Part 8

Part 8, Note 40

Gammel, comp., The Laws of Texas 1822-1897, vol. 8, pp. 592-594; Colorado Citizen, November 5, 1874, November 26, 1874, December 3, 1874, February 18, 1875, February 25, 1875, March 11, 1875, March 18, 1875, April 8, 1875, April 15, 1875, April 29, 1875, May 6, 1875, May 27, 1875, July 1, 1875, July 15, 1875, July 22, 1875, August 5, 1875, August 12, 1875, August 19, 1875, September 2, 1875, March 23, 1876. In the bridge's first year of operation, the highest toll charged was fifty cents, for a four-horse carriage. Wagons drawn by six horses or four or more yoke of oxen cost 30 cents. If they were drawn by four horses or three yoke of oxen, 25 cents; if by two yoke of oxen, 20 cents; and if by two horses or one yoke of oxen, 15 cents. Two horse wagons cost 15 cents and one horse carts 10 cents. Men on horseback, and each unridden horse, cost a nickel. Other livestock cost three cents per head. People who walked across the bridge were charged two and a half cents. However, persons could buy ten dollars worth of tolls in advance for only five dollars. Most of these tolls were well under the maximums established by the company's charter (see Colorado Citizen, June 15, 1876).