Year: 1872

on hearing the allegations and proofs of the
parties, in case they shall not agree.


Sec. J. That said bridge NAV, at the on


ton of the company building the same. he
| built either as pivot draw-bridge, or with
| unbrOken or continuous spans; provided.
| that if the said bridge shall be made with
| unbroken or continuous spans, it shall not
| be of less elevation, in any case. than fifty
! feet above 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:sand provided
also, that if said bridge shall be constructed
as a pivot draw-bridge, the same shall be
constructed 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, If the proper location of the


draw over the channel will admit spans of


this width between it and the shore, 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; and |
provided also, that said draw shall be open


ed promptly, upon reasonable sig gnal, tor


the passage of the boats whose construction


shall not be such as to admit of their pass


age under the permanent spans of said


bridge, except when trains are passing over
the same: but in no case shall unnecessary !
delay occur in opening the said draw dur
ing or after the passage Of trains.


SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed un-
der this act and according to its Hmita
tiOns shall be a lawful structure, and shall
be recognized and known as a pOst-rOute,
upon which, also, no higher charge shall be
made for tho transmission over the same OF
the mails, the troops, and munitions of war
Of the United States, than the rate per
mile. paid for the transportation over the
railroads or public highways leading to
said bridge, and the United States shall
have the right Of way for postal telegraph
purposes across said bridge.


SEC. T. That said company may execute
a mortgage upon said bridge, and issue
bonds, payable. principal and interest, in
gold or United States currency.


Sec. ). That the right to alter or amend
this act so as to prevent or remove all ma
terial Instructions to the navigation of said
river by the construction of said bridge, is
hereby expressly reserved and the said
bridge shall be built under and subject to
such regulations for the security Of the
navigation of said river as the Sec
retary of War shall prescribe; and said
bridge shall be, at all times, so kept and
managed as to offer reasonable and proper
means for the passage of vessels.


SEC. 6. That the plan and specifications
with the necessary drawings of said bridge
shall be submitted to the Secretary of War,
for his approval, and until he approve the
plan and location of said bridge it shall not
be built or commenced; and should any
change be made in the plan of said bridge
during the progress of the work thereon,
such change shall be subject to the ap-
pOval of the Secretary of War; and all
changes in the construction or any altera-
tiOn of said bridge, that may be directed at
any time by Congress, shall be made at the
cost and expense of the owners thereof.


SEC. 7. That the Warsaw and Alexandria !
Bridge Company, their successors and as
signs, a corporation existing under and by
be, and is hereby authorized to con- !
struct ana maintain bridge over the Mis-
sissippi river at and between the city of :
Warsaw, in Hancock county, and State of :
Illinois, and the city of Alexandria, in Clark :
and State of Missouri; and the
bridge authorized to be built by this section ;
IS hereby declared to be pOst-rOute, and
hall have all the privileges and be subject
10 all the terms, restrictions, and require
nents contained in the foregoing sections of
his act; provided, that the construction of
he bridge mnnti ned in this section shall
De commenced within eighteen months from
he passage of tins act.


Approved May II, 1872. I