THE NEW TAY BRIDGE.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 24 January 1881, Page 2

THE NEW TAY BRIDGE.

The Edinburgh correspondent of the Ota*o Daily times says:— Mr Barlow, C.E . who superseded Sir Tbomas Bouch as engineer of great work, is reported to have in great measure matored his plans for the new bridge, with a view to the introduction into Parliament next yea* of a Bill sanctioning its erection. His recommendations have been arrived at after carefully taking fresh soundings and otherwise going into the matter de novo. Few particulars have as yet been mavle known regarding his plan** bat those which hate been published are important. First, and chief among them, is the total abandonment; of the portion of the former bridge still standing. He proposes to erect the new bridge close to the site of the old one, to make it 111. lower, and wide enough to carry a double Hoe of rails. It is not yet decided whether the piers shall be of brick or of iron. If the latter, malleable iron alone will be used, and the foundations will be made wider to secure perfect stability. All the statements made go to pro?e that, t*ught by disas ter, the railway oonapany in re erecting the bridge will subordinate cost to seen* rity. Probably no company of any kind ever received so costly a lesson on the folly of over parsimony in regard to a great and untried work. «A.s for the Forth bridge, it seems to be almost forgotten in the meantime, and until the Tay is rebridged the Forth traffic will have to be carried on by the ferries as heretofore. Thus a single gust of wind has thrown back by at least ten years the prospects of extensive, populous, and thriving dis* tricts.