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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JULY, 1881.
Further pro- visions as to construction of Tramways.
Mode of formation of Tramways.
Penalty for not maintain- ing rails and road in good condition.
Tramways to be kept on level with surface of road..
Additional crossings, &c. may be made where
Necessary.
Temporary Fraro MTB What be ade
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LUPLASAND
Application of road materials excavated in construction of Promoters' works.
XII. In addition to the requirements of Section 26 of the Tramways Act, 1870, the Promoters shall, at the same time as they give notice to the Road Authority of their intention to open or break up any road for the purpose of construc- ting, laying down, maintaining or renewing any of the Tramways, lay before the Road Authority a plan showing the proposed mode of constructing, laying down, maintain- ing or renewing such Tramways, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the Promoters shall not commence the construction, laying down, mainten- ance or renewal of any of the Tramways, or part of any of the Tramways respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until such plan and statement have been approved by the Road Authority, and after such approval, the works shall be executed in accordance, in all respects, with such plan and statement, and under the superintend- ence, and to the reasonable satisfaction, of the Road Authority.
XIII. The Tramways to be constructed under this Ordinance shall be constructed on a gauge of three feet six inches in width, and with two, steel grooved rails, which said rails shall, before being laid down, be approved of by the Road Authority. Provided, that the Road Authority may, from time to time, require the Promoters to adopt and apply such improvements in the Tramways, including the rails thereof, as experience may, from time to time, suggest, having regard to the greater security of the public and advantage to the ordinary traffic; and the Promoters shall, with all reasonable despatch, comply with any order made by the Road Authority for the purpose of carrying out any such improvements.
XIV. The Promoters shall at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, and so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which any of the Tramways for the time being consist, and the substructure upon which the same rest; and if the Promoters at any time make default in complying with this provision or with any of the requirements of Section twenty eight of the Tramways Act, 1870, they shall, for every offence, be subject, on information laid or complaint made, to a penalty not exceeding twenty five dollars, and in case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues, and such penalty may be recovered in manner hereinafter provided for the recovery of penalties.
XV. If the Road Authority hereafter alter the level of any road along or across which any of the Tramways is laid or authorized to be laid, the Promoters shall, from time to time, at the expense of the Road Authority, alter or (as the case may be) lay their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered.
XVI. The Promoters may, from time to time, hereafter make all such crossings, passing-places, sidings, junctions, turn-tables, weigh-bridges and other works, in addition to those particularly specified in and authorized by this Ordi- nance, as may from time to time be necessary or convenient to the efficient working of the Tramways or any of them, or for providing access to any engine or carriage shed or works of the Promoters, subject to the approval of the Road Authority.
XVII. Where,. by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which any of the Tramways are laid, it is in the opinion of the Road Authority necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or Ascontinue the use of such Tramway or any part thereof, the Promoters may, subject to such conditions, and in accor- dance in all respects with such regulations as the Road Authority may, from time to time, make, construct in the sagne or any adjacent road, and, with the like consent, subject to the like conditions, and in accordance with the like regula- tions, maintain, so long as occasion may require, a temporary Tramway or tempory Tramways in lieu of the Tramway or part of a Tramway so removed or discontinued. If any difference arises between the Promoters and the Road Author- ity with respect to the reasonableness of any regulations, or with respect to the mode of constructing any temporary Tramway or Tramways, under the authority of this section, the same shall be settled in manner hereinafter provided for the settlement by arbitration of matters in difference.
XVIII. Any paving, metalling or material excavated by the Promoters in the construction of their works from any road under the jurisdiction or control of the Road Authority, may be applied by the Promoters, so far as may be