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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
The PRESIDENT TOUR.
Receives a Continuous Ovation as
He Journeys Through Towns
in New England.
GREETED BY CROWDS AT MANY PLACES

Spends Day In the Woods in New
Hampshire and Hunts Big Game
Ends His Tour In Vermont and Ad-
dresses Large Crowds mt Every
Town when stops Were Made.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

Don't let your charity cover too
many sins.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

LIMA LODGE. r. & A. M.-Regular meetngt
"A on Tuesday night on or before full mooE
Il f. MEYERS w. NJ
NJ POLLASKY, Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
In New ampshire.

Nashua, y. H., Aug. 29.-President
Roosevelt reached here on time and
spoke to a large throng Of people in
front Of the city hall. The ovation 10
President Roosevelt was continuous
and as the train drew out prolonged
cheering followed.
At Manchester a presidential salute
by battery Of the New Hampshire
militia, mingled with the cheers Of a
great crowd, greeted the president as
his train arrived At point opposite
Merrimac Common the presidents car
riage was brought 20 a stop and the
local camp Of Spani.h-American war
veterans rendered the president a sa-
Lutte. and their commander, Col. VII
liam Sullivan, stepped forward and pre-
.ented him a bouquet Of roses. In ac-
cepting the roses the president spobe
for ten minutes
Fully 5000 people Joined in welcom-
ing the president on his visit to the en-
campment Of the New Hampshire G. \.
i. at The Weirs lie address ed the vet
Grams, giving them unStiuted praise
for their valor in the civil war.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
PERE MARQUETTE
NOVEMBER 1901
1aAlns lEAvE AIMAAs EonoMs

TRAINS LEAVE ALMA AS FOLLOWS
For Detroit and Rast........e.io a. m. SIP p. ID.
For Grand Rapids and West. s.l3 a w. g.. .Op. m
For Saginaw and Bay city $50 a. m. SAP p. m.
For Big Rapids and North s;23 "a. n. 600 p. m.
W r. MoELLER. Genl Pass'r Agent
Grand Rapids, Mich
ID J WNcHELL. Agent. ALMA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
EsTBOUNo

All trains eNcent sunday
&. G. ROBINSON. Agent
Owosso, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
LODGES.

A LIMA Chapter, No. l2S. X. A. NJ. Regular meet.
"A ings on Monday night on or after full moon
b S. WEBB, II. p.
G.. 5. YoUSG, Secy
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

FIR ENCII REMEDY
produces the above results I'm 80 days. IL acu
powerfully and quickly. cures when all others fail
Young men viii regain their lost manhood. and old
men Will recover their youthful ylgor by using
RENINO. IL quickly and surely restores Nervous
1ess, Loot vitality. Imp0tency. Nightly Emissions
.Sost Power, Failing Memory, Wasting Diseases and
all effects OF self abuse and indiscretion
which units one for study, business or marriage.
not only cures by starting az the seat Of disease bu
isagreat nerve tonic aud blood builder. brin
ING back the pink glow TO pale cheeks and
storing the fire OF youth. IL wards OF insanity
ana Consumption Insist on having RENINO, ne
other. AZ can be carried in vest pocket. by mail
e1.OO per package. or six for $500, with posi-
tive written guarantee TO cure or refuno
the money. Circular free. Address
Royal Medicine Co., ' Sa RssSsSfn u.s. s.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
SOCIE TIES 6,

Episcopal CHURCH Evening service at
II 700 o'clock standard time Sunday school
at li:sDa m J. n ECHBoURN, Rector,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

LIMA LODGE. :. o. A, No Regular
n meetings on Thursday nights
WN. HART, o. ;. l..
RALPH MONTIGEL, X. s.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05
ALMA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PROBE SSiONAl,

IL A. BAGLEY, Physician and Surgeon
u. Once, Opera House Block. once hours 80
90 80 and tes p. m Diseases OF the eye and ear
a specially.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

