To the Commissioner of M C Gentlemen by your request I went out and examined the bridge over big bean and find on examination that said bridge is in bad repair and dangerous and that said bridge requires to have a new floor and new side braces and new raleing and the north section should have a bent just under the middle of the same like the bents under the bridge at the present time. Cost of oak timber for floor $150.00 Cost from work for plates $15.00 Work on the same to put it in good repair $183.60 = $358.60 The bridge over the mudy fork is also in a dangerous condition the west section requires to be new and the whole bridge should have a new floor and and new raleing timber to put the same in good repair and make the west end new wil cost at $1.50 per 100 ft from bolts and plates to put the same repairs $12.00 Carpenters work for the same 115.00 = $215.00
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