Regent's Park to Cabramatta Railway Act 1919 (NSW)

REGENT'S PARK TO

CABRAMATTA RAILWAY ACT.

Act No. 23, 1919.

An A c t to sanction the construction of a line of

railway from -Regent's Park to Cabramatta ;
to authorise the construction of the said line on roads ; to authorise the use of the said line

during construction ; and for purposes conse- quent thereon or incidental thereto. [Assented

to, 5th December, 1919.]

WH E R E A S , in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1912, the Legislative	Assembly did by resolution declare that it was expedient
to carry out a certain work, namely, the construction
of a line of railway from Regent's Park to Cabramatta :
And whereas, on the passing of the said resolution,
a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on some member of the Executive Council having a seat in the said Assembly to introduce a Bill into the said Assembly
to sanction the carrying out of the said work : Be 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 " Regent's Park to Cabramatta Railway Act, 1919."

2. The carrying out of the said work (more particu­

larly described in the Schedule to this Act) is hereby

sanctioned.

3 . The plan of the said work is the plan marked

" Schedule Plan—Regent's Park to Cabramatta," signed

by the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales, and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, and deposited in the public

office of the said Commissioners. 4 .

4. The cost of carrying out the said work, estimated

at one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and

seventy-eight pounds (exclusive of land resumptions), may
be defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now, or may hereafter be, applicable to that purpose, or from appro- priations 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.

5 .    The said line of railway may be constructed on or

along or by the side of any road or highway.
6. The Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and any persons authorised by them may during con­ struction use the said line or any part thereof, and for
that purpose may run thereon any carriages or waggons

propelled or drawn by any motive power.

S C H E D U L E .

THIS railway commences at the terminus of the branch line from
Lideombe to Regent 's Park at 12 miles 27 chains 90-15 links from Sydney, and crosses the Sydney water supply pipe line, Park, Clapham, and K i n g streets, and takes an almost due west direction on the southern side of the latter street and on the northern side of W e l l i n g - ton-road, crosses Campbell H i l l road, Mil ler and Fripp streets, also
Woodvil le-road, formerly called Dog Trap road, where the line bends
south-westerly and crosses Carrington-road, Prospect Creek, Prospect- road, Lansdowne and Canley streets, and junctions with the Great Southern railway at 17 miles 35 chains 73'27 links from Sydney, and about a quarter of a mile on the Sydney side of the Cabramatta

station, being a total distance of 5 miles 7 chains 83-12 links, and	subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered
desirable by the Constructing Authori ty.

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