The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
BRIDGE VIEWERS
MAKE REPORT
To be 1921 feet in Length, With
Paved Roadway OF
20 Feet
Favor Overhead Crossing

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The viewers appointed for the
river bridge at Mifflinville, finished
their work on Friday, and the fol-
lowing day filed their report, which
is herewith appended in full.
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF
THE SAID COURT:
We, the undersigned viewers,
appointed by your honorable Court
on the 24th of May, A. D., 1905,
in the above relative to the rebuild
ing ot Tie Mifflinville bridge, across
the Scsquehanna river at Mifflin-
vile, in the townships of Center
and Mifflin, in the county of Col
umbia, and state of Pennsylvania,
commonly known as the Mifflin-
vile bridge at a point where the
main road leading from the town Of
Bloomsbury to Berwick near the
dwelling house of John c. Cryder
leads to Mifflinvile in the township
of Mifflin do respectfully beg leave
to report as follows, to wit:
I. That after having been duly
sworn and qualified to perform our
duties according to law after having
given due and public notice Of the
time and place of meeting, we met
on Thursday June 22nd, 1905, on
the:premises, all the viewers being
present, and thereupon we proceed
ed to view the site and location Of
the bridge which was destroyed
while in the course Of construction
by an ice flood on or about the 9th
day of February, 1904, and ad-
journed to meet at the Commission
ers' office of Columbia County in
the town of Bloomsbury, on June
23rd, 1905. where we completed
our labors and made Our report.
2. That the report OF the view
ers by the Court of Quarter Sessions
of the Peace in and for the County
of Columbia was filed on the 4th
day of February, 1901, in favor OF
county bridge across the Susque-
hanna river, at the village of Milf
ffinville, in the townships of Milf
fin and Center, said county, which
report was on the 4th day Of Febru-
airy, 1901, confirmed and approved
by the Grand Jury of the county of
Columbia, and on the 9TH day of
July 1902, the said report was con-
frmed absolutely by the said Court
and upon the same day, the Com
missioners of Columbia county ap-
proved the same and entered it as
a county bridge.
3. That the Susquehanna is a
navigable stream at the location of
the bridge and at this point is
more than one thousand feet i'll
width where the proposed bridge is
located, which is the same as the
former location.
a. That on the 29th day of July,
1902, the board Of Commissioners
of Columbia County, entered into
a contract with Charles H. Rel
mard for the erection and construct
ion of the said bridge at the COIL
tract price of ninety-three thousand
five hundred and eighty-fve, $685.
SIS. dollars, and the said Charl-
es H. Reimard, by and with the
consent of the Commissioners of
Columbia County, on the I2th day of
August, sublet the superstructure
thereof to the King Bridge Com
pany, of Cleveland, Ohio.
S. That before the said 9th day
of February, A. d., 1904, the time
of the destruction of the said bridge
as aforesaid the said contractors
had furnished all the material for
the erection and construction of the
said bridge and the substructure of
the said bridge had been completed
and three OF the six spans required
for the superstructure had been
completed and placed in position.