The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
APITAL AND SURPLUS $4,000.

6. That OH or about the 9th day
of February, 1904, and before the
final completion of the said bridge
the portion already constructed and
completed as aforesaid, was destroy
ed and carried away by an ice
flood.
7. That the Commissioners of
Columbia County had expended
upon the said bridge at the time Of
its destruction, as aforesaid, the
sum of ninety-one thousand five
hundred and eighty-fve, SOL, $751;
90 dollars, being more than fifty
per centum of the contract price
thereof, in the actual construction
and erection Of said bridge.
8. That the stone used in the
superstructure in the piers is to
large extent recoverable from the
river and this has been taken into
consideration of our estimate; that
the cost to rebuild this bridge;
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good and perfect condition.
9. That the plank SO far as pre-
served from said floods are at the
southern approach OF the said bridge
and consist Of about sixty thousand, D.,
60, 900 feet of three and four inch
white oak plank, used for flooring
and hub-guards.
10. That the steel and iron used
or intended to be used in the con-
struction of the said bridge was
saved and recovered from the ice
food by the contractors and parties
in interest and was removed to the
King Bridge Company, at their
shops in Cleveland, Ohio, for re,
pairs and preservation.
II. That an inventory of the
material on hand and procured for
the bridge intended for the con-
struction of said bridge which was
destroyed is appended to the petit
ton for the appointment of viewers
in this case is made a part of this
report.
I2. That the unexpended mon
ey for the contract price of the
building OF this bridge is two thous-
and, So, 10000, dollars.
And we further report:
/. That the said highway, in
the said townships of Mifllin and
Center leading to the Mifllinville
bridge, in the said county of Col
umbia, where the same crosses the
Susquehanna river are constantly
travelled and that it is necessary for
the accommodation of the general
public to maintain a public bridge
at this point.
?. That the said highways are
used by hundreds of workmen in
going to and from their work in
the public works at Berwick, Blooms.
burg and other points in the vicin-
ity of this bridge, as we'll as by q
great number of inhabitants in the
southern end of Columbia and Lu,
zerne counties.
3. We further find and report
by reason of the destruction of the
bridge at this location, that the
said bridge be built one hundred
and twenty-five feet longer on the
southern end of the said bridge
than the former bridge which was
twelve hundred and ninety-six
1896, feet in length, making a to-
tai length one thousand four hun
dred and twenty-one, 1921, feet in
length, with roadway twenty, 20,
feet wide said roadway to be paved
with brick, asphalt, Belgium blocks
or some other improved pavement,
with foot walk on the eastern
side thereof, six, 6, feet wide. two
abutments, and FIVE piers, and we
further report that the southern
abutment be raised twenty-five, %
feet above the tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad and northern
abutment be raised six, 6, feet
above its present height, and that
the piers be built on the old foun-
dations raised to correspond with
the abutments.
q. That we have taken into con
sideration the material on hand, the
unexpended money on the contrac'
price, and estimate the cost of the
bridge as aforesaid to be forty-hvt
thousand, $4,000. 90 dollars.