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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.

Knowledge of signals.

Supply and care of hand signals,

Road traffic.

CHAPTER XIX.

GATEMAN.

240.-No person shall be appointed to be a Gateman unless he has a knowledge of signals.

(a) All Gatekeepers outside the Outer signals are under the exclusive control and orders of the Engineering Department, those within the Outer signals are under the control of the Traffic Department.

241.-Competent men must be selected for Gatekeepers-

(1) with station limits, by the Traffic Department.

(2) outside station limits, by the Permanent-way Inspector

in charge of the section.

242.-The Official appointing such Gatekeeper is responsible for seeing that every Gatekeeper, before being put in charge of a gate, is conversant with the rules, and has obtained a certificate of fitness from the Medical Department.

243.--Every Gateman must-

(a) be supplied with day and night hand signals, ari (b) keep such signals in proper order and ready for use.

(c) Permanent-way Inspectors and Station Masters will be held responsible that all the Gatekeepers under their orders are supplied with hand lamps and a sufficient quantity of oil. and a set of flags for day signals. The men must be clean and properly dressed when on duty. (d) For the purpose of securely locking his gates each Gatekeeper shall be provided with 2 padlocks and chains or 2 padlocks only according to the ueaus provided for fustening the gate or chain, as the case may be, across the road.

244.--Where the gates at a level-crossing are not made to close across the line, the Gateman must, when such gates are opened for road traffic, be prepared to show a Danger signal to any approaching train.

245.-Where there is no Gateman specially en night duty ai a level-crossing, the gate must be locked at night, except when opened for the passage of road traffic.

246.---When the gates are closed to the passage of road traffic, they must be kept securely fastened across the thoroughfare until the train has passed.

247.---Unless otherwise directed by special instructions, all gates at level-crossings must be kept open for the passage or trains and securely closed across the thoroughfare, and shall only be closed to the passage of trains when it is necessary to open them for the

assage of road traffic

(a) Where a level-crossing gate is situated within station limits and under the orders of the Traffic Department, the Station Master must see that it is so worked as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the public.

248.--At level-crossings where only one Gatekeeper is pro- vided, in consequence of the number of trains being small or the road traffic light, the single Gatekeeper will be responsible-

(1) that during the hours of daylight the gate is only shut

across the road to allow trains to pass,

(2) that after sunset the gates are closed and padlocked against the road at such hour as may suit the traffic using the road, and

(3) that thereafter till sunrise, the gates are immed cely opened at night at any hour that this may require to be done to allow road traffic to pass.

249.---The Gatekeeper will stand on the same side of the line as the gate lodge except where the gate lodge is on the inside of a

curve.

250.-Semaphore signals adjacent to or outside level crossing gates, wherever provided, must not be lowered or taken off for approaching trains unless the gates are shut against the public road.

(a) The Gate-keeper, or the Head gate-keeper where more than one is employed, will be held responsible that all fittings, signals, etc., are always kept well cleaned and oiled, and should any instrument or connection become defective, notice must at once be sent to the nearest Station Master, who will take the necessary steps to get the defective instrument or connection put right.

251.-Between sunset and sunrise a light showing red and green should be fixed to the gate. The red light to show up and down the line when the gates are closed across the railway, and the green lights to be parallel to the railway when the gates are shut across the public read

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