The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-25

Atlanta, Ga, is in the city at Hotel
Roanoke, and from him O TIMES man
last night learned good piece of news
in which every citizen who has the well
fare of the city at heart and is hoping
for better times among the industrial
establishments here located will be in
terested.
Mr.. Mcdaniel has been chosen by the
Atlanta city government as engineer in
charge OF the construction Of a new
bridge as an extension to Alabama
street in that city over the railroad
tracks. He came to this city Sunday,
| and since that time has been figuring
with the American Bridge and Iron
Company people with the view of plac
ing the contract for the proposed bridge
| with them.
Mr.. Mcdaniel said that the plans sub
mitted by the Roanoke Company, work
| ing in connection with himself, had
already been awarded the prize of $500
| in competition with plans submitted
from all parts of the United States and
| Canada.
''If," said Mr.. Mcdaniel last night,
"when the figuring is completed, the
approximate cost of the bridge can be
met by the American Bridge and Iron
Company, which / have no doubt OF
now, after nearly weeks comparison,
then the contract will be awarded at
the next meeting Of Atlanta's council ;"
| "It Is Imperative" he continued, "to
begin work before the end of the year,
and the work must be finished to the
extent of 500, 600 during the year 1894
and approximately S35, 1000 expended
during 1885," The 100000, Mr.. Nc
Daniel explained, completes the CON
tract for new street and the S35, 900,
which figures are only approximate, for
a diagonal connection with that street.
1.-The work has been pronounced i'm
practicable heretofore, hence the wide
advertisement for plans, as already
mentioned, and a popular fallacy has
been that it would take half million
for the job which now has become as
simple as the Columbus egg story.
II want to congratulate Roanoke 70,
having proven that 1t possesses the most
skilled bridge designers extant. Atlantis
pays cash for everything it gets, and
the contract placed here will help your
city and the Norfolk and Western rail
road"
Mr.. Mcdaniel will return to Atlanta
in few days and will lay the matter
before the city council at its next reg
ular meeting, which is hold on Decem-
Der 4. The matter of now bridge has
been in the hands of 8 committee and
Mr.. Mcdaniel has no doubt but what
the council will accept the report of
that committee at once.
Charles G. Wentworth, engineer of the
American Bridge and Iron Company,
was seen at the time and said: The
whole thing might have fallen through
but for the engineering ability of Mr..
Mcdaniel"
1.-The difficulties we have had to con-
tend against" said Mr.. Wentworth
"have been as to where the railroad
tracks are to be, the trouble being to
run from the first point over the second,
where the grades are not SO Steep An
other difficulty was to bring down the
cost from one.half million of dollars to
q more reasonable figure and at the same
time the object is to make the bridg G
presentable to the eye and add to the
beauty OF Atlanta. All these require
ments have been met, which was the
reason our plans were the ones adopted.
The main bridge Is to be span of
200 feet and 60 feet wide with asphalt
floor on buckle plates. The structure
is to be Of STEEL as will also be the rail
road bridges required in the extension
of Alabama street underneath two other
bridges crossing the project contem-
plated"
1.-The work." said Mr.. Wentworth
"can be accomplished within the speci-
fed time with about the usual crew oil
100 men employed by the company"