New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-17

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/ ton for the purposes Of merchandise or
| profit. He shall also cause all persons tres
| passing upon the same after the passage or
/ this act to be removed therefrom, and gen
| orally shall be authorized to take all such
measures as shall be necessary or proper to
fully carry out the objects and purposes of
| this act.
Approved March /, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1871
An act to authorize the construction of a
| bridge across the Missouri river at or near
/ st. Joseph, Missouri.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
| Representatives of the United States OF
| America in Congress assembled, That it
| shall be lawful for sHhe st. Joseph Bridge
Building Company" corporation organ
| lied for that purpose under the general
| corporation laws of the State of Mis-
souri,, to construct a bridge across the
| Missouri river at or near Saint JO-
| seph, Missouri, and to lay on and over
| said bridge railway tracks for the more
| perfect connection of any and all railways
| that are now, or. which may hereafter be,
/ constructed to the Missouri river at or near
! Saint Joseph, or to the river on the opposite
side of the same, near Saint Joseph; and
build, erect, ana lay on and over said
| bridge ways for wagons, vehicles of all
| kinds, and for the transit of animals, and
to provide ways for foot passengers and to
keep up, maintain, and operate said bridge
for-the purposes aforesaid; and that when
said bridge is constructed, all trains Of all
railroads terminating at said river, and on
the opposite side thereof, at or near Saint
Joseph, Missouri, shall be allowed to cross
said bridge fol. reasonable compensation, to
be made to the owners of the same, under
the limitations and conditions hereafter
named. The owners of said bridge may
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sation or tolls for the transit over the said
bridge Of all wagons, carriages, vehicles,
animals, and foot passengers.
SEC. 3 That any bridge built under the
provisions of this act may, at the option of
| person, or persons, or corporation building
| the same, be built as a drawbridge, with
| pivot or other form of draw, or with unbr0-.
ken or continuous spans; provided, that if
4 the same shall be made of unbroken continu-
H GUS spans it shall not be of less elevation in.
any case than fifty feet above extreme high
H 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 three hundred and fifty feet in length,
and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel
with the current of the river, end the main
span shall be over the main channel of the
river andnot less than three hundred feet
in length; and provided also, that if
bridge shah be built under this act as
draw bridge the same shall be constructed
as pivot draw bridge, with a draw over
the main channel of the river at an accessi-
BILE and nayigable 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
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mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the
bridge, and the piers Of said bridge SHAH be
parallel with the current Of the river, and
provided also, that said draw shall be
opened promptly, upon reasonable signal,
for the passage Of boats whose construction
shall not be such as to admit of their pas
sage under the permanent spans of said
bridge, except when trains are passing over
the same, but in no case shall unnecessary
delay occur in opening the said draw during
or after the passage of trains And pro
yided further That the corporation building
said bridge may, if not unauthorized by the
provisions Gifts charter Ofincorpation, enter
upon the banks Of said river, either above
or below the point Of the location of said
bridge, fora distance of seven miles, and
erect and maintain, breakwaters or use such
other means as may be necessary to make
a channel for said river, and cOnfne the
flow of the water to a permanent channel,
and TO do whatever may be necessary to ac-
cOInplish said object, but shall not impede
or obstruet the navigation of the said river;
and all plans for such works or cree
tons upon the banks of the river shall first
be submitted to the Secretary Of War for
his approval.
SEC. 8. That any bridge built under this
act, and according to its limitations, shall
be lawful structure, and shall be recOg-
nized and known as a p0stroute, upon
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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 rail-
roads or public highways leading to the
said bridge.
SEC. 4. That in case of any litigation
arising from any obstruction, or alleged OBJ
struction, to the free navigation of the Mis-
souri, river, at or near the crossing of said
said bridge, and caused or alleged to be
caused thereby, the cause shall be COM
1menced and tried in the district courts of
either judicial districts of Missouri or Kan
sas in.which the said bridge, or any portion
of such obstruction touches; and the right.
to alter or amend this act SOFAS to prevent
or remove all material Obstrucdons to the
navigation of said river by tile construction
of said bridge Is hereby-expressly reserved,
and allsBoh alterations; when required by
Law, shah be made at the expense of said
bridge company; and the plan on which
snclIbridge i intended TO be built; and shall
be built, shall be first submitted 10 and APP
proved by the Secretary of War. z
SEC. 5. That the Saint Joseph Bridge
Building Company, after the passage of
this act, shall not have the riglltto assign
the charter which said company now holds
by assignment from the Saint Joseph and
Denver City Railroad Company, and which
was granted to said last named company by.
virtue Of an act Of Congress, approved July
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
To any ether company, person, or persons;
For shall said bridge building company be
permitted, under the said charter so obA
famed as aforesaid from the Saiat Joseph
and Denver City Railroad Company to
construct any other bridge than the one
now being constructed at Saint Joseph, Mis-
sour.
Approved March 5, 1872.
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