Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday January 25, 1887 THE ROAD TO THE BRIDGE. The Proper Route to the High Bridge Must Soon be Settled and Acted Upon. The vexed question of which is the most proper, easiest and least expensive way to the west end of the new high bridge is one which will have to […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday January 18, 1887 The New Bridge. The almost intense cold of yesterday, and more especially the severe cold wind which blew the river, prevented much work being carried on upon the building of the new bridge. Since the mercury took a. trip toward the bulb to stay, the progress upon the work […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday January 4, 1887 The High Bridge. To-Day the Anniversary of its Conception. The construction of the high wagon bridge across the Mississippi in front of this city, is now so far advanced that its completion at an early day is already an assured fact. It is not too early to congratulate the […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday November 30, 1886 RAILS AND BRIDGES. A Rumor That the Bridge Company Has Sold Stock to the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Company and an Approach Will be Built at the East End. The Company to Use the Spans Now Spanning the Seventh Street Slough in its Construction—The Dubuque, Minnesota, and Northwestern Has […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday November 17, 1886 The Bridge Injunction. The injunction obtained by the Chicago, Burlington and Northern railroad against the High Bridge company will not, it is believed, retard to any extent the construction of the bridge. The trouble is not with the bridge proper, but with the abutment and the landing on the […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 26, 1886 The High Bridge. Work on the high bridge in progressing. Three pile drivers are at work on as many different piers, first from this side, the fourth, and also one on the east side of the draw. The stone work on the second pier is several courses above the […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 10, 1886 The High Bridge. At the regular meeting of the East Dubuque city council held last evening, President O’Neill and Engineer Tschirgi, of the Bridge company presented the final plans and specifications of the proposed bridge, which were unanimously approved. This action gives all the required rights necessary from either […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday August 29, 1886 HIGH LEVEL WAGON BRIDGE. Exhaustive Description of Dubuque’s Great Enterprise—Its Plans and Dimensions. The Benefit That Will be Derived from the Bridge and the Trade Which It Will Bring. A great deal has been written and said about our great enterprise. the “High Level Wagon Bridge,” but a great […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday August 25, 1886 THE HIGH BRIDGE. Messrs. O’Neill and MacDonald Justly Praised for Their Untiring Efforts to Secure the Great Public Need. To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald. DUBUQUE, Aug. 24, 1886—I, in common with many others of our citizens, was greatly pleased to read the very just and richly merited […]
Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday August 24, 1886 NICE FIGURING. Mr. Horace Horton of Rochester, Minnesota, Secures the Contract for the Construction of the High Bridge His Bid Being $122,994, Which is $20,196 Lower than the Highest Bid by Raymond & Campbell of Council Bluffs. The Eastern Approach to be of Iron and Stone Instead of Wood as at First […]