New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-11


legged obstruction, to the free navigation of
said river, the cause may be tried before
the district court of the United States of
/ any State in which any portion of
said obstruction or bridge touches:
1 provided, that said bridge shall not
/ be so located or constructed as to
Interfere in any manner with the approach
es to the railroad bridge now erected at
Chatons or with the piers of the same, OF
so as 70 obstrulet in any manner the passage
Il OF said bridge by boats, vessels, or RATS, or
to render such passage more difficult or
dangerous: Provided, however, That this
clause shall not be construed to prohibit
the crossing of the approaches to said
\ bridge, if such crossing shall be found neees-
sary
SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the
/ provisions of this act NAV, at the option Of
the company building the same, be built as
draw bridge, with pivot or other form
of draw, or with unbroken or continuous
spansf provided that II the said bridge shall
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 Ia length, and the piers of said bridge
shall be parallel with the current of the
main channel Of the river, and not
/ less than three hundred feet in length
and provided also, that if any bridge
| built under this aet shall be constructed as
! a draw bridge, the same shall be construct
ed as a pivot draw bridge, with draw
over the main channel Of the river at an
accessible and navigabe point, and with
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 be
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.
SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed I'M
der this act, and according to its limita-
/ tons, shall be a lawful structure, and shall
be known and recognized as post-route
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 for their transportation over the
railroads public highways leading to the
have the right Of way for postal telegraph
I purposes across said bridge.
SEC e. THAT all railway companies de-
string to use the said bridge shall have and
/ be entitled to equal rights and privileges
in the passage Of the same, and in the use
of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the approaches thereto, under and
upon such terms and conditions as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of War. upon
/ hearing the allegations and proofs of the
parties in case they shall not agree.
SEC. ;. That the structure herein author
lied shall be built and located under and
subject 10 such regulations for the security
! of navigation OF said river as the Secretary
4 of War shall prescribe, and the said struc-
ture shall be as 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
4 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
Il 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
Iowa. be, and is hereby, authorized to con
struct and maintain a bridge across the
/ Mississippi river at the city Of Museatine,
! in the State-Of Iowa. The bridge authorized
to be built by this section Is hereby declared
/ to be a 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.
SEC. 7. That bridge may be constructed
| and maintained across the 81ississippiriEer,
! 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
i Company, or both Of them, or By either or
/ botn of their successors or assigns, or by
any person. company, or corporation hay-
inc 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. s. 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
i 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
from the States of Wisconsin and AlinnesO-
ta The bridge authorized to be built by
this sections hereby declared to be post
route, and has all the privileges, and is sub
ieet to all the terms, restrictions, and re-
duirements contained in the foregoing sec
ti0Es of this act.
SEC. 9. 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
bv expressly reserved.
SEc.I0. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage,
without any expense or charge to the
United States.
Approved April !, 1872.
GnSrnAL NirURp-No. 32l
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