48 INSTITUTE NOTES. 



The removal of the old " Covered Bridge " marks another 

 step toward the disappearance of a type of bridge now no 

 longer built. These were timber bridges, pin connected, com- 

 posed of a combination of truss and arch fastened together at 

 each intersection of the arch rib with the truss members, and 

 the whole covered with shingle roof and board sides to give 

 protection from the weather. There are but few of such 

 bridges now left standing in the county, where formerly there 

 were many. The bridge under consideration is supposed to 

 have been built about 1854. It was about 130 feet long and 

 of one single span. 



With the next number of the Proceedings the Institute 

 will begin the publication of a series of articles by Edward V. 

 Streeper, Jr., entitled "Archives of Delaware County." Mr. 

 Streeper is an earnest student of local history, and his contri- 

 butions will be well worth putting into available form for the 

 benefit of local historians. 



