena7...
Day OF the Hearing Refn-. a.
county Commissloner.

ne0fy Manley of Boston. civil engineer
assistant of the city engineer, and who h.'
tue care OF "a bridges in Boston a, regard.
.neif strength, safety and repairs, wa. exam.
'nea' de testified: Examined the G.rd;ne,
ana Pitt'ton bridge. Estimated the
OF building new bridge aud
the present value of the old br;aos
Inc value of the Pittston abutment ia ANS
.uele oelng 200 yards of stone wall At AZ "A
per yard, $50 yards of fllino A. en-
Genus. The Gardiner abutment / vslue Ar
,loo. %, rs yards of stone at 80 per vard
loz yards OF filling between the railroad and
s snatment at rs cents per yard, 1888 wards of
niling between the railroad and cause
way at 80 cents a yard. The total
,.iue OF both abutments 10, so546.5o Pier
No. l, rittston side, contains 81, 3O3 feet of
'qusre tamoer; value new, 1926 per NJ. value
now slo. The cob work of pier No. 2, I
s'ihate At 5S,ll2 feet; top work, 2,642
&c NO. pier has 64,762 feet
W square timber and 7,425 feet of round
w. pier mas 1918 feet of square timber,
nv ITO leet OF round. No. 5 pier has A, $50
. Zee. Oh ~ square timber, 35.40O of
round. The breakwater contains 35.4OO
feet of square, 10000 of round timber.
Inc total round timber in the bridge is 322 :.
ooo feet, which valued at 500 per NJ. amounts
10 S644O. The present value of this timber
estimate at $4,000. The total square timber
3zo, oO0, the value of which new was $3.50
~ SZ6 per M present value 1925 The total
worth OF the piers and abutments is
si6, 2oo 80. The cost of new draw would
De So,oOO; present value of the draw
S4ooo The amount of lumber in the bridge
Is as follows: Hard pine, SO, 900 feet, at 80
per M. worth $1,000. Spruce. 26O, 900; val
ue new, Sl3 per M. present value Sc per NJ.
or total of Sl560. Oak, 2, 500; value SIPS.
at $50 per NJ. Hemlock boards, 10000;
worth new, $500; present worth, Sl67. Hard
wood floor, 10000 feet; original value
S2O per NJ, total present value,
800. Shingles, 100000; value when
new, $1,000; present value 1925. The
amount OF iron in the bridge is 70, 900 pounds,
the nrst value of which at three cents q
pound was S2l00; present value, $1,000
Inc cost OF putting up the lumber, $50, 900
feet at SO per NJ. was, estimate, 825OO
For contingencies 1 estimate $1,000 The
present value of the old bridge is Substruc-
ture, SIG, 288.50; superstructure, S14. O44 so /;
total, $3O,333. The estimated cost of new
bridge is: Substructure, 1921 1858; superstrue-
ture, 1928, 070; total, $780, 23.
Chas. P. Deary of Boston, wharf and foun-
dation builder, said Have been in the BUSH
ness about 80 years. Have examined the
bridge Call the east abutments of the bridge,
good, and in fair condition, thought the piers
would stand so years longer; call S2756 .
fair value of the bridge abutments as they
stand to-day. Should say the sub
structure might cost Sl7,72s.76. Call
Sl.0O yard for laying foundation of such a
structure, 4 fair price. never had any expe-
rience in ballast similar to that used here.
Should say the abutment at the east end here
was four feet at the bottom and two at the
top. Think the woodwork might have de-
preciated so per cent
Josiah Shaw of Somerville, Mass, bridge
and draw builder, testified: built the draw
now in the bridge. Would cost $4,000 to
build such draw. put in new cords; con-
slider the draw better than when first built.
The super-structure of a new bridge would
csst from $37 to $3S per linear foot De-
Quoting 80 per cent for the age of the present
structure, should estimate its worth at S23,-
600.
Adjourned Saturday night to meet again
this morning at 10 o'clock.