Toronto Tramway Act of 1889 53 Vic (NSW)

Torosto Taaswar. AT) Act to authorize the construction and

Preamble,

Authority to con-

struct tramway,

maintenance of a Tramway from the Plat- form or Station known as Fassifern, on the Government Line of Railway from Sydney to Newcastle, and the Toronto Estate at Lake Macquarie. [10th October, 1889. |

Vy ee AS the "Excelsior Land Investment and Building Com- pany and Bank (Limited)," being a joint stock company duly registered and incorporated under and in accordance with the provisions of the "Companies Act" (hereinafter called the said Company), is possessed of and entitled to an estate called 'Toronto, consisting of over one thousand acres of land, at Lake Macquarie, in the parish of Awaba, in the county of Northumberland, in the Colony of New South Wales. And whereas such land is situated near to the platform or station known as Fassifern on the Government line of railway between Sydney and Newcastle, known as the ILomebush-Waratah Line. And whereas it is desirable that a better mode of access from and to the said platform or station and the Company's land at Toronto should be provided for the residents, visitors, excursionists, and others. And whereas the said Company is desirous of constructing a tramway from the said Toronto Estate and connecting with the'said platform or station known as Fassifern, through certain lands the property of the said Company as particularly set forth in the Schedule hereto, and also through lands believed to be the property of the Crown and of certain private persons, and the same therefore cannot he made without Legislative authority. And whereas the increased facilities of communication and traffic which would result from the construction of the said proposed tramway would be for the public convenience and benefit. And it is desirable to authorize by Legislative enactment the construction and maintenance of the said proposed tramway, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained. 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 asscmbled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. It shall, be lawful for the said Company on the terms