The Republican journal., 1920-01-29
pearing at Augusta on New
Bridge

following the recommendation OF the
omittee of ten, E. A. Sherman, 0. E..
.s+ R. H. Howes, Fred R. Poor, R. l..
c.,per. Walter B. Dutch, Roscoe Black,
N 4 Buzzell, " A Simmons and L. A.
r.,.on, appointed at the meeting of the
.rS to consider the bridge question
/ Monday evening, Jan. 10Th, which rec
4 neudation was that all conditions
-.i5ered it did not seem practical to
ale The bridge at the foot of Main
h -...s, the municipal officers Immediately
.s5 petition to the State Highway
mission and the County Commits
r-, for the building of the bridge on
be l1 site,
special nearing by the State and
.rty Commissioners and the Munich
n Ms. oGcers of the city was called at Au-
m,ta tuesday, Jan. 9th, on the petition
referred to.
Eerognizing the disappointment of the
,.ap.e that it did not seem possible to To-
,5s the new bridge at the foot of Main
/ -set IN which nearly all of the Com
mtle on location and probably the
9aoa of the City Government shared,
b. Glowing citizens, VIM. Vaughan, L.
Perry, Clyde B. Holmes, E. A. Sher-
7r. Ralph H. Howes, H. C. Buzzell and
W Wescott went to Augusta on the
Monday afternoon train previous to the
4 esIng on Tuesday to have conference
The Augusta House Monday evening
with Paul D. Sargent, Chief Engineer of
s State Highway Department, and En-
5aer Jones on Bridge Construction.
Tie possibility of devising some course
whereby the bridge might be located at
rge foot of Main street was delved into
um every possible point of view, the
conference lasting two and a half hours.
h in short, the conclusion reached at this
Il ,a8lerence was the same as that reached
n h the previous committee; namely, that
q 5-idge at the foot of Main street at all
ressbIe to consider would cost $3.50, 00O
more, and would have to contain su-
\ structure of 700 or 800 feet of steel,
\ be Yearly maintenance of which under
resent conditions would average ap-
royimately $1,000 per year; and that an
,oncrete construction at the foot of
Main street would cost approximately
i! UO0, 600.
\ There is probably no citizen who would
Il fy moment consider a bridge with 70C
4 800 feet of steel superstructure which
a life of only so to 60 years and a
arIy maintenance charge, under pres
conditions, of approximately $4,000;
4 l solid concrete as estimated is beyond
/ Ight of consideration TO city of our
was also decided at the conference
we should proceed along the course
ted and in accordance Herewith at
\ Ing haariug on Tuesday, the State High
commission, The County Commits
and the Municipal Officers of the
3t Belfast were formed into an Or
alton, and it wassunanimously voted
al three bodies to proceed at once
he building of the bridge.
lie above are the salient facts which
4 ed the situation.
as also desired by the representa-
Of the city at the conference that
Ity investigate further regarding the
tu street location to the extent of hav-
4 10. = second party check up and verify
estimates already obtained. If any
4 r.ensl difference should develop of suf-
4rtnC consequence for consideration, the
minaries to the actual construction
lie bridge on the old site would moi
lsNe proceeded far enough but that furth-
/ onsideration could be amicably obtain.
This verification of estimates will
be done at once.
4 On behalf of the Citizens at the Augusts
Conference, and the Municipal Officers o
belfast, c. w. Wescott, Mayor.