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rQITFhethe iuIV ; of Ijx. ijcr Itu-Ibe a.i;d thtttu-to s a ! by fees i!on croatherdi-CHltc a . of of hatSTATE OFFICIALS ATTEND OPENING OF NEW BRIDGEThe mnv Kighlti nvenue bridge across tlm Cedar iTvtr. built by the Iowa liigh-way commission. was opened to traffic Thursday. afternoon with a brief ccrc-mcny nl tended by focal and state ofii-rlfilj.At 2:i5 o'clock B. B. Hfcfcenlooiwr, liLutejumt-governor, snipped the narrow will to tape si retched from rail to rail nt I he east end ar.d a caravan of cars began to stream across the newly competed spun. A police car was first.' flowed hy an automobile carrying the highway commissioners. City officials rmri others followed. A linn lt;if f6 cars drove ucro^ I he bridge as it was appmd-UUre Marshall, president of the Chamber of Cumin orce, Introduced Randal? MeLwn, chairman of ihe Iowa !5tnto Highway commission, wlwln turn presented the bridge to IiieuL-Gov. Hickeulooper. Ml bum referred to the project ns marking another forward step In the progress of Iowa’s road building program.HfcSeuloupe.r, who appeared for Gov. Wlhon. »5d th? bridge marked a new unit in Iowa's transportation system.A luncheon at the Roosevelt’hotel at 12:30 p. m. preceded the bridge open-Lng. The following were called on for remarks: Randall McIeou, of Hum-bold L; A. A, Hurst, Maquokcla, nr.d B.B. L«lrd, Sidney, commission members; *rert White of Ames, chief engineer; Mr. lElckwlooper, Hr. Jo I in R. Gardner, Urm county representative, and FranfcC. Byers. state senator.A. J, Smith and J, t\ Smith, sons of the first toll bridge keeper In Cedar Rapids, WDI* present. Thefr father, W. S. Smith, was toll muster on the first pant mm crossing constructed here In 1357. The original free bridge, built in 1355, was taken away by flood. .A permanent toll hridge was later built In 1350.touts Melsha, secretary of Typographical union Wo. 102 and an employee of The Tribun? Publishing Co., owns one of th? tokens used by pedestrians on the old toll bridge. It resembles the old Indian head penny. The coin bears the inscription, Cedar River Bridge Co. around the Indian head. On th? apposite side are the words, Pass Onn Fholir.nn Two pickets, representing Operating Engineers local union No. 301 and Structural Iron Woikers local No. 89 with signs bating I He bridge had been built by non-union labor, were at the opening. The work htrs done by the TCoss Construction Co. of Des Moines. Tlw only work done by the city of Cedar Rapids won In connection with the approaches and this part of the job was handled by union labor.IndliexpeforovertheIhef.guiWcrcaciga50-Cside has sale, to fiageheslT1 reac the ziuc so m pate the siigi wittTf stnt doll to tA a ci for tille £01)1 awo the:1inliThibet
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Cedar Rapids Tribune
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1939
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