This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...Bridge Across The Mississippi At Rock Island--Abstract Of Debates In ConGress Preceding The Authorization' Of Bridges Across The Mississippi Rlver--Abstract Of Debates In Congress Legalizing The Bridge Across The MissisSIPPI At Clinton--History Of Bridging The Mississippi At Saint Louis--QuotaTions FROM DECI8I0N8 OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED AT THE Saint Paul Railway Draw-bridge--Memorandum Upon Bridging The Ohio River Subsequent To The Wheeling Bridge Case--Memorandum Upon Missouri River Bridges--Abstract Of Laws For Bridging The Ohio, MisSissippi, And Missouri Rivers. Introductory remarks.--The information presented in this chapter consists of notes, &c., obtained by reading the Statutes at Large; the decisions in the United States courts; the debates in Congress, and the reports of engineers, together with correspondence in regard to points of interest upon which information was wanted. This was done at first for my own use, but it appeared to me when this report was about finished that it might contain information of value to others, who may have to consider this subject of bridging navigable waters, either as engineers or law-makers. I have therefore thrown these notes together in a general chronological order, and for want of a more appropriate term have designated it as a general history of the bridging of the navigable Western rivers, although it cannot but fail to rise to the dignity which the name implies. In chapters II, III, and IV of this report I have treated the subject almost purely in its relations to engineering and navigation. The present chapter, in a measure, exhibits the relations which these things have held to other interests. HISTORY Of The Bridge ACROSS THE OHIO At Wheeling. The first bridge over im...