No. X.
A n Act to sanct ion t h e const ruct ion of an Elect r ic T r a m w a y from Circular Quay, in t he City of Sydney, to t he jRedfern Rai lway Stat ion, and a long Har r i s - s t ree t from its in tersect ion wi th George-street to i ts in te rsec t ion wi th John- s t r ee t in t he said city. [14th September, 1896.]
| W H E R E A S , | in accordance wi th t he provisions of | the Pub l i c | W o r k s |
A c t of 1888, the Legislat ive Assembly did, by resolut ion,
| declare t h a t i t was expedient to carry out a cer ta in work , namely , | t h e |
| cons t ruc t ion | of | an Elec t r i c T r a m w a y from | Circular | Quay , in t h e | City |
| of Sydney, to t h e Redfern | Ra i lway Station, and along | Har r i s - s t ree t |
| f rom its intersect ion wi th | George-street to | i ts intersect ion wi th | J o h n - |
street in t h e said c i t y : And whereas on t h e pass ing of the said resolut ion a s t a tu to ry d u t y was by the said Ac 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 h e said Assembly to sanction t h e car ry ing out of t he said w o r k : Bo i t therefore enacted by t h e
| Queen ' s Most Exce l l en t Majes ty , by and w i t h t he advice and | consent |
| of t he Legis la t ive | Council a n d Legis la t ive Assembly of N e w | South |
| W a l e s in P a r l i a m e n t | assembled, and by the | au thor i ty of | the same, as |
| follows :— |
| 1. The | car ry ing | out | of | t he | said | w o r k | (more | pa r t i cu la r ly |
described in t h e Schedule to th is Act) is hereby sanctioned ; and the Secretary for Pub l i c W o r k s , or t he M e m b e r of t he Execu t ive Counci l for t h e t ime be ing per forming the duties of t h e said Secretary, is hereby author ised to u n d e r t a k e and car ry out t h e said work subject to t he provisions of th is Ac t .
2. The p lan of t he said work is t he p lan marked " George-
| street and | Harr i s - s t ree t | E lec t r i c | T r a m w a y , " | s igned | by the | Secre tary |
| for Pub l i c W o r k s | and counters igned | b y t h e Engineer- in-Chief | for |
Ra i lways , and deposited in t h e publ ic office of t he said Secretary.
| 3 . T h e cost of car ry ing out the said work, es t imated a t | one |
h u n d r e d and t h i r t y thousand five h u n d r e d pounds , m a y be defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now or m a y hereafter be applicable to t h a t purpose , and shall no t unde r any c i rcumstances exceed the
| es t imated cost b y more t h a n t e n per | c en tum. |
| 4. This A c t m a y be cited as t he " George-street | and | Har r i s - |
| street | Elec t r ic | T r a m w a y | Act , | 1890 . " |
| SCHEDULE. |
| George-street | and | Harris-street | Electric | Tramway. |
The line commences at the eastern side of Circular Quay, and then following the curvature of the Quay passes the wharfs of the various ferry companies ; thence by way of Queen's wharf to George-street, and along the centre of that street to its junction with the existing tramway opposite Terminus-street; after following the existing steam lines for a distance of about two chains it again branches off at Harris- street, on which street the line will follow the centre until reaching John-street, where it terminates. A junction is also provided for with the existing lines leading to the Redfern Railway Station.