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Show THE QUEBEC BRIDGE. Plan Under Which Rebuilding of Structure Will Be Undertaken. The Cnnadlan government, says tho Iron Age, will assume nil tho assets nnd franchises of the Quebec Hallway & Ilrldgo Company under n resolution which will ho introduced at Ottnwn, nnd tho reconstruction of (hp Quebec brldgo will bo undertaken as a government govern-ment project, under the supervision of tho Trans-Continental Hallway commission. com-mission. Tho oversight of tho construction con-struction work will bo In tho hands of a hoard of prominent engineers, ono from Canada, ono from I ho United States and tho third from Oreat Ilri-tain. Ilri-tain. It Is stated that tho Canadian government will nssumo tho loss of all oxpendtturcs mado by tho Quebec Ilrldgo Company under tho bond lssuo guaranteed by tho government up to tho collapso of tho bridge, tho amount being between $5,000,000 and $6,000,-000. |