Mr. SCHENCK. The original bill authorizes the SecyWar to negotiate with the RockIsland Railroad Company, but there are other companies who have the right of transit across the bridge, and the only change made is to modify the bill so that the power to ne gotiate on the part of the SecyWar shall extend to and include all these compa nies, and to settle all claims of every kind. The substitute was read. It authorizes the SecyWar to change and fix the position of the railroad across RockIsland and the bridge across the Mississippi river at and on the island so as best to accord with the purposes of the Government in its occu ancy of said island for military purposes; an in order to effect this he is authorized to grant to the railroad company a permanent location and rightofway on and across RockIsland, to be fixed and desig. nated by him, with such quantity of land to be occupied and held for railroad purposes as may be necessary. It further provides for a grant to the parties in interest such aid, pecuniary and otherwise, toward eTTectin the change in their road and bridge, and estalishing thereon a wagon road fer the dse of the Government of the U.S., as may be adjudged to be‘ fair and equitable by the board of commissioners authorized under the act of April 19, 1864, and entitled “ An act in addition to an act for the establishment of certain arsenals.” It extends the act of1$64 so as to include the small islands contiguous to RockIsland, and known as Benham’s, Wilson’s, and winncbago Islands; and makes the following appropriations: soTno’s, liquidate claimsfor property in Benham’s.Wil and winncb o Islnn, and for property in lRaowc, kforI1snlainlitdarwyhpicuhrpomssesb$, e2e9n3ta, 6k0eon.i0nrspoursuanceof muchthereof, and no more.as may be necessaryto paythe respective claimants such amounts as may be reported by the boardof commissionersauthorized by the act of April 19.1864 and ordered by the U.S. circuit court to be paid to each. &o& puro water powerat the headof RockIsland, Tr; erectstore housesfor the preservation of arms and other munitions of war, and to establish communication betweenRockIsland arsenal and the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and RockIsland, Illinois, 100.000.,