The San Francisco call., 1905-03-17
THE cARQU1NEz BRIDGE.

MONG the great plans c. P Huntington railroad
bridge over the Straits of Carquinez The railroad approach to
San Francisco undergone several changes 1t formerly
dependent upon roundabout expden It's drectness and
the saving Of time first when Leland Stanford planned the
Carquinez His plan anagonized by
gheers who did not believe possible handle such
he planned such contracted
space But he persisted his habit and the result appeared
in the successful handling OF the largest bost IN the world
which for more than quarter OF century has been among the
sights of California.
many years great in traffic has required
facility crossing the straits Mr. Huntington had mind
bridge with eevatng device raise whole trains
from the grade of the track to its level While this would
the situation would have meant delay
The present of the road desire the difficulty with
drawbridge
jurisdiction and bridge be
built without the of the Secretary of War unless he over
ruled by Congress- The military have refused
the Of the War Department bridge the plan proposed
by the company the ground that will obstruc navigation by
aesng silt and raising the bottom of the San Joaquin and Saca
trsst ~ the o f San F.neieco We need as prompt and
speedy by possible and require also that
obstruction be placed the Of navigation and that OF
Suun Bay So this city waiting and wachtu attitude IN
The matter The case does not strife between
rail and transportation has been long When the first bridge
the Mississippi planned between Rock Island and Davep
port fought Judge Love of the Iowa Federal
District Court enoined the injunction perma
The the United States Supreme Court which re-
versed Judge Love- and the bridge was built
The greatest between rail and transportation
Detroit city all rail with Canada
through Niagara Falls thence back again
into the United States has break and be carried the De-
ot Rver by terry The railways concerned found themselves IN
the situation that of the Southern Pacific the Straits of
Carqunez They tunnel under the pass it by
bridge On their appeal Congress against the adverse decision
the War Department hearing had before the Commerce
commerce railways testimony
and importance of the rail traffic The boamen
showing that enlightened the world 1t shown that
the largest in the world passing water front
passes the Detroit Proceedings stopped with this
investigation probable that if the railways get any relief
& % . M % b u Ds f es T dbd dsuv % f Abnv and @ the su
pension bridge POughkeepse have offered obstruction
and built n peace.
In the discussion of the Carqunez bridge plans appear
One that shall be built by the State free highway for all
wagon bridge The by the
will obve the objections founded the obsruc
Of navigation but will simply transfer that fight from the
California which augt
agreeable corporation The State could
preiudces against corpora
and railway would be the 1t
would the desired facility without exerng itself and this
city would get the better communication which it desires
would to be within the OF engineering to
plan dawbdge that would interfere with
the rivers Bridge building science has greatly advanced since
the Bridges
built
of the old style We have the
and the under the cantiever and style of drawbrdge
which the whole bridge lifted permit boats under
There also tip draw made the principle the familiar
gate that closes city while trains passing has been
wondered that the Southern Pacific has the Contra Costa
OF Suun Bay favorable the and there
of these draws The objection would be that it
would obsolete the present above Benca such point
of
would have around by Vallejo and that ferry
AS the of this city increases it feels
the obstruction imposed by topography The Puget
fer such mpedimen and ship and together
Here such obstacles the of
Carquinez and there ought be socey required
without obucting
engineers bridge will not
there why another should be
applying all known and all inevitable plans
will surely be found
that whether corpora
work makes difference with
overcome and whichever does impairment OF
water transportation