Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-31
WARRINGTON MEMORIAL
BRIDGE DEDICATED
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,.s,lcu,y In hattie TO sustain the
honor of their country and TO Nindi-
cat. the sacred cause she had es-
peussS,. Noely they did their part.
"'rhclrs not to reason why.
Theirs hut to do and die
"Ths eternal principles of justice
' and Righteousness. for which these
young lives were given, will not fan
w ultimate and universal triumph.
Tho rich red blood ~ American man
hood has not been shed In vain. when
tranquility shall have descended upon
n st,ll distracted world " seems reason
nhlc to hope that the inestine bio
value uf their sacrifice will receive the
full appreciation of all peoples. who,
turning away from the ssvaxery OF
war, viii scck the higher and holier
pursuits OF peace.
We may not always contemplate
With becoming sympathy and admira-
ton the great deeds of our noble sons.
but We must never forget the debt we
owe them and must ever render the
srcatcet honor TO their memory. They
have passed 10 the Great BEYOND; but
they are not dead. save TO the
yici~i,udcs of earthly existence.
"'of stun immortal are their spirits
wrought.
And one are they with all that never
dies.
They live IN ways beyond our mortal
thought,
Gods Knishted spirits on His high
cmprise'
we pay them today tho tribute of
our hearts tcndcrcst devotion. by
this memorial We preserve the record
OF their great achievements and per
pctuate the honor 40 Justly due them.
"In prufoundcst reverence. In the
name of tho people OF Delaware. and
by authority Of the Washington street
Bridge Commission. we now declare
this magnificent structure dedicated
in loving memory OF our own glorious
heroes " tho great World War"
when General Wilson described
bridge construction during the Civi
War and remarked that the tnior
Army was mover delayed by such WORK
the audience applaudcd.
A Triumph, Says Gen. Wilson.
General Wilson said:
MIR. chairman and gentlemen: II
would take a much longer time than
A. allowed mo 60 tell you what | know
about bridges, for | have seen them
of every kind. In all parts OF the
world from New York TO Picking. But
that IL not all. Tor | have built a'
many of all sorts as any man living
As an engineer officer ~ Grants staff
l hope | may he hardened for sayins
Il was my lot to build between tive
and three miles OF noeting bridges IN
the Nickshurg campaign alone. | car
truthfullN add that - these bridges
we're generally laid by night th'
marching columns were never DELAYED
an hour while WAITING for their com
plotion. In tho passage of the bis
BLACK river. In tho rear and east NJ
Nicksburg. we built three noatinl
bridges In one nisht. the FIRST. OF dricC
timber taken from railroad trestles
ont houses and farm buildings; th'
second from RATED cotton bales. anC
the third from an army bridge train
which on account of had mud roads
iack OF bridges. was always behind.
"pf course, tho rc,reatinS rebcl'
naturally took particular pains aftel
er>,Aainc themselves, TO frc tho road
WAYS and thus DELAY our bridge build
cts, while they were gathering tn
planks and thinkers necessary for tn
repairs. and Yet they never Succeeded
in delaying our columns for an hour.
t.Ho -
paisn of Chatta nooga and Knoxville
the hridSos over the principal trib
utar,cs OF the Tennessee river wcr
more or less broken by the retrcstin
fchcls. but as We wcre always clos
behind. the burning was generall
,xtlnguished by our advanced detaoh
mcnt- before No much damage wa
done as 20 materially delay the re
pairs or tho crossing OF our troops.
-Four years after tho war OF IN
Rebellion was over | left the arm
and went into railroad building.
those days the bridges were most
of wood and cadily constructed {
timber from the regions IN which the
we're located.
Later was the chief engines
and designer OF the elevated railroad
IN New York. which. a. you all know
were q steel and iron forms. fror
Edge Moor, just three miles from WI
mington. These structures wei
necessarily a continuous series
street crossings from the lower er
of Manhattan Island 10 the adjace,
country north Of A. There vi
necessarily a bridge az every sire
crossing. all of uniform appearan
the details OF which were main
worked out by my principal assistar
William y. skunk. who. by the Wa
was a graduate az the L. = Nav
Academy. as ] was of West Point
The sharpest railroad curves know
up 10 that time were described, Wi
radn uf never less than 80 feet II
sharpest turns OF the elevated ra
roads were laid out with radn II betwe.
10 and 80 feet. but IN all these strtl
lures beauty was out OF the questio
The structures were necessarily ur
form and lacking IN architectur
beauty and yet they have been irr
tated throughout the world, down
the present time.
And this brings us TO a new o
In which all the leading road and ra
way bridges are now built of ste
sometimes covered with artifc
stone like the one which W. are nc
dedicating. II is not only the last, b
the most substantial and most bes
uiul one In existence. II Is admitte
~ great credit 20 Delaware, and Z