New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-08

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/ be so located or constructed as to
| interfere in any manner with the approach
! es to the railroad bridge now erected &C
| Clinton, or with the piers of the same, OF
/ SO as to obstruet in any manner the passage
OF SAID bridge BY boats, vessels, or RATS, or
| 70 render sueh passage more difficult or
| dangerous Provided, however That this
| clause shall not be construed to prohibit
! the crossing OF the approaches to said
| bridge, 1t such crossing shall be found neces-
| sarv.
| SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the
| provisions OF this act may, at the option Of
| the company building the same, be built az
a draw bridge, with pivot or other form
! OF draw, or with unbrOken or continuous
| spans; provided, that if the said bridge shan
| be made with unbrOken and continuous
spans, it shall not be of less elevation in
| any case, than fifty feet above extreme
| high water mark, as understood at the
| point of location, to the bottom chord of
| the bridge; nor shall the spans of said
| bridge be less than two hundred and fifty
| feet in length, and the piers of said bridge
shall be parallel with the current Of the
| river, and the main span shall be over the
main channel of the river, and not
less than three hundred feet in length
and provided also, that ifs any bridge
built under this act shall be constructed as
draw bridge the same shall be construct
over the main channel of the river ataD
accessible and navigable point, and with
spans of not less than one hundred and
sixty feet in length in the clear on each
side of the central or pivot pier of the draw;
and the next Adjoining spans to the draw
shall not be less than two hundred and fifty
| feet; and said spans shall not be less than
thirty feet above low-water mark, and not
! less than ten feet above extreme high-wateR
| mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the
| bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall ba
| PARALLEL with the current of the river,
| where said bridge may be erected: And pro-
| vided also, That said draw shall be opened
| promptly, upen reasonable signal, for the
| passage OF boats.
SEos 3. That any bridge constructed I'M
der this act and according to its limita-
tions, shall be lawful structure, and shall
be known and recognized as pOst-routey
upon which, also, no higher charge shall be
made for the transmission over the same Of
| the mails, the troops and the munitions Of
war of the United States than the rate per
| mile paid tor their transportation over the
railroads public highways leading to the
| said bridge, and the United States shall
| have the right of way for postal telegraph
| purposes across said bridge.
| SEC a. THAT all railway companies de-
| string to use the said bridge shall have and
be entitled to equal rights and privileges
| of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the approaches thereto, under and
| upon such terms and conditions as shall DO
prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon
| hearing the allegations and proofs Of the
| parties in case they shall not agree.
SEC. 5. That the structure herein author
/ lied shall be built and located under and
subject TO such regulations for the security
of navigation OF said river as the Secretary
of War shall prescribe, and the said struc-
ture shall be at all times so kept and man
aged as to offer reasonable and proper
means for the passage of vessels through or
under said structure; and the said struc-
ture shall be changed at the cost and
expense of the owners thereof, from time to
time as Congress may direct, so as to pre-
serve the free and convenient navigation of
said river. And the authority to erect and
continue said bridge shall be subject to re-
vocation or modification by law whenever
the public good shall, in the Judgment Of
Congress so require, without any expense
or charge to the United States.
SEC. 6. That the Muscatine Western Rail-
road Company, or their assigns, a corpora
.tion existing under the laws of the State Of
Iowa, be, and is hereby authorized to con-
struct and maintain a bridge across the
Mississippi river at the city of Muscatine,
| in the State of Iowa. The bridge authorized
| to be built by this section is hereby declared
| to be post-rOute, and shall have all the
| privileges, and is subject to all the terms,
restrictions and requirements contained in
the foregoing sections of this act.
seq. That a bridge may be constructed
and maintained across the Mississippi river,
at any point they may select, between the
counties of Carroll and Whitesides, in the
| State of Illinois, and the counties of jackson
| and Clinton, in the State of Iowa, either by
| the Western Union Railroad Company or
the Sabula, Aekley, and Dakota Railroad
| Company, or both of them, or by either or
| both of their successors or assigns, or by
| any person, company or corporation hav-
| ing authority from the States Of Illinois
and Iowa. The bridge authorized to be
built by this section is hereby declared to
| be post route, and has all the privileges,
and is subject to all the terms, restrictions,
and requirements contained in the fOrego-
ing sections of this act.
SEC. 8. That bridge may be construct
| ed and maintained across the Mississippi
river, at any point they may select, between
| the county of La Crosse, in the State of
| Wisconsin, and the county of Houston, in
| the State of Minnesota, by the Milwaukee
and Saint Paul Railway Company, their
successors or assigns, or by any person,
company, or corporation having authority
i from the States of Wisconsin and Minnes0-
| ta The bridge authorized to be built by
this section is hereby declared to be post
route, and has all the privileges, and is sub
ject to all the terms, restrictions, and re-
quirements contained in the foregoing sec
lions of this act.
SEC. 8. That the right TO alter or amend
| this act, so as to prevent or remove all ma
terial distractions to the navigation of said
| river by the construction of bridges, is here
by expressly reserved.
SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's passage,
without any expense or charge to tho
| United States.
Approved April !, 1872.