PAGE S THE MICHIGAN DAILY t'EDl' 'ESDAY, UI3ER 20, X951 PAGE SIX WED~1ESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1951 sg acefulBri e' ruses Ire of Ciyficials * ,~' Campus Calendar EVENTS TODAY Political Cartoons - An experi- mental film entitled "1848" will be featured at the Young Progressive meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Un- ion. Botany Club - Grady Webster, graduate assistant in the botany department, and Roy Jervic, will speak on Cuba at a meeting of the Botany Club at 7:30 p.m., 1130 Natural Science Building. . . * Science Society-The first meet- ing of the Student Science Society at 7:30 p.m., 1400 Chemistry Bldg., will feature Dr. Jeana D. Levin- thal, who will speak on "Mechan- ism for the Duplication of the Virus." S* * * Polonia Club-Films of Poland before, during and after the last war will be shown at 8 p.m. today in Rm. 3-F of the Union, spon- sored by the Polonia Club. EVENTS TOMO RROW% AOA Meeting-The first ,neet- Association will be held at 7:30 ing of the year of the University Post of the American Ordnance p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 3-A of the Union. Union Urges Ride SharingProgram The Union travel service is still accepting applications for "share the ride" commuter groups. Union councilman Harry Blum, '54, urged that all students who commute to Ann Arbor register with the Union to find others willing to share the expenses for the daily trips. Blum also reminded students going to the Illinois and Cornell football games that the Union is organizing rides to Champaign and Ithaca. Students interested in either service may register between 3 and 5 p.m. weekdays at the Union student offices or. call 2-4431. Read and Use Daily Classifieds Crumbling Old Struettire Sore Spot of Ann Arbor About a quarter of a mile from the city limits, north on U.S. 23, lies a decrepit old bridge, relic of the colorful World War One days when Ann Arbor was an infant town of 15,000, Beneath it flow the placid waters of the Huron River on one side, and on the other, freight and passenger trains roar by under its arches. Here and there picturesque hills loom up to challenge the structure's ugliness. Built in 1916 by the State of Michigan to accommodate sur-r reys, horses and buggies, the long, narrow archway is now sustain- ing the strain of modern vehicles. Over the span of 35 years, the bridge has provided a necessary, but hazardous thoroughfare for the teeming traffic which rolls over it to points north of the city. Now, aged and worn out, its concrete framework cracking, narrow and hazardous, the bridge is about ready to be repaired or replaced. City officials, sheriff's deputies, and University engi- neers are urging that the State do something about it. And through it all, the bridge's only distinction remains a historical one: it was the first of its kind to be built on the curve of a river. * * * * Relie Ineites City, State Controversy Bridge Termed. Traffic Hazard The bickering between State and local officials over a "disgraceful" bridge north of this cityscontinues to occupy the limelight in Ann Arbor circles. "Preliminary negotiations" for either the reconstruction or the repacement of the bridge are now underway-with Mayor William E. Brown. Jr, insisting that State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Ziegler do something about its "deplorable" condition. University engineers and sheriff's deputies are backing Brown. YESTERDAY, MAYOR Brown confidently predicted that the State would either repair or re- place the structure in the very near future. "W'hether the State will re- pair the bridge, build a new one, or both, I can't say," Brown explained. "It depends on a proposed plan, which is being given serious consideration, to re-locate highway 23. The mayor estimated that to re- pair the bridge alone would entail a cost of about $125,000. The cost of building a new bridge would, of course, be huge. AS PER USUAL, however, the matter of who will pay for the pro- posed project is the crux of the controversy. Ziegler is known to feel that the city should share expenses, an oinion shared by several lo- cal civic leaders. Mayor Brown and the City Council, however, have proposed that the State should pay, the bridge being out-side Ann Arbor's city limits. And somehow or other, the NYC railroad, which runs tracks under- neath the bridge, is expected to as- sume some of the costs-presum- ably because of damages to the bridge inflicted by rumbling trains through the course of years.j MEANWHILE, condemnations of the bridge continue to echo throughout the city. Referring de- risively to the bridge, Mayor Brown called it a "hazard and a disgrace. There are just too aany accidents in that vicinity." A check with Prof. Edward L. Eriksen, chairman of the de- partment of engineering me- chanics, corroborated Brown's contention that the bridge was in sad shape. "There is no danger that the bridge will collapse," Prof. Erik- sen .explained, "because its foun- dations are still solid. But the bridge's sidewalks, deteriorating and unsupported by girders, are cdangerous and could easily col- lapse." * *~ * PROF. ERIKSEN, who made a deprecating report on the bridge way back in 1932, insisted that re- pairig it would prove too costly. And because he believed the bridge way "too far gone" and couldn't be widened, the engireer favored a new bridge. Later, Deputy Sheriff Max Peet pointed out that, in his opinion, the narrow bridge was inadequate for traffic and "the most hazard- ous traffic threat in the Ann Ar- bor dstrict." Draft Board To Call 180 l 2 For Exams Washtenaw County's two draft boards have been asked to send a total of 180 men for pre-induction tests in November. This November pre-induction quota of 90 from Ann Arbor is the largest in recent months, com- pared to 20 in October and 35 in September.* MARRIED MEN with no child- ren may be included in the No- vember pre-draft testing. The draft board is asking fathers to furnish birth certificates of their children to be filed. High school students who are graduating in February will not be able to take the tests until April ?4, provided they enter college in the second semester. The application blanks for col- lege students eligible for the Dec. 13 tests are now available at the Ann Arbor draft board headquar- ters, 210 W. Washington St. Prof. Harold Dorr of the poli- tical science department noted that college students graduating in February and desiring to con.- tinue in graduate school or pro- fessional school should take the test Dec. 13. I NARROW THOROUGHFARE-This is a picture of the bridge itself, measuring only 16 feet in width. The structure is too narrow to accommodate the heavy traffic which rolls over it daily, city officials contend. A vehicle is in danger of being side-swiped. 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The eight-week course in group leadership, which is designed to increase leadership skills for those active in clubs and service groups, will have its initial meet- ing at 7:30 p.m. today in Rm. 1430 University Elementary school. First meeting of the course on taxation will take place at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 164, Bus- iness Administration Bldg. It will feature a lecture by local attorney Albert E. Blashfield, Others to appear at subsequent meetings of the six-week course include Prof. Arthur W. Bromage of the political science depart- both of the economics department. ment, city Alderman John S. Dob- son and Professors Richard A. Musgrave and Robert S. Ford, DANGEROUS SPOT-Here is a close-up of a side of the bridge, where the concrete has been badly shattered. One University engineer claims that the railing and the sidewalks of the bridge are "most dangerous" and likely to collapse if a heavy-duty truck jumps the curb. 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