Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-10-30
CONCRETE BRIDGES.
COMMISSIONERS LET THE CON-
TRACTS FOR TWO.
Canton Bfidge Company Gets Both
Contracts-One Three Miles
East. one south; Other
at Sand Springs.

Thursday afternoon let the contracts
70 the Canton Bridge company OF
Canton, o., for the construction OF
two concrete bridges across the
smoky. One is to cross the river
lust east OF the Sand Springs pump
ing station and is to. cost $14,12O.
The other will be three miles east
and one south of Abilene, costing
s14,15O. The difference In the
cost of the bridges is due to having
to haul material to the bridge south
east. There is side track at Sand
Springs. Both will be $50 feet long
with is foot roadways. The bridges
are to be completed by November
/. 1914, at the latest. The Canton
company has announced that the
work will be pushed as soon as pos
sible. At the present time there is
not a bridge at either place. Nine
companies bid on steel and concrete
specifications. The Canton bid was
the lowest on the specifications the
commissioners chose. ~ -
The bridges will have two go
foot spans, with the Luten arches
so named from Daniel Luten who de-
signed them. The abutments at the
end of the bridge will have To-
foot base. The columns in the mid
die will have a base OF feet, o
inches and to the top of the arch
will be s feet, 6 inches thick. A D.
foot railing, of concrete is provided
for. The abutments are to go SIX
inches into bedrock. The highest
point of an arch will be more than
"a feet above bedrock.
The two new bridges will be the
only concrete bridges on the Smoky.
The erection of these two bridges
will be much to the county. At the
present time those living south OF
the river near Sand Springs must
either go west as far as Solomon
to cross the river on come east and
cross the Baker bridge. A road
LEADS to the river from south OF the
pumping station and this will be
cut on through. The entire road
is to be cut through to the river AZ
the other bridge southeast, known
as the Kyle bridge. The county
commissioners have the right OF way
for the highway but it has never
been cut. For the Kyle bridge the
company expects to obtain rock
nearby and thus have material close
at hand. A spur at Sand Springs
will make the getting of material
for the bridge there easy.
In all nine bidders competed. The
highest two bids for steel bridges
were higher than the bid OF the
Canton company for concrete. The
lowest concrete bid Was $4,000
but in this the concrete rails at the
side would jut out from the body
of the bridge and the commission
ers thought it unwise to trust to
those specifications. The Canton
company bid the lowest on the spec
ifications that the commissioners
desired most to follow.
For the steel bridge the BIDS
we're: MINNESOTA Steel and Machln'
ey company, $24,5OO; Massillon
Bridge company, $27;2eH; F. J.
RYAN, Leavenworth, $28,S9s; D. H
Young, $27,1OO; Leavenworth Bridge
company, $2S,450. The concrete
bridge bids ranged from $25'OOO to
s31.16O, Beside those who bid on
the steel contracts the Missouri Val
ley Bridge and Iron company the
Kansas City Bridge company ana the
Leavenworth Bridge company DID Oh
the concrete contracts. Ed. W. Ap-
pleby was the successful agent here
e. +ha Canton companV.