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Show JOINT SURVEY NOTES! TO BE FORWARDED TO OMAHA , The Union Pacific survey of lb' n erhead crossing nt Riverdale having been completed, District Engineer R M. Miller of the state toad oommls sion expects to complete the survej work of which he has charge early, this week The note of the joint sur 1 vey will be forwarded to Omaha where the chief engineer of the Union Pa-j ,clflc lines will pass upon the surveys ' 1 While considerable discussion con cerning the respective merits of :h' truss and girder opes of overhead .crossing, the latter type Is declared to be the most feasible. The bridgi noitMs I the tracks will be 26 feet above the , roadbed of the railroad The district engineer has announced himself In fa vor of the girder type of bridge, finished fin-ished With a cenient gun, which dis tributes cement over the surface or the steel girders, rl in? Ihem a stucco like appearance. This tpeof finish will not onlj beaUtlt) the bridge by making It appear a cement structure, hut will augment the strength and eliminate! I corrosion because of the weather. |