Flemington to Belmore, and Wardell-road to Glebe Island and Darling Island Railways Act 1910 (NSW)

Act No. 17, 1910.

An Act to sanction the construct ion of a line of (roods Railway from F leming ton to Belmore, and Wardell-road to Glebe Island and Darl ing Island ; to author ise the cons t ruc t ion of the said line on public r o a d s ; to provide for the use of the said line by the Cons t ruc t ing Author i ty or by persons authorised by him ; and for o ther purposes consequent thereon

or incidental there to . [27th August, 1910.]

W H E R E A S in accordance wi th t h e provisions of the Pub l i c

W o r k s Act , 1900. t he Legis la t ive Assembly did by resolut ion

declare t h a t it was exped ien t to ca r ry out a cer ta in work , namely , t h e const ruct ion of a l ine of Goods Ra i lway from E leming ton to Belmore and "Wardell-road to Glebe I s land and Dar l ing I s land : A n d whereas , on t h e pass ing of the said resolut ion, a s t a tu to ry du ty was by the said A c t imposed on the Secretary for Pub l i c W o r k s to in t roduce a Bil l

in to t he said Assembly to sanct ion t he ca r ry ing out of t he said w o r k :

Re it therefore enacted by the K i n g ' s Most Exce l l en t Majes ty , by and wi th t he advice and consent of the Legis la t ive Counci l a n d Legislat ive Assembly of New South Wales in P a r l i a m e n t assembled, and by the au thor i ty of t he same, as follows :—

1 .     This Ac t may be cited as the " E l e m i n g t o n to Belmore , and

Wardel l - road to Glebe I s land and D a r l i n g I s l and Ra i lways Act , 1910 . "

2 . The ca r ry ing out of thy said work (more par t icu la r ly

described in t he Schedule to this Act ) is hereby sanc t ioned ; and the Chief Commissioner for Ra i lways and Tramways is hereby authorised to u n d e r t a k e and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of th i s Ac t , and for t h a t purpose shal l be, and shal l have the powers a n d dut ies of a Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y wi th in the mean ing of t h e Pub l i c

W o r k s Act , 1900.

3 . The p lan of the said work is the p lan marked " E l e m i n g t o n

to Belmore and Wardel l - road to Glebe I s l and and Dar l ing I s l and

R a i l w a y s , " signed by the Chief Commissioner for Rai lways and

T r a m w a y s and counters igned by the Engineer- in-Chief for E x i s t i n g

Lines , and deposited in t he publ ic office of the said Chief Commissioner .

4 .     The cost of ca r ry ing out the said work, es t imated a t e ight

hundred and th i r t een thousand pounds, shall he defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now or may hereafter be appl icable to t h a t purpose , and shall not unde r any c i rcumstances exceed the es t imated cost by

more t h a n ten per c e n t u m .

5 .     The said line of ra i lway may be cons t ruc ted on or a long or

by the side of any publ ic road or h ighway.

6 . The Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y and any persons au thor ised by

him may use the said line or any par t thereof, and for t h a t purpose may r u n thereon any carr iages or wagons propelled or d r a w n by any

mot ive power.

S C H E D U L E S .

SCHEDULE ONE.

Flaminijton to Campsie.

Tins railway commences at a point on the Main Western railway at 9 miles 37 chains in a generally southerly direction. The proposed railway on reaching Arthur-street is (lien joined by a fork from the Main Western line. From this point it takes a south- eisterly direction, crossing the southern end of the Flemington Rille Kange, and thence sweeping round across Mitchell and Barker roads towards the south-south-east, it crosses Cook's River at the intersect ion of the wat ercours.es through the slaughter yards, and thence aero-s Liverpool-road to the west, and about a chain and a half from the intersection of Liverpool and Braidwood roads. The proposed railway continues in the same direction, crossing the ISraid wood-road and thence across the southern extremity of Gould street, and after spanning a watercourse it crosses diagonally Park-road, and thence at right angles across Cleveland-street to the north-east coiner of Knlield Park. From this point the proposed railway skirts the eastern boundary of Enfield Park, spanning the watercourse leading from the Park Dam, and after passing over a second watercourse south of the previous one mentioned, it hears away from the park boundary to the

south-east, crossing the intersection of Reginald-street and Punchbowl-road, through the

piggery, and thence across the Braidwood road due north of the public school. Still

bearing south-easterly it strikes Cecilia-street diagonally at the culvert over watercourse, and from there to the south-western corner of the intersection of Albert and Baltimore stieets, and after passing across the southern end of Baltimore-street t i e proposed railway is met by a proposed loop junctioning with the Belmore railway towards Belmore. From Co point of juncture with the proposed loop, the proposed railway sweeps round towards Campsie railway station touching the dead end of Loftus-street and junctioning with the Belmore railway on the Belmore end of Campsie railway station at 7 ni'les 50 chains.

Total mileage of proposed railway— I milt s '28 chains.

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE TWO.

Werdell-road to Darling Island.

This railway commences at a point on the Belmore railway at 5 miles 13 chains in a generally northerly direction. The propi sed railway, after spanning that portion of Terrace-road which trwerses the Chief Commissioner's property, bears away due north, and is joined by a loop, from the Belmore railway, branching from that railway at the existing site of "VVardell-road station, provision hwing been made for a new island platform for Wardell-road station on the Sydney tide of Wardell-road overbridge. This proposed loop on lewing the Chief Commissioner's property crosses Bedford Crescent, and thence across the corner block bounded by Bedford Crescent and Macarthur-street, across Macarthur-street, and thence due north, touching the dead end of Keith-street, to its junction with the proposed railway.

