Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 28.djvu/971

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942 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 189. 1895. R¤v¤i¤· ¤¤¤··W¤'~* For extraordinary repairs of the dikes and dams of the Rock Island pw"` water power, and for repairing Moline dam wall and counterports and foundations, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, being the bal- ,,,,,, ,,_ ,0,, ance of the amount authorized to be contracted for in the Act making ` appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Goyernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for which the sum of thirty thousand dollar was appropriated in said 1m>¤¤¤· nu bl Act: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated, together with the ” “"°° " ° °` thirty thousand dollars appropriated by said Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall remain available until expended for the objects for which appropriated, or until otherwise ordered by Congress. Body ¤Mv¤¤¤¤¤· For the Rock Island Bridge, as follows: Renewing ¤¤1>¤r-For renewing the superstructure of the Rock Island Bridge, at Rock ”""°°“"‘ Island, Illinois, including alterations of the masonry thereof and repairs thereto for a double track, one hundred thousand dollars. Cl¤¤¤¤¤¤¤°b°*¤¤**°- That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be renewed and changed to a double track the . superstructure of the Rock Island Bridge at Rock Island, Illinois, and to make all necessary alterations of the masonry work thereot, and

 repairs thereto, as recommended by the Chief of Ordnance: Provided,

°'°"' however, That the total cost of such renewal, alterations, and repairs, shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and ninety thousand dollars, mymmuynnma and authority to contract for the whole work is hereby given: Provided, °°'“P“”>`· further, That before any money is expended by the Government for such renewal, alterations, and repairs, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacino Railway Company shall secure to the United States, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, sixty per centum of the cost of such renewal, alterations, and repairs, to be paid by said railway company upon the request of the Secretary of War as said work progresses: Bells-¢¤¤— Provided, also, That said railway company is to bear the entire cost of the sleepers and rails put down upon said bridge, and the United States shall bear the entire cost of the wagon road on said bridge: Provided S“‘° °‘" '“”“"i”’·“*°· further, That the Secretary of War may sell so much of the old superstructure of said bridge as is not required in such renewal and repairs to the highest bidder, the net proceeds of the sale to be turned into the Treasury of the United States and one-half thereof shall be paid to midst ****6* °¤¤=*l· said railway company: Provided further, That such portion of the old superstructure of said bridge as the Ordnance Department may require to replace an unserviccable bridge across the Rock Island water-power canal may be retained by the Secretary of War for such purpose at a fair valuation, which valuation shall not exceed the price per pound obtained for the remainder of the bridge, and onehalf of this valuation cag~>cby1¤¤r¤<~ vvwvr shall be paid to said railway company: Provided further, That the " Secretary of War shall not, under the Act "to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Bock Island therewith," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, permit the lower portion of said bridge to be occupied by _ any street railway company without paying a reasonable rent therefor. (_,ff¥’“""‘““°“'°““°°· For operating and care, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaducts, twelve thousand dollars. ‘ Foi· protecting Rock Island Bridge by means of sheer booms, two hundred and fifty dollars. 0<»1·¤¤¤¤!»i=~.'I`¤¤¤· COLOMBIA ARSENAL, COLFZNIBIA, TENNESSEE: For inclosiug arsenal grounds, eight thousand dollars. Fr-·¤l¤··¤¤· Ps Fnaxxronn Ansnxu., PH1LAnnL1>n1A, I’nx>:srLvAmA; For purchase or manufacture of new machinery, five thousand dollars. I¤•¤=¤¤¤n<>1i¤.I¤<r INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: That the appropriations, aggregating fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-nine dollars, for constructing a new fence and sewers at Indianapolis