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Show THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE. . St. Louis. 10. The commission of t'nited Slates engineers, oppointed by ihf War DepArUnent to examine the Mississippi river bridge, building here, have reported that they find the hridgo. as designed, a serious obit ruction ruc-tion to navigation, and, as it is too late , to i'hans;e. they recommend u canal on the Illinois Vide, l-" feet wide. from a point .) feet alwve to V00 below the bridge. They also recommend ; the prohibition of arch tr;isses, like lhie in this bridg-1, in bridges over navigable streams. |