The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-10
TRAFFIC ON NEW
BRIDGE SUNDAY
Structure to Be Opened to
Public-Will Be Ac-
cepted Soon
NOTICE SENT TO
ASHUELOT VALLEY
Car Containing Superintendent Burns
and Timekeeper Charles Crosses This
Morning-Bridge Satisfactory TO En-
rinnnr SinrrS.


Morning-Bridge Satisfactory TO En-
gineer St0rrs.
Traffic will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing on the Brattleboro-H Hinsdale bridge
crossing the west branch of the Connec-'
ticut river from Bridge street. This
fact was definitely announced last night
by Road Commissioner Charles J. Dube,
who has finished planking the bridge and
who is now grading the approach at the
Vermont end.
Direct communication between Yer
mont and New Hampshire at this point
has been interrupted for 50 long a per-
iad that the resumption of traffic has
been awaited with particular interest.
The old bridge went out March -, 1920,
the temporary pile bridge was carried
away Dee 15. and the falsework carry
ing about two-thirds of the steel for the
new bridge collapsed June 16, landing
the structure in the bottom of the river.
The American Bridge Co.. builders
promptly fabricated a new bridge with
the exception of the pieces remaining in
the yard here, and finally the structure
was successfully erected and is ready for
use.
In order that the people of tine Ash
uelot valley in particular may know that
the bridge is ready for travel the Brat
| tleboro Chamber of Commerce today
mailed about 800 printed notices TO res
| idents of Hinsdale. Winchester and Ash
uelot. which read as follows: The
! Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce is
! pleased to inform you that the new Con
necticut river bridge Will be open for
! traffic tomorrow We are sending YOU
| this information ut the earliest possible
moment as we know the people of your
| town will welcomo the thought that di-
rect communication With Brattleboro i
| again possible
| 4 fact of interest at this time i that
| the superintendent of the crew who
erected the bridge. Capt" Dan Burns
( of Richmond. Va. and the timekeeper
and has wife. Mr.. and Mrs. X. +. Charles
/ of SpIinSgroye. Pa. crossed the bridge
! this morning in Mr.. CharlesS automo
| bile on their way to Il new job at North
Stratford, y. IL. This was the first We
| hicle to cross the new bridge. ROAD
Commissioner Dube prepared the ap
proach so that the car could cross. Sew
cnteen of the crew who were here have
gone to the North Stratford job. tht
ethcrs going to a job for another con
Germ in Springfield. Mass.
After the bridge is opened there vii
still be more work to be done in the way
Of grading and erecting permanent rail
iugS at the approaches. also in laying tn,
sidewalk which will be on the north side
Road Commissioner Dube expects to b'
hauling gravel across the bridge befort
night for use on the New Hampshire ap
proach.
Engineer John w Storrs of Concord
n H. the engineer employed by Brat
tleboro and HinSdale to design and Sc
cure the bridge was in town yeSterda.
afternoon and inspected the structure
To a member of The Reformer staff Nj
Storrs said the bridge was all right II
, every way and would be accepted. bu
final acceptance will not be made unit
it il fully completed. One or two post
to support the ends of the railing o
the south side have not arrived. theS
being made b. another concern than tn
American Bridge GO" but they are Lex OK
pected soon. and when they are IN plac
the bridge will be accepted The town
= have 30 days after acceptance IN Whlc
to make final payments.
? Mr.. StOrrs was asked what the carry
+ ing capacity of the bridge was. His rC
:, ply was that it would cary a double I'm
4 of 15-ton automobile trucks eXtcndin
the entire length of the bridge,
Some persons have thought that tn
bridge, which has Il roadway of 2l fee
should be wider Mr. StOrrS says 1t
4 better not to have it wide enough fo
three automobiles, as that would tend I
Induce the driver of a car to cut betwee
g two other cars and would increase I'll
# danger Of accidents. The city of Mai
II chester. Y. H., is building n steel bridg
/ narrower than this one
l. Name plates riveted to the end chort
r in the arches give the names Of the $
1t lectmen of the towns of Brattleboro an
a TIinsdale at the time the bridge was COZ
tracted for. also the names of the COZ
tractors. the United Construction &c
g Of Alhanv. \. Y. the builders. the Anne
r, lean Bridge CO., and the bridge eng
q neer. Storrs of Concord. y III. The pla
at the Hinsdale end gives the names
SeIectmen w. ID. Stearns. l.. W. Tayl,
and T. b. Pike and the one at Il
Brattlcboro end the names of Selectm'
=. A. Richmond, A. d. Wyatt and y
II. Stcllman. All the names are in rais'
letters
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