Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-28

[ hees Judge kerwin brought this m,t ter to the attention of inc r,il,a,,, po't'e, ana obJcctcd to the phrase oioSy ot the proposed measure bcfor,. sohSress. The railway officials cy. piained that the privilege could ro,a Try fi'a easiiy be transferred to the county when the bill passed. bu+ 'ooSe hefWln wished to avoid this no. cesslty, and insisted that the bi1, ho i'hsea so as to grant the permis. sloh to the county. This. if is m. aefs'ood, has been done, and whan the bill finally comes un for ,etia,, ali objectionable phraseoloey will nave been eliminated. The mistake was probably due to misunderstood HE on the part of the congressman. anu "as' Of course, wholly uninten- tional
 he bill once passed by co1p,eyq the beginning of the commissioners, troubles will present itself Tho mere act o1 passing a bill in congress slVihS the county the right to con ser''et the bridge does not justify 'hem Tn beginning work on the bridge py any means. A lot of eovernmont req tape prevails here as clsowbnra III matters under federal control The Eermls son of the department officiais must be secured before the struct,,r. can be built. A government enei iieel ihust De sent here to make d Sllr Vey o1 the site; decide upon the nrac. tlcabality of constructing the bridpe al Inc spot agreed upon, report back 'o ehe department and the depart ment s permission to construct the bridge, naming the exact location of tne structure, must be had
 All this will require time, but even more time will be required in the nre- iilnlnafy work of the county and tha railway company themselyes. A raj. way company must first know uzt where the bridge will be located he lore 1t can proceed any further with
 
 the work of locating it's line. Two 2f"hmlnarysurveFs have already been made for the road, but both of thesa may have to be altered sl gbtlv when the exact location of the bridge is de. ternlned upon. The company nat,,. rally wishes to begin work of con. strucf ion at this end of the line. as material can be shipped here moge handlly and cheaply than elsewhere along the route. It is absolutely es- sentlal to have the bridge located be- lore this work can begin, for reas ons which will be obv ous to anyone
 once all the government red tape IS finished, the permission of the de- lartment officials secured and all ob- stacles removed from the path of the commissioners, even then more time will be required. Bridge architects Will have to be consulted, manufac- turing establishments handling this class of material will have to be heard
 
 for the bridge, and estimates and bids on the cost of construction will have to be secured. The gigantic propor- tons of the undertaking will fully justify the commissioners in cores bonding with every bridge building concern in the country before letting frao done. In fact, Judge Kerwin is al ready in correspondence with many of them. These matters will consume perhaps months of time.
 And supposing that all obstacles of Whatsoever nature have been re- moved, there will yet remain matters to delay and postpone action. The bridge commiss oners and the rail- way company will doubtless come to more binding understanding with each other. Rather, the understand ing will probably be put in more bind ing form.
 However, the people of Pine B1un have cause to feel confident of the construction of the big bridge. The railway company declares that 1t means business; that the road will be built if the free bridge Is furnish. ed; that ample capital is back of the project. County Judge Kerwin has stated positively that work would progress on the construction of the bridge as rapidly as possible under the circumstances. Thus both par ties appear to be perfectly in earn est. There Is in fact little doubt of the ultimate construcieN of he bridge. but Pine Blun will hs b be patient.