Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-28
IMMEDIATE REPAIRS
FOR OLD FREE BR|DGE
Administrative Board Orders Outlay
OF Approximately $4,000
on Structure.
ENGINEERS ARE APpREHENsIvE
II Not Put in Order They Fear There
May Be Hindrance to Traffic or
Personal Injury-Bolling and
Hankins Report.

Immediate repairs, which will cost
approximately $1,000. to the Ninth
Street Free Bridge were directed yes
terday by the Administrative Board.
following tho receipt OF a second report
from City Engineer Boiling. In which he
declared that tho structure was in an
unsafe condition. That tho bridge has
peen In poor repair for some time was
SHOWN by the correspondence from tn e
Engineering Department, which recon-
mended on July 20 extensive repairs at
once. in the fear that the structure
would be barricaded to public use.
Because of the fact that the order for
material for the repairs to tho bridge
must be placed with the lumber mills.
II Is probable that active work cannot
be started for several weeks. In ad-
dttion to extensive repairs to the bridge,
the steel framing. which in some places
Is badly rusted and is scaling. will
be scraped and painted. This work
was recommended by the City Engineer
about two years ago. but was not car
ried out at that time. Tho repairs to
the bridge will cost approximately 81
GIT. and tho painting slightly moro
than $4,000.
HAWKINS FEARS HINDRAsCE TO
TRAFFIC. or Personal INJURY
Assistant City Engineer NJ. o. Han
Eins reported to tho board on July
20 that the bridge WINS badly in nsed
or repairs. Several days ago he made
second report. in which he said he
concluded to direct attention to tn
matter again FOR fear there NAV be
some hindrance to trafic or personaI
injury on account of it's dilapidated
condition"
He reported that unless tho metal
was scraped and painted. It would not
last many more years. while the other
repairs wcre necessary to keep the
U IrIh IN service this winter. City
engineer Boiling said that the ton
cords in the old trusseg were badly
rusted and were scaling, while the
condition OF some Of tho Orders and
r. beams on the north end in very
PAD. There 10 also crack. no said.
In the plinth block on the top pier on
the north end of the bridge.
would again impress upon you tho
Importance" wrote Mr.. boiling. "of
having these repairs made. for n some
thing Is not done / believe tjat the
bridge will have to be bnrricaded from
public use, as 1t Is in an unsafe con-
dition."
SUCCESSOR IS NAMED
TO LUCIES L. BASS, JR,
AS result of the resignation of L.
l.. Bass, Jr., assistant city engineer
who has entered the second of,cers'
training camp at Fort Myer. tho Ad-
illustrative Board yesterday promoted
Fontaine Jones TO that position. A.
NJ. Harris. craftsman. Is promotes
to the position formerly held by MFR.
Jones. and p. P. Pitcher, civil enri-
neer and architect. was named to the
position OF craftsman
At the suggestion of ofncers OF the
United States Bureau OF Animal In
dustry, repairs to tho paving on Union
Street. between Franklin and Grace
Streets. were authorized by the board.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company was directed to repair the
paving adjacent to and between It's
tracks in this street, and Swift & Co.
were instructed TO repair the sidewalk
paving, which was torn up In order
that curling might be set.