New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-12

the district court Of the United States Of
| any State in which any portion OF
said obstruction or bridge touches:
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
| Clinton, or with the piers of the same, or
so as co obstruct Ia any manner the passage
! 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-
SEC, 2. That any bridge built under the
provisions of this act may, at the option OF
/ the company building the same, be built as
/ a draw.bridge, with pivot or other form
| of draw, or with unbroken or continuous
! spans; provided, that If the said bridge shall
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 shah be over 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 act shall be constructed as
| draw bridge, the same shall be construct
| ed as a pivot uraw-bridge, with a draw
1 over the main channel of the river at an
/ accessible and navigable point, and with
| spans of not less than one hundred and
i 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
1 and sofH ahalI mn hn laca than
| thirty feet above low-water mark, and not
| less than ten feet above extreme high-wafer
/ 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 un-
| der this act, and according to its iimita-
tions, shall be lawful structure, and shall
| be known and recognized as postroute,
| 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
said bridge, and the United States shall
have the right Of way for postal telegraph
! purposes across said bridge.
i SEC. 4. 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 Ill the use
| of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the approaches thereto, under and
i 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. 5. That the structure herein author
l Ill 1,a hail 7oanfnd NM and
subject TO such regulations for the security
i 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 structures; and the said strue-
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, corpora
ton existing under the laws Of the State OF
Iowa, be, and is hereby, authorized to con
struet and maintain q bridge across the
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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, andis subject to all the terms,
restrictions and requirements contained IN
the foregoing sections of this act
SEC. z. That bridge may be constructed
and maintained across the Mississippi river,
at any point they may eeeet, between the
counties of Carroll and Whitesides, in the
State of Illinois, aud the counties OF jackson
and Clinton, in the State of Iowa, either by
the Western Union Railroad Company or
the SabulA, Ackley, aud Dakota Railroad
Company, or both of them, or by either or
botn of their successors or assigns, or by
any person, company, or corporation hay
\ ing authority from the States of Illinois
and Iowa. The bridge authorized to be
built by this section il hereby declared to
be post route, aud 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's bridge may be construct
ed and maintained across the Mississippi
river, at anyspOint 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
from the States of Wisconsin and MInneso-
ta The bridge authorized to be built by
this sectioni is hereby declared to be post-
route, and has all the privileges, and Is sub
ect to all the terms, restrictions, and re
quirements contained in the foregoing sec
tiOEs-Of this act
SEC. 9. That the right to alter or amend
this act, 80 as to prevent or remove all ma
terial distractions to the navigation Df 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 the
United States.
Approved April !, 1872