THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JUNE, 1881.
2nd. They shall not open or break up any road or street except under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General.
3rd. They shall not alter the level of the surface of any part of any road or street without the per- mission and approval of the Surveyor General. 4th. They shall leave an interval of at least a quarter of a mile between any two places at which they may open or break up the road or street, and they shall not open or break up at any such place a greater length than one hundred yards.
V. For the purpose of making, forming, laying down, maintaining, repairing or renewing any of their Tramways, the Company may, from time to time, where and as far as it is necessary or may appear expedient for the purpose of preventing frequent interruption of the traffic by repairs of works in connection with the same, alter the position of any mains or pipes for the supply of gas or water or any tube, wires or apparatus for telegraphic or other purposes, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, and also subject to the following restrictions; (that is to say),—
1st. Before laying down a Tramway in a road in which any mains or pipes, tubes, wires or appa- ratus may be laid, the Company shall, whether they contemplate altering the position of any such mains or pipes, wires, or apparatus or not, give seven days' notice to the Surveyor General or Company, body or person to whom such mains or pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus may belong or by, whom they are controlled, of their intention to lay down or alter the Tramway, and shall at the same time deliver a plan and section of the pro- posed work. If it should appear to the Surveyor General or any such Company, body or person that the construction of the Tramway as pro- posed would endanger any such main or pipe, tube, wire or apparatus or interfere with or im- pede the supply of water or gas or the telegraphic or other communication, the Surveyor General or such Company, body or person (as the case may be) may give notice to the Company to lower or otherwise alter the position of the said mains or pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus in such manner as may be considered necessary; and any differ- ence as to the necessity of any such lowering or alteration shall be settled in manner provided by this Ordinance for the settlement of differences between the Company and other Companies, bodies or person; and all alterations to be made under this section shall be made with as little detriment and inconvenience to the Surveyor General or to the Company, body or person to whom such mains or pipes, tubes, wires or appa- ratus may belong, or by whom the same are con- trolled, or to the inhabitants of the district, as the circumstances will admit, and under the superin- tendance of the Surveyor General or of such Company, body or person, or of their Surveyor or Engineer if they or he think fit to attend, after receiving not less than forty-eight hours' notice for that purpose, which notice the Company are hereby required to give.
2nd. The Company shall not remove or displace any of the mains or pipes, valves, syphons, plugs, tubes, wires or apparatus, or other works belong- ing to or controlled by the Surveyor General or by any such Company, body or person, or do anything to impede the passage of water or gas, or the telegraphic or other communication into or through such mains, without the consent of the Surveyor General or of such Company, body or person, or in any other manner than the Surveyor General or such Company, body or person shall approve, until good and sufficient mains, pipes, valves, syphons, plugs and other works necessary or proper for continuing the supply of water or gas, or telegraphic or other communication, as sufficiently as the same was supplied by the mains or pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus pro- posed to be removed or displaced, shall at the
Power to alter the pusttion of any main- pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus.
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