The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-05
TWO NEW BRIDGES NEEDED.
QUIfNIFIAC AND BARNEsYILLE
 sTRVCTUREs ARE UNsAFE.

Drawbridse is Wanted Over Quinnipiac
 hivsr-Much Valuable Property Is at
 Present Unimproved-Tho Rivers Navi-
 gable Above the Bridge.
 A determined effort will be made during the coming year to secure the construction of two new bridges on kGrand avenue. one over Mill river 70 replace the present shaky Barnesviile bridge and the even more unsafe Grand avenue bridge over tho ouinni- piac river. Both bridges are deemed unsafe by the authorities and must within a short time be replaced with new ones.
 The bridge over the Quinnipiac river Is deemed so unsafe that the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad com pahy will not even attempt to run Us electric cars over 1t. In fact the company was obliged to materially strengthen the Barnesvllle bridge be- fore they could run their cars over It. The residents of Fair Haven are working with might and main to se- cure the construction of new bridges at both these points and it is expected that their efforts will be successful during the coming year.
 Mayor Sargent is working hard in the interest of both bridges. The residents of Fair Haven proper and the annex are now demanding the con- struction of a drawbridge over the Quinnipiac river and claim that such bridge is a. public necessity. The Consolidated railroad has joined forces with the'' Fair Haven people and are endeavoring to secure the construction of drawbridge.
 Several strong arguments are ad- vanced in behalf of a drawbridge. The claim is made that the river is broad and deep for, a considerable distance north of the bridge and Is navigable for canal boats, coal barges and ether river craft. There are also on both sides of the river long stretches of unoccupieil and unimproved river front, which, if the river was open to navigation and drawbridge con structed,;' will afford first class sites for factories and oyster establish ments. f
 In consequence of the change in the layout of the Shore Line route. the old railroad bridge across the Quinni piac has been abandoned and is now being demolished by the railroad con- pany. After this bridge has been com pletely removed, the only obstruction to the navigation of the river will be the Grand avenue bridge. With the changing of, this into a. drawbridge the river will be thrown open to navi- gation a consid.eerrable distance tarther north and. mush valuable property opened up. ..z ,.~...
 The railroad company is said to be strongly in favor of a drawbridge, ow- ing to the fact that it owns considera- ble property along the river front and that in the event of there being drawbridge constructed at Grand ave- nue, the company < intends to build large coal bins near the new layout of tpe road and, have tits coal trans ported there by water. ,'.
 Inere IS no question that new bridges are needed in place of the Quinnipiac and Gainesville bridges, but the question which is at present worrying thef city fathers is where is the money coming from with which to construct them. Mayor Sargent has fecommendfd that an appropriation bs made for the purpose of building two new bridges and when the board of finance meet for the purpose of con- sidering the estimate an attempt will be made to eke out a sufficient sum with which to construct both bridges.