Show that spans spanish fork river HAS BEEN ACCEPTED by the county court A description of the bridge cost of construction friday was tho day set for the receiving of the new iron bridge at spanish fork by the county officials mr andrews representing the smith bridge co and selectman lund of pleasant grove came down on the U P train they were joined at fiovo by judge jones selectman tian haldaway Hul daway and an ENQUIRER representative and proceeded tu spanish fork where they were welcomed by selectman jones aud mr creer after a few minutes had been spent admiring spanish forks new three story coop co op store the party continued their journey to the new bridge which spans the spanish fork river where it crosses the county road in the south ern part of the city alie new bridge ia built just east of the old wooden bridge the iron wark of the bridge has been completed for some time but the laying of the plank floor ini was still in progress the contract with the bridge company specifies thai the flooring shall bo of red pine or oregon fir 2 by 4 lumber laid edgewise A small portion of the that had been laid had the appearance of black balsam timber and was ordered orde taken up the structure an iron pratt truss suspension bridge 70 aset longia measuring from the center of the piers and 98 feet long in its entirety and 16 feet wide in the clear it rests on tour tubular piers two feet in diameter which are constructed of quarter inch plat iron these piers are settled to some distance below the low water mark inside of the piers are piles which have been driven several feet below the battoia oi alie piers A well rammed concrete consisting ol 01 broken stone sand and cement surrounds the piles and continues a distance of two feet above them to the caps of the piers the iron caps are riveted to the outer rim of the piers and rest on the concrete on these caps are the supporting shoes of the bridge resting on the shoes at each end of the oridge is a pier beam twenty four inches deep and constructed of iron plates and angles two end or batter posts extend from the piers at each end of the bridge in a slanting direction to the top of the iron frame work kiich is about twenty feet above the flooring these baiter posts are made of two sir inch channels with quarter inch plating riveted to the same the iron frame work of the bridge supports three floor beams constructed of plates and angles which are twenty four inches deep in the center and slope to ten inches at the ends latter rods connecting the two aides of the frame work prevent them from chose beams in connection with ht pier beams support the eight stringers of the bridge which conart ot inch pieces of red pine timber on these stringers is placed a flooring of add pius and oregon fir timber set edge wise keat wooden failings railings rai lings are placed on each side of the bridge the iron work ia covered with two coats of red iron paint the members of the county court re tu tied to prove in the evening and held a short session at which the following report ara presented and accepted to the county court of utah co GENTLEMEN your committee to whom was referred the matter of constructing ting a wagon bridge across the spanish fork river on the county road about one half mile south of spanish fork city un october 22 1889 report that we entered into a contract with the smith bridge co of toledo ohio through their amenta andrews brothers on the day of july 1890 for tha construction of an iron bridge seventy feet long to be built in accordance with plans and specifications sub gilted milted for the sum of 1845 we have this day examined said bridge and find he iron work constructed in accordance with the terms ot said contract we therefore recommend that our action be approved and that an appropriation be placed in the handi of said committee with authority to make full settlement on the completion and acceptance of said bridge all of which is respectfully submitted JOSEPH D JONES 1 A D HOLDAWAY committee J HN JONES an appropriation of was made this ia the first bridge constructed by any county iu utah territory and the members of the county court have taken every precaution to secure a first clagg bridge the bridge was manufactured by the smith bridge company of toledo 0 and the contract was secured oy their western agents andrews brothers of omaha mr W E booth a mechanic of considerable experience in the cm aloy of the company wua the superintendent of tiou the cost of the briden as mentioned in the committees report was the smith bridge have recently contracted a handsome bridge for ogden city over alie river at a cost they have also secured alie contract for constructing a largo lever bridge at tip okane falls washington territory at a cost of |