The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-22
industrial Association Committee
Suggests Way to Run Approach
at This End of Recon-
structed Bridge.
WOULD ONLY PAY SHARE
Intimation by Bridge Company Tnat
City Build All Of Approach 10
Not FavorabIy
Met.

If the plan for viaduct from the
west end OF the proposed reconstruct
cd bridge outlined by the members OF
! the executive committee Of the Indus
trial association Is followed out, there
Will be- prac ~ically straight approach
tc the structure from point about $50
fleet from Main and Second street.
This plan is the one favored by the
committee after It's inspection trip
yesterday.
! Some Of the council 1t Is understood
favor the viaduct which will neces-
state letter 8 arrangement. The
association committees plan will give
direct approach to the bridge.
With City Solicitor Craig and Man
ager Towne OF. the Industrial assoc1a-
ton, three members of the executive
committee, Ira ". Wills, G. F. Mc-
Farland and ]. A. Kiedaisch, carefully
looked over the ground yesterday. The
bridge company had already submit
ted three propositions to the city
council on Saturday.
The Industrial association commit
tee favors the starting Of the viaduct
at the present west toll gate, con-
tinuing it straight through the old
stove works property to the alley on
First street between Main and Blon-
deau, and from here to a point just
below the Blom-Collier property at
Second and Main streets.
viaduct to be Straight.
l M In VII lew
straight to the toll house and would
reduce the grade to one and one-half
per cent or two per cent grade. AT
one point there might be three per
cent grade, and then there would be
left only about $50 feet Of the present
ten per cent grade on the Main street
hill.
The Main street hill would still re
main for access to the levee, and II
is probable short viaduct would be
built to carry the road from Water
street to the bridge viaduct to give
access to the bridge.
/ The bridge officials, Secretary Gil
man and Superintendent Cole con
ferred with the executive COMMITTEES
and the city council later. It is not
unlikely, it is said, that the proposed
viaduct plan will be acceptable to the
city. 1t would leave only small part
to be taken care Of by Il
object to This Suggestion.
During the conference over the
viaduct, Secretary Gilman intimated
that the bridge company expected te
run the bridge only to Water street
and that the city would have to take
care OF the viaduct. One of the coun
icilmen declared that If this was to be
the case, then the bridge company
need not talk rebuilding, any further
There is considerable skepticism
displayed by some OF the people who
have been taking the trouble to looh
at the present bridge and its piers, al
to whether bridge such as Is rropos
led could be safely built upon the ole
pliers. At the time Of the early con
ference here three or four months ago
Engineer Modjeski declared that with
Ia little patching the piers would hold
Just when the bridge company real
ly expects to get to work on this
proposed reconstruction work is an
other matter Of comment Secretary
Gilman says they are waiting for
specifications and that there Is mucf
preliminary work to be done. Masses
OF preliminary work must be done
was the way he expressed It,