Great Western Railway Deviation (Lithgow Zigzag, ‘Section B') Act 1908 (NSW)

Act No. 19, 1908.

An Act to sanction the carrying out of a devia­ tion of the Great Western Railway Line, to avoid that portion of the Lithgow Zigzag between the Bottom Points and the Coal Stage at Eskbank, " Section B " ; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto. [16th December, 1908.]

WH E R E A S , in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1900, the Legislative Assembly did, by resolution,	declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely, the
construction of a deviation on the Great Western Railway line, to avoid that portion of the Lithgow Zigzag between the Bottom Points and the Coal Stage at Kskbank, " Section B " : 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 : B e
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 :—-
1. This Act may be cited as the " Great Western Railway Deviation (Lithgow Zigzag, ' Section B ') Act, 1908 . "
2. The carrying out of the 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 Authori ty" within the meaning of the
Public Works Act, 1900.
3. The plan of the said work is the plan marked " Deviation to avoid the Lithgow Zigzag, ' Section B,' Bottom Points to Eskbank," 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 one hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-seven pounds, may 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.

THIS line commences at the Bottom Points of the Lithgow Zigzag, and proceeds in a northerly direction for about three-quarters of a mile, and after curving sharply to the west, it descends the left bank of Farmer's Creek south-westerly, until it adjoins the existing railway at ninety-four miles six chains on the new route: ; thence it runs almost parallel with that railway to where, the deviation terminates at ninety-four miles twenty chains on the existing railway from Sydney ; being a total length of three miles forty- six chains, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority.