Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-31
CONTRACT LET.
Another Bridge to Bind US to
our Suburbs.

Gre6nm0nt To pc Brought into TOWN.
Fifteen Thousand Steel Structure to
be Open on april First-CompaBy
Back of it-Immenae Tracts TO be
Opened up For Residences-Another
New Dominion Suggestion Carried
Out.
The much talked of Morgantown-
Greenmont bridge is now in sight and
by the first of April it will be opened
for the use Of the public. The con-
tract has been let to Walker Brothers
of Charles Town and they will begin
work on it Immediately. Their con-
tract calls for its completion and
turning over to the company on the
first day of April.
The bridge is TO be of iron and steel
and is to be a modern city bridge in
every respect. 1t is to be able to
maintain weight of fourteen hun
dred pounds to the lineal foot. 1t
was at first hoped, 80 have one able to
hold up one thousand pounds to the
foot but this was not considered good
enough and the better one has been
contracted for.
The bridge is TO start in at the
junction of Kirk Alley and Spruce
street near the residence of Col. JOS.
McDermott and it is to run to the
level land opposite. 1t is to be five
hundred and fifteen feet long and in
the highest point will be one hundred
feet above the valley below.
The roadway in the center is to be
fifteen feet wide and the two foot
walks are to be three and one half
feet wide thus affording the most ad
equate room for both purposes.
Abutments are to be built at either
end of stone and pedestals are to be
placed at the proper point to support
the towers. The contracts for this
have not yet been let but the firm
having the bridge under contract will
do this at once and it will go ia inn
mediately. The weather is all that
is in the way of the completion Of the
structure and it is hoped that this
will not delay it very much. Ample
margin has been allowed for this and
by the time that the limit for is COM
pletion has expired the bridge will I'M
doubtedly be ready for opening.
The company letting the contract
is composed of Dr. S. S. Wade, r. r..
Chrisman, |. G.. Lazzelle, Huston and
Domain, Mrs. John j. Brown and S.
X. Franks of Wheeling and they are
interested to the proportion in the
order in which their names are given.
The contract price of the bridge is
fifteen thousand dollars.
The company Is known as the Nor
gantown and Greenmont Bridge and
Investment Company and it is COM
posed of leading business men of the
town. The company for the develop
ment of the territory reached is COM
posed of the people who are in the
bridge company and the stock Will be
sold to others. The exact make up
of the company is not known yet but
a number of the other leading busi-
ness men will go into it.
The tract of land that will be
thrown open to the public will be one
of the finest if not the finest that the
town has ever had available and will
give an outlet in the building activi-
ties that has been badly needed. The
greater part of it is as close to the
court house as the upper end of Main
street and very little of it is farther
away than the University. 1t will be
right in town.
Already great many Of the leading
people in town have projected resi-
dences in the new suburb and ia a
few years it will be the residence por-
tion of the city.
Among those who have tracts next
to the landing Of the bridge are Mrs.
Brown who owns the tract where the
bridge lands, r. r. Chrisman two
acres, Chrisman and Lazzelle eight
and one half acres, 1. G. Lazzelle five
acres, DR.. S. S. Wade ten acres, Lag
zelle, Wade and Chrisman fourteen
acres, S. X. Frank two acres and
Huston and Domain fifty acres. Be-
sides these everyone who owns in that
section will be directly benefited and
will have their holdings placed in the
market at once.
No bridge that has ever been built
and no move that has ever been taken
will do more for the up building OF
the town than will the completion OF
the outlet. The town will have a
chance to spread in the direction that
it should go, in one that it has been
prevented from taking by natural OBJ.
stacles for number of years.
The dangerous grade crossing al
the foot of the hill leading to Green
mont will be obviated and the people
over there will have much better way
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