Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-14
BORED OVER A BRIDGE.
Il. W. Oliver Has a Tussle With an
Allegheny Council Committee.
TWO MEN ARE MISSING FROM HOME
A Woman Wants the City to Pay for Her
Burned Up Property.
SOME SNAP SHOTS AT CITY MATTERS

The Allegheny Committee on Public
Works met last night William Kennedy
was in the chair The first business was the
consideration of bids, and those for the i'm
provement of the roadway on Monument
Hill were taken up. Carson & Orr had a
bid for S2,647 Al, without curb1ng, while F.
Gwinner bid So, 169 II, with curbing. There
being an irregularity in one bid, it was de-
cided to readyertise
There was only one bid for the remodeling
of City Hall, submitted by Joseph Anglin,
for $13, 897. The matter was laid over.
The Scheffier Bridge Company was the
lowest bidder for the Herr's Island bridge,
the amount asked being 81, ,o4O.
H. w. Oliver, President of the Pittsburg
and Western Railroad, was given hearing
on this subject. Mr. Oliver said it would
be a careless, criminal action on the
part of Allegheny Councils to build
such bridge as proposed at Herr's
Island To the speakers own knowl-
edge the same kind of bridge has
been washed away at least three times in
Is years. To build such a bridge would be
a waste of money The railroad crossings
at that point, the speaker said, were the
most dangerous in the two cities, and there
should be an overhead viaduct from Ohio
street to the island, and each of the three
parties interested should pay its share fairly.
MIR. DIVERS SUGGESTIONS.
Mr.. Oliver thought that if the city would
appropriate about $4,000 for the bridge,
the other corporations would construct a
viaduct in manner to suit everybody. He
suggested that meeting of those interested
could be held to-day and definite plans
made.
Emil Winters said it was six months since
the old bridge was swept away and the rail
road companies could be gotten to do moth
ture was such that it would not last long.
The new bridge proposed by Mr.. Oliver
could not be built in less than six or nine
iiTing on the island us to aoS T Mr. 1 Winters
said that the bridge bid for was to be two
feet higher than the old one and if it was
swept away within the next ten years he
would give a bond to replace it free OF
charge to the city.
Mr.. Rippey remarked that both the West
Penn and Pittsbura and Western roads had
been guilty of stealing streets in that neigh
borhood. and now the railroads wanted the
city to build them bridge so as to protect
them.
Mr.. Oliver said the companies did not pro-
init plan that would be so satisfactory that
no damages would be asked for.
MATTERS BRIDGED OVER.
1t was agreed that it would do no harm to
recommend the contract to the Scheffler
Bridge Works, and the ordinance held back
to see if other arrangements could be made.
This was done. The contract for the masonry
work on the bridge was awarded to +.
Gwinner for 81 060
The following papers were affirmatively
returned to Councils Changing the name of
C. street to st. Marks place and Geyer alley
to Lee street, grading and paving EhIers
alley.
An ordinance fixing the salaries of en-
ployeS of the Department of Public Works
was laid on the table An ordinance for the
purchase of the property of the heirs of
August Burgdorf for 1000 was negatively
returned to Councils. The action OF the COM
mittee in appointing a separate committee
to open bids was rescinded, and the bids will
hereafter be opened by the regular sub-cCm-
mlttee.