Great Northern Railway (Various Powers) Act 1890
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1890 c. civ |
| Year | 1890 |
[53
&
54
VICT.]
Great
Arog.t/mri
Bnilzoay
(Various
[Ch.
c~v.]
Powers)
Act,
1890.
CHAPTER
civ.
An Act
to
confer further powers upon the Great Northern
8.1).
-
lS3O.
Railway Company with respect to their own and other
Undertakings
to
enable them to acquire the Undcrtaking
of
the Spilsby
and
Firsby Railway Company and for other
purposes. [25th
July
1890.1
HEREAS
it
is expedient that the Great Northern Railway
w
Company
(mho
are meant when the term
"
the Company
"
is
Iierein-after used)
should
be authorised-
To
make and maintain the railways and
works
and
to
alter and
Gewd
l)[lrm
posrs
of
Act.
divert the roads herein-after described
;
To
purchase and acquire additional lands
for
the purposes
of
their undertaking
;
and
To
raise capital for
the
purposes of this Act and
also
to raise
Additional
addjtioiial capital for the improvement
and
enlargement
of
their
capita'*
railways stations aiid works and the construction of
lien-
stations
and sidings and for the providing
of
additional
rolliiig
stock
aiid other the ~enera.1 purposes
of
their undertaking
:
b.
And whereas
it
IS
expedient that the Great Northeiw and
Great
Great
Xortli-
Idastern Joint Committee constituted under the powers
of
tlie Great
~cc~~(~asb-
Northern and Great Eastern Railway Companies Act
1879
should
ern
Joirlt
be enabled to construct the works and exercise the powers herein-
Committer.
after described in the parts
of
Kesteven
in
Lincoliishire and that in
c.
cs.
connexion with such works the said Joint Committee and the Great
Eastern Railway Conipany should
be
authorised
to
apply their
existing funds
:
uiider the powers
of
the West Riding and Grimsby Railway
Colllmi+tce
Railway
(Transfer) Act
1866
ancl consisting
of
representatives
of
the Coin-
29
\kt.
pally
allcl
of the Maiicliester Shefield and Lincoliishire
Railway
c.
clsii*
C.olipnng
have
acquired ccrtaiii lands
in
the
parish
of
Wragby in
42
&
43
Vict.
And whereas the
West
Riding Railway Committee constituted
We.t
Riding
[Pyicc
2s.
3~1.2
A
1
[Ch.
c~v.]
G:reat
Northeriz
Bniltuay
(Vn~ioz~s
[53
&
54
VICT.]
Yozoe:rs)
Act,
1890.
A.D.
1890.
the west riding
of
Yorkshire and
it
is
expedient that such acquisition
should be sanctioned and confirmed
:
50s;
51
Vict.
And whereas
it
is also expedient that the time limited for the
c. xciii.
compulsory acquisition
of
certain lands required for various purposes
authorised
by
should be
extended
:
Spilsby
arid
And whereas by virtue
of
the Spilsby and Firsby Railway Act
Firsby
1865
the company thereby incorporated (who are herein-after re-
way.
28
&
29
Vict.
ferred
to
as
"
the Spilsby Company
")
have constructed a railway
c.Ccxxxviii.
commencing in the parish
of
Firsby in the part.;
of
Lindsey in
Lincolnshire by a junction with the East Lincolnshire Railway (a
portion
of
the system of the Great Northern Railway)
and
terini-
natiiig
at
Spilsby in the sanie county ancl in pursuance of the
provisions
of
the
said Act ant1 of an agreement between the two
companies dated the eleventh day of May one tliousand eight
hundred and sixty-five
ancl
scheduled to the saicl Act the Company
liave worked ancl are still working the Spilsby Railway
:
And whereas the share capital
of
the Spilsby Company authorised
by
the said Act
is
twenty-five thousand pounds
and
imdcr the
powers
of
tlic saitl Act they
were
authorised
to
raise
by
mortgsge
eight tliousaiicl throc huiiclred and thirty-three
pouncls
:
And whereas
it
is expedient and will conduce
to tlio
usefulness
of
the Spilsby Railway that it should be transfcrred to the Company
and that the ternis
of
agreement with reference thereto set forth in
tlie second schedule to this Act be confirrried:
38
ct
39
Vic-.
hd whereas
by
the Sutton Bridge Dock Act
1575
the Sutton
c. cwii.
