738 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 169, 170. 1895. 0¤¤'j;ne{¤t»;*·;§8 ¤l¢¤¤l¤ That the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Post °master-General, may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other conveyances used for transporting United States mail, suitable ilags or other signals to indicate weather forecasts, cold wave warnings), frost warnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the Chief of the eather Bureau. Amount. Total Weather Bureau, eight hundred and eighty-five thousand six hundred and ten dollars. Approved, March 2, 1895. March 2. 1896. CHAP. 170.-An Act To authorize the Pittsburg, Mouongahela and Wheeling Rail- ---;--1 road Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United member:}. umm- States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the gllflgmf Cyufgjuxg Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company, a corporam:; snags montage tion organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, {,0,, §‘u‘;,°'sQ‘°““"” or its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and ’ approaches thereto across the Monongahela River at a point in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, opposite, or as nearly opposite as may be, Monongahela City in said State; that said bridge may be con- Railway um wagon structed for railway, wagon and postal service, with single or double '“"‘¥‘* track for railway traffic, and shall be constructed under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified. rmnavimicm- SEc. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the I·i¤s•¤v¤- rights and privileges herein granted,•and in case of any litigation arising under the provisions of this Act such litigation maybe tried and determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose " jurisdiction said bridge i located. mgn mage. Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must be constructed as a through bridge, with unbroken and continuous spans, the channel span over the waterway to have a clear channel of not less than five hundred feet and a clear head room of not less than fifty-three feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river, the remaininv spans to be as may be approved by the Secretary of War. mwruszmammu ISE0. 4. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a law-
- ’°°"°“"’· ful structure and shall be known as a post—road, over which no higher
charge shall be made for the transportation of mails, troops, and munitions of war or other property of the Government of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over the same, than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railways or public highi··»m1¤mg¤pn. ways leading to said bridge. The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal telegraph purposes. use by other we Sec. 5. That all railway, telephone, and telegraph companies desirl’“‘“°°· ing to use said bridge shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges in using the same, including machinery and fixtures thereto belonging, rem. and also the approaches thereto, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Pittsburg, Monongahela, and Wheeling Railroad Company and the companies desiring to use the said bridge and approaches thereto, or, in case of a disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proof of the parties in interest. seemuintrwn-w Sec. 6. That the said railroad company, before entering upon the "l’P'°"° P '· °“· construction of said bridge, shall submit to the Secretary of War plans and drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above and one-half a mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current of said river at high and low water, showing also the bed of the river and the channel, with such other and further information as the Secretary of lVar
