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The whole object of this bridge is to make toll rates as low as possible. There is an earnest wish aU through Manchester for the establishment of a free bridge. This is no doubt desirable, but, to the Trustees, does not seem at present practicable. It has been held that if a free bridge were to be built by the town of Manchester, the increased value of the property in that town wonld more than