- HISTORIC BRIDGES ACROSS THE ROCK
- CHARGED TOLL FOR FIRST ONE CONSTRUCTED HERE.
- BULDING OF FREE BRIDGE
- Court Litigation in Case - Old Court Street Structure
Built After 1881.
- Finally one end of the old Court street bridge has disappeared
all together, the piles upon which it
- rested even having been removed. In its place is a network
of steel on which is now resting the temporary wooden boxes in
which is placed the concrete foundation of the roadway. On the
concrete will be laid a brick pavement corresponding to that
now on Court street. To make the concrete foundation solid and
to hold it up, between the supports are placed in it small rods
of steel about an half inch in diameter. At the other end of
the bridge the work has not progressed so rapidly because none
of the steel structure could be built until the other end had
been so far completed that the heavy supports could be conveyed
to their final positions over it. All but two or three of the
steel tubes or piers have been filled with concrete and are ready
for their burdens and these will be filled in a few days time.
- The Old Bridge
- The old Court street bridge which is now used for free kindling
and old timber was built soon after
- the high water of 1881 when the still older structure was
partially carried away. It was built in the summer of 1882 by
Contractor WARD who is now dead but remembered by many
of the older residents of the city. John WATSON said to
a representative of the Gazette in speaking of the building of
the bridges at that time:
- "One arch of the old bridge was carried out by the high
water that year and it was impossible to
- go on with the construction of one immediately because the
water was hardly low enough at any time that summer and I was
hired by the city to watch the water until in June when the danger
was not yet over. Then in passing the city council the ordinance
to build, the bids advertised for and canvassed and awarded it
hardly seems that the bridge could have been constructed that
summer though I am not sure, because after June I was out of
the city for about a year building the road to Monroe. The bridge
that was there before the pile structure was made in wooden arches
similar to the bridge that crossed the river at Milwaukee St.
until 1868."
- First Bridge in City
- The first bridge ever built in Janesville was constructed
in 1842 by Charles STEVENS and
- several others where the present Milwaukee street bridge
now spans the river. It was constructed in arches and was a source
of a goodly sized income to the owners, a toll being charged
for crossing. A few citizens regarded this a sort of monopoly
and in order to crush the monster an association was formed and
subscriptions taken for building a free bridge where now is being
constructed the new one. A sufficient amount of money was raised
for the purpose and operations were about to be begun when the
projectors met with their first opposition.
- The establishment of a free bridge would most certainly run
the owners of the toll bridge to the wall
- and Mr. STEVENS and his associates were not going
to relinquish or abandon their enterprise without a struggle.
They applied to the circuit court for a perpetual injunction
restraining anybody from building a bridge within certain limits.
The injunction was granted but the defendants immediately appealed
to the supreme court and there the decision of the lower court
was reversed and the injunction set aside. Then was built the
lower bridge. This was an end to the only toll bridge that ever
existed in Janesville and Mr. STEVENS being a highly esteemed
man a few of the citizens clubbed together and raised a purse
to recompense him for his original outlay. The free bridge or
lower bridge was torn away after a few years use and the old
wooden arch structure which was washed out in 1881 was built
about the year 1855. [p. 5, col. 1]
- CURRENT NEWS NOTES:
- Plead Guilty: Charles W. AUGRELASS, charged
with stealing a horse and buggy in this vicinity
- and arraigned in the Green county court, has plead guilty
to the charge and Wm. H. McGRATH of Monroe has been appointed
to defend him.
- Presented With Spoon: At the regular meeting of the
Millicent Band of Mercy of the Washington
- school Monday afternoon Miss Millicent CHITTENDEN,
after whom the organization was named, was presented with a handsome
silver spoon with the name "Millicent" engraved on
the back. The following officers were elected: President, Alice
ANGLE; vice-president, Frank FLAHERTY; secretary,
Grace WILSON; treasurer, Clara MUELENSCHLADER;
fifth member of committee, Wilna SOVERHILL. [p. 5,
col. 1]
- Notice
- The lecture which was to have been given tonight at the Central
M. E. church by the Rev. S. G.
- HUEY, is postponed until next Tuesday night, Oct.
25th. [p. 5, col. 1]
- COMPANY HAS NOW BEEN REORGANIZED
- Bower City Rifles Have No More Drills for
Present - New Civil Officers Elected.
- Because no advancement had been made in drilling and the
number of members had not
- increased, the civil and military organization of Bower City
Rifles have disbanded and a new civil organization been formed
to continue under the old name. New officers were elected and
it was decided, though not formerly, to drop the work if the
number of members of good character and men who will help the
organization along does not increase in the next few weeks. There
will be no drills for the present but a meeting of the civil
organization will be held every Friday night to admit new members.
The newly elected officers are: president, F. B. TUTTLE;
secretary, George PETRICK; treasurer, Warren CROSSMAN.
[p. 5, col. 2]
- FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY
- Mrs. M. C. RAND
- Last evening at 6:15 at the home on 363 Glen street Mrs.
M. C. RAND, a respected resident of
- the city passed from this life. The deceased was 74 years
old and leaves to mourn her loss a daughter and son, Mrs. John
RICHARDSON and Alfred J. RAND, both of Janesville.
Funeral services were held this afternoon from the house at 4:00,
the Rev. J. T. Henderson officiating. Tomorrow morning the remains
will be taken overland to Pierceville where the interment will
be made. [p. 5, col. 2]
- The Valentine Case.
- The young man, Wesley C. DAVEY, who commenced a suit
against the VALENTINE School
- of Telegraphy entered the school May 25 and left of his own
accord Sept. 15, making an attendance of 16 weeks and one day.
