New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-06

sara river, Inb Cause may De Tried before
the district court of the United States OF
any State in which any portion OF
said obstruction or bridge touches;
provided, that iaid bridge shall moi
be so located or constructed as tc
interfere in any manner with the approach
es to the railroad bridge now erected al
Clinton, or with the piers of the same, OF
so as to Obstruct il any manner the passage
of said bridge by boats, vessels, or RATS, OF
to render such passage more difficult OF
dangerous: Provided, however That this
clause shall not lie construed to prohibit
the crossing of the approaches to said
bridge, if such crossing shall be found neces-
saFy.
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 ulbrOken 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 o. the river, and not
less than three hundred feet in length !;
and provided also, that if any bridge
built under this Sct shall be constructed as
a draw-bridge, thesame shall be construct
ed as a pivot dnw-bridge, with a draw
over the main channel Of the river at an
accessible and naFigable point, and with
spans of not less than one hundred and
sixty feet in length in the clear on each
side Of the central 1r pivot pier of the draw;
and the next adjoining spans to the draw
shall not be less thin two hundred and fifty
feet; and said spans shall not be less than
thirty feet above lw-water mark, and not
less than ten feet aloye extreme high-water
mark, measuring ttthe bottom chord of the
bridge; and the piGs of said bridge shall be
PARALLEL with the current of the river
where said bridge nay be erected: And pro-
vided also, That sad draw shall be opened
promptly, upen reasonable signal, for the
passage of boats.
SEC. 3. That anybridge constructed IN
der this act, and according to its limita-
tions, shall be lawful structure, and shall
be known and recognized as a post-route,
upon which, also, ID higher charge shall be
made for the TRANSMISSION over the same of
the mails, the trOOra and the munitions Of
war of the United tates than the rate per
DlllO pau lOL buCAA A0uc lJOLedtlOn UNoE DAO
railroads public hi,hways leading to the
said bridge, and lie United States shall
have the right Of way for postal telegraph
purposes across sal, bridge.
SEC. A. That allrailway companies de-
string to use the sal bridge shall have and
be entitled to equa rights and privileges
in the passage of th same, and in the use
of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the approa0es thereto, under and
upon such terms AM conditions as shall be
prescribed by the ecretary Of War, upon
hearing the allegations and proofs of the
parties in case theyshall not agree.
SEC. s. That the tructure herein author
lied shall be built nd located under and
subject 10 such regulations for the security
of navigation OF sail river as the Secretary
of War shall prescribe, and the said struc-
ture shall be at all lines so kept and man
aged as to offer reasonable and proper
means for the passage of vessels through or
under said struetup; 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 mobilization by law whenever
the public good shall, in the Judgment Of
Congress so require, without any expense
or charge to the Tilted States.
SEC 6. That the Mnscatine 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 maintsin a bridge across the
Mississippi river al the city Of Muscatine
in the State of Iowa. The bridge authorized
to be built by this ection is hereby declared
to be pOstrOute, and shall have all the
nuix riInraa and 10 a7hiaaf fn oil Thn
restrictions and requirements contained in
the foregoing sections of this act.
SEC. z. That a bEdge may be constructed
and maintained ac,Oss the Mississippi river,
at any point they may select, between the
counties of Carol 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
both of their successors or assigns, or by
any person, company, or corporation hav-
ing authority from the States of Illinois
and Iowa, The fridge 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. 8. 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
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 aud MinnesO-
ia. The bridge authorized to be built by
this section is hereby declared to be post.
route. and has all the privileges, and is sub
ject to all the terms, restrictions, and re-
quirements contained in the foregoing sec
tiors of this act
SEC 8. 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
by expressly reserved.
SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage,
without any expense or charge to the
United States.
AnDrOved A Dri1 I 1879