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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 15

(c.) Any traffic which may from time to time be declared to be heavy traffic by Order in Council, vide “Public Works Act, 1908,” section 139, sub-section (1), clause (c).

“Traction-engine” shall mean a locomotive propelled or designed to be used for the purpose of drawing wagons or other vehicles carrying or capable of carrying goods, timber, stone, gravel, or other articles requiring transport, and also includes a vehicle propelled by steam or other than animal power and used or designed for the carrying of goods, timber, stone, gravel, or other articles requiring transport.

“Traction-engine” also includes an agricultural motor.

Heavy Traffic.

2. All heavy traffic shall be stopped upon the Main North Road known as the Waiau-Kaikoura Road, between Hell’s Gate and the Conway River, also upon the road from the Mason River, across the Tongue, and between the Lottery and Wandle Rivers, during the period commencing on the lst day of June and ending on the 31st day of August in each year.

Traction-engines.

3. From and after the passing of this special order no traction-engine shall be allowed to draw any load over or upon any road within the County of Amuri during the months of June, July, and August in each year:

Provided always that this by-law shall not apply to any traction-engine when used solely, during the above-mentioned months, for the purpose of cutting chaff or threshing grain.

4. Whenever a traction-engine shall be propelled upon or along a public road or highway, a strict and efficient lookout shall be maintained both behind and in front, and particularly during the hours between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise; and the person in charge of such engine shall provide two efficient lights, to be affixed conspicuously one at each side showing in front of same, and one efficient tail-light showing in the rear of the same, or when wagons or carriages are being drawn by such engine, then showing in the rear of the last wagon or carriage drawn by such engine, such lamps to be kept burning brightly between the hours above mentioned whether the engine shall be travelling or standing still.

5. At least two persons shall be employed to drive or conduct every traction-engine, one of whom must hold a driver’s certificate.

6. The driver of every traction-engine shall give as much space as possible for the passing of other traffic.

7. Whenever any person who shall be riding on horseback or driving a horse or horses in a vehicle upon or along a public road or highway shall be approaching an engine, and shall by holding up his hand, stopping, or by other means sufficiently indicate his desire that the driver of such engine shall stop such engine, such driver shall thereupon immediately stop the same, and also shall, upon being requested by such person riding or driving aforesaid so to do, give to such person such assistance as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling him to pass with his horse or horses in safety by such engine.

8. The speed of engines shall not exceed ten miles an hour along any public roadway where there is a clear and unobstructed view of at least 100 yards, and not more than four miles an hour elsewhere, or through any town or village, and shall not exceed two miles an hour while crossing any bridge or culvert.

9. The whistle of any engine shall not be sounded for any purpose whatever, nor shall the cylinder-taps be opened, or the steam blown off or allowed to attain a pressure such as to exceed the limit fixed by the safety-valve, within 10 chains of any person riding, driving, leading, or in charge of a horse or horses upon any road or bridge.

10. No engine shall pass along or come upon any bridge at any time whilst any person riding, driving, or in charge of a horse is on such bridge; nor shall any engine or wagon attached thereto be permitted to stop on any bridge or culvert for the purpose of drawing water from any water-race, stream, or ditch passing under or through any such bridge or culvert, or for any other purpose whatever.

11. If it becomes necessary to discharge any ashes or other such refuse from the furnace of any engine on any road or highway, or the sides thereof, such ashes or refuse shall not be left in a heap, but shall be spread out on such road or highway at the side thereof in such manner that such road or highway, or the sides thereof, shall be kept even and the level thereof maintained: Provided always that no such refuse shall be discharged upon any bridge or culvert, or upon any metalled road, within 1 chain of any bridge or culvert.

12. While any engine shall be travelling upon or is being taken over a bridge or other metalled parts of roads, no studs or other pieces, or rings of iron or other metal, shall be attached to or raised upon the level of the faces of any of the tires of the wheels of any such engine for the purpose or which shall have the effect of sinking into, gripping, or breaking the surface of any bridge or roadway.

