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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

be immediately reported to the Inspector
of Permanent-way, and, if necessary, in
the interests of safety, the Ganger is em-
powered to remove them.

All structures must have a side-clearance
of 9 ft. from centre-line of Railway, and
headway of not less than 12 ft. above the
Rails, with the following exceptions—viz.,
goods-shed doorways out of centre must
have nowhere less than 4 ft. 4 in. side-
clearance; central doorways must have
nowhere less than 5 ft. side-clearance.
Tank-stands must have nowhere less than
7 ft. side-clearance. Platforms must have
nowhere less than 4 ft. 4 in. side-clearance.
Truss-bridges must have nowhere less than
6 ft. side-clearance.

304. The whole of the Permanent-way,
     Formation, Bridges, Culverts, Drains,
     Roads, Approaches, Fences, Gates, Water-
     services, and generally all the Standing
     Works of the Railway, are placed under
     the charge and care of the Ganger of the
     Length, who is responsible for maintain-
     ing them in proper order, subject to the
     directions of the Inspector of Permanent-
     way of the District, excepting only such
     Works or Structures as are, by Special
     Regulations issued by the Engineer, placed
     under the charge of some other person.

305. Work required to be done to such
     Bridges as may be excepted from the
     charge of the Inspector of Permanent-way
     and the Gangers under him shall be carried
     out by a Leading Hand, who shall hold a
     certificate from the Engineer authorising
     him for the purpose. He must be always
     present while any work is in progress that
     might by any possibility obstruct the Line,
     and he will be responsible for exhibiting
     the proper Signals and maintaining them
     until the Line is clear. A Bridge Inspec-
     tor, if personally superintending the work,
     will take the place of a Leading Hand.

306. If the nature of the Work requires
     the Permanent-way upon or near the
     Bridge to be altered in any way the Ganger
     of the Length must be called, and the
     alteration to the Permanent-way must be
     done by him only; and in this case the
     Ganger is responsible for the Signals while
     he is at the Bridge, and he must, before
     leaving, hand over charge of the Signals
     to the Leading Hand.

307. Except where other Special In-
     structions are issued, each Length must
     be carefully inspected on foot or by Veloci-
     pede every week-day; also on Sundays
     where Passenger Trains are run. During
     Stormy Weather or Heavy Rains, when
     there is likelihood of floods or damage to
     the Line, the inspection of the Length
     must be made before the first Train enters
     on it in the morning, whether before or
     after Daylight. The Ganger must either
     do this himself or specially appoint one or
     more trustworthy and experienced men
     of his Gang to do this duty. He must
     satisfy himself that the inspection by his
     men is properly done, and report every
     case of neglect. Once in every week the
     Ganger must personally inspect the whole
     of his Length.

308. The Ganger must see that all
     Points, except such as are Interlocked, on
     the Main Line are fitted with locks, and
     that the pins and cotters hold the Points
     tight, and that all Sidings off the Main
     Line have Stop-blocks or Safety Points
     with their locks in working order.

309. At all Sidings where there is no Offi-
     cer-in-Charge, the Ganger of the Length is
     responsible for seeing that all Points on the
     Main Line, Stop-blocks, and Safety Points
     are kept locked, and must report when any
     such are left unlocked. He must also see
     that any Vehicle remaining on such a Sid-
     ing is properly spragged or the Brake
     pinned down, and that on Incline Sidings
     the Vehicles stand close to the Stop-block
     at the lower end of the Siding.

310. Unless specially authorised, all
     Main Line Points which are not worked
     from a Locking-frame must be fitted with
     Non-reversible Levers, and arranged to
     lock only for the Main Line.

311. At Interlocked Facing-points pack-
     ing of Sleepers must be done only in the
     presence of the Signal Adjuster. When
     such work is necessary the Ganger must
     communicate with the Adjuster so that he
     may be present.

312. Each Gang of Surfacemen and
     Workmen must be supplied with the neces-
     sary Discs, Flags, Lamps, and Detonators,
     for the purpose of exhibiting the proper
     Signals. Each Ganger or Leading Hand
     is held responsible for having his Signals
     always in proper order and ready for use,
     and his supply of Detonators kept up.

313. The Danger Signals must be used
     where the line is Obstructed. The Caution
     Signals must be used where it is necessary
     to slacken the speed of a Train. When
     the Double Green Light “Caution” Signal
     is placed on the Line, the Lamps must
     have White Back-lights.

For description and meaning of Signals
see Rules Nos. 105 to 110.

314. Each Ganger and Leading Hand
     must report every case in which any Sig-
     nal under his charge is disregarded by an
     Engine-driver.

315. When Floods or Storms are threat-
     ening the Ganger must be on the alert;
     and the men must be at hand ready to be
     summoned at immediate notice, any hour,
     Day or Night.

316. (a.) Anything which interferes with
     the safe passage of Trains is an Obstruc-
     tion. Whenever any accidental Obstruc-
     tion occurs on the Line, or if from any
     other cause any part of the Line is unsafe
     for Trains to pass over it, the Ganger, or
     the man in charge, must immediately show
     Danger Signals in both directions, at a
     distance of not less than 800 yards from
     the point where the Obstruction exists,
     whether any Train be expected or not. In
     all cases three Detonating Signals must be
     placed upon the Rail, about 10 yards apart,
     a little in advance of the other Signal, so
     that, after hearing the report, the Engine-
     driver may see the Signal in front of him.
     In addition he must at every interval of
     200 yards place a Detonator on one of the
     rails.

If the Disc Signals and Back-lights of
Lamps cannot be seen by the Ganger from
where he is working, a man must remain
in charge of them.

These Signals must be maintained until
orders are given by the Ganger to remove
them, which orders must not be given until
the Line is again safe for Traffic.