A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . ls up ov down the river. In 1870, JlayorStephen Buhrer had urged the construction of a high level bridge; in1872, the city council apjiointed a special committee to take into con-sideration the construction of such a Inidge, and the committee re- 268 1877-79] THE SITERIOK VIADTTT .269 ported ill favor of the Suiniini- ami Pearl Street Vdiite. Ilien camelejiislatioii at Coluiiilms iieeehsary Ior the istsiie of bonds, the api)rovalof the voters, and an injunction that st()pi)ed progress until 1873. Ata
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . ls up ov down the river. In 1870, JlayorStephen Buhrer had urged the construction of a high level bridge; in1872, the city council apjiointed a special committee to take into con-sideration the construction of such a Inidge, and the committee re- 268 1877-79] THE SITERIOK VIADTTT .269 ported ill favor of the Suiniini- ami Pearl Street Vdiite. Ilien camelejiislatioii at Coluiiilms iieeehsary Ior the istsiie of bonds, the api)rovalof the voters, and an injunction that st()pi)ed progress until 1873. Ata special election held in .May, 1S7(>. the voters approved a furtherissue of lionds and decreeil that the coming bridge shoiilil Ik <i tollbridge! But the legislature abi-ogated the latter decision and made ita free bridge. After four and a half years of building with an ex-penditure of $,(100, the Superior ^iaduct, as it lias been generallycalled, was turned over to the city on the twenty-seventh of December,1878. The following day was celebrateil as a holiday with an artillery. TTiiiAM M. (Fathku) Addison salute at daybreak, a parade and imlilic meeting in the daytime, anda banquet in the evening. On the twcnty-nintli, the viaduct wasopened for free public use and the West Sitie and the East Side drewthemselves more closely together. A more detailed description of thebridge will be given in a later chapter. Thk E.\ Settlers Associ.\tiox The Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County was organ-ized in Xovember, 1879—the fruitful result of the jicrsisteiit effortsof Iliram JI. Addison, a iinii|ne pioiieci philanthiopist. known to 270 CLEVELAND AND ITS EWIROXS [Chap. XVIII almost everyone iu Cleveland as Father Addison. Harvey Ricewas as the first president of the association and was continuedin his office until his death. The organization is still in full most important of its products is a series of annual publicationscalled Annals which I
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