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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

1934

NUMBER 211

AflTED

Washington, Saturday, October 30, 1937
WAR DEPARTMENT.
S pecial R egulations to G overn the O peration of C ertain B ridges A cross the I llinois W aterway at P ek in , P eoria and J oliet, I llinois .
SUPPLEMENTAL TO RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THE OP
ERATION OF THE DRAWBRIDGES CROSSING THE M ISSISSIPPI RIVER
AND ALL ITS NAVIGABLE TRIBUTARIES AND OUTLETS.

The Law The River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1894, contains the following Section:
Sec. 5. That it shaU be the duty of all persons owning, operat ing, and tending the drawbridges now built, or which may here after be built across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Secretary of War the public interests require to govern the open ing of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and pub lished, shall have the force of law. Every such person who shall willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, the draw of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall unreasonably delay the opening of said draw after reasonable signal shall have been given, as provided in such regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars nor less than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the case of a natural person for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Pro vided, That the proper action to enforce the provisions of this section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States: Provided further, That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public interests require it, he may make rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as hereinbefore provided.

The Regulations In pursuance of the foregoing law, special regulations are prescribed to govern the operation of the following bridges across the Illinois Waterway:
Vertical clearance closed Mile
152.9
153.0
162.2
162.2
162.3
287.3
287.6
287.9

Bridge
Margaret Street Highway, Pekin, 111_____ _____ .
Peoria Terminal Company Railroad C. R . I. & P.
Ry., Pekin, 111__________ __________________
Illinois Terminal Railroad, Peoria, HI
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, Peoria, H I-.Lower Highway Bridge, Peoria, 111_______ ______
McDonough Street Highway, Joliet, HI__________
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Joliet, HI.
Jefferson Street Highway, Joliet, 111_____________

1 For 80-foot width of channel.

Above highwater
Above pres ent low water
When a vessel reaches a distance of about one-half mile from the Peoria Terminal Company Railroad bridge at Pekin, Illinois; the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad bridge at Peoria, Illinois, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway bridge, at Joliet, Illinois, k call signal of 3 long blasts of a whistle, horn, or siren, or three loud and distinct strokes of a bell shall be sounded if the clearance require ments of the vessel are such th at opening of the adjacent bridges a t these respective cities is unnecessary; and if the draw is to be opened immediately, the acknowledging signal by the bridge operators on these railroad bridges shall be the same as the call signal; if the draw can not be opened im mediately, or if opened must be closed immediately, four or more short and rapid hlasts of a whistle, horn, or siren, or four sharp and rapid strokes of a bell to be repeated at regular intervals until acknowledged by the vessel must be sounded.
These regulations shall take effect and be in force on and after the date of approval hereof, and all regulations or parts of regulations applying to the above-named bridges in con flict therewith are hereby revoked to take effect on th at date.
Approved, October 19, 1937.
seal

H arry H . W oodring,
Secretary of War.
F rank C. B urnett,
Brigadier General, Acting The Adjutant General.
P. R. Doc. 37-3175; Piled, October 29,1937; 9 :39 a. m.J

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
National Bituminous Coal Commission.
O pinio n D53-FD

In the Matter of the Application of Wheeling Steel Corpora tion for Exemption from the Provisions of Section 4 of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, as Authorized by the Second Paragraph of Section 4A of Said Act D31-FD

In the Matter of the Application of the Emperor Coal Com pany for Exemption from the Provisions of Section 4 of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, as Authorized by the Second Paragraph of Section 4-A of Said Act
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28.4

D30-FD

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i 16.1
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113.7
16.5
9.4
16.4

21.6
134.2
17.4
31.8
16.5
9.5
16.6

In the Matter of the Application of Consumers Mining Com pany for Exemption from the Provisions of Section 4 of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, as Authorized by the Second Paragraph of Section 4-A of Said Act The Wheeling Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries, Em peror Coal Company and Consumers Mining Company, have 2775