The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-11

In its first report to the court yester-
day, the grand jury recommended the
erection Of eighteen bridges by the
county, the total cost of which it Is
estimated will be s9,SO5 The amount OF
the bridge tax for next year will be
S17.39T.
If the recommendation of the jury is
adopted by the county commissioners,
all Of the bridges will be of steel girder
construction, with corrugated iron, con-
crete and stone flooring. The abut-
mcnts will be of dry masonry.
The jurors say in their recommends
tion that bridges of that kind of con-
struction can be built cheaper than any
other form proposed and that wherever
that kind of a bridge is now in use 1t
stood the test of the extraordinary
floods of last March. They believe it
would be economy to erect the kind of
bridge suggested and they say that If
the contracts for all the bridges are
awarded at one time the county will
save % 1-3 per cent. on the total cost.
The bridges they recommended follow
and are to be built in the order named:
1. Bridge in the township of Benton.
over Gardners creek on the public road
leading ON Fleetville to Factoryville.
Amount appropriated, $3.50.
2. Bridge in the township of Benton,
over creek in the public road leading
from Factoryvilc to Nicholson, near the
residence of A. p. Clark. said creek be-
ing the outlet of Mud and Baylor's pond.
Amount appropriated. $3.50.
3. Bridge in the township of Lehigh,
over Pond creek, at the place where the
public highway from the Old Plank road
to
appropriated, 5000.
4. Bridge in the borough of Blakely,
over Hulrs creek, at Third street.
Amount appropriated. $1,000.
5. Bridge in the borough of Blakely,
over Hull's creek at First street.
Amount appropriated, 800
6. Bridge in the borough of Blakely,
over iull's creek. at Second street.
Amount appropriated, 500
Z. Bridge in the township OF Covington.
over Cummings creek. at the place
where the public highway leading from
the Delaware, Lacka awanna and Western
railroad tracks to Turnersville crosses
said creek. Amount appropriated, $500.
S. Bridge in the township of Coving-
ton. over N1cDonald's creek, at the place
where the public highway leading from
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad tracks to Turnersville crosses
said creek. Amount appropriated. $500.
O. Bridge in the borough of Jermyn,
over Rushbrook creek at Third street.
Amount appropriated, $1,000
10. Bridge in the township of Madison,
over Browns creek, near the house of
G. S. Brown on the road leading from
Hornbaker's store to Loveland's grist
mill. at the place where said road crosses
said creek Amount appropriated, 1890
II. Bridge in the township of Madison.
over Swartz's creek. near the house of
Philip Swartz, on the road leading from
Moscow to Madisonville. Amount appro-
priated. $l65.
70. Bridge in the township of Madison
over Roaring brook. near j. Z. Love
lands grist mill, on the road leading
from Moscow to Nadsonvile. Amount
appropriated, $40.
IS. Bridge in South Arlington. over the
creek near Edward Wise's property on
the road leading from Clark's Summit
depot to ID. Bells residence. Amount ap-
propriated. $40.
Brook, over Rattlesnake creek at the
place where the public highway leading
from Thomas Jones house to Maple
Lake road crosses said creek. Amount
appropriated, S4io.
10. Fridge in the township of Scott,
over the East branch of the Tunkhan-
mock creek, on the road leading from
IlolloN W IIueIid, near lle resi-
dence of A. r. Wetherby. Amount APP
proprated 5000.
1G Bridge in the township of Scott,
over kennedy's creek, at the point where
the stream is crossed by the public road
leading from Carpenters corners to
Wallsville, near the residence of Henry
Dunlap. Amount appropriated. $3.50
H. Bridge in the township of Scott,
over the outlet of Sculls creek, near the
residence of William Smith. on the main
road leading from Montdale to Clifford.
Amount appropriated, $500.
49, Bridge in the township of South
Abingdon, over Britton creek on the pub
lie highway leading from Jenkins hotel
at Chinchilla to the Griffin reservoir dam.
Amount appropriated, $40.