The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10

If the bridge commission carries out its proposed plan, the telephone, gas, electric light and other public utilities companies using the conduits under the new Stratford avenue bridge will be charged a, yearly rental of about $1, 900. This it is thought will pay the wages of the bridge tender. The mat ter was discussed at the meeting of the bridge commission held in the mayors office last night. Bids on the new bridge will be opened August and will be advertised for next week.
 The Connecticut Co. will be asked to pay $1o0,O00 toward the cost. A $4O0, ,O00 bond issue has already been voted by the people It Is believed it will be four months before work on the bridge can be actually started From IS to 20 feet will be taken from the north side of Stratford avenue from Kossuth street to East Main street in order to provide a straighter approach. The Connecticut Go. will be asked to lay grooved rails on the J. B. Greiner is to confer with en- gineers of the Connecticut 70. regard ing changes or alterations in the plans which the engineers may desire Bids will be lodged with the board Of contract and supply but the com mission will award the contract All bidders will be required to deposit e10, GOO certified check with each bid. Contractors who wish plans and spec ihcations will be able to procure them from Greiner & Whitman at $5 per set. It has been decided that the bids shall be advertised for in a lump sum with unit prices on all additions and deduc- .tions
 William H. Ford, the consulting en- gineer under his direction the roller lift bridge in Congress street was built, has sent the following comnu- T1icafi0T ff1 The HNa
 Under another cover I am mailing you a photograph of one of our re- cent1y installed bridges which is built across the Maumee river at Cherry street, Toledo, Ohio.
 This is the same type of bridge as your Congress street bridge, although many Improvements have been made in the design of these bridges since the installation of your bridge
 This Cherry street bridge has a movable span of 211 feet and a width of 10 feet, and is, therefore, much larger structure than will he required at your stratford avenue crossing.
 '~The method followed in the con structfon of this bridge was particu- larly interesting: The highway traffic was carried over the old swing bridge during the erection of half of the new bridge, when the old structure was re- moved, the traffic being carried on the half of the new bridge, and on the
  parts were Joined together and operat- ed as one.
 Another smaller example of our. re- cent bridges is to be found at south 0yorwalk.
 ..Albout 25 scherzer rolling lift process of construction in the United States, England. Ireland, Wales, France, Belguim, Holland. Russia, Egypt. India, Burna, South America, Hawaii, Mexico, Canada and other countries.
 Tt is interesting to note that with the constantly increasing number of Scherzer rolling lift bridges that are being built each year, a large propor- ton of them are repeat orders from to be the best evidence of the eff1- ciency of our bridges after many years of usage.
 rThe scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. has made a speciality of bascuIe bridges for over 20 years which has enabled them to continually improve and simplify the designs.
 Another interesting bridge of our type is one now under construction across the Tennessee river at Chat tanooga, Tenn.
 "It is a double leaf bridge having a movable span of BIO feet and provid- ing a clear channel for navigation of 800 feet and will be the longest and heaviest highway bascu1e bridge in the world.
 .sIn reference to the. expansion of the approaches of the Congress street bridge, I am enclosing a copy of the report which made two years ago to MT. Terry. The condition existing there is not due in any way to any fault in the design or construction of the bascule, but ought to be srecom- mended for that type of bascule since no trouble has been experienced in it's operation even under such unsatisfac- tory conditions of foundations and ap- breaches"
 The report referred to follows:
 June r, 1e13 'sMr. Alfred H. Terry, City Engineer,
 Bridgeport, Conn:
 Dear sir:-
 T was sorry not to have seen you last Thursday, but went pretty care fully over the Congress street bridge situation.
 Before we make any recommenda- tions for any cutting away of mate rial on the movable, span I believe it would be advisable for you to make some careful investigations as to the stability of the foundations, particu- larly under the leaf toward the rail-