Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-06
Three st. Lawrence Bridges.

At the present time there are only three
bridges over the st. Lawrence, all of
them being in the vicinity Of Montreal
The first is the Victoria Jubilee bridge
built of steel trusses resting upon piers,
and at the time Of its completion 1t was
one of the wonders of the world. 1t be-
longs to the Grand Trunk railroad. The
same company has another br1dge at
Coteau, about thirty-fve miles farther up
the river. and between the two, almost
Joining the city of Montreal, is the bridge
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, which
carries the trains of the New York Cen
trail system between Montreal and New
York. This bridge is now being enlarged
to twice its original size so as to allow
double track railway.
The new Quebec bridge Is part of
the grand enterprise now being carried
on by the government for a continuous
line of railways between the two oceans.
The section east of Quebec has been
under construction by the government
for several years. and when finished will
be leased by the Grand Trunk railroad
for nnery-nne years upon a per cent
basis The government is also building
the middle section from Quebec to Win
nipeg, which will also be leased by the
Grand Trunk Company on similar terms.
and an auxiliary company called the
Grand Trunk Pacific is building from
Winnipeg to the port Of Prince Rupert
on the Pacific and will complete the
line before the end of next year. When
this bridge Is completed it will be pos
sible to run a train from Moncton. ~ B.,
to Prince Rupert. B. c., without change.
AT thes point at which the bridge is
being built the banks of the ST. Lawrence
are 200 feet high. PERCEPTIONS and OF Of
300 feet for a long distance each side of
the center line and the current runs at a
rate Of about eight miles an hour. The
channel piers for the bridge will be 1.SOO
IT., 10 Law a
to. while the shore piers are situated 800
feet inshore on each side.
Tide Of Fifteen Feet.
This gives a distance of $500 feet be-
tween centers Of shore piers. The river
here is 1000 feet wide at low water and
2 500 feet at high water. the tide being
about fifteen feet. At low tide the sites
of the shore piers are exposed. while the
channel piers are in about ten feet OF
water To avoid the enormous fields OF
ice which descend the st. Lawrence each
spring the long span is necessary.
| After the tumult caused by the catas-
trophe had subsidized and the wreckage
| had been cleared away the government
undertook to resume business and made
| a contract for rebuilding the bridge The
design by the Canadian Bridge Company
| is a combination Of several which were
| submitted by different engineers and aft
| erward revised and approved by COM
| mission consisting of G. n. Monsarrat
chairman; Ralph Modjeska of Chicago
| and c. c. Schneider. who will have super
| vision OF the work of construction that
| is now going on. Prof. A. n. Talbot OF
| the. University of Illinois was employed
| to supervise the tests
| The new bridge Will surpass in several
| respects any other ever erected. even
| that by which the railway trains cross
| the Firth of Forth. a few miles north OF
| Edingburgh- 1t will have q span OF 1,75s
| feet. while the span Of the Firth Of Forth
| bridge is LILO feet that Of the Williams