SUPEkIOR REBEKAH LOI GE. No. IOl l. o.
~ o Regular meetings Friday nights
MARY THOMAS, y. G..
Lucia BUGART Il. ;
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

EIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST
IL Services II 90 a. m. testimonial services,
l2:00; W X. g. Hall, Adams Block. Free read
ing room established by this church, II open
Tuesdays and Saturdays from three 10 five Al
residence OF Mrs. Ella +. Ellison, Fret Reader.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

ALMA LODGE No a3s. l. O. O. F. meets every
"A Monday evening.
J ;. FINK. y. e..
". :. BOGARTt r. \
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

II A R.-William Meyer Post No 1872 Depart.
VI. meut OF Michigan. g. \. r., meet on 2d Sat
urday Of each month At 20 p. m. and on the al
Saturday OF each month at 300 p. m
LAFAYETTE : rEvsNs, Commander.
joins GREIG, Adjutant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

ALMA CHAPTER. o. <. ;. No. 4s-Regular
n meetings on the hrst Friday Of each month.
MRS. HANNAH HALL. W Matron.
Mis- EVA GILL. Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

WIN. MoYER RELIEF CORPS, No. 1ss. NEE,
W every second and fourth Wednesday In the
month
MRS. ADA GREIG. President
MRS MARTA FRAZER. Secretary
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

BAPTIST CHCRCH-Moning service 1890
ID Sunday school II IS. Evening service 1880
Young peoples meeting 200 sunday evening.
Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
REV. y. 7. HAFER, Pastor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

WILLIAM A. BAHLKE, Attorney AT Law.
w ONCE over the Alma State Savings Bank
Alma, Mich,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

A LIMA ENCAMPMENT. No. 60, l. o. q. F.
n meet every alternate Wednesday
j. ". DEAN Chief Patriarch
W. :. BOGART SCRIBE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

nR. g. :. BROWNING Physician and Surgeon
~ (Universlty OF Illinois) Room No 10 Opera
House block, Telephone No 90. Once hours
1000 TO 1900, 20 To 500, 700 To 500. Night
calls at office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

u q. T. NJ Regular reviews OF Alma Tent
IA No. 1884 are held every alternate Wednesday
night IL X. of = Hall. Visiting mem
Ders OF the Orderare welcome.
/. ROLLIS. Com.
w : BOGART. r. n.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-Fitz James Lodge
II No. rs, h ~ =. hols its regular meetings
every alternate Friday night.
OTTO SANDERHOFF, &. g..
JoHN kNOERTZER, X. Of Il. 4 :.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

nR. K. T. Lamb, Office In Bahlke building
IL Office hours. toto IL a. IN, 10 and 10 ;
p, m. Night calls ~ Office.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

nR. NELSON r. NoCLINToN Gradnste Tn
IL iversity OF Michigan. once New Pollasky
Block. ONCE hours, ] 30 to i:B and 90 To 80
pm. Night calls, telephone from office, not
necessary 10 call central.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-05

o. I. " Alma Hive No 332 Meets alter
u. nate Friday afternoons; o'clock X OF =
hall Visitors always welcomed
Mrs. MATTE L. OPDYKE. l. G..
Mrs. ADA GREIG r n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
ST. PAUL a CITY OF BRIDGES

