Good Old Days: Jan. 10, 2019
January 10, 2019
125 years ago
The Commoner, Jan. 5, 1894
Contractor J. W. Janney Saturday morning completed the temporary bridge over the river near the Colfax brewery. The location is about 200 yards north of the site of the bridge which was washed away in the late flood. The structure is 16 feet wide, and 125 feet long. It is a truss bridge, and will be a great benefit to the farmers until a new bridge can be built.
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W. L. Horton has completed the improvements of the bridge at the fair grounds which was damaged in the late flood. It was badly tor...
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