The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-02
BRIDGE WILL SOON ARRIVE.
IRON WORK ZEN ROUTE WITH 4
FORCE TO PUT TT TOGETHER.

FORCE TO PUT TT TOGETHER.
superstructure for the Georgia ana
Alabama Bridge Has Been shipped.
Five of the six Piers for Ii Are
Completed and the sixth win soon
BE Finished--WiII Not Take Long
for the Superstructure to Re Put
in PIace-It viii BE the Interest
ing Work of Experts-Terminnls
VIII Have Wide and Deep Cham
mel in Front of Tbem-Progress of
the Terminal work.
The iron superstucture for the bridge to
cross the Savannah river, two miles above
the city, to give the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad connection with its terminals on
Hutchinson's Island is en- route to savan-
nah. The iron work was constructed by
the Youngstown Bridge Company of
Youngstown, o. The company win have
a force of men along to put the bridge in
place.
Such work as the putting together of
the parts of the iron bridge requires eX-
perts. Ii is customary for manufacturers
to send them along. Ii is not known how
many will be sent to look after the Geor-
gia and Alabama bridge, but the force
will be ample, together with local labor
ers, to do the work.
1t is not believed more than a month or
so will be necessary to put up the iron
work. The piers are nearly all completed,
and there Win be nothing to delay the
iron workers when they arrive. Five of the
six piers have been completed, and there
remains but small one on the Savannah
side of the river TO be built. The stone
masons will have it finished in short order.
The extension from Medrim has been
completed right up 10 the river, and there
will be no difficulty encountered in get
ting the bridge material to the place where
il is 10 be used For some months the
railroad has been enabled to facilitate its
construction work at the bridge by the
completion of the connection from the To-
cal yards 10 the river.
No iron railway bridge is to be found in
the immediate neighborhood of Savannah.
Many who have never seen one construct
ed would doubtless find it interesting to
take a jaunt up the river to observe the
workmen putting the fabric together. The
bridge will be a draw, and will be built
open and afterwards swung into place IN
order to admit of the passage of vessels
while it is in course of construction.
The two dredges that have been en-
ployed in carrying out the contract Sc
cured by Mr. Hegeman in the terminal
work are almost through with their part.
They are now working on the river hav-
ing finished the three slips. There remains
but a small quantity of soil to be remov-
ed from the openings to- the slips,
method that is usually observed in dredg-
ATIr.. han flan
harbor line has been run by the dredges
In the slips there is depth of 26 feet.
The company was determined to have
enough water and to have a sufficient
depth in the event the government de-
cides to cut a deeper channel. Not only
in the slips is the depth of 26 feet reach
ed, but in conforming to the new harbor
/ line care is being taken to give the same
water
Mai r. A. Blandford, who is superin-
tending the construction work, said yester-
day that no wharves along the river will
have such depth as those of the termi-
nails Abreast of their wharves all their
length of about half a mile there will be
channel 300 feet wide, with a depth of
twenty-six feet. This is now being secured
by the two dredges, and much of the work
has been finished. By the end of March
it is expected that the work of the
dredges will be finished.
The plllng IS also progressing Satlslac-
torily. For long time there was the diff
Guilty of getting timber. one that has been
experienced in every line of construction
work The wharf work has also been de
layed by lack of lumber, but it is getting
on more rapidly now.
The company has its plans for the sheds
and buildings TO be located at the termi-
nails It is probab BILE that bids on the
work will shortly be advertised for. When
the entire scheme has been worked out,
Hutchinson's Island will present a scene
of great energy and busting activity. the
barren waste being transformed into
splendid system of railroad terminals.