the rollers which permit expansion and
contraction brought to a true bearing.
This done, the span was returned to it's
proper position. The expense was
small, possibly 5000. but it saved
thousands.
Part of the Scenery. s
The others spanning the Mississippi
river are the Robert street bridge, built
in 1886, and which cost over 100000,
and the Marshall avenue bridge, owned
and paid for jointly by ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. This bridge, like the Fort
Smelling structure, spans gorge that
is ideal in its scenic grandeur. It's cost
was $4,000. It's total length is 1878
feet.
The heaviest travelled bridge in ST.
Paul is the Robert street bridge over
the Mississippi river. Tapping as it
does locality given over almost en-
tirely to manufacturing, heavy teams
use it's brick paved roadway from sun
rise to sunset, while in the early morn
ing hours and when the factory doors
are pouring out their thousands, it is
black with humanity. A conservative
estimate places the travel over this
bridge at more than double that of any
other bridge in the city.
Only One Bridge Lost.
With sixty bridges and a third as
many more small wooden structures
spanning creeks and small streams in
the city, it would seem natural that
there should be more or less loss from
imperfect structures and the consum-
ing hand of time, but it is on record
that ST. Paul never suffered the loss of
but one bridge, and that was huge
steel span in the Sixth street bridge
which collapsed after train of cars
had crashed into one of it's supports.
The span was reduced to wreckage
by the impact of the train, but, strange
to relate, there was no loss of life. This
accident occurred in 1899 and cost the
Northern Pacific road $4,000 to make
it good. Ice and water also had their
effect upon the Wabasha street bridge
when it was a pile affair, but the loss
was trif1ing.
BY supreme court Interpretation
which holds that when street is plat
ted prior to the entrance of a railroad
track, the railroad company must pro-
vide a bridge as a crossing if deemed
necessary, St. Paul has been presented
with a number of steel structures free
of cost. These are to be found along
the line of nearly every railroad that
enters the city and are quite a con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31

iv tn rile family. TIL first sicrety gets
him so he can weep livery time tn
name iv Shakespeare is mintioned TIL
first sicrety tells him that he oughtn't
to know too many Americans, but
that's because tn first sicrety don't
understand his fellow counthrymen.
Ivry mornin whin tn ambassadure
opens his mail expictin' a letther firm
tn prisidint tellin' him to run right
over to TIL palace an asst tn king
about tn Pannyma canal, he gets a
few lines firm an American stoppin' at
tn Stars an Sthripes- hotel, sayin':
Dear Ambassadure, I have a letther
fir Mark Hanna tellin' We to give me
tn best rooms in ye'er house or lose
ye'er job. I will move in tomorrow.
Manewhile PLACE sind me tn name iv
a good store in this accursed hole
where an American can buy a pair iv
suspinders.' If he's wise ambassa-
dure he does it. A man that riprisint-
ed this country abroad soon larns
how to match silks an where to buy
rockin' chairs. If he don't he's no
good. An on tn Foorth iv July he
stands at home an grasps nanny a
wet an friendly hand.
"All this I1arned firm Dargan who
was over there las year, He met an
ambassadure that used to run FIR con-
gress ivry time he had a mind to.
Dargan got his money eight times be-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
Mr. Dooleg on our Representatives Abroad

do anything about it he can dhron
into tiIlygraft office an sind a cable
message to tn king iv Boolgahrya or
whoiver it is that's maxim tn throu-
BILE. To be an ambassa dure all a man
needs is to have his wife want to live
in Europe; to be first sicrety he must
be good waltzer; to be a sicind sic
rety he must know how to press
clothes an take care iv childer. Ye
don't see anybody nowadays that
stands chant to be ilicted sheriff
thryin' to be ambassadure anywhere.
An ambassadure is a man that is no
more use abroad thin he wud be at
home. A vice prisidint iv a company
that's bein' took in be thrust. a law
yer that tn juries is onto, congress-
man that can't be re-ilicted, a nilishy
g1n'ral whose family wants to Iarn
Fr-rinch without tn aid iv a teacher.
th1m's tn kind that lands. Ye cud-
dent blindfold me an back me into tn
Job. No, sir. If me frind in Wash'n-
ton iver offered to sind me to reside at
or near tn Coort iv Saint James I'd ST
him: ARE all tn gaugers' jobs took p
No wan that loves his fellow counthrv-
men as l do, an knows thin wud ac-
cipt tn honor an lave his property an
good name in their care FIR four wears.
While I have me vigor I'll remain here.
with me hand on tn gun. 1 bet We I
cud put an advertisement in tn pa
apers tomorrow: Wanted an arnbas-
sadure 1xhtrordhnry; middle aged, pro-
testant gintleman iv good figure, kind
disposition an used to siciety;s salary
So a week an Ar-rchev Road,d he
blocked with applicants an they'd all
be good enough.
mo, sir, it amt tn job it was. r
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
MARY MACLANE PHASES
STRANGE MENTAL CYCLES OF
THE BUTTE LITERARY STAR

