Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-25
FURTHER HTABlG PROPOSED.
The Contractors TO be Given
Further Rope.
TINE TO CALL 4 Hll.T On JOBS
The People Want only Sound
Work Done-Unwilling to
Accept Patchwork.
TINE TO CALL A HALT on JOBS


allow the contract, .rs to rscunstruct
the central pier third time, and &"
ahead with the SIS, OUO s:eel bridg,
~, patch work foundation, has
.reated unusual excitement. Here
: the Way it was printed:
STATESMAN ARTICLE
"Mr. LaFo.Iett, in his thorough
xaminaIiuu of the basis of bW h
piers. found the tops of the pile
crushing into the gril!sges- He
found the piers In precisely the sam.
condition rep,rted 10y Joe knutsen,
the diver " no made an examination
or Hoffman & Bates. the con
tractors. The piers are too heavy
for the grillsges. The remedy i
found in tightening the piers. Thle
l. to De accomplished by reiuov-
ing about half of the suPerfiuou>
weight. The piers will be cut into
ust above the average high wster
marx, and upon the solid concrete
iismoDd-shsped pier lett viii be
ouilded two iron cylindrical pier
Dimensions TO be furnished by En-
yineer Lederlei. These cy liudere
will be OF heavy boiler iron aud will
h- filed with concrete. The euci-
neer SAYS this will make an eDdur-
ing pier, the weight Of which wiIl
Not De too extreme for the founda-
tiou already prepared"
1t will te seen frnm this apparent
~ official Information that the sse-
ond diver corrobJrates the discover
les Of the first, that the weight OF
the pier is so great that it is crush
ing the griIlage down over the pill.
ing foundation.
THE PROPOSED PLAN
Of cutting off the pier, To tighten il
and then mount upon the stump
two iron cylinders and mount upon
them the steel bridge structure. it l.
to be hoped, may yet b. reconsidered.
II is to be hoped that the announce
ment that this plan mas been adopt
ed may vet prove 10 have been pre-
mature and unauthorized. Judge
Waldo says he was surprised 10 read
Of it in the Statesman this morn
ing, no sucu action having been
finally agreed upon or ordered made
public 1t almost appeared to the
Judge as tho the whole matter of
how TO proceed had heen taken out
OF the hands of the court in a rather
hasty manner.
THE SILT PLAN
meets with almost universal ridicuie.
1t has not a particle of merit on its
face. To print it in full is TO show
up its utter folly. How pier that
will not sustain its own weight can
be made to sustain the additional
weight of steel bridge no one can
comprehend. 1t is not plain that
the pier can be cut off below high
water and III that case it would be
left fully one half standing, if not
more. To add the weight OF the iron
cylinders and the the steel super
structure would surely be heavier
than the weight Of the original
pier as it now stands. Unless fig
urss can be shown to prove that
there will be less weight in tons on
the stump pier after the bridge is up
than its foundation il now bearing,
It will hardly prove al acceptable or
defensible proposition, to say moth
ing Of any additional loads the
bridge may have to bear after il is
up.
Facts and figures upon this point
must he submitted by competent
Independent engineer before the
scheme will be entertained by bust
ness men aud Taxpayers. 1t is a
,ritical time in the history Of this .
and, as the JOURNAL has /
t2 caution from the first,
{ is better to go slow and build
,ridge that will stand, than to 60
asst and have it fall again. If this
ridge is not now well built, and If
/ goes out again, rs Influence can
the Taxpayers TO order
bird bridge. The result will be
hat toll bridge will I've saddIed
Ipon the people. To avoid thai
areful and intelligent work must
low be done. All "hurrah meth
DIS" must he abandoned.
Attempts to shape up in advance
he course OF engineers or Of the
ourt, To bring about certain results
re dooIned 10 disappointment
THE COURTS COMPLAIN
hat they have not been free from
aIplic iuterf,.rpuc,. that they baye