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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. OH. 387. 1889. 865 the free navigation of said river, the same shall be instituted and determined in the district court of the United States for the southern district of the State of Illinois. Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, ¤¤¤¤¤‘¤<=*i¤¤· ‘ at the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge. with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be built Pfovisoc. with unbroken or continuous spans it shall have one or more chan- spans nel spans, each having not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel-way, and not less than fifty-five feet clear head—roo1n above high-water mark, and the clear head-room under the other channel spans may be less than fifty-five feet: Provided, That no part of the superstructure of such spans shall give a less head-room , than ten feet above high-water mark: And provided further, That the interests of navigation be not injured by such reduction in height; Heightand the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said U¤<>b¤¢r¤cved naviriver, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river, g°m°°‘ and not less than three hundred and nfty feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shal be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as apivot draw-bridge, mw. 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 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 three hundred and fifty feet in length; and every part of the superstructure shall give a c ear head-room of not less than ten feet above high-water mark: Provided, That the spans of both high and Location or spans, low bridges shall be so located as to afford the greatest ossible ac- °°°' commodations to the river traffic, and a draw-opening of low bridges shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river when said bridge may be erected: And provided also, That said draw shall be _ opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats. °P"‘““g dm"- Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this act and according L¤~vf¤¤tS¢w¢r¤r¤¤¤d to its limitation shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and p°Sfr°° °' recognized 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, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to the said bridge, and the United States s iall have the right of Way for a ostal telegraph across said bridge. P°*'°* *°‘°¤m¤*'*· Sec. -1. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge by <>¤¤~·¤‘ ¤·>¤¤- Shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the pas- M " Sage of the same and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of the approaches thereto. under and upon such terms and con- Term. ditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not a ree. gSa<·. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and aS~rly°r:5Z£€g¤;t;¤ locatwl under and subject to such regulations for the security of pp ‘ ‘ navigation of said river 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 aplproval a design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the ocation, giving. for the s lace of one mile above and one mile below the proosed 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 soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan STAT I,·—\’OL XXV--55