1668-23 Economics, Development, & Real Estate 1895-1926 •
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THE WEATHER.' • 0
•• Showers today and Monday. •• •'.
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(NG, JULY• 21, 1912. • PRICE FIVE CENTS
ATION. ,y .
;'iiet thehoteL WORK Wild START TOMORROW ON BRIDGE �: ,.tomobile by the
that Libby was
ac)hlne. fie was TO CROSS THEBAY, CONNEC ING M�AM��nd jury fora
iat)a number of .ti
romineent gam_ .WITH .ti NEW COLLINS BEACH__RESORT . sPK; '
.a has developed
as murdered by
from the gang —--• -- --•-------- -- I
`ed by desperate Furst—Clark Company to
e and When Completed Will Be the
them in the
ere were several •LOngeSt Bridge In the ,
mmediate vicin- nr
he murder has estora �`Qritin'al
Depth ,
ney Whitman toN. . United States . .`,
let the murder Of jWater in Miami River
mitted the mur- >';
\ • THREE THOUSANDSPILI�IG WILL •�;+::'
r 1BE USED IN THF. CON-
STRUCTION.
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THIS IN ACCORDANCF. WITH GENERA ORDER OF TIIF. WAR DE-
PARTMENT,
PARTMENT, THE WORK TO B E COMMENCED WITHIN THIRTY ST`RlICT10N.
DAYS FROM JULY 19—GOVERNMENT FINDS FILLING OF RIVet `
IS DUE TO SILT COMING DOWN FROM DRAINAGE CANAL. •
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Also Million and a Half Feet of Lum- • ;!!:;,'
f her, 2,000 Barrels of Cement and 5
The Miami river, ,from Avenue D narrow at one point as not to be real- Tons and Tons of Nails and
bridge to the mouth, is to be cleaned ly available, thus reducing the avail- Bolts—Will Be Finished in .
able depth v 8 feet. Four Months—,S
out and restored to its original con- pact-,
i"= After a careful study of this mat-
dition, the war department has so ter, I am convinced that the shoaling ncations. ?y
decreed it, the Furst-Clark Company is due to the mud and silt brought '-i
s will have to do it, and the work will down the river and that this is a re- ..
i have to be begun within thirty days suit of operations in the drainage A million and a half feet of lum- ''y i''
from July 19th. This according to a canal. ber, 3,000 spiles, 2,000 barrels of ce-
� copy of a letter sent to the trustees "It therefore becomes my duty in ment, tops and tons of nuilq and drift ,-'''
of the Internal Improvement Fund accordance with general order No. 20, bolts and $75,000fin the coin of the, � '
by Captain Shitery, which says: War Department, office of the chief realm will be_required to complete
s",? , "I have the honor to state that of engineers, current series, copy of the work of one of Dlien}i'a�biggest '•'
complaints have been received recent- which is enclosed herewith, to reque-t enterprises that Is to be begun bright 1',
ly from the Miamf Board of Trade, that within thirty days dredging op- and early tomorrow morning. .}
' '* the George F. Cook Company, the orations be begun by the trustees of Ref
erence is made to what is local•
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a1 Samuel C. Lawrence estate and Cros- the Internal Improvement Fund with ly known.ns the Collins bridge that
r. land Steamship Company, to the ef- a view,to restoring that portion of is to span Biscayne Bay, and which, '
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r. • feet that shoaling is being caused in the river below Avenue D bridge to with the possible exception of some ;r••'
,;y the Miami river as a result of tho its original condition, and that the of the spans of the Over-Sea rail- •'re,'.
drainage Operations being carried on' said work be vigorously prosecuted road, will be the longest,bridge in :'',-.,.;.C,
by the state in that vicinity. until its completion." the United States—over two and a . ;;',
.•!F "At my request a map has been The general orders referred to in- half miles, to be exact,•13,000 feet. ,,�;`
prepared showing the present cqndi- elude extracts from the river and Within twenty-four hours after the
s ►A " ' tions in the river below Avenue D harbor act and relate to the obstruc- George F. Cook Company secured the •• ''''
s-,t • . bridge. Comparing this map with a tion of any of the navigable waters of contract for the erection of the • ti;.•
s'j' map made by this office in January the United States and the penalty to bridge, work had been begun assem- a .
and February, 1909,I find that where- be inflicted open anyone found guilty tiling the force and getting the ma- .,•;.•,.
