Completion Of A Railroad Bridge

Sr. LOUIS, May -29; - A dispatch froni St. Charles, Mo., says the excursión party, aumbering noarly 300, who lei't St. Louis this morning, ha.s jnst passed suocessfnlly the most magniflceni bridge on the contiiifnt. TIn' test df the strength of the bridge was a Bevers om'. It w;i made with cight locómotívea and li) erowded with peoplo. All wero on the bridge at one time, and tho total weight is ostimntod at 900 toits. Thè cHizens of S:. Charles and the sutrounding country reoeived the party anÖ are oötebrating the cvcnt with great enthuSiagm. The (■xtrnnc longth of the bridgo sind its ,iliproacins are 8,070 foei : of t!:i bridge proper, 2,17; feet. The number of spans is setren, ranging from 305 to 3'J'J fi length. All the piers rest on solid and range ín heiglit from 7(i tg 1 1 5 accordinpr to tbe depih of rock under the river. fh bridge waa bogua Sejif léth, 1868, tmder the oharge oJ Captain C. Shnlcr Sraith, chicf engineer ; .1 Bhemtd, ohief aasktant, with C. C. I sii.iil for General Superintendent. Tlio ia owned by aeompany and leased by toe North Bïüsonri Railroad Company at an nnual rental] of $190,000.