The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
TO BUILD THE BRIDGE
CONTRACT FOR MATERIAL AND
 CONSTRUCTION AWARDED.
1t Will Span Alabama River Near Montgomery and Work Begins This Week-TrOIley Line
 Possibility.

The bills of lading for some of the material of the projected bridge over the Alabama river just above Mont gomery were received yesterday morn ing and work on the bridge will begin this week.
 Vice-President Belton Mickle of the Montgomery Bridge and Improvement Co. said yesterday that all U.e present shipment will reach Montgomery to- night, and MT. Cook, who has charge of the transportation, will have his teams ready and begin hauling the ma terial to the site of the new bridge early Monday morning.
 The Converse Bridge Go. of Chatta- nooga, Tenn, which firm was yester- day awarded the contract for con- structing the bridge, will do the work the contract calling for the completion by March 1.
 Yesterday morning the Bridge Com mittee met in Montgomery and re- ceived and opened the bids on the work which were as follows: Cham pion Bridge Co.,, Wilmington, O., $94,- 900; George E. King Bridge Co.,, Des Moines. la. $1o6.oo0; Virginia Bridge and Iron Co.,, Roanoke. Va, $s4.OO0: Converse Bridge Co.,, Chattanooga. Tenn, $76,000. The personal repre- sentatives of the firms who were here were: J. A. Lareioux. Virginia Bridge Co.,; J. J. Mcclure, George E. King Bridge Co.,; William Hewitt. Con- verse Bridge Co.,; George Mature. Champion Bridge Co.
 The officers of the Montgomery Bridge and Improvement Co. are: W H. Converse, Chattanooga, President: Belton Mickle. Vice-President and en- gineer in charge; J. G. Lankaster. Paris. Tenn, Secretary. Presiden | Converse is a thorough bridge man and the Converse Company is thoroughly reliable in every respect. All the bonda have been sold and financially the company Is in the best shape DOS sible.
 The bridge will be built about one mile above Riverside Park and will cross the river from the Abercrombie property near Scott's Bend. Running out of Montgomery the Jackson Ferry road will be followed until it turns to the left at what is known as Prospect Street. From there on a new pike will be graded and paved by the Bridge Company, to the site of the bridge. On the Montgomery side of the river where the bridge will be built there is a bold bluff and only 100 feet. of approach work will have to be built on this end. On the Fillmore County banks of the river, an approach of 25O feet will have to be built.
 The total length of the bridge. from end to end, will be l.12O feet. There will be a 300 foot draw span, two fixed spans of 235 feet each and a $50 foot steel viaduct at the ends. The road way and approaches will be twenty feet wide. and the bridge will be built Of the heaviest steel and made so sub- stantlal that the heaviest double truck trolley cars may be run over 1t with the greatest safety.
 The building of this bridge will make large section of Autauga and Fillmore counties closer to MoutRom- cry, giving the citizens of Coosada. Robinson Springs and that section easy access 10 the city independent os the old-fashioned slow w-movinR datboat fl ferry.
 Already an electric trolley line touching Jackson's Lake. Coosada and Fillmore ts talked of and the buIl6inS of this briege would see into make IN feasible.