Gladstone to Callide Railway Act Amendment Act of 1902 (2 Edw VII No. 17) (Qld)

RAILWAYS. ~ 2 Enw. VII. No. 17. Gladstone to Gallide Railwal/ Act Amendment Ae 8583 RAILWAYS. An Act to Amend "The Gladstone to Callide 2 ENdwo.. 1 V 7 I . I. Railway Act of 1900." THE GLADSTONE [ASSENTED 'fO 26TH DECEMBER, 1902.J TO CALLIDB RAILWAY A(J'f AMENDMEN'r ACT OF 1902. W HEREAS by " The Gladstone to Oallide Railway Preamble. Act qf 1900"* the Oal1ide Coal Syndicate, Limited, its assigns and successors in interest, therein called "the -Company," for the purpose of connecting certain valuable .eoal-bearing lands at Oallide Creek with the harbour of Port Curtis, was authorised and required, subject to the provisions of that Act, within three years from the date of the passing of that Act, to construct and thereafter to maintain a main line of railway seventy- five miles or thereabouts in length, commencing at Gladstone and proceeding to Callide Creek by a route ·delineated in the Schedule to the said Act, and the Oom- missioner for Railways was empowered from time to time, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to authorise the Company in constructing the railway to make such alterations and deviations of the route so delineated in such Schedule as mightbe considered expedient, not exceed- ing two miles on either side of the line as shown on the plans and sections deposited: And whereas provision was made in the said Act with respect to the grade and curves upon the said line of railway: And whereas the Company has duly made the money deposit required by the said Act, .and has made a preliminary survey of the route of the said railway, and has expended considerable sums of money in furtherance of the said undertaking and of the development {)f the said coal-bearing lands: And whereas owing to the nature of the country to be traversed by the said line ·of railway it is expedient that further provision should be made with respect to the time limited for the completion thereof, and the route thereof, and the grade and curves thereon, and that in order to facilitate the export of coal from the said harbour the Oompany should be empowered to construct wharves and other works at the said harbour: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in * 64 Vie. No. 13, supra, page 7382.

RAILWAYS. Glailstone to Oalliile Railway Act Amendment Act. 2 EDW. VII No. 17,. Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,. as follows ;- Short tit.le 1. This Act may be cited as "The Gladstone to aconndstruction. Oallide Railway Aot Amendment Aot of 1902," and shall be read and construed with and as an amendment of " The Gladstone to Oallide Railway .Aot of 1900,"* herein called "The Principal Act." The said Act and this Act may together be cited as "1 1 he Gladstone to Oallide Railway .Aots, 1900 to 1902." t CE i O m xtD e e8nftsoruiroctnioonf the P 2 r . inTchipealliAmcitt offortitmhee pcorenssctrriubcetdionbyofsetchtieonratihlwreaey 0 is 1 of railway. hereby extended until the thirty-first day of December, one- thousand nine hundred and five: Provided that if the Company on or before that date- has received a progress certificate from the Commissioner,. granted under the provisions of section eight of that Act, that. at the least forty miles in length of the railway are completed and ready for public traffic, then the Company shall be entitled to an extension of the period by this Act limited for the completion of the railway for a further period of one year from t.he said thirty-first day of Decem- ber, one thousand nine hundred and five. As to deviations. 3. Alterations and deviations of the route of the· railway as delineated in the Schedule to the Principal Act may he authorised and approved in manner provided by section three of that Act, notwithstanding that any such, alterations or deviations exceeri two miles on either side, of the route as delineated in the said Schedule: Provided that the total length of line shall not exceedi that authorised by the Principal Act. Grade and curves. 4. The third paragraph of section five of the Principal Act is repealed, and the following provision is inserted in lieu thereof :- " No grade upon the railway shall be steeper than one· foot in eighteen feet, and no curve thereon shall have a less radius than four chains: Provided that if the gauge adopted is not more than two feet six inches the minimum radius of curves may be' reduced to three chains: Provided turther that if the railway or any part thereof is worked by means of electric power then witlh * 64 Vie. No. 13, supra, page 7382~

1902. RAILWAYS. ----_._-- Gladstone to Oallide Railway Act Amendment Act. respect to the whole line or such part thereof as is so worked by electric power, as the case may be, no grade shall be steeper than one foot in eighteen feet, and no -curve shall have a' less radius than two and one-half chains." The second paragraph of section twenty-four of the Principal Act is repealed. 5. (1.) For the purpose of providing at the terminus Wharm,etc., -of the railway, at the harbour of Port Curtis, in Gladstone, at port. facilities for the receiving, handling, forwarding, and ship- ment of coal and other goods carried or to be carried by the railway, the following provisions shall have effect. (2.) The lands, buildings, and works authorised by this section to be acquired, constructed, and used shall, for all purposes of the Principal Act, be deemed to be acquired, constructed, and used for the purposes of the railway and to be a part thereof. (3.) If the terminus of the railway is at Barney .Point, on the shore of the said harbour, the Company shall be entitled to take, use, and occupy at such terminus a portion of the reserve on Barney Point not exceeding two ,and a-half acres in area and situated on the north-west side of Barney street, to be defined by the Commissioner, and all the provisions of section nine of the Principal Act -shall be applicable to such lands. (4.) Any lands other than Crown lands which are required at the said terminus for the purposes aforesaid shall and may be r~sumed by the Commissioner, and all the provisions of section eleven of the Principal Act shall be applicable to such lands. (5.) The Company may, upon lands acquired and ,occupied by the Company under the foregoing provisions and also upon any tidal lands forming the sea frontage to -such lands, from time to time erect, construct, maintain, ,occupy, and use such buildings, wharves, coal elevators, shoots, and other works as may be necessary, with all necessary machinery and appliances: Provided that the design and arrangement of all such buildings and works shall first be submitted to the Com- missioner and approved by him. SOUTH BRISBANE GAS AND LIGHT COMPANY. See COMPANIES.