Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-23 | Page 6 | Mark Twain Memorial

MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL Today w we mark one more step of progress progress one one more imprint of ofa ofa ofa a changing order this order this great structure sp spanning nning the pi The river ferry started to go when the old railroad bridge joined Missouri and Illinois back In 1870 As the years went by this structure carried the rail the horse-drawn horse and the motorIzed motorized motorized motor motor- commerce in and out of Hannibal Hannibal Han Han- across the Miss Mississippi Time has now taken another step and today we eliminate the hazards of railroad crossings of ot high waters and mixed rail and vehicular vehicular ve ye- traffic i This bridge stands symbolic of of what can be accomplished by the cooperation of local governments I with the federal Here in this I act of progress we find the federal federal federal fed fed- fedI I eral government the city of Hannibal Hannibal Han Han- the state of Missouri and the state of Illinois all aW joined all joined in correlated action Together er they have given you thiS thiS' free bridge Working together together- in the days to come they will greatly further the prosperity and convenience of the people of the United States President Roosevelt at Dedication Dedication Dedication Dedi Dedi- cation of the New Bridge Across the Mississippi