draft ordinance in 371/3 or in the supplementary draft ordce enel 5 in
35259?
gwr.
25 Jan'+ 31
Jan
I need not attempt to go into technical matters,
construction urainterance ate. Assuming, that the BofT
is
satisfied as to those matters, I am only concerned
to see that the Gout and the public, and (porsilly, other Elective undertakings, are proticted from injiere, by the
Company.
Sections 19,20 and 22 are in common
Jamaner, J.B. Siena bezislation
from. of Trinidad
Section 14 merely protects lives belonging to public dipertandi ottive companies and private persons whilst the tramway or are part of it is in cours of constructios. affords
noprotection to them against loss caused by the working of the tramway when once it is constructid. This protection is horowis afforded to the 2 companies by the 21, and I certainly think that this sectia,
lives should be extended to all got lines or subsidized by the Sout
as in the Natal Act.
But I incline to the view that the Telephone Co and
all others compansies existing, already in existence should
be proticted sequally with the you!
h
stis true that is the Idad order, whilst the Crown You! Town of Pato Spain are absolutely protected (3.115), in the case
fother
undertaking, the onus is on their ownno
to show that are injury dome to them is not owsing to the defect of their own system! So also the B. Guiana Tramway, License 1900, clause 32.
sex po bo of 19ook
harswith JS.A.
aglu
CPE
469-3000-8-01
477
But the Elective lighting (Clause) Act 1899, $58.20, in affect,
L
Ord
requires a company to work its undertaking so that not injuriously to affect the rives of lives of present futen alectical undertakings. of it does, it may be
required to alter its system, unless the new-comer has placed its lines or wives in "unreasonable proximity" to throne
of the Company.
Asee no reason why a general section should not be inverted in this Tramway order on the line of the above siction - c.p. Sec 5 of the Nahral Act - so that the Tramways to we bo liath to alter its own system or come to terms with the Talephone (0-15. pay for the alterations of the latteś
Skypit. The Tramways Co. affues to have made rather & hard bargain with the Talephone Co. and I have not ben alle to find
these pufers aney reesan gious why the latter she not share the statutory protection gives to the other companies by See 21.
? Draw the Corrs attention to sec 20
S&c 31
a
I the Act of 1899 and
Secs 8,9,10, and 11 of the Natal Act and recommend protection of Evol lines and all other existing (if not (store) alectrical undertaking.
& Toad &B. Guiana Tramway
30
MALIK W
krowed for to you.
Br another
20 Gues
which
A
Licenses
are
may be extended t
? Subotituli 30 for 50 hers, and, if so, the "subocquent period of 5 years" might perhaps to changed to to She79 protect: the public against accidents dauneger and
injuries. It is practically, she 77 of the above quoted
1899
Act sch
I think Sec St of this Act
th
might confully be inserted in this order
To
to accis and
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