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12233, 71st Cong., 2d sess.) authorizing the Robertson & Kanine Co., of Montreal, Canada, to construct a bridge across the Rainy River at or near Baudette, Minn. A minor change on page 2, line 3, has been indicated in red thereon.

Hon. JAMES S. PARKER,

F. TRUBEE DAVISON,
Acting Secretary of War.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington, D. C., May 17, 1930.

Chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. PARKER: Careful consideration has been given to the bill (H. R. 12233) transmitted with your letter of May 8 with request for a report thereon and such views relative thereto as the department might desire to communicate. This bill would authorize the Robertson & Kanine Co. of Montreal, Canada, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rainy River at or near Baudette, Minn. The bill appears to conform to the form of bill adopted by the committee for a privately owned international toll bridge. The Federal-aid system approved for Minnesota parallels the Rainy River through Baudette. A bridge at this point, therefore, would constitute a lateral connection between the Federal-aid system in Minnesota and the adjacent highway system in the Dominion of Canada. The department feels that it is a very grave mistake to allow important stream crossings to be taken up by private toll bridges even when such crossings are at the international boundary line. It, therefore, is not believed that a private toll bridge should be authorized at the point proposed in the bill.

Sincerely,

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71ST CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session

BRIDGE ACROSS LITTLE RIVER NEAR MORRIS FERRY

MAY 29, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. PARKS, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 12522]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12522) granting the consent of Congress to the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co. to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across Little River in the State of Arkansas at or near Morris Ferry, having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 2, line 11, strike out the word "full" and insert the word "fully" in lieu thereof.

The bill has the approval of the War and Agriculture Departments, as will appear by the letters attached.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
May 27, 1930.

Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompany bill (H. R. 12522, 71st Cong., 2d sess.), granting the consent of Congress to the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co. to reconstruct a railroad bridge across Little River in the State of Arkansas at or near Morris Ferry.

F. TRUBEE DAVISON,
Acting Secretary of War.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington, D. C., May 28, 1930.

Hon. JAMES S. PARKER,

Chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. PARKER: Careful consideration has been given to the bill H. R. 12522, transmitted with your letter of May 22, 1930, with request for a report thereon and such views relative thereto as the department might desire to communicate.

This bill would authorize the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co., its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Little River upon the location of the present bridge near Morris Ferry, State of Arkansas. The bill relates to a railroad bridge and is without objection so far as this department is concerned.

Sincerely,

O

R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary.

BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CARONDELET,

MO.

MAY 29, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. MILLIGAN, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 3873]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3873) to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Mo., having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

The bill has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the letter attached.

WAR DEPARTMENT, March 20, 1930. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Commerce, United States

Senate.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill, S. 3873, Seventy-first Congress, second session, to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Mo., if amended as indicated in red thereon.

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington, D. C., March 21, 1930.

Hon. HIRAM W. JOHNSON,
Chairman Committee on Commerce,

United States Senate.

DEAR SENATOR: Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of March 13, transmitting a copy of a bill (S. 3873) with request that the committee be furnished with such suggestions touching its merits and the propriety of its passage as the department might deem appropriate.

This bill would extend for one and three years, respectively, from May 14, 1930, the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Mo., authorized by act of

Congress approved May 14, 1928, to be built by the Dupo Bridge Co., its successors and assigns. When the original bill to authorize the construction of this bridge was pending, this department advised your committee that it would interpose no objection thereto since it would appear that the proposed bridge would serve to connect the city of St. Louis with some of the suburban communities adjacent thereto on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. However, almost two years have elapsed since the authorization was granted for the construction of the bridge, and, if those interested in the proposition have been unable to arrange to commence construction work during that period, the department would recommend against granting the extension of time which the bill proposes.

Sincerely,

R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary.

The acts of Congress referred to in the bill are as follows:

[PUBLIC NO. 377-70TH CONGRESS

S. 3598

AN ACT Authorizing Dupo Bridge Co., a Missouri corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a combined highway, and railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Carondelet, Mo.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the Dupo Bridge Company, a Missouri corporation, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Carondelet, Missouri, in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this act.

SEC. 2. The Dupo Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate such bridge and the necessary approaches thereto as a railroad bridge for the passage of railway trains or street cars, or both, or as a highway bridge for the passage of pedestrians, animals, and vehicles, adapted to travel on public highways, or as a combined railroad and highway bridge for all such purposes; and there is hereby conferred upon the said Dupo Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.

SEC. 3. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the Secretary of War, if the same is constructed as a highway bridge only, either the State of Missouri or the State of Illinois, any public agency or political subdivision of either of such States, within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation, in accordance with the laws of either of such States governing the acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation or expropriation. If at any time after the expiration of ten years after the completion of such bridge the same is acquired by condemnation or expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduction for actual depreciation in value, (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interests in real property, (3) actual financing and promotion cost, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interests in real property, and (4) actual expenditures for necessary improvements.

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