A c t No . 25, 1908.
A n Act to sanction the construct ion of an electric
tramway from Harris-street , v ia Miller-street ,
Abattoir-road, Glebe Is land Bridge , and
| Weston-s tree t | to | Evans-s treet , | B a l m a i n ; | and |
| for other purposes . | [21 at December, | 1908.] |
| declare t h a t it was expedien t to ca r ry ou t a cer ta in work, namely , the | WH E R E A S , in accordance wi th "Works Act , 1900, t he Legis la t ive Assembly did, by resolution, |
| cons t ruc t ion of an electric t r a m w a y from Har r i s - s t ree t , via Miller- |
| s treet , | Abat to i r - road, | Glebe | I s l and | Bridge, | and | Weston-s t ree t | to | |
| Evans-s t ree t , Ba lmain : | A n d whereas on the pass ing of t h e | said | |
| resolut ion, a s ta tu tory d u t y was by t h e said A c t imposed on | the | |
| Secretary for P u b l i c W o r k s to in t roduce a Bill in to t he | said | Assembly | |
| to sanct ion t h e car ry ing out of the said work : | Be it therefore enacted | |
| by the K i n g ' s Most Exce l l en t Majes ty , by and wi th the advice and consent of the Legislat ive Council and 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 b y the au thor i ty of the same, as follows :— |
| t h e provisions of the | Publ ic |
| 1. | This A c t may be cited as t he | " Harr i s - s t ree t to | Evans-s t ree t , |
| Ba lmain , | E lec t r i c | T ramway | Act , | 1908 ." |
2. The car ry ing out of the work described in t he Schedule to th is A c t is hereby sanctioned ; and t h e Secretary for Publ ic W r orks, or t h e m e m b e r of the; Execu t ive Council for t h e t i m e be ing per forming t h e dut ies of t he said Secretary, is hereby author ised to u n d e r t a k e a n d carry out t he said work, subject to t he provisions of th is Act , a n d for t h a t purpose shall be and shall have t he powers and dut ies of a Cons t ruc t ing Au tho r i t y wi th in the m e a n i n g of the Pub l ic W r orks
| thousand seven h u n d r e d and t w e n t y pounds (which includes the cost of roll ing-stock and electric power) , may be defrayed from such Loan | Votes |
3. The plan of the said work is t he plan m a r k e d " Har r i s - s t ree t
| to | Evans -s t ree t , | Ba lmain , | T r a m w a y , " | signed | by | the | Secre tary | for |
| Public; W o r k s , a n d counters igned by tin; | Chief | E n g i n e e r | for | Ra i lway |
| and T r a m w a y Construct ion, and deposited in t he publ ic office of | t h e |
| said Secretary. |
| 4. T h e cost of ca r ry ing | ou t t h e said work, es t imated a t | fifty |
| Votes as a re now or m a y hereafter | be appl icable to t h a t purpose, or |
from appropr ia t ions of the Pub l i c W o r k s F u n d , or par t ly from such votes and pa r t ly from the said appropr ia t ions , and shall no t unde r any c i rcumstances exceed the es t imated cost by more than ten per cen tum.
S C H E D U L E .
| T H I S t r a m w a y | commences a t a point on the Harr is -s t ree t | t r amway | near | the | intersect ion |
| of t h a t s t ree t wi th Miller-street, Ult imo, and proceeds south-westerly along the | la t te r |
| s t ree t to Bank-street , nor th-wester ly along t h a t | s t reet and across Glebe Is land br idge to |
Abat to i r - road , along tha t road westerly to Weston-street , and generally north-wester ly along t h a t s t reet t o Evans-street , where it ends by funct ioning with the Bahnain t r amway , being a to ta l dis tance of one mile thirty-five chains ; and subject to such deviat ions and
| modifications as may be considered | desirable by the Cons t ruc t ing | A u t h o r i t y . |