Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-10 | Page 12 | Boards Dislike to Spend More

BOARDS DISLIKE TO SPEND MOR MORE ORE Decline to Have Piling Driven for Bridge Near Viaduct Mayor George B E Drowning Browning and members of the c ty commission and C E representing the Weber county commIssioners agreed this morning In conference that building of the Twenty fourth Twenty viaduct extension 1 be bedone bedone bedone done strictly In accordance with plans and specifications and that no extra sums will be spent In Inthe inthe Inthe the project If It possible rh They y agreed that tho the concrete abutments for tor the Wilson ilson Lane bridge which Is to be bo moved shall reach four tour feet Ceet below the surface of the permanent water level as provided In the plans and that no extra sum suni sums will be spent In La driving piling below the abutments I City Engineer J C Brown and Walter alter S Craven county sur- sur surveyor sur surveyor appeared at the meeting and explained that It had been determined by tests that there Is quIcksand to a depth of 12 feet Clet where the bridge abutments are areto areto areto I to bo ho installed They further ex- ex explained explained ex explained that the tho concrete abut abut- abut abut- abutments abutments ments menu planned would reach only four Cour feet Ceet below the water level In the tho event the diversion dam below tho the bridge e Is la removed the river bed would probably scour and make mako the abutments un unsafe re the explained They would be reasonably sate safe how how- however how however ever If It the dam Is not remove removed 1 they said To drive piling would cost an additional Mayor Browning held fIrmly to his decision to have the project I I proceed without any additional I expenditures and the other com corn commissioners missioners agreed with him While hile removal of the diversion dam Is not contemplated EngIneer Drown Brown said this might happen harpen In Inthe the future explaining that he de- de desired desired de-alred de sired to call the attention of the I hoard loard to the matter before con con- construction con takes place Final Finai agreement was reached reache 1 that the abutments abutment should be con con- constructed constructed con constructed according to the orIginal plans