The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-10

Somers Point and Atlantic County
with Beasley's Point and Cape May
County, now seems a certainty fol
lowing announcement of plans
made by business men of the two
counties who form the Ocean City
Automobile Bridge Company, which
will build the span.
The charter of Ocean City Auto
mobile Bridge company, which com
pany was incorporated under the
laws of the state of New Jersey in
1912 for the purpose Of building he
present Ninth Street bridge con
Meeting Ocean City and Somers
Point, has been secured by the men
who plan to build the new bridge,
The company's charter, with the
approval of the War Department OF
the United States and the New Jer-
sey Highway Commission, gives it
the right to construct and operate
other toll bridges in Atlantic and
Cape May counties. Under this
right it will construct the new span.
William C. Collision, Ocean City
engineer. has been employed by the
company, made new soundings and
draft OF the bridge, which have
been placed before the State
Highway Commissioner, and the
War department, that they would
meet all requirements should the
state at any time desire to acquire
the bridge.
The construction of a bridge
across the Great Egg Harbor Bay
is, in the opinion of the company,
timely and necessary, and Justified
by present traffic conditions.
Men Interested believe that III
the development and expansion OF
the main arteries of travel of the
New Jersey Highway system it sup
plies missing link and saves NO
tori4ts much time and four and on ne
baif miles of travel in conneUrA
New York, Atlantic City and points
north with Stone Harbor. Avalon
Wildwood and Cape May. at which
point it will connect with the Lew
es, Delaware, ferry TO points
south. II is also method which
will relieve present traffic conges
ton in Ocean City.
The proposed bridge will con
meet the State Highway at Somers
Point with Beesley's Point Ii will
be approximately seventg.fopr qun
dred feet in length, thirty feet wide
and will have a clearance OF about
fourteen feet above high water II
viii be provided with . thhty-lCOt
steel span over he channel in
DRAG Thorofare near the Soners
Point side and seYentyfiVe foot
wide steel lift bridge in the main
channel. which lift can be operated
both by hand and electricity.
It is proposed to construct thu
bridge in units of one hundred feet,
supported ON each end on concrete
filled caissons, each caisson TO be
composed of a steel shell with piles
driven to refusal inside and hen
filled with mass concrete; these
bents of units will be of steel con
struetion one hundred feet long and
thirty feet wide, supporting the
timber work Of the bridge proper
The approaches TO the bridge viii
be constructed in conformity With
New Jersey State Highway specifi
cations
The Company will ask for bids on
the construction of the bridge, and
approaches at a fixed price-the
construction schedule will call Tor
completion within twelve months.
Preliminary engineering work
completed by Mr. Collision, together
with a check up on bay soundings
cost Of labor and material, indicate
that the bridge can be completed
for sum not in excess of $3.50,
10000 on the present capital Sc
cu1ities Of the company when MAJ
keted. will be more than ample to
provide this sum.
The company will provide for the
Insurance of the completed bird "a
against loss on damage by fire
lightning, tornado, earthquake, col
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