TRAMWAY.
No. 10 of 1902.
959
direction, along Shaukiwan Road, and terminating in that road at a point twenty feet or thereabouts east of the intersection of the centre lines of Wo Hing Street and Shaukiwan Road.
Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance or the said plans contained or shown, the company may construct, lay down and maintain the above Sections, or any of them, in such other positions along the lines of route shown on the said plans as the Governor in Council may approve.
4. The plans hereinbefore referred to are the plans all dated the 9th day of April, 1901, and numbered 1 to 4, deposited by the company in the office of the Director of Public Works.
5. Where a double line of tramway is hereby authorized to be laid down and has been constructed, it shall be lawful for the company, with the consent of the Governor in Council, to lay down in lieu thereof a single line of tramway and, with the like consent, at any time thereafter to convert such single line into the double line hereby authorized to be laid down.
**Power to lay single line
where double
line authorized, and to
reconvert into double
line.**
6. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the company may, in the construction of the above Sections or any of them, at its own expense alter the level of and widen any bridge, road, street or space along or over which any Section is hereby authorized to be laid down, and make and construct all necessary cuttings and embankments, bridges, viaducts, culverts, catch-water drains and other works, and divert streams: Provided always that the earth excavated and thrown to waste is disposed of to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, and in such manner as to prevent its being washed by rain into the harbour.
7. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council after timely and adequate notification by public advertisement or otherwise of the intention of the company to apply for such approval, and after such approval has been confirmed by a resolution of the Legislative Council, the company may construct and maintain, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with plans to be previously deposited in the office of the Director of Public Works, all such lines, crossings, passing places, sidings, junctions, turn-tables and other works in.
* For a list of extensions and additions under this section, see the Regulations of Hong Kong (1937 edition).
**Power to make additional crossings, etc.**