No. XXL
An Act to sanction the construction of a line of Kail way to connect the North Shore Railway with the dec]) waters of Port Jackson at Mi]son's Point. [26th Novem ber, 1890.]
| WH E R E A S , | cer ta in proposed Publ ic W o r k , namely , " a l ine of | Ra i lway | to |
| pursuant, | to the | " P u b l i c | W o r k s | A c t | of | 1888 , " | a |
| connect | t h e N o r t h Shore Ra i lway wi th | t he deep | waters of Po r t | J a c k s o n |
| a t | Mi lson ' s | P o i n t , " was, on | the | first | day of A u g u s t , in the year one. |
| t h o u s a n d | e ight hundred | and | e ighty-nine , du ly submi t ted and | explained |
by the Secretary for Publ ic W o r k s in t h e Legis la t ive Assembly, and such work A\as the reupon referred, on the mot ion of t h e said Minis ter , to the; Pa r l i amen ta ry S tand ing Commit tee on Pub l i c W o r k s , which Commi t t ee repor ted to t he said Assembly on t h e n ine t een th day of December in the said year , t h a t it was not expedient to cons t ruc t the said ra i lway. A n d whereas on the n i n t h day of May , in the year one thousand e ight hund red and n ine ty , t he said Assembly by resolution, p u r s u a n t to t he said Ac t , declared " t h a t i t is expedient t h a t t h e R e p o r t
| repor ted to t he said Assembly on the twenty-seven th day of A u g u s t in the said year, t h a t i t is expedient " t h a t t he said lino of ra i lway to connect t h e Nor th Shore Railway with the deep waters of Port J ackson a t Mi lson ' s Po in t should be cons t ruc ted" : A n d whereas on the e leventh day of September , in the said year, the said Assembly by | resolution |
| of t he Pa r l i amen ta ry S tand ing | Commit tee | on | Publ ic | W o r k s | upon | a |
| proposed l ine of ra i lway to connect t he N o r t h Shore Ra i lway wi th | the |
| deep waters of Po r t | J ackson a t Milson 's Po in t be r emi t t ed to the said |
Commi t t ee for its fur ther consideration and repor t " : A n d whereas on the said n i n t h day of May , in t he said year, the said Repor t was so remi t t ed to t he said Commit tee p u r s u a n t to such las t -ment ioned resolu
| tion. | A n d whereas t he said Commit tee after fu r the r | consideration |
resolut ion declared " t h a t i t is expedient t h a t a l ine of ra i lway to con nec t t h e N o r t h Shore Ra i lway wi th tho deep waters of P o r t J ackson
| a t Mi lson ' s Po in t , as referred | by | the Legis la t ive Assembly to t h e |
| P a r l i a m e n t a r y | S tanding | Commit tee | on | P u b l i c | W o r k s , be carried | o u t " : |
| A n d t h e said resolut ion was notified in t he Gazette | on t he twelf th day of |
September , in t he said year : Re it therefore enacted by t h e Queen ' s Most Exce l l en t Majesty, by and wi th t h e advice and consent of t h e 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 by the au thor i ty of | t he same, as |
follows :—
| 1. This Act m a y be cited as t he " Milson 's Po in t | Ex tens ion |
| Ra i lway A c t | of | 1 8 9 0 , " ' a n d | shall be read | wi th t h e | " Pub l i c W o r k s | A c t |
| 2. | The P u b l i c W o r k | more par t icu la r ly described in t he | Schedule |
| to th is A c t shall be carried out | by t h e | Secretary for Pub l i c W o r k s , or |
| t h e M e m b e r | of t he Execu t ive Counci l for t h e t ime be ing charged wi th |
| t h e duties of | t h e said Minis ter . A n d such Minis te r or M e m b e r shall, |
| for t he purposes of th is A c t and the | " Pub l i c W o r k s A c t of | 1888 ," be |
deemed and t a k e n to be t he " Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y " au thor ized to enter in to contracts , and to exercise all powers, do all acts and th ings , and be responsible in respect of all obligations and liabilit ies which can be done or incur red by a " Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y " unde r or
| p u r s u a n t to th is Act or t he said | Pub l i c W o r k s Act , so | far | as | m a y be |
| necessary for t he ca r ry ing out of t he work hereby sanct ioned. | T h e |
| P l a n | of | such | W o r k | hereinaf ter | referred | to , | is | t h e | P l a n | m a r k e d |
| " Ex t ens ion | of | N o r t h | Shore | Ra i lway to Milson 's P o i n t , " | signed | by |
| the | Secretary for | Pub l i c | W o r k s , | and | counters igned | by t h e | A c t i n g |
| Engineer- in-Chief | for Rai lways , a n d deposited in t h e office of t he said |
| Secretary | for | Pub l i c | W o r k s . |
8 . The cost of ca r ry ing out t h e work he reby sanctioned,
es t imated a t t h e sum of one h u n d r e d and twenty-seven thousand pounds , shal l be defrayed from such L o a n Votes as are now or m a y hereafter be appl icable there to .
S C H E D U L E .
| Extension | of North | Shore Rai lway to Mihon's | Point. |
| T h e | l i n e | c o m m e n c e s | a t | t h e | t e r m i n a l | s t a t i o n | of | t h e | H o r n s b y | t o | S t . | L e o n a r d s | B a i l - |
| w a y | ; | t h e n c e | p a s s i n g | u n d e r | E d w a r d s ' | R o a d , | B a y | R o a d , | o v e r | C a r r - s t r e e t | a n d | B a y - s t r e e t , |
| u n d e r | M i t c h e l l - s t r e e t , | a n d | s k i r t i n g | B e r r y ' s | B a y | ; | t h e n c e | n o r t h - e a s t e r l y | b y | t u n n e l | u n d e r |
| B l u e ' s | P o i n t | R o a d | a n d | G e o r g e - s t r e e t | t o | t h e | h e a d | of | L a v e n d e r | B a y | ; | t h e n c e f o l l o w i n g | t h e |
| e a s t e r n | s h o r e | of | t h a t | b a y | a n d | t e r m i n a t i n g | a t | M i l s o n ' s | P o i n t , — a s | s h o w n | i n | p l a n | h e r e i n |
| b e f o r e | r e f e r r e d | t o , | t h e | s a i d | l i n e | t o | b e | c o n s t r u c t e d | o n | a | m a x i m u m | g r a d e | of | o n e | i n | fifty. |