The Imperial press., 1905-09-09
NEW BRIDGE OVER ALAMO

NEW BRIDGE OYER ALAMO
 Tbe need for a bridge over Alamo river ut point due east from' Imperial has long been felt The large and populous east side settlement can be most directly reached by this route, but the carrying away of the Rose levee aud torrential proportions of the Alamo river caused by tie food of the past six E3nonths have. cut off all communication H85etweeiI tls7t section and Imperial and Fcaused it's feaple to have to ge to Holt vile and take the tr.dn to reach this tt5vll Now, however, this is all to be speedily cllaHgad for a brI.lge will soon span the Alamo
 The credit for working up the move I1nent for this bridge belongs, peyhaps, most to I l.. Wilson of the National Lumber Company. When Supervisor Jasper was in the Valley last, Mir. Wilson took this matter up with him and with his characteristic energy Mir. Jasper lost no time in getting it on foot. The first thing to do was to locate the proper place for the bridge. Fol this purpose Mir. Jasper appointed Messrs. [. l.. Wilson, G. w. Denny, H. N. Dyke, Joel Anderson and D. k. Steven son. These gentlemen examined the banks of the Alamo for distance of several miles and found place where the stream, even i'll its present swollen condition, is only seventy feet wide. This point is directly east of the McKim ranch, about one-half mile north from tIIe former Rose levee and short dis tance south from the old ford. 1t is almost exactly on the line between Section Is and l9, Township 15 south, Range 15 east and in the very best loca- ton it could have been placed. The river banks at this place are high and firm and good, safe bridge can be built here that will do service for many years.
 . The best the county can do towards
  the lumber. This leaves the expense for the labor to be met by voluntary subscriptions For this purpose it was necessary to make canvass and Mir. Wilson undertook the work. Not being able to look after 1t himself among the people on the Eastside, he transferred this responsibility to MT. M. P. Harris of Holtville. MT. Wilson is now con- graduating himself on his good fortune in securing a first-class "rustIer" for this work, for Mir. Harris has just re- ported that so generous has been the response of the Eastside people that he has pledged the sum of $261 and the cahvass on Eastside is not complete either, quite number not yet having been solicited.
 MT. Wilson is making such substan- tial progress ill his canvass of the Im- perial people that he feels confident that at least twice as much money can be raised for the bridge on this side of Alamo and feels that this proportion would be about right i'll comparison with Eastside.
 It is, now clear that at least one thousand dollars can be raised for the building of the bridge. The county will furnish the lumber and materials and it is expected work vii be begun in a very short time. When completed, this will be one of the important bridges of this Valley for the road from Im- perial directly east tothe heart of the Eastside will inevitably be one of our main travelled roads. With the com pletion of the other bridges planned by Supervisor Jasper it will be possible to drive over this Valley, both length wise aud crosswise, and go where any one wishes, dryshOd.