From this junction the proposed railway sweeps round in a north-westerly direction, crossing Herculcs-street to the south of its bend between Consett and Kintore streets ; thence across the New Canterbury road to the went of its intersection with Denison-street. The proposed railway passes through the brick-yards, and then bearing north-north-west, it touches the elbow in Denison-street; thence spanning the brick-yard waterhole, it passes across the eastern corner formed by the intersection of Constitution and Clement streets. From this point it sweeps round towards the north, passing across the lane connecting Fears-wenue with Clement-street, then, continuing its sweep, crosses Terry-street ; thence spanning the watercourse b-ading into the stormwater channel, the
proposed railway bears due north-east and ctosses Dwis-s'rcet midway between the
stormwater channel and its intersection with WTesterti-street. On lewing this street it

spans the stormwater channel, and parses across the dead end of Nelson-stivet; thence continuing parallel with the stormwater channel, it crosses the eead end of Little-street. From this point the proposed railway bears round to the north again, following and running parallel to the sweep of the channel, it crosses the dead end of Short-street ; thence due north across the overbridge at the junction of Eltham and Fred streets it passes to the western side of the stormwater channel, and crosses the Old Canterbury road between its intersection with Edward-street and the bridge spanning the stormwater channel.

The proposed railway then beats round towards the north-north east, and again spanning the stormwater channel between the two hends opposite Toothill-street, it passes to the channel's eastern bank, and crosses the dead end of Hudson-street. Continuing due north-north-east, it meet-* the railway terrace near the brilge over the stormwater channel, and thence sweeping due north, passes under the eastern span of the Lewisham underbridge, Main Suburban bne.

The proposed ra'lway then skirts the southern end of the sewer aqueduct, and continuing parallel to the stormwater channel, crosses the dead ends of Barker, John,
nnd Cook streets ; thence across the Parramatta-road at eastern end of bridge.

Continuing parallel on the eastern bank of the stormwater channel, it crosses the dead ends of Hathern and Becston streets ; thence bearing northly, the proposed railway strikes the corner formed by the junction of Kegworth-street and Lords-road. Still parallel to stormwater channel, it crosses the Abbotsford tramline at right angles at the eastern end of the Marion-street bridge.

After crossing the tramline, the proposed railway trwerses the Canal-road as far as the intersection of Canal road and Walter-street, where it bears away north-north-east, parallel to the Long Cove Creek, crossing Allan-street between its intersections with Canal and Darley roads, trwersing Darley-road to its intersection with Walter-street. The proposed railway then crosses Flat-street at the elbow between Darley-road and Falls-street ; and thence sweeping round across the intersection of Park-road and Falls-street, it bears east-north-east across the end of the Helsarmel-road Stormwater Canal ; and thence across Hubert-street between its intersections with Wragge-street

and Park-road. Skirting

Skirting Wragge-street, the proposed railway crosses Francis-street, and then bearing due east across James-street, it meets the Leichhardt tramline in Norton-street midway between its intersections with Wragge-street and Albert-lane. Continuing easterly, the proposed railway, after crossing Henry-street, skirts the northern boundary of Albert-lane to the Derbyshire-road : and thence parallel to Anstenharn-road it intersects the junction of Balmain-road and Brennan-street.

The proposed railway then bears in an east-north-easterly direction, and to the north of Brennan-street, passing over the Water and Sewerage Board's main sewer, and thence across Halloran-street, about a chain and a half north of its junction with the Abattoir-road; then continuing parallel to Brennan-street it intersects the junction of Justin-street and the Abattoir-road. From this point it bears north-easterly, crossing the stormwater channel on the southern side of the culvert in the Abattoir-road ; and following the trend of the Abattoir road it crosses White-street midway between the stormwater channel and the junction of White-street and the Abattoir-road. From this point the proposed railway takes an east-north-easterly direction, skirting the Abattoir- road and parallel to the main stormwater channel ; thence across the stormwater culvert in Gordon-street, passing over the dock in the federal timber-yard : thence through the glassworks, through the meat canning factory, through Swan Brothers' timber yard on water frontage to the intersection of the Abattoir-road and the approach to Glebe Island Bridge.

In the vicinity of the glassworks, it is proposed to construct a branch line from the proposed railway on the northern side bearing north-easterly to a proposed wharf to be constructed on the north-eastern corner of Glebe Island. This proposed branch line will cross the Abattoir-road at its junction with .Mullens-street, and then bear to the southern corner of Miller's timber-yard ; and thence along water frontage to proposed

wharf.
The proposed main railway after cros-ing the Abattoir-road s>vieps round to the western end of Glebe Island Bridge, where it is pr posed to construct a new bridge on the northern side and parallel to the exi-ting bridge (50 feet from ihe centre of the existing bridge), to carry the proposed railway across Johnstone Buy to Daring Island. On lewing this bridge it passes over Bank-street, and then sweeping round in a north­ easterly direction across Hill-street, near its junction with John-street, it trwerses John-street as far as Jones-street, then diverges from John-street through the block bounded by John and Harvey streets. It then crosses Harris-street at i s junction with Church-streat; and thence partly traversing Church-stt eet ir sweeps across the northern end of Pyrmont-street, also touching the southern end of Point-street. The proposed railway then bends in an eastery direction, crossing John street between its intersection with Pyrmont and Mill streets ; and thence entering the Chief Commissioner's property opposite the Darling Island footbridge, and junction with the main line to Darling Island opposite the southern end of the Darling Island grain-shed.

Total mileage, 5 miles 43 chains. A c t