The Washington herald., 1920-01-25
Story of Two Bridges.

wv NiS1a IL VI ioScS are CAUSING liie
residents Of widely separated locali-
ties considerable concern. One is the
Aqueduct bridge. in extreme West
Washington. The other, the Pennsyl-
vania avenue bridge. in extreme East
Washington. Apprehension is eX-
pressed as to the safety Of the old
Aqueduct bridge, based upon the
statement of Mai. NJ. @. TYLER, en-
gineer officer in charge OF construc-
tion of the Key bridge. which is to
take the place of the other. Mai.
Tyler spoke of the possibility that
some day a street car loaded with
people crossing the Aqueduct bridge
may be dumped into the Potomac,
along with all the pedestrians ana
other vehicles on the structure when
the disaster comes.
President J. 4. OLIVER, of the
Georgetown Citizens Association, eX-
presses the hope there will be no fur
ther delay in the construction of Key
bridge because of the danger men,
toned by Mai. Tyler and the in
adequacy of the old bridge to accom-
modate the increasing traffic to and
from Arlington, Fort Meyer, and the
productive Virginia counties beyond.
SAMUEL FISHER. a Virginia farmer.
who frequently crosses the Aqueduct
bridge in his four, r,horse wagon laden
with farm products for the District
markets. said he had read Mai. Tyler's
statement as to the bridge danger.
and now every time he has occasion
to cross it his heart is in his mouth
until terra firma is reached.
AS to the Pennsylvania avenue
bridge across the Eastern Branch of
the Potomac at Eighteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
which extends to Twining City, d. c.,
DIR. CHARLES NJ. EMMONS. presi-
dent of the East Washington Citi-
zens' Association. is seeking to inter-
est all other organizations of citi-
zens in the East End in a drive for
a new bridge. 1t is pointed out that
the present structure is inadequate,
obsolete and poorly lighted. The
sentiment throughout East Washing
ton il strong for a modern bridge of
sufficient size for the great volume
of traffic with the cross the-river
suburbs and the adjacent counties of
Maryland.
breaking Into the Hoose Cow.
Capt. w. L. PEAK, in charge Of
the District jail. has been annoyed
several times recently by persons
who tried to break into that prison.
Their object was to get comfortable
lodgings and a square meal. 1t seems
that the Washington foose gov is
not the only prison which offers
temptation to the perfectly innocent
outsiders 10 break in and mingle
with the guilty. First Lieut. CARL
DIETRICH, publicity officer of the
Marine Corps ct Washington, says
the Marines officers in charge of the
penitentiary at Port au Prince, Haiti.
have been compelled to issue orders
to keep the natives from breaking
into their model Jail at that place.
Recently a check roll of prisoners
at the Port au Prince penitentiary
showed an excess of five men over
the number regularly committed
there by law. Investigation deval-
oped that five natives had sneaked
in with a returning gang of prison.
ers who had been working on the
public roads. The intruders claim
ed they had been lured by the pros
pect of three good meals day and
a clean. comfortable cell. Now,
every party of prisoners working
outside the walls is carefully count
ed before 1t is admitted to the pris-
on. in order to eliminate ringers
in"
Humor Of Prohibition Law.
JOHN A. STILL has re-enlisted in
the Marine Corps and according 10
officers of that organization he will