Wollongong Water Supply Works Act 1900 (NSW)

Act No. 36, 1900.

A ll Act to sanction tlie construction of Water woixonoono

Supply Works for the Borough of Wollon­ gong (such works to provide for extension to Port Kemhla on the south, and towards Bulli on the north); and to apply the pro­ visions of the Country Towns Water and Sewerage Act of 1880, and any enactments amending the same, to the said works. [20̂ // Octobci", 1900.]

' W J TIFIREAS, in acc-ordanco witli tlio i)rovisIons of the Puldie AVorks preamble,

V V of 1888, tlio Leg'islative Assembly did, by resolution, declare!

that it was exiiedient to carry out a cei'tain work, namelv, AVatei- Siipplv'

' Works

256   Act No. 36, 1900.

Wollongong Water Supply Works.

Works for the Borough of Wollongong (such works to provide for extension to Port Kemhla on the south, and towards Bulli on the north): 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: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’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:—

Incorporation and	1. This Act shall be construed with the Country Towns Water and Sewerage Act of 1880, the Country Towns Water and Sewerage Act Extension Act of 1887, and so much of the Country Towns and Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Acts Amendment Act of 1894 as amends the Acts abovementioned, and may be cited as the “ Wollongong Water Supply Works Act, 1900.”
short title.

Work sanctioned. 2. The carrying out of the said 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.

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

water supply for Wollongong, Port Kembla, &c.,” signed by the Secre­ tary for Public Works, and countersigned by the Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works, and deposited in the office of the said Secretary.

Cost, how to be

defrayed.	4. The cost of carrying out the work hereby sanctioned, estimated at Twenty-five thousand two hundred and eleven pounds, may be defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now or may hereafter be applic­ able thereto, and the Borough of Wollongong shall not under any circumstances be held liable for a sum exceeding the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.
Application of
Country Towns	5. Any work sanctioned by and completed under the authority Water and Sewerage Act of 1880, and of any enactment amending the same, be deemed to be works authorised and completed by the Governor within the meaning of section one hundred and twenty-four of the said Act.
Water and Sewerage	of this Act shall, for the purposes of Part V of the Country Towns
Acta to work
sanctioned.

SCHEDULE

Act No. 37, 1900. 257

Pastures and Stock Protection (Rabbit).

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1. A concrete duni across the Cataract River to form a storafre reservoir with a capacity of one hundred and sixty-eight million gallons.

2. About eight and one-third miles of ton-inch and six-inch steel main to the service reservoir and towards Port Kembla.

3. A concrete service reservoir with a capacity of four hundred thousand gallons.

4. About one mile of eight-inch pipe to the town.

5. About ton and one-sixth miles of six-inch, four-inch, and three-inch reticidation

pipes and hydrants.

Xote to Schr.dti/e.

I n lieu of taking the pipe through a tunnel and tlienee rid Mount Kemhla and Fig Tree Village, 8B submitted to the I’uhlie \Vorks ('ommittee, the ])laii and seheilule provide for leading the pipe line from the dam via the Cordeaux and Kemhla (h'eek Valleys to Odirien's Gap, and then in a direct lino to Wollongong.