Sharp Shafts Of Sarcasm Aimed at
New York-Says She Is Very Com
pick Person and When She Wants
Peopfe TO Know What She Thinks
She Will Write.
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-What, in the
name of Mary, does all this advertising
of an untutored child from the wilds
of Montana mean?
Have crudity, self-assertion ad pc
cularity become the cognate virtues
which shall assure fortunes in this
world and immortality afterwards?
| One would think SO from the attention
that is being bestowed on little Mary
MacLane, Of Butte, Montana, who has
written a book and believes that she
would like to meet the devil.
Philosophers and scientists are puz-
zltng their heads over this anthropolo-
gical study and striving to find class
in which they can safely put Miss Mac
Lane. Meanwhile, whilst other young
women who do struggle to tread the
thcrny path of literature according to
tradition and the ways of the various
cults freeze in garrets and grow I'M
lovely porting over cheap boarding
house menus, Mary, the self-elect,
.
swims gracefully on to success-and
the devil, if she is still trying to find
him.
Mary Shrewd Girl.
That Mary is shrewd where her
pocket book is concerned has been
proved by many episodes in her brief
public career but one developed the
other day which so to speak cinched
this characteristic. One of the repor-
torial automata employed by a New
York daily, sent to interview her, ask
ed of her that very brilliant and origin
al question:
What do you think of New York %
1t gave Mary an opportunity for the
discharge of one of her sharp shafts
of sarcasm and she promptly asked the
young man why he did not think of
something more original to question
her about.
But mark the naiveness and good
old fashioned Scottish thrift that com
pleted her rebuke.
New York" she replied, 1T is the
most''-then checking herself sudden
ly But why should 1 give you my i'm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31

apers that mans been appinted an
ambassadure ye know it ought to
r-read that his wife has been appinted
ampassadhress. His wife wants him
to lave tn country an tn counthry
IS resigned an tn place he's goin' to
don't raise no objections. Whin he
reads in tn pa-apers all th,sthings he's
called he begins to think tn Job is
almost as high as, a place in tn Gus
tom house, an tn good woman sees
hersif an tn queen rcrnpin' together
an maybe she won't give TIL cold eve
to tn wife w tn rich undertaken up
tn sthreet whfn she comes to Body
pest an sees her an, tn rile family
roWlin' by in tn riIe coach dhrawn be
camels. I'm ambassadure lands at tn
coort where he's goiI' to avinge tn
insults to his native land FIR four years
an tn sicrety ~. tn legation who used
to be good tennis player befure he
lost his mind, meets him at tn deepo
an, hurries him into a closed hack.
What's this FRI? says tn ambassadure
who's hadsth' coat iv arms iv Moo Jar
sey painted on tn soles iv his boots an,
would like to put thin out tn window.
Why am I threated like a prisner p
he says. Hush. says A1onzo tn first
sicrety. Ye can't be seen until we've
been GAVIN over be tn tailor he says.
If annywan got ento that blue Prince
Albert It'd be We to TIL Basteel,, he
says. III take ye- home an keep we
locked up till TIL harness maker has
got through with ye,' he says But
SAYS tn ambassadure, ,swhin do 7 be-
gin tn important jooties ivrnne exalted
station? he says. THANK Hivin,' says
IN IN slcrety Nv legation, there ain
ball f'r a week. he says. Please keep
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31

