The Washington times., 1923-01-04
DIED IN s0UALoR, BUT
LEFT 100000 ESTATE
BY Cosmopolitan News Service

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CHICAGO, Jan. Am estate OF
$780, 900 was left by Mrs. Maude
Fuller Delius, daughter Of the late
Chief Justice M. w. Fuller, whose
body was found last week in a
squallid flat.
Four heirs named are: Mrs Hugh
Wallace, Washington. d. c., wife
of the former ambassador to
France; Mrs. Jane Brown Francis,
wife of a New York lawyer; Miss
Cony Moore, of Milwaukee, and
Mrs. James B. Blake. wife of q
Milwaukee lawyer. Mrs. Wallace
and Mrs. Francis are haIf-sisters,
while Miss Moore and Mrs. Blake
are daughters of third half sister.
the late Mrs. Pauline Moore, OF
Milwaukee.
tablished on the Roslyn side Of
the river.
Foot Paths in Use.
Although not officially opened,
foot passengers are using the
bridge. They have been doing so
for the past few days.
There is no objection to people
crossing the bridge on foot" said
Major Tyler. 1.-THE sidewalks are
completed and ready for foot traf-
fic. So far as the bridge proper il
concerned. it is ready for vehicle
traffic. But those two approaches
are an almost impossible barrier
What we are striving to do is to
complete a roadway at each end
which. while of temporary con.
into suitable approaches. A little
cH1 AVxyt irAa
needed right now as much as any
out, the bridge will be opened with.
in a week."
While popularity known as the
key Memorial Bridge" the bridge
il officially called the Georgetown
Bridge, being so designated by
Congress in one of the apppropria-
ton bills. That it will continue to
be popularity known, how ever, by
the former title seems certain. The
Georgetown abutment and approach
occupies ground which was former
~ the site of the Key home, and
when the latter was wrecked to
make room for the bridge the sug-
gestion that the bridge be known
as the Francis Scott Key Memo.
rial Bridge was generally accepted.
Traffic to Be Heavy.
That the bridge will carry a
heavy traffic is generally conceded.
All travel. with the exception of
that controlled by the Washington
and Old Dominion Railway, which
for the present will continue to use
the old Aqueduct Bridge, will be
diverted to the new span. 1t Is also
anticipated that the opening of the
bridge will draw additional traffic
now crossing the river over one Of
the other two bridges. According
to Maj. Tyler, no estimate Of the
probable traffic which will utilize
the Georgetown Bridge has been
made by the Government, but he
stated 1t would unquestionably be
heavy and grow heavier as famili-
arity with the bridge became more
general.
Rosslyn interests see in the COM
pIetion of the bridge a big factor
in town development. Linked up
with Washington through this
modern structure, they express the
conviction that a large "commut-
ing" population will be added, and
that Rosslyn real estate will benz.
fit accordingly. 1t is also predicted
that me DrluEo Will Lend TO develop
industrial sites on the Virginia side
Of the river In the Rosslyn territory.
History Of Old Bridge.
OF unusual interest is the history
Of the old Aqueduct Bridge sur
planted by the new span. Original
~ it was a continuation of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Then
a heavy wooden sluice carried the
canal across the river. During the
civil war this was boarded over
and converted into a traffic bridge
used in transferring troops and
supplies across the river. Later
the wooden superstructure was re-
moved and the present steel
trestle work placed This supports
the bridge as it stands today.
Announcement of the official
date for opening the Georgetown
bridge will be made within a few
days. Weather conditions are de-
clared to be solely in control and
those interested in the event, it is
said, will be able to approximate
the date, by keeping a weather eye
open, quite as well as any of the
officials connected with the con.
struction Of the bridge.