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Show SANTA CLARA RIVER WILL BE BRIDGED Approval of tho construction of a Fteel bridge over the Santa Clara river, on the Shi v wits Indian reservation, by the state road commission haa been given by E. B. Meritt, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, "Washington, D. C, according ac-cording to a Jotter received yesterday by George. Mo ronagle, state engineer. The bridgn is to form h connecting Jink in the Arrowhead trail from Salt Lake to IjO-a Angeles, and will obviate the necessli y of tourists cross injf the river by boat. as well as considerably shorten the route. At eertain times of the year the rivr has been im passable, owing to floods, it is stated, and full to-operation in remedying rem-edying the ritual. on la assured by the corn miss loner on Jnd ian affairs. The road commission in soliciting bids for the proposed construction. |