Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-06
THE MATERIAL HERE,
Fi'st Consignment of Iron for the Bridge $
on ehc Ground.

on Shc Ground. WA.
After 4 number of unavoidable delays
the first consignment Of material for the
much needed overhead bridge over the
Chesapeake & Ohio railway tracks at
Thirty fourth street, has reached New
port News and work on the bridge will
be started in the near future.
1t will be remembered that some time
ago the bridge committee received a
letter from the King Bridge Company
ofiCieveland, o., the concern having the
contract for the erection of the brid ges
in this city, stating that the material
would be ready to ship here on the 2ath
of June and asking that the inspecting
committee Of the council be in Cleve-
land before that date to inspect the
material before it was sent here to be
placed in the bridges.
Ihc COMMITTEES, composed Of Council
men Hughes and Thomas and City En-
gineer Fltchett. at once made the nee
essary arrangements for the trip and
after receiving instructions from the
council left for Cleveland, reaching
there on the oath. All the material was
carefully Inspected and found to be up
to all requirements ana the committee
accordingly ordered the iron and steel
shipped here at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Nothing further was heard of the ma
tcrlai until Tuesday morning when the
first conslgn ment arrived Via the Ches-
apeake g. Ohio railroad and was side
tracked on the yard. This steel is in
tended Tor the Thirty-fourth street
bridge.
The material that reached the city
tuesday morning was loaded on two
large freight cars and comprised the
greater portion Of the stuff for the up-
town bridge. The two cars were imme-
Aiatelyydetached from the rests Of the
train in which they had come from
cleveland and We're switched by one of
the yard engines to one of the side
tracks near the point where the bridge
is 70 be built. There they will remain
until they are unloaGed and work on the
bridge commenced.
This material is that portion which
will be needed at once in the construc-
ton Of the bridge, the other less neces-
sary parts having been left for another
consignment. This iron will be used to
bulid'the frame work of the bridge and
1the rest VIII not he needed until this
part OF the work is finished and there
VIII, therefore, be no delay because of
the arrival Of only portion OF the ma
terial.
1t cannot be stated as yet just when
the other consignment will arrive, as
there is nothing known here as to the
intentions of the King Bridge Company.
The officials of the Chesapeake &: Ohio
have received no information on the
subject, but it is thought probable that
\ more of the material will reach here
in day or two. or in a week, at the
longest. The stuff is ready to be ship
ped and there is no cause for delay, as
far is known here.
It cannot be learned when work
on the bridge will be commenced, but
the probability is that it will be under
Way before many days The skilled me-
chanics who will have charge of the
construction of the bridges will come
here from Cleveland and as soon as they
4 arrive laborers will be secured in the
city and the work commenced. The
4 mechaHics are expected during the lat
ter part Of this week or the first OF next