✨ Tramway By-Laws and Notices
Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1855
maximum number of persons to be carried at one time in and by the tramcar to which such license shall apply.
Duration of License.
- Such licenses shall continue in force for the space of twelve months, and no longer, but on the expiration of such term such licenses may be renewed from time to time for a similar term if the respective tramcars for which renewed licenses are required shall, in the opinion of the said Inspector, to be certified in writing under his hand, be then in a fit and proper condition within the meaning of clause 3 of this by-law: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the said Council at any time to revoke and make void any such license or licenses in case they shall be satisfied, and shall by resolution declare, that the tramcar or tramcars in respect of which such license or licenses shall have been issued is or are not in such fit and proper condition as aforesaid; and in case the promoter shall continue to use on any tramway any tramcar the license for which shall have been so revoked as aforesaid after he shall have received written notice of such revocation under the hand of the Town Clerk, he shall be guilty of an offence under this by-law: Provided always that such notice may be served on the promoter personally, or left at his usual or last known residence, office, or place of business, or sent to him throught the post office.
Notice Inside Tramcar.
- In every tramcar the promoter or owner thereof shall at all times cause to be kept fixed in a conspicuous position a statement showing the number of the tramcar specified in the license for the same, and the number of passengers which such tramcar is licensed to carry both inside and outside on the platforms.
Smoking.
- No person shall smoke or be allowed to smoke in any tramcar, or upon the platform of any tramcar.
Limit of Passengers.
- No promoter or conductor of a tramcar shall permit to be conveyed by any such tramcar at any one time a greater number of passengers than is authorized in the license in respect thereof, or a greater number inside or outside such tramcar than one passenger for every sixteen inches of seating-room provided in such tramcar. It shall be lawful, however, for such promoter or conductor to permit such additional number of passengers, and no more, to be carried on the platform outside the body of such tramcar as shall be specified in that behalf in each license.
Tramcars not to remain standing on Lines.
- No tramcar shall be allowed to remain stationary upon any tram-line, save for the time necessary to take up or put down any passenger, except at some duly-authorized terminus or stand, and there not for a longer period than fifteen minutes.
Disorderly Passengers.
- No promoter or conductor of any tramcar shall permit any intoxicated or disorderly person to be carried in or upon the same.
Penal Clauses.
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No tramcar, whether drawn or propelled by horse- or steam-power, shall be allowed to go round the corner of any street, or over any Corporation street-crossing, at other than a pace equivalent to an ordinary walking pace.
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Any person or promoter of company guilty of any offence against this by-law shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to any penalty not exceeding forty shillings (40s.), and shall be liable to any further penalty not exceeding ten shillings (10s.) for every day during which any such offence shall continue.
The seal of the Corporation was affixed in our presence this 16th day of November, 1882.
HENRY JAGGERS, Mayor.
T. P. FINN, Councillor.
W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk.
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TRAMWAY NOTICE.
MORNINGTON TRAMWAY.
In the matter of “The Tramways Act, 1872,” and in the matter of an application intended to be made by the Mornington Tramway Company (Limited) for an order empowering them to make and use, in the City of Dunedin and the Borough of Mornington, and between the said city and borough, tramways under the provisions of the said Act.
NOTICE is hereby given that, after the expiration of thirty days from the publication hereof, application is intended to be made to His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand for an order empowering the Mornington Tramway Company (Limited) to make and use lines of tramway, with necessary sidings and other works in connection therewith, respectively within the City of Dunedin, upon a certain road laid off through the Town Belt of the said city, and within the Borough of Mornington, the said lines of tramway to be single or double, with sidings where necessary, and to consist of rails laid at such a gauge as will admit of the use thereon of railway-carriages constructed for use upon a gauge of three feet six inches, and (where a double line shall be constructed) the inner rails of such line being not more than six feet six inches apart, and also (where the lines shall be constructed upon the endless wire-cable system) of a slot seven-eighths of an inch wide, situate in the centre of the space between the rails, opening into a tube or chamber, the slot and chamber running longitudinally the whole length of the line, with manholes or openings into the tube or chamber at regular intervals throughout the length of the line. The lines are: Commencing at a point in High Street distant one chain west from the intersection of the centre line of High Street with the western boundary of Princes Street, extending thence the whole length of High Street, thence along a road laid off through the Town Belt of the City of Dunedin to the boundary of the said Town Belt at Allotment numbered ten, Block two, on the map of the subdivision called Mornington, crossing that part of the Eglinton road opposite to Allotments one and two, Township of West Dunedin, crossing Arthur Street in the line of Allotments twenty-four and twenty-five, Township of West Dunedin, crossing John Street in the line of Allotments forty-three and forty-four, Township of West Dunedin, running the whole length of Glen Avenue and Neidpath Road, and crossing Clyde Avenue in the line of Neidpath Road. And notice is hereby further given that the said lines are intended to be used for passenger traffic and partly for goods traffic, and that a copy of this advertisement and a proper plan and section of the works proposed to be executed, and all other documents required to be deposited under the provisions of “The Tramways Act, 1872,” will, on or before the fourth day of January, 1883, be deposited for public inspection in the office of the Registrar at Dunedin of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District, and in the City Council Chambers, Town Hall Buildings, in the Octagon, Dunedin (the office of the City Council of the City of Dunedin), and in the Borough Council Chambers, Mornington
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Notice of Tramway By-Law Adoption
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works16 November 1882
Tramway By-Law, Invercargill, Tramcars, Licensing, Regulations
- HENRY JAGGERS, Mayor
- T. P. FINN, Councillor
- W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk
🏗️ Mornington Tramway Application Notice
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works7 December 1882
Tramway, Mornington, Dunedin, Application, Tramway Act, 1872
NZ Gazette 1882, No 106