New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-04

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hereby granted; and in case of any itiga-
ton arising from any obstruction, or al
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:
provided. that said bridge shall not
be so located or constructed az 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 TO Obstruct in 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 neces-
sarv.
SEC. 9. That any bridge built under the
provisions of tLis 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 shall 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
! 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 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 beless than
! thirty feet above lOW-Water mark, and not
| less than ten feet above extreme high-watcr
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 IN
| der this act, and according to its hmlta-
| tions, shall be lawful structure, and shall
| be known and recognized as a pOstrOute,
upon which, also, no higher charge shall be
made for the transmission over the same of
| the mails, theatrOOps 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
fhave the right Of way for postal telegraph
! purposes across said bridge.
SEC. L. 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 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 OF
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 anC
| continue said bridge shall be subject to re
| vocation or modification by law whenever
! the public good shall, in the judgment Of
| Congress 90 require, without any expense
| or charge to the United States
SEC &. That the Muscatime Western Rail
! road Company, or their assigns, corpora
! ton existing under the laws of the State o,
Iowa, be, and is hereby, authorized to con
/ struct and maintain bridge across the
! Mississippi river at the city of Muscatine
! in the State of Iowa. The bridge authorized
to be built by this scctiOni is hereby declared
| to be pOst-rOute, and shall have all the
| privileges. and is subject to all the terms
! Restrictions and requirements contained IL
! the foregoing sections of this act.
SEC. 7: That a bridge may be constructed
and maintained across the MississippiTivcT
at any point they may select, between the
counties of Carroll and Whitesides, in tht
| State Of Illinois, and the counties of Jackson
! and Clinton. in the State of Iowa, either by
| the Western Union Railroad Company OF
! the Sabula, Ackley, and Dakota Railroad
! Company, or both of them. or by either OF
| both of their successors or assigns or by
! any person, company, or corporation hav
7 ing authority from the States of lllinoit
and Iowa, The bridge authorized to be
! built by this section is hereby declared to
be a 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. g. That bridge may be construct
! river, at any point they may select, between
| the county of La Crosse, in the State o
Wisconsin, and the county Of Houston, il
the State of Minnesota, by the milwaukee,
! and Saint Paul Railway Company, thei
successors or assigns, or by any person
company, or corporation having authority
from the States of Wisconsin and MinnesO
ia. The bridge authorized to be built by
this section is hereby declared to be a post
route, and has all the privileges, and is sub
iect to all the terms, restrictions, and re
| uuirements contained in the foregoing sec
tons of this act.
SEC. 9. That the right to alter or amend
this act, 50 as to prevent or remove all ma
teriaI distractions to the navigation Of sale
river by the construction of bridges, Is here
BY expressly reserved.
SEC TO- That this act shall take effcc
and be in force from and after its passage
without any expense or charge to tn
United States.
Approved April /, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. %.
An act authorizing the President of tn
United States to re-establish the MonrO
| land district in the State of Louisiana.