Hudson River Bridges: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, On S. 1645, a Bill to Provide for the Creation of a Commission to Examine Into and Report the Clear Height Above the Water of the Bridge Authorized to be Constructed Over the Hudson River from Fifty-seventh Street, New York, to New Jersey, and S. 3030, a Bill Granting the Consent of Congress to the Rockland-Westchester Hudson River Crossing Authority, State of New York, to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Highway Bridge and Causeway Across the Hudson River Between a Point in the Vicinity of the Village of Nyack, Rockland County, and the Village of Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York. August 12, 1935 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - 114 pages Considers (74) S. 1645, (74) S. 3030. |
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Page 35 - It cannot at the present day be doubted that Congress, under the power to regulate commerce among the several States, as well as to provide for postal accommodations and military exigencies, had authority to pass these laws. The power to construct, or to authorize individuals or corporations to construct, national highways and bridges from State to State, is essential to the complete control and regulation of interstate commerce.
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Page 30 - That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
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