Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-23
70 ESTABLISH cERrAlN PosT ROADS.

TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN POST ROADS.
BE 1t eEaetei Gy tie Senate and RoMse Of
Representatives. Of the United States NJ inner.
lea III Congress assembled, That the bridge
partly constructed across the Ohio river at
Steubeuville, in the State of Ohio, Adult
ing on the Virginia shore of said river, is
hereby declared to be lawful structure,
when built in pursuance of charters grant
ed by the States aforesaid PFOUiied, That
when completed, if constructed without
draw, it shall leave an unobStructed head
way in the channel of the river OF not less
than ninety feet above low-water mark,
and such channel or waterway shall have
an unobstructed width of not less than two
hundred feet between the piers next to said
channel or waterway; or said bridge if
constructed with a draw, the same be con.
struCted rs provided in the fourth section
of this act, AS to elevation of draw and
width Of ChHunel. and said draw shall re.
main open except as in said section pro.
Yided.
SEC. >. .4nd be it further enacted, That
the said bridge is hereby declared n public
highway, and established post road for
the purpose oftrausmissiOn of mails of the
United States. and that the SteubenVille
and Indiana Railroad Company, chartered
by the legislature OF the State ofOhio, and
the Holidays Cove Railroad Company,
chartered by the State of Virginia, or either
of them, are authorized to have, maintain,
and operate said bridge when completed,
as set forth in the preceding section, (any-
thing in any law or laws of the above
named State to the contrary uotwithstand-
ing y and the officers and crews of all YES
sells and boats navigating said river nre re-
quired to regulate the use of their said
vessels and boats, and of any pipes or chin.
heys belonging thereto, so as not to inter-
tere with the elevation, construction, and
use of said bridge.
SIC. ,. And be il further enacted. That it
| shall be lawful for any other railroad COM
pany or companies, whose line or lines of
road may now or shall hereafter be built to
the Ohio river, in accordance with the
terms OF the charter or charters of such
| company or companies, to build bridge
across said river for the more perfect con-
nexiOn fNny such roads and for the pas
| sage Of trains thereof, under the limitations
and conditions hereafter provided.
SEC. 4. -1Md be IL further enacted, Thas
any bridge erected under the privileges OF
this act may, at the option of the company
| or companies building the same, he built
either as Il draw bridge, with pivot or
| other form OF draw, or with unbroken and
| continuous spans: Presided, That ii the
| said bridge shall be made with unbrokpn
and continuous spans it shall not bo of less
elevation than ninety feet above 10 -wa alter
mark over the channel of the said river
nor shall the piers Of the same be Of less
| distance apart than two hundred feet IJ,tI
provided, also, That if any bridge bui!t nn-
der the privileges of this act SHALL he con-
structed as draw-bridge, the same may
be constructed with piers not less than two
hundred feet apart, except that at the in
terval designated for the draw. the space
OF clear waterway may lie reduced 10, but
| shall not be less than, one hundred feet on
| each side of the pivot or central pier of
the draw; and that said draw shall he To-
Gated Immediately over tue channel OF the
said river ms understood at .he time of the
erection Of the bridge: Ind PROVIDED, also,
That both spans Of said draw shall mt ali
| times remain open for the passage of boats,
except when required to be closed for the
passage OF engines or trains, and for ten
minutes preceding the time any such en-
gines or trains may he due.
SEC. 5. Ind be It further snacisd, That
any bridge or bridges erected under the
provisions OF this act shall be lawful strnc-
futures. and shall be recognized and known
as post routes, upon which also no higher
charge shall be made for the transmission
over the same of the mails, the troops, and
munitions of war of the United States
than the rate per mile which the company
or companies erecting such bridge NAV
from time to time receive on the balance
Of their line or lines for such services.