Show TALKING OF CONCRETE U 1 13 11 1 I 1 TO TAKE thet PLACE OR OF THE IRON STRUCTURE I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 where the can Canyon dpn Road crosses the river I 1 N nar ea r the sanitarium saniea x it Is not improbable that in breaking from front its channel and skirting the hill hil south of tho tile sanitarium oden O den river has worked a benefit to p people who patronize e the canyon and deli glit in the beautiful the disaster that befell the river bridge has caused city officials to devise levise ways of repairing it and make inake the road passable and several for spanning sonning the stream are now under tinder consideration for beauty and service the plan that provides for a rein reinforced fore concrete bridge Is the one oue luos roost favorably considered the old bridge is ro M twisted foisted that to repair it would be more expensive in the long run than to erect an entirely new one while the cost of 0 an up to date stee bridge is not by a few dollars so high as its a concrete bridge it is argued in favor of the latter that besides being graceful and attractive in its simplicity it is Js the more inore durable of the two A span of concrete thrown across the river on a level with th road and made to fit so that it is almost impossible to tell where the road ends and the bridge begins confined on ach each side by a railing of either iron or cement is advocated it can be made lo 10 harmonize with natural surroundings whereas the old iron bridge is a terror to horses and a discord in ili nature As the season for visiting the can yon Is fast approaching plans will be submitted to the city council for consideration the question of time is all in favor of the concrete bridge which can almost be erected before the material for a counterpart of tho the old structure can call be ordered the proportion of turning the river back into its old channel channe has not yet been settled there is a growing sentiment in favor of leaving it as it is it seems to be running in its natural channel without working any inconvenience ven veni tence ence to property owners with land lying near the old course it is said that by filling in a portion of the river bod bed near the wrecked bridge a culvert can be run from the head of the canal to the river a as it now runs without any great expense as compared with the expense of turning back the vatell This would water for irrigating purposes pur pOres es k grand mask skating irig carnival auditorium thursday february |