. The street railway review . iations foradditional track. BINGHAMTON BRIDGE UNSAFE. The Ferry street suspension bridge over the Che-nango river, at Binghamton, N. Y., has been examinedby Charles F. Stowell, C. E., consulting engineer to therailroad commissioners of the state and declared to beunsafe for the amount of traffic imposed upon it. Thebridge was built some twenty or twenty-five years agoto accommodate a part of the city at that time unde-veloped, and of late jears the growth of that sectionhas been such as to impose upon the bridge muchgreater traffic than it was ever intended to ca
. The street railway review . iations foradditional track. BINGHAMTON BRIDGE UNSAFE. The Ferry street suspension bridge over the Che-nango river, at Binghamton, N. Y., has been examinedby Charles F. Stowell, C. E., consulting engineer to therailroad commissioners of the state and declared to beunsafe for the amount of traffic imposed upon it. Thebridge was built some twenty or twenty-five years agoto accommodate a part of the city at that time unde-veloped, and of late jears the growth of that sectionhas been such as to impose upon the bridge muchgreater traffic than it was ever intended to carry. Oneof the lines of the Binghamton Railroad Companycrossed it until a few weeks ago, and J. P. E. Clark,general manager, writes us to the effect that when thelines were changed from horse power to electric theattention of the railroad commissioners was called to thecondition of the bridge, with the result that certainchanges were made with a view to strengthen it. Eachyear the travel has increased and a short time ago the. FEKRV STREET ISRIDGE, BINGHAMTiiN. N. Y. attention of the municipal authorities was again calledand inspection by expert engineers ordered, all of whomagreed that it was unsafe. Prior to the inspection therailroad company had petitioned for a line throughanother street and over another bridge, but oppositionon the part of property owners was encountered. Inlieu of property consents a commission was appointedand after a thorough investigation reported in favor ofthe company. The matter is now only waiting the con-firmation of the appellate court which, being onh amatter of form, will probably be obtained. The com-mission and the public at large united in recognizing theimportance of increasing the street car facilities , sided with the company. The bridge is well shown in the accompanyingengraving. Its length is 362 feet with a clear roadwayof 16 feet and two sidewalks of 6 feet each. The reportof the engineer shows that the cables are in bad
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