The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-14 00:00:00

FACILITY CLAUSES.

The clauses proposed in order to secure in ordinary
cases facilities for the transmission of the traffic of one
company over the line of another are :
" In order, as far as practicable, to facilitate the trans-
mission of traffic passing to or from the A. railway from or
to any places on or beyond the railways belonging to the
B. railway company without undue interruption or delay,
the said B. railway company shall, and they are hereby re-
quired to, afford at all times such reasonable and proper
facilities and accommodation upon the lines of railway, and
at the several stations belonging to them, and to perform
such services in the transmission of such traffic upon the
said last-mentioned lines, as shall effectually secure the
objects aforesaid ; and the said B. railway company shall
make such arrangements for booking at their stations
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passengers, animals, goods, parcels, and other traffic which
may be offered thereat for transmission over the
railwayshln
belonging to them, or any part thereof,
to any
part of the
A. railway, as shall be necesary for the convenience of
such traffic, and the due and punctual.me
to th
transmission thereof,
sumse A. railway
company
and shall account from time to time
for such proportion of the
such traffic
received
penecttitl ofed to receive
pas
in respect of the
by them at their said stationsnl iaynbrees
as the A. railway company
sageof such traffic over the A. railway,
or any part thereof;
and shall also, if required by the A.
railway company, carryon such traffic in carriageto or to be • s
,
wag"
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gons, and trucks bolonging supplied by the A.
railway, company, so that no change of carriage shall be
required in
the transmission of any traffic to or from the
A. railway, from or to any part of the railways belonging
to the said B. railway company."
Any differences arising as to the nature and extent of the
facilities to be afforded, and the tolls to be paid therefor,
shall be settled by arbitration iu the manner provided by
the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act of 1845 with respect
to the settlement of disputes by arbitration.
Another clause is provided to meet the case where the
portion of a line proposed to be used has been of a particu-
larly expensive character by reason of its being near a large
town or otherwise.
"And the arbitrators or umpire, as tie case may be,
shall not be limited, as respects their or his award of the
sums so to be paid by the said A. railway company in re-
spect of the matters aforesaid, to the maximum tolls or
charges prescribed by the acts relating to the said B. rail-
way ; nor shall such arbitrators or umpire make their or
his award with reference to the charges made or to be made
by the said B. railway company as carriers over the said
B. railway ; but such arbitrators or umpire shall and may
award such tolls, charges, rent, and other consideration as
they or he shall consider fair, having regard to any extra-
ordinary cost properly incurred in the purchase of land
for or in constructing [the said portion of] the said B. rail-
way as compared with the cost of the land for and con-
structing the said A. railway, and other special circum-
stances, so as to leave to each company the due remunera-
tion for the use of its own line. Provided always, that no
such adjustment of tolls and charges as aforesaid shall
in any manner alter, affect, increase, or diminish any of
the tolls or charges which the said companies shall for
the time being be respectively authorised and entitled to
demand awl receive from any person or any other COnp
pan.7,.but that all other persons and companies shall, nat.:
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