13. It shall not be lawful to carry on any wagon attached to or being drawn by an engine any greater weight (over and above the weight of the wagon) than 2 tons for each pair of wheels unless the tires of such wheels are at least 3 in. in width, or 2½ tons for each pair of wheels unless the tires are at least 4 in. in width, or 3 tons for each pair of wheels unless the tires are at least 6 in. in width. No wagon drawn by any engine shall carry more than 6 tons weight (over and above the weight of the wagon), except permission in writing to do so shall have been granted on special application to the County Engineer; and every such permit by the Engineer shall state the maximum weight (over and above the weight of the wagon) which may be carried by each such wagon, and the conditions, if any, on which such extraordinary weight may be carried, and any person carrying in or upon such wagon more than such maximum weight, or carrying more than the weight of 6 tons without fulfilling such conditions as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

14. The person in charge of an engine shall give immediate notice to the County Clerk, Engineer, or Inspector of Roads of any damage or injury done by the engine, or any wagon attached thereto, to any roadway, or fence, bridge, culvert, watercourse, drain, side ditch, or other thing appertaining to any such roadway; and if such damage has, in the opinion of such Clerk, Engineer, or Road Inspector, rendered the roadway or its appurtenances dangerous for ordinary traffic or for public safety, such Clerk, Engineer, or Road Inspector may then or at any time thereafter have such damage or injury repaired, and until such repair shall be completed may place and maintain such signals as shall be sufficient to give warning to all persons using such road by day or by night of the existence of such danger; and the costs and expenses incurred in effecting such repairs, and in placing and maintaining such signals, shall, immediately upon demand being made therefor, be paid and made good by the owner or person in charge of such engine.

15. Any damage caused by the use of any engine, or wagon attached thereto, to any bridge, or any of the rails, walls, buttresses, or supports thereof, erected or carried across any river, stream, or water-race, or any roadway or its appurtenances, shall forthwith be repaired and made good by or at the expense of the owner or person having charge of such engine.

16. In crossing bridges or culverts at which planks are provided by the local authority in charge thereof, the driver or person in charge of any traction-engine shall lay down such planks, and no engine shall cross over any such bridge or culvert except on such planks, and after crossing such bridge or culvert such owner or person in charge of such engine shall replace such planks in their proper position.

17. Every owner of a traction-engine travelling upon a road or taken upon or over a bridge shall cause his name and address to be painted or marked on such engine on the off side thereof in letters of not less than 2 in. in height and of proportionate breadth, and of such colour or in such manner as to be plainly distinguishable from the colour or nature of the ground whereon such letters are painted or marked, and when such owner possesses more than one engine a separate number distinguishing each such engine shall in like manner be painted immediately below such name and address. The lettering and numbers shall be kept clean and legible. The exact and true weight of every engine, and the maximum weight of water and coals necessary for its propulsion, and the exact and true weight of every wagon drawn by such engine, shall be painted in like manner upon or affixed to some conspicuous part of such engine and wagon respectively.

18. It shall not be lawful for any person to drive any traction-engine upon a road in such a manner that all or any of its wheels shall travel in ruts formed in the road by the wheels of the same or any other traction-engine.

19. No person shall take over the Glen Allan Bridge, in the said County of Amuri, any traction-engine, or any vehicle which together with the load thereon shall exceed 6 tons in weight.

20. No traction-engine shall be taken over any bridge within the said county of Amuri unless the owner or person in charge of such traction-engine shall before bringing such traction-engine into the county have given to the County Clerk three clear days’ notice in writing of his intention to cross such bridge.

21. Nothing contained herein or implied thereby shall be held to relieve persons owning or using traction-engines from liability in respect of injury done and damage sustained by the traction of excessive weights or extraordinary traffic over or along any bridge or roadway.

22. Every person employed in driving or conducting a traction-engine shall while so employed have in his possession a printed copy of these by-laws, and he shall exhibit