Broadmeadow-Waratah Tramway Act 1912 (NSW)

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Act No. 68, 1912.

An Act to sanction the construction of a line of tramway from Broadmeadow to Waratali; and for purposes consequent thereon or inci- dental thereto. [20$ December, 1912.]
TT7~HEItEAS in accordance with the provisions of the Public
Works Act, 1912, the Legislative Assembly did by resolution declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely, the construction of a steam tramway from Broadmeadow to Waratali: And whereas, on the passing of the said resolution, a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on the Secretary for Public Works to introduce a Bill into the said Assembly to sanction the carrying out of the said work: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

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meaning of the Public Works Act, 1912.

3 . The plan of the said work is the plan marked " Eroadmeadow

1 . This Act may be cited as the " Broadmeadow-Waratah

Tramway Act, 1912."

2 . The carrying out of the said work (more particularly described in the Schedule to this Act), is hereby sanctioned, and the Secretary for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the time being performing the duties of the said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be and shall have the powers and duties of a Constructing Authority within the

to Waratah Schedule Plan," signed by the Secretary for Public Works, and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

4 . The cost of carrying out the said work, estimated at forty-two thousand pounds (exclusive of rolling-stock, land, and condensation), shall be defrayed from such loan votes as are now or may hereafter be applicable to that purpose, or from appropriations of the Public Works Fund, or partly from such votes and partly from the said appropriations, and shall not under any circumstances exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.

SCHEDULE.

Tins proposed tramway commences by a junction with the Newcastle to Wallsend Tramway in Lambton-road, at its junction with Graham and Coorumbung roads, and in following westerly along the first-mentioned road for about 9 chains, crosses the Great Northern railway and the existing tramway to Wallsend; thence it proceeds northerly along Moira-road, north-easterly along Melbourne-road, north-westerly along Sydney-road to Curley road, north-easterly along that road to Broadmeadow-road, north-westerly and northerly along that road and across the stormwater channel to Georgetown-road, north- westerly along that road, and across the Lambton and Waratah Coal Companies railways to Turton-road, northerly along that road to High-street; thence along that street to Bridge-street; thence along that street to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,—being a total distance of 2 miles 20 chains, being 50 chains of double line and 1 mile 50 chains of single line, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority