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TEMPORARY BRIDGE DESIRED IN LINE WITH SHOTWELL ST.
Board of Education Anxious That Children Shall Cross Welland River in Safety
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 11 December 1931]
A suggestion thrown out by trustee John Young at the monthly meeting, held last evening in the board room at the Welland High and Vocational school to ask city council to consider erecting a temporary bridge near North Main street across the Welland river in line with Shotwell street, so that school children might cross this stream with safety, resulting in the board unanimously passing a resolution along this line.
The motion read as follows: “The board, with due considaration for the safety of the school children, recommend to the city council that the proposed temporary bridge at North Main street be made in line with Shotwell street-if this is done considerable hazard will be eliminated and at the completion of the new North Main street bridge the temporary structure could be used solely for pedestrian traffic.“
The Trustees expressed varied views on the matter, all of them, however, agreeing that a pedestrian’s bridge would be safer for the children than the proposed vehicular structure. Trustee Haffey pointed out that some years ago a float had been erected across the river, and he believed it might be possible to do so again, but he favored the idea of the bridge connecting at Shotwell street. Trustee James H. Atherton and W.J. Thomas favored the principle but believed that the situation, perhaps, should be gone over thoroughly before the matter was finally passed on to the council. However, all trustees agreed to the motion.
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