Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-17
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The Steubenytlls Railroad Bridge 1
ana the Board Of TEade-An AlGs8@
edsfssnRken In Che Way.
Some time since bin vas offered ID the /
House Of RepresentattV ualEiqG q pest /
Toute Of the bridge over the Ohio TiVef At 1
SteubenVilles now IL course Of eOnsune-
tion for the 6teubenville 6 Indiana BALE |
road. A>neeting Of the Beard Of Trdda
was held, and the bill endorsed aud sent Cd /
70 our members, with request that they |
use their influence 70 have It passed The
bill passed the House and is now in the
Senate. With areasonable prospect of con-
cuEEenee BY that body. SO fRr al Was well;
An Improvement, as the bill stipula-
ted that the piers should be three
hundred feet apart, 80 a8 not 10 obstFuct
navigation; but. yesterday, q dispatch was
received from SenGtOr COWan setting forth,
We belieYe, that there was q very large tan-
acOudaH in the bill, under which any nam
Der of bridges might be built across the
Ohio without any restriction rs 10 the
space betWeen the piers, and asking the
Board II they nnjerstOod what they had
endorsed. Another meeting was O. once
called, apd resoiutions adopted req nesting
the Seuatorsto use his influence TO defeat
the bill. Tho action Of the meeting was
teIegraphed TO Mr.. CoWan yesterday, bat.
what tie sesultWill be remains 70 be leen.
That our readers may the better understand
the force of Mr. CoWRu's pIjeetiol 70 the
bill, we submit that section IN which it is
claimed the Hanaeonda" was discovered
GEcIIuN 8 And 6e Il further enacted That Il shan
b lawful for any other Railroad company or eompa
niess whose Hna lines of rod may inoElor shall
hereafter b but 70 the Ohio river, In aee0pdanee
With the terms Of the charter 81 charters Of such
company OF oOmpanies TO build bridge across aid
TEe. tof the Fn0FB perfect connection Of any such
tie t5o s. N ma eoato8. i ssIs SRdsF
Tue limitations here referred to are very
clear and precise. They set forth that the
bridge may be built either as a draw, or
with unbroken or continuous spans, pro-
Vided, that If it "shAll be made with
unbroken and continuous spans IL shall
not be of less elevation than ninety feet
above low water marx over the channel
of the said river; nor shall the piers of
the same be of less distance apart than
tWO hundred feet: And provided also that
If any bridge built under the privileges Of
this act shall De constructed as a draw
bridge, the same may be contracted with
piers not less than two hundred feet apart,
except that at the interval designated for
the draw, the space of clear waterway may
be reduced to, 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 be located Immediately over the
channel of the said river as understood at
the time Of the erection of the bridge
And provided, also, that both spans of said
draw shall at all times remain open for the
passage Of boats, except when required to
30 closed for the passage of engines or
trains, and for ten minutes preceding the
time any such engines or trains may be
due" The philadelphia Morih AAscliean
urges the passage of the bill in an article
In yesterdays issue which We give below.
/ Il says:
We print to-day the hill Low pending in the Senate
the Ohio river a. stSubenVllie post route aud thus
removing obstacles to it, eonst This meas