Power for promoters to use tramways with flange-wheeled carriages
24 Power for promoters to use tramways with flange-wheeled carriages
The promoters of tramways authorised by the special Act may use on their tramways carriages with flange wheels or wheels suitable only to run on a grooved rail, and, subject to the provisions of this and the special Act, the promoters shall have the exclusive use of their tramways for carriages with flange wheels or other wheels suitable only to run on the prescribed rail.
All carriages used on any tramway shall be moved by the power prescribed by the special Act, and where no such power is prescribed, by horses or mules only.
No carriage used on any tramway which is hereafter authorised shall extend beyond the outer edge of the wheels of such carriage more than eleven inches on each side, nor measure in width more than seven feet and a half.
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