Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-13


along this line must be prepared for
Council as we'll as for condemning
streets and making changes in sewers.
30 the City Solicitor plays his part.
Broad Proposition
"It is a great, big. broad city, State
and national proposition that we have
In front of us. Each and every depart
ment is doing its part, not only to pro-
mote the bridge but also TO safeguard
the city's interests.
''The Mayor is strongly for the bridge
and has been so from the beginning OF
the agitation, He has insisted, how
ever. on every legal safeguard. includ-
ing limitation of the costs of the pre-
hminary survey. now completed to
500 900, n sum within which, although
$500 900 was provided, the engineers
have completed their work.
''The question of design and span
was one which had to be taken ur with
the Federal Government. The Mayor
pressed this matter before the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce COMMITTEES
and the War Department. These were
precautionary measures essential TO Il
: proper start on the permanent work.
Sees Preliminary Work Endorsed
''The measures necessarily consumed
time, but the manner in which the gem
eral public has received the plans of
the Board of Engineers seems to be an
Endorsement of the six months hard
work which has been done On the pre-
liminaries.
Now we are up to the bridge itself.
Preliminary work Of the engineers is
done. They have been paid and only
the clerical force of the bridge COM
mission remains on the payroll until
the report Of the engineers Is acted
upon. 1t was thought wise to give
the public week to consider the report.
When the hearings are over, the bridge
commission will meet and act on the
report.
''There will be no delay as every day
now lost will be a day of expense to
the three parties 10 the agreement.
The commission will have to decide
whether the plans as submitted by the
engineers shall be approved or diSap-
proved. Then will come the selection
OF permanent engineers and the organ
ixation of permanent staff
Can Start Work Immediately
eff the engineers making the pre-
hminary report are re employed they
announce they can begin work almost
Ou lHt NulSSOllS WHICH, dIN
to be run down to bedrock to support
the piers and anchorages at the pier
head lines on either side of the river in
the 1T50-foot span.
''In any event whether we come 10
an agreement with the old engineers or
employ new ones, it will take some
months to prepare the working plans
before the contracts are advertised for,
But since the caissons can be com
menced early. and the hold -ovcr clerical
force Is now considering CaiSsOn plans
all available time will be utilized" "
Commerce Chamber Active
The Bridge Committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce has been working en-.
ergetically on u report regarding the
bridge site which will be submitted at
this afternoon S hearing The commit
tee met on Saturday and also worked
yesterday on the report. Before being
presented at the hearing the report will
be submitted to the Executive Commit
tee Of the chamber.
Following are the members of the
Bridge Committee Percival Foederer
chairman; Edward Lupton. George
Wentworth Carr, J. II Flanagan. Al
bert NJ Graves. A. L. King. William
q. Kirk. William T. Parker. William
w. Pawling. J. II. T. Jordan, w. IL
Reed, Francis Is. Reeves, ,Tr.
Ralph Modjeski, George s. Webster
and Laurence A. Ball, who comprise
the commissions Board of Engineers
will attend all the hearings