Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-15
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Company is Going to Expend
Thousands Of D ollarsin This
Line This Summer.
New Des Moines River Bridge at
Eddyville Will Cost About
sll5.O0o.
ississippi Bridge at Ke ithsburg
Repaired Many Others Are
Strengthened.

rune weather ana IN early spring are
|anxiously awaited by the engineering
department of the t5wa Central rail
read and il the depa rtraent is so forth
rate as to have its hopes granted it is
likely that before many weeks the road
will be in the midst Of d general over
Hauling and repairing, from east to
west OH the Illinois and eastern diyis-
lions, and from one end TO the other on
the north and south divisions
AS the Tmes-R epublican has hereto
fore stated the Central Is planning to
spend more money this year in making
ALTERATIONS TO grades. roadbed passing
tracks, bridges, etc, than 1t has done in
lany recent Years in thu history OF the
property and In fact, probably more
than has ever been Zone in any one sea-
son before. Thousands upon thousands
LOT dollars will be expended and the
Work already planned can II OF possibly
be completed this Year no matter if
summer would continue the year
laround
/ one of the heaviest pieces of work
! how undes way, altho for the past week
~ has been almost impossible TO do very
much. is the erection Of the new bridge
over he Dess N1oines river a t Eddyyille.
The structure is known as al seven span!
bridge, 800 feet in length. exclusive of
i the long approaches Of trestie work 1t
VIII be remembered that the ma sonfsy
4 for this bridge was contracted for last
year and the Payne, Bradshaw, AIcA1a-
hon Company. of Kansas City COM
tmenced the work of laying he immense
4 foundations that are TO sustain tine.
heavy steel structu III. After cornpiet-s
ing abont half ofsthe piers the contract
Ing firm saw that itcould not possibly
4 finish the work in the time set in the.
contract and according ely forfeited the
contract Chief Engineer Kelley Was
mot to be outdone by this hi of rlisfor-
tune and at once put men to work on.
the piers and nearly all of the work
was completed By the railway com
slpany's engineering department Ia st fail !.
4 or rather last winter for the weather
was such that the worklnen were privi-
legged to keep at th sir task far into the
1 winter
/. This spring the steel contract was
awarded the American Bridge Com
rany. and that firm is now in charge of
! the work of erecting the seven thru
4 rivited steel spans. each 1876 feet in
length. Or a total of 49, feet. The com
lEany has about thirty men employed at
4 present, altho for,the past week or ten
4 days Vt has been almost Impossible to
do much. owing to the high water and
stormy weather. The CARRYING a way Of
cile lot of false work. una 81 the third
span. by the high mater. Which caused
the ice to go out. mas delay ed the work.
y greater delay, however. Ii as bees from
i failure OF the manufacturing firms Is
/ furnish the Steel s structural work. and
as soon as the ma terial can be placed
On the ground the bridge builders VIII
hurry the work TO compilation
me new fridge will unesuubte-,llv be
the best and lasgtst on In entire lins
4 OF the Central, not excepting G the bridge
a over he 'Fathersof Waters ait ke:ths-
4 burg. II will Of courss sustain the
4 heaviest of the n-x locom,, lives. which
Ills npos sihie u use on tn old bridge
TWO OF the large spans IRE already
4 erected and bolted. but not riveted.
1 Spans Nos,s and 4 have been shipped.
! from the keystone branch e.fthe Amer
lcan Fridge Company's plss ut at. Pitts
burg and VIII be on the ground shortly
and the ether three spans Will be
shipped before many days, When all the
i snans are dslivered to he company at
\ Eddyville they can be raised in, about
two weeks, althe it will take several.
4 weeks longer TO go over the structure
and thoroughly rivet theu together.
That Is the big task connect ted with the
slserection.
Th- rev bridge a Eddsvil willcos;.
wher completed, Including the painting
land all incidental necessa ries, in the.
l1nsghbcrhood of $4,000. The. cost II the
l,seyen piers. which are CO nstructed Of
I, Minr ssota sandstone tcgetrer w,rh he.
d abutrment wall, which is concrete, Will
cost $4,000 and the steel structural
work will cos $4,000. Mr. W. A. Ram
lsey is the foreman of the American
Bridge Company, and is % n the ground.
Hooking after his FIRMS interests, and
4 the consulting engineer, or Inspector is
Mr. Albert Spengler, of Kansas City,
who represents the firm of Waidell &
1 Hedrick, of Kansas City consulting ems
Il gineers Who have been employed to
look afte, the railway COM pany's inter-
Tests In the erection Of the massive
4 structure
OTHER FRIDGE WORK
The work on the Eddyvie bridge Is
not all that is being done by the Gem
Il tIai. iNspdiIlS HdNe Deents -CDulpit teQs at
4 Keithsburg, III, TO the bridge crossing
4 the Mississippi river at cost Of SEQ
/ 900 TIE Ic-foot span bri dse crossing
the Spoon river near London Mills has
also been renairsd and strengthened for
heavy traffic ard the brdgemen are
4 now a work on the l36-foot span
1 bridge over the North Sku NIX river near
4 New Sharon.
4 The bridge paint gang. " hich was laid
off last winter on account of cold
weather will start out within few
4 days and will paint the Iowa river
bridge near Albion, also the bridge
4 crossing the same stream near Union
The two so and 64-foot girders over the
street crossings OF the Central in enter
ing Mason City are also 10 be painted
as is the l2O-foot span bridge crossing
II WILLOW creek, a small stream over
4 which the Central passes in entering
Mason City.