Bridge Dock Company were incorporated aiid were by that Act
and
c.
"
lxxxviii.
'
40Vict'
by the Sutton Bridge Dock Act,
1876
authorised to coiistruct certain
41
&
42
Vict.
dock
ancl
railway works
and
by the Great Northern Railway (Further
c. xcviii.
Powers) Act
1878
the Coiiipaiiy were empowered to subscribe
towards the undertaking of the said Sutton Bridge Dock Company
:
And
whereas
the
Cfiinpany subscribed
to
the ordinary sliare
capital
of
tlie Sutton Bridge Dock Company the sum
of
twcnty
thousand pounds and lent that company on mortgage the sum of
thirty-five thousand pouncls
:
And
TvhereaB
the said cqock and railway works vere in the
year
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one conipleteil and opened
for public traffic but shortly thereafter the said dock was partially
destroyed
:
And
whereas
by
the Sutton Dock Act
1884
the time for the
completion of the said undertaking was extended until the thirty-
first clay of December
0110
thousand eight hiuiilrecl aiitl eighty-nillo
-
47a48
Vict.
C.
ClXXn
j*
2
[53
&
54
VICT.]
Grciit
Northcm
Rni1tua.y
(Vcwivus
[Ch.
civ.]
Powers)
Act,
1890.
in order to enable the Sutton Bridge Dock Company
to
yestore the
A.D.
lh90.
said works and render them available for public traffic
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the powers
of
the Sutton Bridge
Dock Company for the execution of the said works should be revived
and that the time limited therefor should be further extended
:
Newark and Ollerton Railway Company were incorporated and
authorised to make
a
railway from North Muskham near Newark in
the county of Nottingham to Ollerton in the same county and for
that purpose to raise
a
share capital of one hunclred and
fifty
thousand pounds and a loan capital
of
fifty thousand pounds and
that company and the Company were by the said Act authorised to
enter into and carry into effect agreements for the maintenance and
working of the said railway by the Company
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that the Company should be autho-
rised to guarantee a minimum dividend on the share capital of the
Newark and Ollerton Railway Company or on some part thereof:
And whereas the mayor coininoiialty and citizens
of
the city
of
London
being
or
claiming to be seized of certain lands
in
the
said
city appropriatecl
or
acquired by them
for
the Loiidon Central
Markets and also of the soil
of
t'he street called Charterhouse
Street and of certain land known as
"
Southern Roadmay
"
have
agreed subject to the sanction
of
Parliament
to
grant to the Company
a leaso
for
nine hundred
and
ninety-nine years of the basement
already constructed and about to be constructed in
or
beneath the
said
pieces of land market building8 and streets together with
certain means of access thereto by the inclined roadway
from
Snow
Hill and Farringdon Street and it
is
expedient that the Company bo
authorised to accept such lease
:
ancl
burgesses
of
the borough
of
Boston (herein-after called
''
the
Boston Corporation
")
were authorised (section
5)
to construct
docks
at Boston and a short railway to connect the same with the railway
of the Company ancl (section
6)
to construct warehouses aiicl other
like works in connexion with their said docks and (sections
60
and
67)
to
borrow money for the purposes
of
the said doclis
and
works
on the security of their harbour revenue and of the borough
funcl
a11d borough rate of the said borough and the Company and the
Boston Corporation were authorised (section
59)
lo
enter in to agree-
ments with respect
to
the
use and working of all or ay parts
of
tho
-
And whereas by the Newark and Ollertoii Railway Act
IS87
the
50&
51
c.
Isix.
And whereas by the Boston Dock Act
1851
the mayor alderl?zen
44A
45Vict.
c.
cuii.
CIOcIi
ixiln
LIB
~I~cJ
Fvorks
1~)-
that
Act
autliorised
~~11~1
tllil Boston
A2
3
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