. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, structure has accommo-dated travel between Springfield and the thickly settled townsacross the river, and for many years it was the only bridge overthe Connecticut within the limits of Hampden county. AVithinthe last twenty-five years the structure frequently has beenstrengthened in the hope that its use might be continued. l)ut vir-tually it is condemned and for some twenty yeai-s the ]»eoplehave been clamorous for a new bridge on its site. The covered bridge was built at a cost of $25,000. It feet long, twen
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, structure has accommo-dated travel between Springfield and the thickly settled townsacross the river, and for many years it was the only bridge overthe Connecticut within the limits of Hampden county. AVithinthe last twenty-five years the structure frequently has beenstrengthened in the hope that its use might be continued. l)ut vir-tually it is condemned and for some twenty yeai-s the ]»eoplehave been clamorous for a new bridge on its site. The covered bridge was built at a cost of $25,000. It feet long, twenty-eight feet above low water, and eighteenfeet wide. The side walk was added in 1878. It was main-tained as a toll bridge until 1873. when it taken by conunis-sioners appointed tinder the act to abolisli the toll system. It The act of inc-oiporation .luthoiized rates of toU as foUows: Foot pas-sengers. S cts. : liorse and rider, 7 cts.; horse and chaise, chair or sulky. Id cts.;coach, ihariot. phaeton or other four-wheeled carriage for passengers. 83 cts. ; ( 168 ). OUR COUMY A^D US PEOPLE was purchased for .$(1. of which the county paid $,000,AVest Springfield. .$4,000. Spriiiofield. $10,000, aud Agawam,$1,000. Since that time it has been maintained as a free bridge,the county paying one-half, Springfield one-third and WestSpringfield one-sixth of the expense. The Chicopee bridge, so called, but formerly known as theCabot and West Springfield bridge, dates its history from theyear 1846, when, on March 27, the Cabot and West Springfieldbridge company was incorporated. The bridge itself was builtin 1848-49. and was maintained as a toll bridge until purchasedaud made free in 1872. The original founders of the enterprisewere Kobert E. Bemis, Veranus Chapin, Aaron Ashley, HoraceSmith and their associates, who were authorized to build andmaintain a toll bridge across the Connecticut at Ashleys ferry,so called, or between that point and Jones ferry, as the countycommis
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