The average attendance is four months, so that the boy had the
benefit of the full term. Through bad advice he was induced to
commence a suit to try and recover tuition fees. The case was
without merit and was dismissed without argument. The boy says
that he had no reasonable cause for complaint and his father
has written him to go back into school. [p. 5, col. 2]
- OBITUARY
- George Earle
- George EARLE, the city marshal of Clinton who was
badly injured last Thursday night at that
- city while preparing to take a train to Janesville died yesterday
from his injuries. The deceased was well-known in this city and
his sad demise comes as a shock. Mr. EARLE was 59 years
of age and he leaves three children to mourn his loss, Edward,
Floyd, and Mrs. Nettie SCOTT. He was a brother- in-law
of M. E. MOTT of this city. [p. 5, col. 3]
- Barlass Infant
- This morning from the house in Johnstown Center were held
funeral services over the remains of
- the infant of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. BARLASS, the Rev.
S. G. Huey officiating. John CLARK, Robert BARLASS,
Mrs. MacLAY and Miss MacLAY were the singers, and
the pallbearers were two brothers of Mr. BARLASS, father
of the deceased and two brothers of Mrs. BARLASS, mother
of the deceased. The interment was made in the Johnstown cemetery.
[p. 5, col. 3]
- Philander Finch
- Funeral services over the remains of the late Philander FINCH
will be held tomorrow at 1:00, the
- Rev. J. H. Tippett officiating. [p. 5, col. 3]
- John Palley
- John PALLEY of Beloit, an old and respected banker
of that city, and a man prominent in
- business circles and popular in private life, died at 10
o'clock this morning. Mr. PALLEY is the principle stockholder
in the PALLEY Bank of Beloit and yestereday attended his
business in that institution, his death being very unexpected.
The deceased was 55 years of age. [p. 5, col. 3]
- Fractured an Arm: Frank STORK who has been
employed on the farm of George DECKER
- was thrown from a load of hay by the sudden breaking of the
binding rope this afternoon. At the office of Dr. E. F. WOODS
it was discovered that the right arm was fractured at the wrist
and the left wrist badly sprained. [p. 5, col. 3]
- WERE MARRIED YESTERDAY AT WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS
- Buggs-Loomis Nuptials Solemnized - Young Couple Will Go
to Dakotas on Their Honeymoon.
- Yesterday morning at Woodstock, Illinois, was pronounced
the ceremony that united Miss Minnie
- BUGGS and Edward M. LOOMIS, both of this city,
in wedlock. The bride is a popular young lady of the city and
the groom is one of the rising young engineers on the North-Western
road. The young couple left for the Dakotas on their wedding
trip and after the 25th of next month will go do housekeeping
in this city. [p. 5, col. 4]
- Removed the Bullet: Mrs. George BRESEE who
was injured during the accidental shooting
- last week has continued to steadily improve and her condition
was such this morning that Dr. WOODS felt warranted in
removing the bullet from the tissues in which it was lodged.
This afternoon no ill effects were noticeable as the result of
the operation, and her complete recovery is now looked for. [p.
5, col. 4]
- Is Resting Comfortably: Chief of Police John HOGAN
was reported to be resting comfortably
- at three o'clock this afternoon. [p. 5, col. 5]
- NEWS OF A PERSONAL NATURE.
- P. J. MOUAT was a Chicago visitor today.
- E. J. GRUEL is visiting his parents in Watertown for
a few days.
- Thomas ERICKSON and son Gordon left his morning for
a week's visit at the St. Louis
- exposition.
- Mr. and Mrs. F. A. SHUMWAY left for a visit in Estheline,
South Dakota with friends and
- relatives.
- J. D. EVANS was a Chicago visitor today.
- A. C. LARSON of Madison transacted business in the
city this morning.
- Rev. W. P. CHRISTY left this morning for a short visit
in Chicaog.
- George BUCHHOLZ left this morning for Milwaukee to
attend the convention of the Carriage
- Makers' National Association in session there this weke [week].
F. Herman BUCHHOLZ has been in attendance since Monday,
when the meeting opened.
- Wildon WHITNEY of the Waukesha high school was a visitor
at the local high school today.
- Frank VAN DE WATER was a Milwaukee visitor yesterday.
- Miss Inez MOREAU is visiting her sister, Miss Maude
MOREAU, in Watertown.
- M. BLISS and family have removed from Janesville to
Harvard.
- W. MORRIS was a visitor in Milwaukee yesterday.
- Miss Mae HUMPHREY has returned from an extended visit
in Milwaukee.
- John D. O'HARA, foreman of The Gazette news room,
is enjoying a vacation.
- Miss Nellie LEAHEY is visiting relatives in Chicago.
- J. W. HATCH of Ravenswood, Ill., was the guest of
his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
- BENNETT, today.
- George FIELDS of Monroe was a Janesville visitor yesterday.
- Frank MACKEY and wife and Mrs. John HAWTHORNE
attended the funeral services over
- the remaines of the late George CORSON in this city
yesterday.
- F. C. STILLMAN transacted business in Chicago yesterday.
[p. 5, col. 6]
- Behind Closed Doors: The hearing of the disbarment
proceedings brought against attorney J. J.
- CUNNINGHAM commenced before Judge BELDEN in
circuit court this morning. The doors of the chamber are locked.
- Roy Crall Sits Up: Roy CRALL was able to leave
his bed and walk about the house yesterday.
- The bullet was estracted [extracted] Sunday. [p. 5, col.
6]
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