New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-20

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 80 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, OF
so as 70 Obstruet in any manner the passage
Of said bridge by boats, vessels, or RATS, or
TO reader 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-
saTy.
SIC. 2. That any bridge built under the
provisions of this act may, at the option Of
the company building the same, be built as
draw. bridge, with pivot or other form
| Of draw, or with unbrOlCen or continuous
spans; provided, that if the said bridge shall
be made with unbrOken and continuous
1 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
draw-bridge, the same shall be construct
ed as a pivot draw bridge, with a 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 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- |
tiOns, shall be lawful STRUCTURE, and shall |
be known and recognized as q 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 |
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 |
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. D. 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 i
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
ton 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 postrOute, 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. z. That 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, Ackley. and Dakota Railroad
Company, or both of them. or by either or
bOtn 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 fOTegO-
ing sections of this act.
SEC. 8. That bridge may be construct r
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
Jhe State of Minnesota, by the Milwaukee :
and Saint Paul Railway Company, their I
or corporation having authority I
rom the States of Wisconsin and MinnesO- ;
IA. The bridge authorized to be built by E
his section is hereby declared TO be post !
quite, and has all the privileges, and is sub i
ect to all the terms, restrictions, and re- \
IuiTements contained in the foregoing sec !
ions of this act. a
SEC. 9. That the right to alter or amend q
his act, so as to prevent or remove all ma Y
erial distractions to the navigation of said h
liver by the construction of bridges, is here 4
" expressly reserved. a
SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect y
nd be in force from and after its passage, n
Without any expense or charge to the q
United States 3
Approved April l, 1872. g
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 80 /,
In act in addition to an act entitled ''An o
act to amend an act entitled An act for s.
the removal of causes in certain cases S.
from State courts, approved July twenty o
seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six," h