THE STADIUM BRIDGE.

A report was published yesterday to the effect that a graduate of the University is willing to give $300,000 for a new bridge to Soldiers Field, provided the present obstacles to a suitable structure be removed. Everyone connected with the University would be more than pleased to see this report definitely confirmed.

The need of a new bridge requires no comment, for we are all familiar with the unsightly patchwork structure which now leads to the Stadium. But there are two obstacles which stand in the way of building a bridge without a draw. These are the riparian rights of the Brighton Abattoir and of the Watertown Arsenal. It is altogether possible that the abattoir's license may be withheld this year, as the section in which it is located is becoming thickly populated; in this case it is not unlikely that the War Department will permit the construction of a bridge without a draw. With these possibilities in view, and the prospect of a gift to build the bridge, no effort should be spared until this has been accomplished.