A Home journal Bays :— Many in far-off lands will hear with a feeling akin to that of bereavement that the Broomielaw bridge ia to be pulled down and rebuilt. It was erected in the early part of the century from designs by the celebrated engineer Telford. Of late years ic had become too narrow for the vastly increased traffic which passes over it, while its foun dations were endangered by the dredging of the river. It was at first proposed to widen the bridge and strengthen its foun dations by under building, but it was finally reßOlved to rebuild it altogether. To accommodate the traffic while the bridge is being rebuilt, a temporary wooden bridge is in course of con struction close by. It is on the cantilever principle adopted in the Forth bridge, and is to cost .£14,000. It is expected to be ready for use about the end of July, and as soon as it is completed the demolition of the old bridge will begin. A similar course of procedure was adopted during the rebuilding of Black friars bridge, London, some twenty-eight years ago.
THEATRE ROYAL.