• •as in 1909 a depth of 10.3 feet could of the misdemeanor. Provisions are chinery and materials together.- A -''
"> be:carried at mean low water up to also made for the removal of such spile driver with a 3,000 bound ham-
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the Benner Line dock, at the present obstructions.'and the damages that mer was found at Palm Beach that ' - <•
time a depth of only 9 feet can be may be collected as a result of a vi- was just what was wanted.Other nee- ):.?-
• carried,to that point, and that, fur- olation of any of the sections of the essities were picked up here and there, .`
thermore, the 9-foot channel is ad act' and tomorrow the actual work begins. . ";':
—_ —_ _. A Four Months' Job. ;
J. T. Conklin, who has drawn' the '
plans and specifications, will have the
NSPECTION • OFl JAPANS RuLER supervision
ievesvth y of will'finish the job din he
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1 ���� er four months than six, as the cion-' ; '
2 tract calls for. "With our equipment," <'+.
r 7' PROPOSED PARK IS DEPORTED sd n and numbersd he,"we can , and there tarnu ' -'•f,
a day. ' That is a thousand a month, '�' -,
1 4»IMa►411Ir---•-'- fill"-•""ti 3,000 to drive' I intend to have the • .`•{c.
3 - ; bridge gang follow right on ti.e heels
P SITE? BY CITY VERY SICK MRN of he spilee driver, in order that we `>7
mayuse the structure as.completed
to carry to the front our supplies.;
I materials, fresh water, electricity for ',..,....•
WILL BE MADE SOON—JOHN S. SUFFERS WITH ACUTE NEI'ERI- region why owerwershuuid n •ot haves etc and I seothe M1•,
COLLINS, THE DONATOR, HAS TIS WITH SYMPTOMS OF'JRAE• bridge finished several weeks before ,-,.
NO STRINGS•ON HIS PROPOSI- MIC POISONING—A SLIGHT the contract expires."
• The approach TION, AND IT IS LIKELY THE CHANGE F9R BETTER—EM- pp ach to the bridge will be
�'_ PRESS REMAINS AT HIS BED- neaY•the foot of Waddell street, three
� � r,. SAME WILL `BE ACCEPTED— SIDE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT blocks north of First street, and roe
•LEi-n.RS ON,SUBJECT. of the first things necessary to do
will• be the building of a roadway• '
over a soft spot from Biscayne Drive X
IIIUnder date of July 17,'J. S. Col- Tokio, July 21� (Sunday"Morning) the waters edge, about 250'feet.' ti.',W..
Tokio,
lbs has written C.H. Ward;secretary
—The critical'illness of Mutsuhite, Timbers will be laid down'and then . ::"•
of the Board of Trade, that there are emperor of Japan, .is causing great covered with material dredged from' .ay, e
no strings -attached to his offer to anxiety- the first 500 feet of the bridge right:''',A7
N.MIAMI AND the eitzy of ten acres for a recreation The court physicians have pro- of way. • ,i;,;
and park site. J. E. Lummus, chair- nounced his illness a case of acute Concrete Plere. . " -'4":
Al ET—WAL- man of the finance committee of the nephritis with alarming symptoms of The first eight piers on thin side of-- :'
CHARGE OF city council, had previously written uraemic poisoning. It was believed the bay will be of concrefe and a • •' .+;'-
YTTAL SUBURB the secretary of the Board of Trade yesterday afternoon that the emperor dredge will start work the first thing
• regarding the matter,a copy of which was sinking, and all ministers of in the morning removing the mud and '/-•,...F.
of a eom t letter had been forwarded to Mr. Col- state were assembled at the palace, sand preparatory to placing the ,
,aranteed",.:Wobe fins, and the letter of the latter is but his majesty rallied somewhat. beard caissons In position to re^.eive • •..
of Hetet you; partially in reply to the communica-
Duringthenight.the temperature thietcement' the latter being poured in '<;-, :•" '
Oen e• Mr' Lammas' Th., re'• , of the ^ ... a snow% a.,rti h•n1. • '•