The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-04
SHIP NEW BRIDGE
MATERIAL; PLAN
TO HASTEN WORK
Representative of Contracting
Company on Ground to Set
Wheels Moving
TO EMPLOY 175 WORKERS
Company Seeks Aid in Caring
for Them; Predict Completion
of Bridge Next Year

Material for building the Bismarck
Mandan bridge is on the way.
Within two weeks an organization
will be on the ground ready to receive
the equipment Of the Foundation COM
pany Of Csicago contra citing company
for the approaches and piers, and to
set up temporary platforms, and do
a great deal Of other preliminary work
essential to the construction Of the
bridge.
BY the middle of July the work will
be in full swing, according to j.. 0.
Rankin assistant western manager Of
the Foundation company, who is in
Bismarck to set the wheels moving.
Plan SPEEDY Building
There will be no delay OccasiOned
in the building of the great bridge,
due to lack of materials, in the opin-
ion of Mr. Rankin, and the contract
ing company will bend every effort
toward an early completion Of the
long concrete approaches on the Bis
marck and Mandan sides of the river
and the sinking of the piers in the
bottom of the Missouri River.
1t is expected that the ,Foundatio
company will complete it's part of the
contract during the present year an!
the American Bridge company then
will start in on the erection Of the
super-structure. This company was
awarded the contract for furnishing
the steel and putting the super-struc-
tore in place. Engineers are confident
ho h,,;J Lo
traffic within sixteen or eighteen
months
Big Organization
A big organization is required to
carry on the work. The Foundation
company will employ $50 tc lis men,
most of whom will be engineers or
specially skilled bridge builders.
The people of Bismarck can help
speed the work if they will help take
care Of the men who are to do the
work, Mr.. Rankin said today.
I'VE can take care Of the men on
the job in two ways. either by build
ing construction camp OR by finding
places in homes Of Bismarck for them
to board and room," haid MI Rankin.
"We prefer to find places for them
in Bismarck homes, because we be-
lieve the men would rather live in
homes than in camp. Most of the
men employed will be Mighty
skilled men, who live in good homes
at their permanent residence, and we
would like to see them in good homes
here"
Square Deal for Men
Mr.. Rankin inserted an ADVERTISE
ment in The Tribune for rooms and
board for the men. This is done
simply because the company wants
the men to get a fair square deal,
Mr.. Rankin said. Mr. Rankin wishes
to hear from Bismarck people imme-
diately.
TrestIe to be Built
+ The first actual piece of cOnstruc-
tion for the bridge will be the building
Of a trestle across the river, over
which materials can be transported
and from which the sinking of cais-
sons will be done. All of the work
will be handled from the Bismarck
side, because of the low grounds on
the other side of the river and be-
cause practically all Of the material
comes from the east into Bismarck.
The caissOns will be sunk when the
water is at lowest ebb this summer.
The bridge will be about a mile
south of the Northern Pacific bridge
and will be reached by continuation
of the present river road where it joys
to reach the ferry.