Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-23
SENATOR T0NEY'S
 V|ADUCT BILL Introduced Measure in the State Senate This After noon Requiring Railroads to Bridge Tracks.
ALSO HEAVY PENALTY
In Failure of Railroads to Comply With Law-City Engineer to Be
 Bridge Commissioner-To Run Along Ohio Street.

Senator H. K. Toney, of this city, in- troduced bill in the Senate this af- ternoon which requires the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Co., and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Go. to erect a viaduct or bridge across their tracks in the East End along Ohio street The bill reads: 'An act to require the St. Louis Southwestern Railway company and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway company to build a bridge or viaduct at Pine Bluff" Be it enacted by the General Assem- bly, of the State of Arkansas:
 Sec. l. That the St. Louis South- western Railway company and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway company are hereby required to build and maintain an elevated i wooden bridge not less than fifteen feet wide and we'll banistered for the use of footmen or pedestrians and ve- hicles over and across the yard and
 tracks of the two said railroads at the
 intersection of Ohio street across
 Third and Fourth avenue, and to ex-
 tend out into said Ohio street with it's
 approaches sufficiently far at each end
 to make the incline accessible for
 footmen, pedestrians and vehicles
 Sec. 2. The city engineer of the city
 bridge commissioner, who shall fur nish the plans and specifications for the said viaduct Or bridge, designat- ing the kind of material to be used and the character of the work, and he shall have the authority to reject any material or work that is not satisfac- tory to him at the time, and shall re- port same when the bridge has been completed, to the city of Pine Bluff,. for it's approval Or rejection, who shall examine the report and have power to accept or reject the bridge, unless the same shall have been built according to the plan sand specifica- tions and directions of the city engi- neer, and in case it should be rejected by the said city council, the said rail- way companies shall make such changes or alterations as will be nec- essary to make the bridge conform to the specifications made by the city en- gineer.
 Sec. 3. The St. Louis Southwestern Railway company and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway company shall each pay one-half of the cost of construction of said bridge, and shall have said bridge completed by the first day of July, 1907; and if the said railway compa- nies or either of them shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act many particular they shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction they shall be lined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for eacl. day said bridge or viaduct shall not be built or constructed after the first day of July, 1907, and fail- ure to do so each day shall consti ute a separate offense, and in addition thereto the city council of the city of Pine Bluff is hereby authorized to hl:ne suit against each of the afore- said railroads in tho name of the ti.v for such sum as will be necessary t, build said bridge or viaduct.
 Sec 4. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.