North Coast Railway Act 1906 (NSW)

Act No. 18, 1906.

North Coast Railway.

Act No. 18, 190G.

N orth C oast S f l l l C t i o n t l l C C O ll S t r i l C t i o n o f H H ll C o f

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Railway from ^Faitland to South Grafton ; to authorise tlie construction of the said line on public roads ; to amend the Public AVorks Act, 1900, so far as it relates to the making and m aintaining of fences along the said l in e ; to i^rovide for the use of the said line by the Constructing A uthority or by persons authorised l)y h im ; and for other purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto. \lltli Novertihcr, 1906.]

Preamble.	T^TITEREAS, in accordance ivitli the provisions of the Pnhlic
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Works Act, 1900, the Legislative Asseinh]y did, by resolution, declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely, the construction of a line of railway from Maitland to South Grafton : And whereas, on the passing of tlie 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 : Be it therefore enacted l>y the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with tlie 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 :—

Short title. 1. This Act mav be cited as the “ North Coast Bailway Act,

1906.” '

W ork sanctioned. 2. The carrying out the said work (more particularly described in the Schedule to this Act) is hereby sanctioned ; and the Secretary for Public lYorks, or the Member of the Executive Council for the time being performing tbc duties of tbe said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said v ork, subject to the provisions of tins Act, and for tbat purpose shall be, and shall have the powers and duties of, a Constructing Authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1900.

Plan of work. 3. The plan of the said work is the plan marked “ Maitland to South Grafton Bailway,” sigited by the Secretary for Public Works, and countersigned by the Lender Secretary of the Department of Public Works, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

Act No. 18, 190C).

North Coast Nailway.

4. The cost of carrying' out the said work, estimated at two Cost, how to bo

millions six hundred and lil'ty thousand eii^ht hundred and twenty ])ounds shall b(; defrayed from such moneys as may be appropriated by Tarliament for that purpose from such Loan Votes as are now or may hereafter be applicable to that ])urpose, and shall not under any eireunistanees ext^t'd tlû estiinalt'd cost by moi'c than ten per centum.

5. The said line ol' railway may be eonslructed on or along-or i.ino may be

by tbe side of any public road or highway. consti-ucted on road.

6 . Xotwithstanding the jirovisions of section eighty-four of the Foneine not required

Ibiblic Works Act, 11)00, the Constructing Authority shall not re(|uiied or coni])elled nor .shall it be the duty of the said Authority to make or maintain any fence along the said line of railway for tlu; at^commodation of any person or for any purpose Avhatsocvcr ; but the said authority may, in his discretion, make and maintain such fenct-s in connection with the said line of railway as he may think lit.

7. The Constructing Authority and any persons authorised l)y Constructing

him may use the said line or any part thereof before it is transferred to the liailway Commissioners, and for that purpose may run thereon any carriages or waggons propelled or drawn by any motive power.

SC H E D U L E .

'J'liis liiH' cominoneos by a junction witli tlic G reat Lortln-rn Ibiihvay, about half a mile north of W est M aitland station, and proceeds iiortlierly across the H u n te r Riven-, iuid ascends the Patt-rson R iver Vbillcv to the parish of Eingal, county of Gloucester, ■wlu're its direction becomes i,'cncrally north eastrley throut,di Duuf'og to the K aruali R iver ; there the line bends almost (hie north, and jiasses through Avon Station and townsliip of Gloucester, descends the Gloucester R i\e r to near its eontluence with the jManning River, and after crossing the la tte r follows its m jrthern side through W inghain and 'I’ai-c'c ; thence a north-easterly coui’se takes it across Dawson and Lansdowne Rivers, down the valley of the la tte r east(-rly jiast Coopernook, and bending north-easterly crosses S tew art s River, skirts the w( sti-i-n shore of W atson Taylor Lake, and tu rn ing to the left follows the soutlu-rn bank of Cannh-n H aven River, and crosses it, also H eron’s Creek, N arran, H astings (a t Wauchop('), and Wilson Rivers. Kenqisey is then reached, and the Macleay and Nambucca River.s cros.sed, the la tte r a t its conlluence with Bowra R iver and Taylor’s Arm a t W ilson ; thence a generally northerly route carries the line to the west of Nambucca, and in close pro.xirnity to the coast, also across both arms of the Rellingen Riv(‘r, and through the towns of Raleigh and Repton, and onwards to CofTs H arbour, where a short branch goes eastward to the jett\- ; a westerly and north-westerly bearing takes tbe line to Coramba and down the vallev of the O rara Itiver and across Dundoo Creek to the southern bank of tlu' Clarence River, a t South Grafton, whore it ends a t thn-e liundr('d and thirty-one miles twenty-five chains twenty-four links from New-castle,—being a distanci' of thrc'c hundred and ten miles fifty-eight chains, and subjt'ct to such deviations and modifications as may b(‘ considered desirable by the Constructing .\u thority .

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