used to think I'd like to be wan an go
over to Rooshya an whin some good
Ia-ad fr'm this country got into
throuble over hurlin' remarks iy an
unkind nature at the Car to wrap him
up in an American flag an, dhrive him
through town in an expriss wagon
while tn Roosyan gin'raI that was
goin' to shoot him bit holes in his
Whiskers an muttered: Curse that
American dogsky. He's foiled me be-
fure me ar-rmy!' An if tn American
citizen was pinched I'd dhriye I'M to
IN palace in furyous rage, push tn
guards aside an march into tn cham
per where tn Car sat on his throne
an say: Sign an order to release this
man in tin minyets or I'll blow up tn
nat Are We aware says tn Gar
with blanched face, that we're adj
dhressin' king? I am says I, with
me hand on tn brest Nv tn uniform iv
tn Hibernyan Rifles iv which 1 was
1lcted Tin me nind) tn colonel befure
| sailed: am, dishpot,' says l. AM
l says, ARE We aware I says, that We
ARE addhressin',' says Martin Doo-
ley, Ministher PlenipootootchinarY an
fAmbassadure Exthrordin'rt iy tn
United States iv America, County iy
Cook, S., huroon says I, pullin' a1ittle
American flag firm me vest pocket an
Wavin' it over me head. Great Hiy-
ms says TIL Car, signin' tn ordher
with thremblin' hands, an I hurry off
to tn dungeon an release Eben Per-
Nns an he gives me goold watch an
his good-lookin' wife throws her arms
around me neck an calls me their pre-
saryer. Twas wan. iv tn dhreams w
me youth. I'm oldher now.
"Gin'rally whin We see in this pa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
By F. P. Dunno.

fure tn good man larned that Dargan
didn't live in tn district. He saws
that tn ambassadure toP him what I'm
tellin' We an wept on his shoulder.
How long ARE We in for?' asks OAR
gan. Three years more, says tn am
bassadure. Three years more he
says, an thin I'll give tn first sicrety
punch in tn nose an rayturn to tn
land Nv tn free he says. Have We
amy fine cut? he says. At this
minyit young man come around tn
corner an grabbed tn ambassadure be
tn collar. Didn't I tell We niver to
come out iv tn park in them pants?'
he says. Here comes Lord GimIets,'
he says. 1t was tn first sicrety An
Dargan niver see tn ambassadure
again. He thinks they have him lock-
ed up in the coal cellar.
$50 / don't want to be amy ambas-
sadure, Hinnissy. TIL cable is quicker,
tn newspaper rayporther is more i'm
portant an theyse more diplomatic
business done be jew men firm Wall
street thin be all tn diplomats firm
Constantinople to Copenhagen, bedad."
But supposin' Ireland was free"
said Mr.. Hennessy.
Z ''Ah," said Mr.. Dooley, chin 'twud
be We I'd like to see get tn job. 1
cudden't have too NANNY iv me OIL
frinds presintin' their cridintials to
me-"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
Copyright 1902, by
Robert Howard Russell.

4 D like to be an ambassadure," said
Mr.. Hennessy.
And why?" said Mr.. Dooley.
1T must be a grand job" said
Mr.. Hennessy.
"'Tis ah aisy job" said Mr.. Dooley,
IAN it's gran job if We care FIR it. But
it amt tn job it used to be. TIL time
was, Hinnissy, whin a man that was
an ambassadure was tn whole thing,
dye mind. He whit off to a foreign
country an they was no cables an no
fast ships an he done as he pleased
an til first thing amy iv US heerd iv
him he'd hit tn king in tn eye an we
had a war on our hands. Thin was tn
days whtn ye'd have a good time as an
ambasSadure. I can see We now mixin
in little proosic acid with tn soup iv
ye'er frind tn Eyetalian ambassadure,
rayceivin' spies on tn doings iv tn
prime MINISTER'S wife an sindin' a
letther to tn king: have tn honor
to inform ye'er majesty that if we don't
do so-an'-so befure 6 o'clock this av'-
min 1 will be obliged to bump ye Ac-
cept tn assurance iv me mos distin-
guished consideration an hurry up
An ambassadure, dye mind, was a kind
Nv a prisidint ~ tn United States Twin
abroad an he done what he thought
TIL prisidint would dc if he was in TIL
same place an tn prisidint had to
make good FIR him.
But nowadays we don't need an
ambassadure amy more thin we need
stage coach to go down to michigan
City. TIL REQUIREMENTS has changed
with tn time. If me frind Prisidint
1lddy wants to know what's goin' on
anywhere all he has to do is to sub
scribe to tn pa-apers. If he wants tn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
4. SHANNON & co.
Great Fair Week
Reduction Sale.

