Chapter 31. To authorize the Interstate Transfer Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota
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CHAP. 31.— An Act To authorize the Interstate Transfer Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Louis River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. February 20, 1908.[[[H. R. 16050.]](/us/bill/70/hr/16050)[[[Public, No. 28.]](/us/pl/70/28) *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Interstate TransferSaint Louis River, Wis. and Minn.Interstate Transfer Railway Company may bridge.
Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Saint Louis River between the States ofLocation. Wisconsin and Minnesota at the most feasible point in section twelve, in township forty-eight north, range fifteen west, in the State of Wisconsin, to a point opposite in section eleven, in township forty-eight north, range fifteen west, in the State of Minnesota, in accordance 34 with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges across navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third,Vol. 34, p. 84.*Proviso*.Construction. nineteen hundred and six: *Provided*, That said bridge shall be constructed with two through decks, one of which shall provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles, for all kinds of street railway and motor cars, and road travel, and one of which shall also have two passageways, one on either side, for the exclusive use of pedestrians, each passageway to be not less than three and one-half feet in width and to be separated from the roadway or railway on said deck by suitable guard railings, and all parts of said bridge shall be forever maintained in accessible and serviceable condition, and the use thereof shall be forever free and without toll or compensation therefor to all pedestriansToll. and vehicles, but not free for steam or electric railroad cars and locomotives or street cars.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 20, 1908.