Chapter 121. authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at West Elizabeth, in the State of Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 121.— An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at West Elizabeth, in the State of Pennsylvania.February 15, 1893. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,West Elizabeth Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Fa. That the West Elizabeth Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate a bridge over the Monongahela River, between a point at or near the foot of Plum street, in the borough of Elizabeth, to a point in the borough of West Elizabeth, on the opposite side of the said Monongahela River, all within the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania.
That said West Elizabeth Bridge Company shall not commence the construction of its bridge, bridge piers, abutments, causeway, and other works over or in said Monongahela River, until the location and plan of the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Sec. 2. That any act of Congress or part of an act inconsistent herewith,Inconsistent laws repealed. so far as it affects the same, is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this actSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the 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 and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one-half mile above and 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 currents at low and at high water, 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 the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progressChanges. of its construction such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 4. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed, shallAids to navigation. be so kept and managed at all times as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of Vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night, and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-HouseLights, etc. Board may prescribe; and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may 458 direct, at the expense of said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.
Sec, 5. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction ofCommencement and completion. the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herebyAmendment. etc. expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1893.