Chapter 1134.
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CHAP. 1134.— An act to authorize the building of a bridge at Dardanelle, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River.September 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cable City Bridge Construction Company may bridge Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Ark. That the Cable City Bridge Construction Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a ponton bridge and approaches thereto across the ArkansasPonton bridge.
River in front of Dardanelle, at a point at least one mile from any other bridge, and which shall not be detrimental to the interest of navigation or of any river improvement. Said bridge shall be constructed so as to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles ofWagon and footbridge. all kinds, animals, and foot-passengers, and for all road travel, for such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules andToll.Regulations. regulations as may be prescribed by said corporation, its successors or assigns and approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to itsLawful structure and post-route. limitations shall be” a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and 560FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1134. 1890. known as 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 is charged other parties for like privileges; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches Postal-telegraph.Use by telegraph, etc., companies.for postal-telegraph purposes; and equal rights as to constructing and maintaining their lines over said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies desiring to use the same.
Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed as a ponton draw-span Construction.Ponton draw-span.bridge, and shall contain a ponton draw-span of not less than three hundred feet in length, which said draw-span shall be maintained on the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point; Piers, etc.*Provisos*.Opening of draw.and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and the bridge itself at right angles to, the current of the river: *Provided, also*, That said draw shall be opened promptly by the said company, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats and rafts; and said Company or corporation shall maintain at their own expense, from Lights, etc.sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
No bridge shall be constructed or maintained under the authority of this act which shall at any Free navigation.time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under said authority shall, in the Obstructed navigation.opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge Structural changes.to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge: and in case of any Litigation.litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, suit maybe brought in the district court of the United States for the western district of the State of Arkansas to remove or remedy No exemption from existing law. the same: *Provided further*, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under thisSecurity of navigation. act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. for the security of 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 approval, a design together with drawings of the said bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one-half mile below the proposed location, the high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such map to be sufficiently in detail to enable the Secretary of War to judge of the proper location of said bridge, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of Change of plan.the subject; but should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herebyAmendment, etc. expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in the said Structural changes, etc.structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest so requires, is also expressly reserved. Sec. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual constructionCommencement and completion. of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof.
Approved, September 30, 1890. Chapter 1135: to provide an American register for the steamer Joseph Oteri, junior, of New Orleans, Louisiana. Chapter 1135 26 Stat. 561 1890-09-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 1135, 1239–40. 1890.561
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