The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-15
IRON BRIDGE NUMBER TEN
viii Be Built at Charlton's FOrding near
Warfordsburg.
CONTRACT AWARDED LAST SATURDAY.
Nelson and Buchanan, Who Have Built All
but One Of Our County Bridges,
Take the Contract.

ed in their advertisement for pro-
posals to construct an iron bridge
over the west branch of the Tonol-
oway creek at Charlton s fording
near Warfordsburg, the County
Commissioners met at their office
last Friday and opened the fol-
lowing bids: VIM. A. Gulick &
Co., Phoenixville, Pa, S246O; The
Canton Bridge Co., $4,000; The
Rochester Bridge & Const., Co.,
S2291; The Penn, Bridge Co.,
S2225; The Westbrook Bridge Co.,
$2197; Nelson G. Buchanan, $210O.
The last named being the lowest,
received the contract; and as their
bid of S1050 was the lowest for
the substructure Tor mason work.
they, also, got that-maklng to-
tai contract price of $3.50.
The bridge is to be of the Pratt
truss pattern Overhead frame).
100 feet span, by IL feet width,
with carrying strength of 100
pounds to the square foot.
The contract for the first of our
county bridges was made in De.
cember, 1883, and the bridge was
completed in the following sum-
mer. This was across Licking
creek at Peck's fording. The
length of the span is - feet; the
cost of the superstructure, $3.50;
and Messrs. Ryder & Robinson
did the mason work at $3.50 a
perch. We were not able, readi-
ly, to find what the total cost was.
The bridge Is a high truss.
The second bridge is a high
truss, and spans Tonoloway creek
at Stigers' Mill, near Warfords-
burg. 1t was built in 1878
SO feet 2 inches in length, and 12
feet in width. The superstruc-
ture cost $1325, and the substruc-
ture 1890.
The third bridge built was that
at Gregory's fording across Lick
ing creek in 1887. 1t is iron, land
we might just as we'll state here
that all our county bridges are
iron),-high truss, and the span
is 112 feet in length by 12 feet in
width. The superstructure cost
$1160 and the masonry $2.75 a
perch. The commissioners in
Office at that time inclined strong
ly toward the building of wood
en- bridge; but when they found
! that what they might save in the
superstructure would be more
than expended in the additional
cost of masonry, they abandoned
the wooden bridge idea.
Three bridges had thus far
been built, and all in the lower
end of the County. The upper
end, however, now succeeded in
getting the ears of the ''powers
that be-" and in 1894 low truss
bridge was built across the
Aughwick at Fort Littleton 60
feet in length, the superstruc-
ture costing $500, and the sub.
structure, $3.50.
The next year, 1895, the ford
ing at Waterfall across Sideling
Hill creek came in for it's share
of attention, and low truss
bridge with span of "a feet was
built at cost of $3.50 for the su.
perstructure, and $3.50 for the
substructure.
Three years later, 1897, low
truss bridge was built across
Tonoloway creek in Deneen's
Gap, 67 feet in length, at total
cost of $1,000 for the super and
sub.structure.
Bridge No. s was built across
Tonoloway creek at Weaver's
fording in Thompson township,
in 1899. The pattern is low truss,
length of span 65 feet, and the
cost of the superstructure and
substructure combined was ST..
500.
The same year bridge was
built across Brush Creek near
Crystal Springs. The bridge is
low truss, the span - feet, the
contract price for the superstruc.
ture was $1,000, and for the sub
structure, $4.50 a perch. On &C.
count of dissatisfaction as to the
quality Of the work, a settlement