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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 623, 624. 1888. 299 Sec. 3. That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge Omer eempenm constructed under this act shall have and be entitled to equal rights may um and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains, cars, and loco-. motives over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the pay- ment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of the said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use, shall 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 such matters of difference between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of S¢°"*t¤¤’ of Wmie the allegations and roof of the parties. d°°1d°t°"”‘ Sec. 4. That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Lawful structure act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known “““ *’°S"°“°°· as a post—route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post—route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails,'troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile for the transmission over the railroads leadin to said bridge; and e ual privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all tdlegraph com anies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its roaches for postal telegraph purposes. Pew-1 telegraph. Sino. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or re eal this act, so as to Amendment. prevent or remove all material and substantial) obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of the said bridge, is hereby expressly reserved, and any alterations or changes that may be required by the Secreta of War in the bridge constructed under this act, shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense; and if said bridge shall not be finished t Te be eernpleted in within two years from the passalgle of this act, the rights and privi- W° y°°”“ leges hereby granted shall e n and void. Approved, July 16, 1888. CHAP. 624.-An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missis- July 16, 1888. sippi River at or near the city of Oquawka, in the State of Illinois, and to establish - it as a p0st—road. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o{ the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shal be eihicagc. Qquawka lawful for the Chicago, Oquawka and Kansas City Short Line Rail- {¤°m,K§,,"$°$u?%0¥,`§2 wa Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State giigggimzgmegtliaesw of Illinois, or its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the n, m. w' Mississippi River at a point suita le to the interests of navigation in the vicinity of the city of Oquawka, in the county of Henderson, State of Illinois : Provided, That a public necessity exists for said bridge; §·~<wisq». that said bridge ma be constructed for railway and postal service, °°°““""· with single or doubig tracks for railway traiiic, and which shall be under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified. Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free naviga- Free navigation tion of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted; and in case of any litigation arising therefrom, such litigation may be tried and determined by an circuit court of the United States whose jurisdiction embraces either terminus of said bridge. Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must Construction. be constructed either as a draw-bridge or of unbroken spans. If con- Spnns. structed of unbroken spans, then it shall have a clear head·room of not less than fifty-five feet above extreme high water, as understood and determined at the point of location. Nor shall any span of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length. and the piers thereof shall be parallel with the current of the river. The main