The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-01
WATER STREET BRIDGE.
Railroad Commissioners win be Asked to
 Approve of Two Extra Approaches.

Railroad Commissioners win be Asked to Approve of Two Extra Approaches. A decided improvement is under contemplation in reference to the new bridge being built over Water street crossing by the Consolidated Railroad company, The contemplated improve mcnt is of no less Il magnitude than the construction of approaches to the bridge from Union avenue and from Union and Fair streets. This improve ment. it is understood. the railroad company Is willing to make. provided the sanction of the railroad commits sioners can be obtained.
 Mayor Sargent has been an indefa- tigable worker for this new bridge, and 1t was largely in consequence of his ef- forts that the present bridge has be- come reality. He Is now working with might and main to secure the construc- tion of the proposed two new approach es, and Is confident of being successful in this latter undertaking. For several days he has been industriously circulat- | ing n petition among the merchants and business men in tha section of the and business men in that section of the men of the city in general whose bus mess requires considerable oarting and the use of heavy trucks, and has al | ready secured very large number Of signatures to the petition.
 The petition is addressed to the rail- road commissioners of the state, and asks that they sanction the construc- | tion of two new approaches. one rom the proposed new Union avenue and the other from Fair and Union streets. The petition sets forth that these approach es are demanded, and when completed will prove vast accommodation to all persons whose business calls them to the railroad freight depot or station. The construction of these new ap- proathes would require considerable | hllng-in but this can be done at com paratively small expense, and the ac- commodation secured be largely ap- precated by the travelling public. The mayor has been working hard to accom- plish his object, and is confident that the railroad commissioners will grant the request.
 At present there are but two ap- breaches to the bridge, one from the State street side and one from the east side. If the railroad commissioners grant the petition there will be four ap- breaches to the bridge from as many different directions, and the public will naturally be greatly benefited thereby. l Mayor Sargent has been in communi- cation with the officials of the railroad company, and they are said to be per | fectly willing to do the work provided the necessary approval of the railroad commissioners can be secured. With this end in view he has secured num-
 Der of signatures to the petition which will be presented to the commissioners in the very near future, and it is hoped
 that favorable action will be taken by them on the matter.
 The mayor is of the opinion that the
 state will eventually pay the entire ex- pense of the construction of the bridge
 and in consequence the city ought to be provided with these extra accommoda.
 tions. He will leave no stone unturned
 to secure the desired end, and what
 Mayor Sargent sets out to do he gener. ally accomplishes.
 Mayor Sargent has also been among the business men of Water street with
 a petition for the lowering of the grade of the Water street approach to the new bridge, which the Consolidated road is constructing at the junction of Water
 and State streets, and has received a
 large number of signers, among them
 being every business man on the l street.
 The mayor says the railroad does not
 object to the lowering of the grade
 but rather favors it, but they have sug. gested that a petition be drawn for pre-. sentat ton to the railroad commission.
 CTS, who may order the change in the grade and the railroad company wil
 then follow the order.
 The grade as now planned is doubt
 less too steep for convenient travel, ant
 so is the grade as planned for the
 Union avenue approach to the bridge
 There are some people who doubt the
 railroad company's sincerity in the mat
 ter. They believe that what the rail road has laid out they desire should bt put through. They argue that a peti
 ton to the railroad commissioners will
 not bear the result expected, and Mayo Sargent will have his labor for nothing
 There is no question but that the busi
 ness men in the locality want the grad, lowered. They all say that if the grade
 are put up as planned they will be tot steep for heavy loads to be drawl over.