North Shore, Manly, and Pittwater Tramway and Railway Act of 1888 52 Vic (NSW)

1889. > VIC.

North Shore, Manly, and Pittwater Tramway and | Railoay.

An Act to authorize the construction of a Tramway from the northern terminus of the North Shore Cable Tramway to the Spit at Middle Harbour, and from the Spit aforesaid to Manly Village, and a Light

Railway thence to Pittwater, Broken Bay. [10th January, 1889. ]

Wee Clement Alban Benbow and Leslic Johnston, both of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Esquires, are desirous of constr ucting a tramway from the northern terminus of the present cable tramway - running from Milson's Point, Saint Leonards, in the parish of Willoughby, fo the Spit at Middle Harbour, in the parish aforesaid, and from the Spit aforesaid to Manly Village, and thence a light railway to Pittwater, Broken Bay; such tramway and light railway lines to run thr ough certain priv. 'ate lands and certain streets described in the Schedules annexed hercto. And whereas it is desired to construct such tramway and light railway for the purpose of giving better access for the public to the districts through which the said proposed tramway and light railway run and the places before named, and also to the Haw kesbury River. And whereas the inereased facilities of communication and traffic which would result from the construction of the said proposed tramway and light railway would be for the public convenience and benefit. And it is desirable to authorize by Legislative enactments the construction and maintenance of the said proposed tramway and light railway, subject to the provisions herein- after contained. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Exccl- lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assom)led, anc Dy the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. It shall be lawful for the said Clement Alban Benbow and Leslic Johnston, their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, upon the terms and conditions and subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, to make and construct a tramway and light railway for conveying passengers and their luggage and other goods and mer- chandize from a point at or near the northern terminus of the afore- said North Shore Cable Tramway, and thence by the lines described in the Schedules A and B to this Act, and to effect through com- munication between the said North Shore Cable Tramway and Manly Village and Pittwater aforesaid, and to take and use so much of the streets or lands referred to in the said Schedules as may be required for the purposes of such tramway and light railway, but so that the same shall not occupy in any part thereof a greater space in breadth than twenty feet, including the support and foundations thereof. Provided that the said tramway and light railway shall be completely constructed between the points above indicated respectively and brought into use within three years from the passing of this Act. And the same shall be constructed in a proper and workmanlike manner. Provided that the construction of the said tramway and light railway shall be commenced within six months from the passing of this Act, and that within twelve months from the passing of this Act four miles at least of the permanent way of the said tramway and light railway shall be completed, and that within cighteen months from the passing of this Act the whole of the permanent way of the said