Deepwater and Mount Galena Tramway Act of 1892 55 Vic (NSW)

An Act to authorise William Bragg, of deevare aso Sydney, in the Colony of New South — ™v«. Wales, gentleman, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, or ahy com- pany duly registered for that purpose by agreement with the said William Brage, his executors, administrators, or assigns, to construct and maintain a Tramw: ay from a point to be determined on, near the Deepwater Railway Station, and con- necting with the Great Northern Railway Line, parish of Deepwater, in the said Colony, to Mount Galena Silver-mines, in the parish of Gordon, county of Gough, via Tent Hill and Emmaville, at a point to be determined on in mineral lease application, number two thousand one hundred and seventy-five, in the parish and county last aforesaid, and to use steam or other motive power upon the said Tramway, and to carry passengers, goods, live stock, ore, and other things over the said Tramway, for hire, for the public generally, as well as for persons engaged in mining operations. [lsé April, 1892. |

WW UGREAS large quantities of galena ore, minerals, fuel, and Premble.

other materials exist at Mount Galena, parish of Gordon, county of Gough, as aforesaid; as also along and adjacent to the line

of tramway: And whereas there are other mines in and near the said

parish and county where there exist large quantities of minerals and of

Authority to con- struct tramway.

Levels of line.

55° VIC.

Deepwater and Mount Galena Tranucay.

1892.

of ore: And whereas the means of travelling between Mount Galena and the Deepwater Railway Station are insufficient for the convenicnee of the public: And whereas for the purpose of facilitating the carriage of the said galena ore, minerals, and other ores, fuel, and other materials, and for the carriage of passengers, goods, live-stock, and other things over the said tramway for hire for the public generally as well as for persons engaged in mining operations from the said localities to the Deepwater Railway Station, the said William Bragg is desirous of constructing a single or double line of tramway to he worked by steam or other motive power over, across, and along the route described in the Schedule hereto, from a point to be determined on near the Deepwater Railway Station connecting with the Great Northern Railway Line in the said Colony to Mount Galena silver- mines, parish and county aforesaid: And whereas such tramway cannot be made without Legislative authority : And whereas the construction of the said proposed tramway would be largely for the benefit of the mining as well as the general public, by materially assisting to lessen the expense of developing the great silver and other mining industries in the Mount Galena district: And it is therefore advisable to authorise, by Legislative enactment, the construction of the said proposed tram- way, 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 assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—