Lockwood were the Westchester members of this commission, which, in June, 1860, appointed William H. McAlpine engineer of the work. He made plans for an iron draw-bridge on stone piers, at a cost of three hundred thousand dollars, and it was eventually built, although not until some changes had been made in the plan to better accommodate navigation. On July 14, 1886, the New York authorities awarded a contract to a Wilmington, Del., company, for the construction of a

1 r,aH-8 1798, page 44S, f'liapter Ixxvi, (Loring Andrews' edition of the Laws).

- Laws 1797 (Rollins' edition). '■' Laws ISOS*, page Id.

new iron bridge at a cost of two million two hundred thousand dollars.

The Harlem Bridge is crossed by the Fordham and West Farms Horse Railways.

In addition to the above traveled bridges are the Hudson River Railroad Bridge, at the junction of Hudson River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek; the New York City and Northern Railroad Company's bridge, at the terminus of One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street and Ninth Avenue, connecting with west-side system of elevated railways in New York (it was constructed in 1879-80 under authority of the Rapid Transit Act of 1875 and by permission and under the supervision of the Park Department;* the Fourth Avenue Harlem Railroad bridge, an iron structure ; * and the new iron bridge of the suburban Rapid Transit Company at the terminus of Second Avenue."

In the early j^art of the century a bridge also crossed the Harlem, connecting Ward's Island with New York Island, but the bridge and its piers were removed many years ago.