For the benefit of those who live out
OF town we will make sweeping re-
duction of 33s per cent discount from
our entire line of ladies' Suits, Walking
Skirts Silk Waists, Petticoats, etc., etc.
A splendid opportunity of securing a
bargain from the SWEETEST and most up
to-date stock of women's fashionable
wearing apparel on the market at St.
PauPs leading fashion store.
Ladies Colored Shirt Waists at only
one-half price
While in the city do not fail to give
us call. We will make it worth your
while.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31

pressions, the coin of my brain, the
product of my genius? It would be
robbing myself. I may want to write
what think. You are nothing to me-"
This is the cleverest piece of self
advertising heard of in many a day. q
Has Sunday Phases.
In discussing herself further Miss
MacLane announced the latest discov-
cry she had made in reference to that
remarkable personality. THE other
day a was reckoning up the different
phases of Mary MacLane, only a few
of which 1 discussed in my book. /
found that there are eighty or ninety
OF them, SO / must be very complex
Ferson."
When asked to discuss these phases
Mary MacLane refused. II cannot
talk about such things. can only
write" she said. Besides have oniv
partly discovered myself yet. l am
making new discoveries every day
about that strange creature, Mary
MacLane."
Newport must have created some
new phases of her. suggested the re-
porter.
"Oh! you can't draw me out. Why
should 1 tell you anything. You are
nothing to me. If Mary MacLane, Of
Butte, Montana, wants people to know
what she thinks she will write"
1t is shrewdly suspected that the
devil she wanted to meet was a mortal
Lucifer and that Marys ideas on this
question have suffered a shock.
-Vergie Oden.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31

Wabasha street bridge. When first
built it was wooden structure set
on piles and was constructed by a pri-
vate corporation in 1856. That was a
boom period in st. PauPs history and
the desire to Supplant the ferry which
operated between the two sides of the
river was so keen that money for the
construction of the bridge was easily
secured. The city authorities, how
ever, realizing that it should be mu-
nicipal enterprise, absorbed the COM
pany the following year and with an
issuance of $4,000 in bonds pushed it
to completion. Until the West Side be-
came a part of st. Paul toll was col
lected of all who used the bridge.
No Smoking on This Bridge.
Almost entirely wooden in construc-
ton, it was in constant danger of fire.
and one of the peculiar ordinances at
that time was one which prohibited
smoking while crossing the structure.
The ordinance remains on the statute
books to this day, but there is no rec.
ord Of anyone ever being arrested for
violating it. After about ten years
use it was again rebuilt, this time Of
iron, but so inadequate to the demands
of traffic because of it's narrow road
way and walks that 1T was torn out and
the present substantial steel structure
substituted. This was in 1889, the cost
being 1924, 859.61
The first steel bridge was the Fort
Smelling structure, built jointly by the
United States and the county in 1880.
Prior to that the soldiers were ferried
(. 1s7-as, l5sztt Z the county realizing that the
trade from the reservation was valu-
able, and also receiving intimation that
the fort would be abardo if egress
by bridge was not furnished, sue
cumbed to public agitation and built
the structure.
On condition that the bridge would
be kept in repair by the>city, the coun-
ty few years later relinquished con-
troll and it is now listed among ST.
Paul's assets. 1t cost nearly SITS, 200 to
build and is considered one of the best