Show WHITEBRIDGE BRIDGE ENDS CAREER Of 59 YEARS Pioneer Stu Structure e Across ss Jordan at Last D Declared Unsafe 1 t WAS PUT PUT T TOGETHER 1 WITH WOODEN I No Iron Used by the Early arl Settlers and Th Their ir WorK Endured Street Supervisor Jako Raleigh and amid anda amida d da a force of twenty men n-e n w went nt down lown to tn this old white bite hite bridge the Jordan rive T Ton on North orth Temple street and b began teat bean tear tearing in ing down the old eld structure c this morn in ing The reason for tb this tbs s act of apparent parent vandalism w was wai i that yesterday th the their ir bridge c started to break when h D. D a a. a alo load pounds with witha a t team and I 3 wagon On h had cl just reached the center Examination tion by the the thet t teamster showed b him hini m that tat the c center cord o d had h a r b broken but hut was still in position n. n lid Ho pot got ot 1 word orl of oC it to J Jake Jake- ke and the the- latter neat vp Ft r llY a. a and d saw W that t t the tho l ancient had nid a b be yond vond repair Fur For a 3 j.-eek j. a close lo e wat l bad beon b on kept on oa it it and a i po- po post pot t had hitI been b n under placed r tl tb east east- cord of ot time tho bridge 3 at t the north end u When R Raleigh ei h went ent down this morning morn ing with his en h lie be had d a ropo To al at attached to the north framework rk of IHo ie superstructure of the bridge it jt ni hav be been n built as a coter covered d tid wo driveway dri With the aid nid tit ifa of la t team of 61 f heavy y horses borses the men pulled tb tho n rth side over and it t. t dropped into th the tit where it is 18 lod lodged cd of tho lic partition The pulling cr over framework followed A As it fell feU on te p north roadway its w weight c-bf c b dorrn n. n the thc weakened center The be dord l dropped d to the water tater and JD l tie r Gra b. b went scent ent dom With it tt men Tere ere immediately imm Iy t tar d l 1 iK Ke f framework to to pi tho J t tIe t t SJ v a nic I b ber-as ber to la 1 lay th the floor of f a t torn tom rn brid bridge e that will nIl bo be er cr erected ted teda as 8 foon as 55 the thi tb wreckage wre k of ot the thc old ld bridge I is IS' IS d up This will not be an n easy eaY task t k I Built In Tb The bridge e. e a according o diD to old timi tim lipi- i- i ors ore was built inthe e third thud year tho the pi P o. t were hire here in IS 1849 Mr r. r h t I believes this i is the correct date for the thc reason reason that his father A. A H. H Raleigh ls h told him tb that t all J th the salt the iho ho people had In the fir first t two years rears was obtained l the thc Jordan orda river ricer by the thc men meu sv swimming shimming walking to ue near r tb the lake hike and nd gathering it up in the thc evaporated be beds s close to the thc shore bore There wore neither bon bolts nor nails nails-an th j daVs das s iu in Utah and the thc heavy beavy fr ork mci in three parallel sections of f fI the o. o overhead hend p part r of ot t te i bridge af after er erthe erthe the piles had been ecu I floors laid hail had been put put- to h by boring horin holes hole two t inches in dia diameter through th the three inch r red pine Pino board dr dm and taut r orifices orifices' ing pins pies Meant to Stay And they w were i re I f lauraT r. r lii s w vas r-i r i n i-n this foi when the force foro wa was WIlS putto put putto to to work trying tr in to get t the planks cpa cpa- rat rated d. d Bars and sledges cs were used and pro progress was wa made but tb who built this the first bridge in Utah intended it to stay built This fact n t is tl Continued on pl page e 2 r WHITE B BRIDGE RIDGE 4 w V i Continued Continued from page paLO 1 b before Cort the men who are demolishing this piece of pioneer work Tho The temporary brid bridge c will probably bo ho completed in five days dRYS so 80 that the bridge d c can be reopened for travel tra It will soon be replaced b by an all steel bridge on abutments the plans and specifications ter w which ich have be been CD dr draws drawn b by the city elty en engineer This old d landmark has as stood for fifty fifty- nine Dine years and until about 1660 1860 it was the only bridge brido across the thO Jordan river r |