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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 622. 1888. 297 shall he granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States rnsiaimiegmpn. shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes. Sec. 3. That said bridge may be constructed as a draw—bridge, Drawwith an opening over the center of the channel of such width as the Secretary of VN ar shall determine, and which shall be at least one hundred and twenty feet in the clear: Provided, also, That said P»·nvz.¤n. draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the pas- Opening umw. sage of boats, vessels, or other water-craft, and in no case shall unnecessary delay occur; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own espense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other Lights, etc. signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer-booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, boats, rafts, or other water-craft safely through said Waw openings as shall be designated and required by the Secretary of ar. Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be built and located under and sub- S<¢¢r¢¢¤¤·y of War to ject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river &ppr°v°p1a”s’ °t°‘ as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and _ one mile elow the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the sounding, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built, and should any changes be made in the plan of said bridge during the pro ress of construction, such change shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That all railroad companies, desiring the use of said bridge, Other companies shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to may °S°' the passage of railway trains, engines. or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, and in case the owner, or owners, of said bridge, and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, fail to agree upon the sum, or sums, to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of degsgfgrzyf Warm War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: ro- Promo. ' vided, That the provisions of section two, in regard to charges for Determining mes. passengers and freight across said bridge, shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum, or sums, to be paid to the owners of said bridge by such railroad companies for the use of said bridge. _ Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act, or to re- Amendment, em. quire any changes in such structure, or its entire removal at the exiense of the owners thereof whenever the Secretary of "War shall ilecide that the public interest requires it, and the right to prescribe such rules and regulations in regard to toll and otherwise, as may be deemed reasonable, are expressly reserved. Sec. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction c Covmisgrgcemeutnnd of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year mp N ' and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, July 16, 1888.