NEW BOYLSTON ST. BRIDGE

The Soldiers Field bridge bill, after being passed by both houses of the Massachusetts General Court, was signed by Governor Bates last Friday.

The cities of Boston and Cambridge are authorized to rebuild the bridge across the Charles river in the line of North Harvard street in Boston, and of Boylston street in Cambridge, the new structure to be known as "Soldiers Field Bridge." Under the act, a temporary highway bridge may be put up, to be used by vehicles and pedestrians during the construction of the new bridge, or the present one may be used for that purpose.

It is provided that the new bridge shall be suitable for all the purposes of ordinary travel, and for the use of surface cars of street railway companies; also that it shall be built with or without a draw at a height not exceeding twenty-six feet above mean high water mark. The approaches are to be laid out separately by the respective cities, with a width of not less than sixty feet throughout their whole extent, and must be finished at or before the completion of the bridge. One hundred and twenty thousand dollars is the limit of total expenditure, which is to be divided equally between both cities. The act took effect upon its passage, and work on the bridge will begin as soon as possible, and should be completed by next fall.