Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-10-29
IGENERAL NATURE. No, 90 !
AN ACT to authorize the QOnstTug lion OF cert
bridges across the Mississippi river, and to esti


AN ACT to authorize the GOnstrug ion OF certain
bridges across the Mississippi river, and to ehtab
iish the same a. pOsl-rOadS.
BE ehaeted Jy he senate and Fotse Of Repres ta
fiUes IF l. UeSed Stat Qf neTio IN Congress as
sen bed, That IL shall he lawful for the 9stern IL
lnOis Bridge Company, a corporation existing un-
der the laws OF the State Uf MI tour, to build a
bridge across the Mississippi river at the city OF
quincy, lin ia for the purpose Of crossing persons
and property, such as are usually crossed on Wag N
bridges: and also to lay on and ever said brtdg
railway Tracks for the more peri ct come tion OF
any RAILROADS. that arc or shall he constructed to the
said river AZ or opposite said point, aud that when
construct d, all persons and property aforesaid
and also all trains OF all reads terminating at sa
IVer, az or poslte said point, sh u De allowed ~
cFusa said bridge for reasonable compensation TO he
made To The owners OF said bridge under the liui-
tatlons and conditions hereinafter provided and In
case OF any litigation or alleged 8 ructi to the
free navigation OF said Iiver Tho cause may be Tried
before the district court Of the United Staes Of any
Stdte IN winch any portion OF said Obstrucl ion or
bridge touches; and that all railway companies de-
string to use the said bridge shall have and be ent
lied 10 equal rights and prlvilee IN the passage
the same, and Ia the us5 OF the machinery and fix
tnrea hereof, and OF all the approaches IN reIo,
under upon such terms and Conditions as shall
~ precrlben Dy the secretary or War, upon airing
the allegations and proofs Of the PARTIES. in case
they hall not aRree
sRo. 2. That said bridge may, at the option OF the
company building the tame, be bu 1t eitder as a
pivot draw bridge or with III bl oxen Or continuous
spans troptded, That II the said bri ge shall be
nhuH WIN unnroken0 or con inuOus spans t shal
not be OF less lion, In any case than ty feet
ABOVE hlsh water mark, as understood AT the point
Ai tRhllOn 10 LHe DOttt IN chord OF the DfidHe:
sali the spans OF said bridge be less than two hun
hteu and lfty feet In 10 9Th az the piers Of said
pIu shaD be parallel with the current O the river
ana tne main span shall be over The main channel
OI e river and not less th taree hundred feet in
length; Anu pTOgded also That If sad bridge shall
be constructed az pivot draw bridge the same
slal be constructed with draw over the main
channel OF the river at an accessible and naVigaue
point, and Win spans % not less han one hundred
Ot tlls Rldth between 1t and the shore, and said
sfans ghal not be less than thirty f. ct above lOw-
r @eler mar, measuring TO the bottom chord of the
said bridge and the piers OF said bridge shah be
parallel with tht current OF the river nd prOu,dsd
also, That said draw shall be opened pTUmuty, upon
reasonable signal, for the passage OF the boats
whose construction shall not be such to admit Vt
their pa sage under the permanent spans said
bridge except when trains are passing over the
same; but In no shan unne cessary delay occui
of trains. fN'1NeN
SIC. 8. That any bridge constructed under this
act, and according to Its limitations shal he law
ful structure, and shall be recognized and known as
a poat-route, upon which. also, no higher charge
shall be made for the transmission over the same oil
we malls the troops, and munitions of war OF the
United States than the rele per mile paid for theil
transportation over the TalrUa IS or public high.
Ways leading to said bridge, aud the United states
shau have the right of way for postal telegraph
pnfpot es across SAID bridge,
Sic Z. That said company NAV execute a mort.
gage upon said bridge, and issue bonds, payable
pnclpal hhn interest," In gold or United sta es cur
sEc 5. That the right to alter or amend this act
90 as to prevent or remove all material obstructons
70 the navigation of said river by the cOnstIuc iOr
nin uiluBe is ntHDJ eAprt sSly reserved ana tht
haid bridge shall be built under and subject TO suCf
regulation for the security of the navigation of sail
iNei as the Secretary OF War shall prescribe; anC
sne SAID bridge shall be, at ell times 80 Kept anC
managed as to of reasonable and proper mean
Tor the passage OF vessels
SIC 8. That the plan aud specifications with the
necessary drawings OF said bridge, shall be submit
ted 10 The Secretary OF War, Tor his approval ant
until he approve the plan aud location OF said brdg,
II shall not be built or commenced; an should ant
change be made In the plan OF said bridge during
the progress of the work thereon, such change shai
be subject TO the approval OF the Secretary OF War
and all changes In the construction any alteration
OF said bridge, that may be Directed at any time by
Congress, shall be made ct the cost and expense
the owners thereof.
SEC. 7. That the Warsaw and Alexandria Bridge
COMPANY, their successors and assigns, a corpora
lion eX sting under and by virtue the laws Of tht
Rate OF Missouri, be- and is hereby, authOri ed Il
construct and maintain bridge over the Misslssip
river Rt and between the city OF Warsaw, in Han
COCK county, and State Of Illinois, aud the CITY o
Alexandria. In CLARK county, ard State of Missouri
ah the bridge authorized to be built by this section
~ hereby declared to be pOst-r0ule and shall hav
~ tne privileges and he subjec all the terms, lie
sulcllons, aud requirements contained in the fore
gong sections OF this act. FrOuidd, That the con
suucuon OF the bridge mentioned in this seciOl
s shsll De commenced within eighteen months from
Lle passage of this act.
ApproVed,May II, 1879.