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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 613. 1901. 813 and the munitions of war of the United States, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and Télesiggbh. eta. equailprigilegeslin the use of said bgidlge plhall 51% granted to hgl tells- mmm ‘ grap an te ep one companies; an e United States shall ve the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes. » A · Sec. 3. That section three shall be so amended as to read as follows: ¤<>{¤¤¤·¤c¤¤¤- ···r1a¢1¤ me as an bridge Smiths tune below the had B harem- ”° °“’ M ”"°¤°~ fore constructed and known as the Eads Bridge it shall be guilt with an unbroken and continuous single span, and the lowest part of said span shall not be of less elevation in anly case than seventy-five feet above the Saint Louis cit directrix; an in case the said bridge shall —¤¤¤v¤- be built above the said lgads Bridge, and immediately north thereof pith the pairs of the sam; opposite Iiihéfe of 621% Elads liridge, so that Spamey may continuous thereto wit ree e c anne s ns ivin the same clear width of waterway between piers asthere is nldzv bgaweeg those of the Eads Bridge, and the said East Saint·Louis and Saint Louis Bridge and Construction Company shall have the Lzption of constructing said proposed bridge at or near the foot of ullauphy street, in the city of St. Louis, but in that case there shall be at least three fixed channel spans, the west span ito havesa clear waterway of seven hundred feet and the other two channel spans to have aclear waterway of five hundred feet, each measured at right angles to the current at any and all stages of water; and the lowest {part of said spans shall not be ‘ of less elevation in any case than fifty eet above the Saint Louis city directrix, plus the slope of the river from the foot of Walnut street, in the city of Saint Louis, to the point where the bridge shall be built; and the piers of the said bridge shall be parallel with the current of, _ the river: Provided, That all shore piers and bridge approaches shall P’°"°€’°· mmm be so located and constructed as not to interfere with the use of any ris paired. existing railroad right of way, depot grounds, or railroad yards. " c Sec. 4. That section four of said Act shall read as follows: "That Hm thepiers of all high channel spans shall be built parallelwith the current of the river at the stage of the water which is most important to navigation; and riprapping or aniy other protection for impprfect foundations which wil materially essen the waterway or whic may injure navigation shall not be employed in the channel ways of- the high spans, and any piers which will produce cross currents. or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be <ipnstruc;ed;dantd) if, agter opinstruction, an iers or rotection wa s are oun pro uce e abovementioiieg effects, the nuisance shall be_abated or corrected by or at the e?ense of the persons owning said bridge; and the approaches to the c annel spans mentioned in this Act shall provide sufficient waterway for the passage of i·loods." ` Sec. 5. That section five of said Act be so amended as to_read as _ follows: "That the persons owning, controlling, or operating_ the L‘g"*“· bridge authorized by this Act shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise throughout the year and duringilthe heavy fogs, such lights or other si nals as the Government Lig t-House Board shall prescribe, and shalllalso each day during the season of navigation H°**°’°°m ¤°"*°°°- haye posted ig a gonspigucips place the clear  Epderbthe cléapne s n on t at ay, the gures expressin is e1g o G.1‘B8. 1 y visibfduto the naked eye from any point in Exe channel of the r1ver for a stretch of four thousand feet, of which three thousand feet shall be above and one thousand feet shall be below the channel spans of the rid e." _ Sign. 6. That section six of said Act shall be amended to read as gjgg$1'}¤¤“°*°d “‘"" follows :_ "That no bridge shall be constructed, erected, or maintained under the authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the navigation of said rive1·; and if any bridge