The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-03
First Carloads of Bridge
Super-structure Reach
Kenosha Today.
ERECTED BY MAY FIRST
Kettler- Elliot Co. of Chicago in
Charge Of Work Has Super
intendents Here to Start.

Completion of the new Main street
bridge is in sight as this morning the
first two carloads of the steel for the
main struture of the bridge reached
the yards of the Northwestern Railway
company, and the word came from
Pittsburgh that all of the steel neces-
sary for the super structure of the
bridge had been started on the way to
KenoSha, and that all Of it would be
in the city within the next tea days.
The steel work for the bridge was
fabricated by the Fl. Pitt Iron &
Bridge company at Pittsburgh and it is
made according to the latest ideas
of bridge building. The Kettler-El-
lott company of Chicago will be in
charge of the erection of the steel
work on the new bridge and the super
intendents of the company were in
Kenosha today ready to start the work
Of erection, It was declared that the
sub-structure is completed and that
there will be no delays in setting up
the steel work. The city engineer was
advised this morning that the work of
erecting the steel portion of the bridge
would be completed by the first day
of May and that Greiling Brothers
company in charge of the general con-
tract, expected to have the completed
work ready to turn over to the city
by the first of July, the exact date set
in the contract. ~ ono
Steel Contract is Large One.
The sub-contract for the steel work
and its erection was one of theelarg-
est in connection with the new bridge
and that the total cost of this por-
tion of the work is estimated at a
little over 100000. The bridge has
been shipped to Kenosha ready for set
ting up, and the officials have been
assured that the work has been done
so we'll that there will be no tiresome
delays on account of getting materi-
ais.
"The Kettler- Elliott company is one
of the best known firms in the coun-
try in bridge erection" delared City
Engineer Brennan this morning, sand
/ believe that they will keep their
promise to have the work on the bridge
completed by the first of May"
City Must Rush It's Part.
If the bridge ANDY the new "Main
street" are to be opened for traffic on
scheduled time the work which must
be done by the city must be rushed
and. rushed at once. There is vast
amount of grading and paving work
to be done by the city and much of
it can be done at the present time
without in any way interfering with
the work of erecting the steel struc-
ture of the bridge. The city council
has started the movement for the re-
paving of Main street and for the
paving of the approaches and floor of
the bridge and it is expected that these
contracts will be let before the end
of the present month with the under
standing that the work of making the
improvements will start on the first of
April. Contractors believe that the
work of repaving the street can be
completed within a month if good
weather is assured.
The street railway company has Civ
en- the assurance that the completion
of the work will not be delayed on ac-
count of the work to be done in re-
laying the street railway tracks. All
of the special work for the bridge
tracks has been built and is ready for
installation.