Rutland Flux Tramway Act of 1891 55 Vic (NSW)

1892. 55° VIC.

An Act to authorize Robert Stewart, of

3roken Hill, in the Colony of New South W: iles, mine owner, his heirs, executors,

administrators, and assigns, to constr uct and maintain a Tramway from his Flux

Quarries, in the parish of Robe, county of

Yaneowinna, in the Colony of New South Wales, and to use horse, steam, or other motive power upon the said Tramway, and to carry all flux, fuel, and other material to and from his said Quarries, in the parish of Robe aforesaid, to a point near Broken til, in the Colony aforesaid, connecting with the Tramway system of the Broken Hill Mines. [20th February, 1892.]

Wares large quantities of flux, fucl, and other material exist

at the aforesaid flux quarrics,in the parish of Robe,as also along the line of tramway: And whereas for the purpose of facilitating the carriage of the said flux, fuel, and other material from the said localities the said Robert Stewart is desirous of constructing a single or double tramway, for horse, steam, or other traction, over, across, and alone the lands described in the Schedule hereto, from the said localities to a point near Broken Jill, in the said Colony: And whereas such tramway cannot be made without Legislative authority : And whereas the construction of the said proposed "tramw ay would he lar vely for the benefit of the mining public by materially assisting to lessen the expense of developing" the great silver and lead mining industry in the Barricr Ranges, and it is therefore advisable to authorize, by Legis- lative ens actment, the construction 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 assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—