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HK Historical Laws 香港歷史法例 All

TRAMVAYS . ( 6 of 1883. ] 639

Tramuny No. 6.-- A partly single and partly double line, [See Notifica
commencing on the South side of the South -west Gazette
tion No. 219
boundary of the War Department ground at its junc. 26th 1888, May,
tion wití Garden Road, thence passing in a Southerly Notification
direction up) the hillside to the Victoria ( ap, crossing Gazette
No.327
erer the Kennedy and Plantation Roads by means of 26th July ,
bridges, and terminating at the Victoria Gap at a poiut 1889.]
on the North side of Farm Lot Number fifty -three.
Provided that such alterations as the company shall think fit Power to
may be made in the position of the rail-tracks of the tramivay tramway
No. 6 as shown on the deposited plan thereof, such alterations No. 6.
being within the limits of deviation shown on the said last
mentioned plan.
6. The plaus hereinbefore referred to as having been depositedl l'lans.
are the plans Nos. 1 to 6 ,611, and 7 to 20 inclusive, deposited
by the promoters in the office of the Surveyor General.
7. Where a double line of tramway is hereby authorized to Power to lay
be laid down, it shall not be compulsory upon the company to where doublu
line

lay down a double line, but they may , at their discretion, lay line. author
down in the first instance a single line of tramway in lieu of
such double line, and may, at the like discretion , at any time
thereafter, convert such last-named single line into the double
line hereby authorized to be laid down. Provided always that,
if the working of any double line be considered by the Governor
in Council dangerous or inconvenient, the Governor in Council
inay by order direct the company to discontinue one of the lines
of rail , and thereupon the company shall place the remaining
line in such part of the road as the Governor in Council shall
by such order approve of.
8. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council being Power certain
to
first obtained, the company may, in the construction of the widen
bridges,ke.
above tramways, or any of them , alter the level of, and widen ,
the bridge known as Bowrington Bridge, which spans the
Northern end of the Bowrington Canal at its junction with the
barbour of Victoria , and the bridge which spans the Northern
end of the nullah or stream running between Varine Lot
Number one hundred and ninety -eight and Marine Lot Number
one hundred and ninety -nine at its junction with the said har
bour, or either of the said bridges ; and subject as aforesaid ,
may , ils regards the tramway No. 6 , alter the levels of the
ground on which the said tramway No. 6 is laid, 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 escavated and
thrown to waste is disposed of in such manner as to prevent
its being washed down by rain into the harbour.

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