Show tARE ARE TEARING HON DOWN OLD WHITE BRIDGE I Gasi Gang j of Men Busy Wrecking t i Historic Structure O Over er I Jordan River I t I WILL I L BUILD LD STE STEEL L BRIDGE BI j Was Nas I Doorway to West Over I j l' l Which PonY Forty Express Went t it to T Tooele oo le I H. H x J 4 Another other monument to the tho ability of 1 1 1 the the pioneers oC or Utah Ul Is la going the UIO way vay of Its brothers In tIme the demolition of of tho Old white Whito bridge across the Uie Jordan river rier at North orth Temple a and ami I III i Eleventh West Vest streets A force of or ort t men from the Uie street department was wasI I busy Saturday tearing down tho the I 1 structure which has haa weathered the storms of more than tItan half a century traffic or of adt advancing ad ad- I and carried tho tIme heavy o r YC years without weakening until until un un- I t til a 8 few short shott we weeks I 8 ago From time to to time small 1 work has boon been done on the bridge c but f not Ilot until a comparatively short time 3 nib ngo was it found round that tho the old structure structure i ture would havo to come como down Time The I. I deciding stroke c came Wednesday when whelm a heavily ily loaded wa wagon on broke tho center cord of or tho the bridge With its backbone broken n the thc old structure i was no longer longcr safe afe for heavy Y loads and the matter was brought to the time attention attention at at- I. I of 01 tho time elt city council Thursday j night an arm appropriation of ot 1000 was authorized for the time purpose of tearing down oio own the tho old bridge and putting iu in I i steel teel which will last for years a span to come como Mayor ra or Brans ford held up I II I this matter matler for lor investigation and orI ordered or or- j I dared dered two men sent there yesterday to make maJ o an inspection and report to 1 him When len the Inspectors arrived on I the he ground the they found a n force of ot moon men I from tho the street supervisors supervisor's office busy I at t work worl down do tho the brIdge I 1 I Found round Bridge Unsafe t r fai aJ Raleigh supervisor said Id yesterday yes yes- 1 I that It was unsafe for tho thor thoI r I bridge tl to remain longer longor In place and anti andI that he had ordered it torn I I Tho The Jabor laborers rs bad their hands full pulli pull- pull i t lug Ing tho time old bridge to pieces showing I that tho the work of the tho pioneers was wasi I i done dono with a view lew to having inS tho tim bridge I f J stand there for some sonio years to come I tf 1 I Tho The Tho bridge e was constructed in tho the thoI thep p I i IJ year 1851 b by provincial government I rJ J i of oC Deseret under tho direction of 4 Henry Grow millwright ht designer and i 1 of or the shape and framo frame roof of the tabernacle J S I The Thc bridge derived its name nama from v y 4 th fact that It has for 01 many litany years ears f 1 been painted white while It was the tine original r na nat nal intention to establish a great farming district to tho the w west west est of tho city but bul the tho hea heavy alkaline deposits in the eoll coil rendered this impossible at that hut tI time o and tho the project was dropped It was over th the White bridge the In-the early days that the Ule California I pony pony ox express press came caine as it ft was was the only bridge e across the Jordan until within comparatively recent history All AU of or tho the traille to the Tooele country also t I came to Salt SaIl Lake over O this I ture turc Temporary Structure Ris is ano another of of the landmarks of or git h cart eari bo- bo tia back bac FP th tho very cry first d day e 8 o of mf tha thol st states state's tO tee history and amid Its life is S replete with Ith J lt g tales tale of tJi the states state's growth V ten temporary structure will L be ie thrown info into place b by next Wednesday when then the work of or building tho the new bridge I j il fp be rushed |