Provisional Order
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the Board of Trade,
which is as
follows:
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The
tramways to be constructed under this Order
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shall be constructed on a
guage of four fest,
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may approve : Provided that the Board of Trade
with two grooved rails such as the Board of Prade
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may from time to time, upon the application of
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the road authority, require the promoters to adopt and apply such improvements in the tramway including the rails
the rails thereof, as Rxperience may from time to time Euggest, having regard to "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 Board of Trade for the purposes of carrying out any such improvements.
Motive Power.
the tramway
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authorities with
11. Many of whom I have lately Conferred, profess to
see already the beginning of a complete
revolution in favour of Aust they Confidently
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Years
Live
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mechanical traction,
assert that in a
shall not see a
not see a horse
a few
horse pulling
a hamcar
too much
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: where in England. Without putting
anywhere
faith.
in this prediction
but be struck by the general
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inclination
both here and on the Continent, to substitute
horsed by.
some more suitable notive power,
And by the yearly increasing appleations pu
parliamentary powers for the purpose, in En
gland particularly. It would seem that the value of
a tramhorse in this country is £40
and that it's working life is only four years.
After this comparatively brief period of
service the animal however
young healthy in the beginning, is fit for
the Ruacker's yard. The cost
is
and
little but
cost of horse fodder
very nearly double that of fuel for Steam motors for the same amount of trachin work to be performed, while in the same period of
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