The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-04
WILL BRIDGE WEST RIVER.
EDGEWOOD AVENUE RAILROAD IN
 GIVEN DESIRED DPERMIssI0S.

Bridge Will be Built at Railroad Compa- ny's Expense-Expect to Operate Cars on the Avenue in About Two Weeks-select- men Met Yesterday.
 The Edgewood Street Railway com pany will undoubtedly commence im- mediately the construction of tenn porary bridge over West river at Edge wood avenue. as 1t has received the consent of both the city and town gov ernments to construct such a bridge, provided 1t do so at the expense of the company. A petition to this effect was presented Tuesday night, jointly to the committee on railroads and bridges. representing the city and the board of selectmen In behalf of the town.
 At that time the representatives of the city government unanimously granted the petition of the railroad company, but the selectmen decided to postpone action on 1t until yesterday afternoon in order to give Town Coun- sel Pardee an opportunity to be pres ent and express his opinion. The meet ing was held yesterday afternoon and all the members of the board were pres ent, except Selectman Forbes. Town Counsel Pardee was also on hand.
 After the meeting had been called to order by Chairman Cunningham, Town Counsel Pardee examined the petition and accompanying contract of the rail- road company and then stated to the board that in his opinion the papers were all right and the selectmen could safely grant the desired permission. In its contract the company agrees to construct the bridge at its own expense, remove 1t whenever directed by the city and town officials and to become solely responsible for all costs and dam ages which might be occasioned by any accident or ice blockade.
 Several minor changes were made in the phraseology of the contract at the suggestion of Town Counsel Pardee and were agreed to by the representa- tives of the railroad company. The contract originally read that the bridge should be removed at the expense of the railroad company whenever the city and town governments should de- eide to build a new structure over the river, but by the new contract the bridge must be removed whenever or dered by the city and town govern ments. .-.'-
 After these changes had been made Town Agent Garrity moved that the pe- tition be granted and the motion was promptly seconded by Selectman Gil- bert. At this point Selectman Baldwin inquired whether in the event of the town granting the desired permission, it would render itself liable to build new bridge in the event of ordering the temporary structure removed, to which Town Counsel Pardee replied that he did not so understand the agree ment and added that he did not believe that-athe railroad company could be compelled to pay any of the cost of con- structing new bridge.
 President Wardell and Attorney
 
 of the railroad company explained that the temporary bridge would be con- structed within the highway so that when a new structure was built the temporary bridge of the railroad con- pany could be easily removed. It was also stated that the temporary bridge would cost in the enighborhood of $450 and that work on it would be com menced immediately, as it is intended to operate the road over its complete route in about two weeks.
 After these explanations the select men unanimously voted to grant the de- sired permission. After this vote had been taken Mayor Sargent and Cor poration Counsel Driscoll representing the city, came into the room and read the paper. As the agreement Is perfect ly satisfactory to the city officials work will go ahead at once. '-r"'