Taylors and Walker’s Railway Act 26 Vic (NSW)

1862. 26° VIC.

Taylor and Walker's Railway.

An Act to enable Robert Taylor and Christopher Walker trading under the style of Taylor and Walker to construct a Railway from land near Russellville in the district of Ilawarra in the county of Camden held by the same firm under lease froin the Trustees of the late Henry Osborne and called the Osborne Bellambi Mine and to connect the same with Bellambi Harbour. [17th December, 1862.]

HEREAS Robert Taylor and Christopher Walker hereinafter designated the " Firm" have opened Coal Mines on land situate near Russellville in the District of Illawarra in the County of Camden leased by the said Robert Taylor and Christopher Walker from the Trustees of the will of the late Henry Osborne and are desirous of constructing a Railway from the said Coal Mines to the projected public dock or harbour works at Bellambi ILarbour but as part of such proposed Railway is intended to be made upon and to pass through lands in the said County not held by the said firm but believed to be the property of Francis Peter M'Cabe Michael Cawley Patrick Farragher John Cawley Thomas Ilale and the Crown respectively the same cannot be made without Legislative authority And whereas the said Coal Mines are likely to prove beneficial to the Colony and the public are concerned in promoting such an increase in the facilities for the supply of coal for local con- sumption steam navigation and export as would result from the con- struction of the said proposed Railway it is therefore desirable to authorize by Legislative enactment the construction of the said Railway subject to the provisions hereinafter contained upon payment of compensation to the several parties through whose lands the same shall pass for such portions of their respective lands as may be required to be occupied thereby Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla- tive Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows— 1. It shall be lawful for the firm to make and construct a Railway from the land held by the firm through lands believed to be the properties of the several persons mentioned in the Preamble of this Act and also through Crown lands and to take and use so much of the said lands as the said firm may require for the purposes of such Railway in the line described in the Schedule hereto not exceeding in any part thereof a greater space in breadth than sixty-six feet includ- ing the supports abutments and foundations of the said Railway Provided that the Railway shall be constructed and brought into use within the term of five years from the passing of this Act or within twelve months after the proposed public dock or harbour works at the harbour of Bellambi shall have been completed if such public dock or harbour works are not completed within the term of five years after the passing of this Act.