The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-24
Construction Plant Here and
Plenty of Building
Material.
CARPENTERS ARE BUSY
Workmen are Excavating
For the Foundations of
the Piers.

Work upon the actual construction
OF the bridge which will span Coal run
is now in full swing. The MACHINERY
and necessary equipment owned by fhe
John F. Casey company, the contrac-
tors, has all arrived. The lumber to
be used in making the first movements
toward construction is on the ground.
A large part of the steel, al ieas:
enough to carry on several months oil
work, has arrived and is being placed
on the site all ready for use.
The John +. Casey company has sent
Villa me-. Brady. one of their resident
engineers to Fairmont to take direct
charge of the construction. Mr. Brady
is now in Fairmont and is organizing
his working crew as rapidly as posi-
BILE.
While surveyors are marking ard
lining off the ground, carpenters are
busily engaged in erecting buildings
necessary in carrying on the WORK
Walks are being built from place TO
place in the ravine for the convenience
of the workmen. A flight of steps nas
been completed up both sides OF tho
ravine to the street An office where
most of the business part of the work
will be carried out has been built nn
Cleveland avenue overlooking the ra-
vine. Here Mr.. Brady will have his
headquarters and will direct the gen.
eral course of the work.
Today the carpenters employed arc
busy putting up large frame build.
ing for the storage OF cement. Oppo.
site the storage house another building
is being constructed for the workman.
Just as soon as the cement building is
completed the cement will be stored.
The John F. Casey company has
brought all the machinery that it will
use from Milwaukee, Wis, where 1t
has just completed the construction Of
a bridge. The hosting engine, togstn-
er with the hundreds Of feet of large
cable is on the ground and ready for
use. Two large steel buckets have ar.
rived and have been placed in the ra-
vine for the transportation of concrete.
Enough OF the steel has arrived
from the Jones & Laughlin company
Of Pittsburgh TO go ahead with the gen.
eral construction work. The steel that
has arrived is all placed in the ravine
ready for use. 1t is of the diamond
deformed bar class. which is the very
best quality on the market.
At present there is a working force
Of about thirty men on the job, most
Of which are carpenters. The expert.
enced men in the cement constructor
work have not yet arrived.
Just as soon as workmen can get 10
it, there will be a large cable way
erected from one side of the ravine 10
the other. The cable way will take the
place Of creme irs lifting the steel
and concrete from place to place. FOR
the cable way two lareg towers will be
erected. On the south side of the
bridge the tower will be 50 feet in
height, while the tower on the north
side will be even larger, about 60 feet
high. The towers will be constructed
in an "a" shape, coming to a point a,
the top.
The first work to be done toward the
actual construction is to make the
foundations for the abutments and
piers. Today workmen are busy dig
ging around the foundation of the pres.
ent piers to locate these foundations.
There has been a slight delay De.
cause of the inability TO get sufficient
lumber on the grounds. This delav Is
now being overcome with the arrival
of additional lumber daily.
Mr.. Brady is we'll pleased with the
progress OF the work thus far.