The provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, with respect to the recovery of penalties, are applicable to the penalties for the breach of these regulations or by-laws. [Or, The provisions of the Tramways Act, 1870, with respect to the recovery of penalties, are applicable to the penalties for the breach of these regulations or by-laws.] This provision may be omitted where it is already covered by the Order or Act: see Model Tramways Order, post, p. 444. Trade as regards Electrical Power (Lorain Surface These regulations and by-laws, as hitherto issued by the Board of Trade, are the same as those issued for the Overhead Trolley System above, with the omission of clauses XI. to XXI. of the regulations. REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUIT SYSTEM. These are contained in clause 18 of the Regulations for the use of Electric Power, ante, p. 360. REGULATIONS MADE BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR CABLE TRACTION. REGULATIONS, dated made by the Board of Trade as regards the use of Cable Traction on the Tramways. The Board of Trade, under and by virtue of the power conferred upon them in this behalf, do hereby order that the following regulations for securing to the public reasonable protection against danger in the exercise of the powers conferred by Parliament with respect to the use of cable power on all or any of the tramways on which the use of such power has been authorised by [titles of authorising Acts or Orders] (hereinafter called "the tramways"), be substituted for all other regulations in this behalf contained in any Tramway Act or Tramway Order confirmed by Act of Parliament: And the Board of Trade do also hereby make the following by-laws with regard to all or any of such tramways worked by cable traction : : Regulations. I. Every carriage used on the tramways shall comply with the following requirements, that is to say: (a) It shall be fitted with an apparatus to indicate to the driver the speed at which it is running. (b) The wheels shall be fitted with brake blocks, which can be applied by a screw or treadle, or by other means. (c) A governor (which must on no account be tampered with by the person in charge of the engines) shall be attached to each stationary engine, and shall be so arranged that at any time when the engine exceeds the number of revolutions sufficient to move the cable at the maximum speeds prescribed by Regulation V., it shall cause the steam to be shut off. (d) It shall be numbered inside and outside, and the number shall be shown in conspicuous parts thereof. (e) It shall be fitted with a suitable fender which will act efficiently as a life protector, and with a special bell, whistle, or other apparatus to be sounded as a warning when necessary. (f) It shall be so constructed as to enable the driver to command the fullest possible view of the road before him. II. The cable and pulleys shall be so constructed, maintained, S. BB and worked as to be free from noise such as to constitute any reasonable ground of complaint either to the passengers or to the public. III. The Board of Trade and their officers may from time to time, and shall, on the application of the local or road authority of any of the districts through which the tramways pass, inspect the stationary engines, cables, or carriages used on the tramways, and the machinery therein, and may, whenever they think fit, prohibit the use on, or in connection with, the tramways of any of them which, in their opinion, are not safe for use. [Clauses IV. and V. are similar to clauses V. and VII, of the Regulations for the Overhead Trolley System, but the speed is not limited through fixed facing points.] VI. The carriages shall not be allowed to descend the tramways by gravity alone, but shall always be attached by the gripper to the cable except when stopping or when close to the terminus. VII. No carriage shall leave the depôts unless the gripper and the brake connections are in proper order. VIII. The conductor shall not leave the carriage during its journey. IX. No loaded waggon or other vehicle not adapted to run on the tramways shall be hauled in connection with any passenger carriage. X. Catch-points or a special scotch-block shall be put in and maintained on the inside of the depôts to intercept runaway carriages. Penalty. [As in the Regulations for the Overhead Trolley System.] By-laws. [By-laws I. and II. are similar to By-laws I. and III. for the Overhead Trolley System.] III. Every carriage used on the tramways shall be so constructed as to provide for the safety of passengers, and for their safe entrance to, exit from, and accommodation in such carriages; and in particular, means shall be adopted to prevent passengers entering or leaving the carriages on the off-side. IV. A printed copy of these regulations and by-laws shall be kept in a conspicuous position inside of each carriage in use on the tramways. Penalty. [As in the Regulations for the Overhead Trolley System.] Signed by order of the Board of Trade, this day of Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade. MEMORANDUM OF THE BOARD OF TRADE AS TO GUARD WIRES ON ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. Existing Regulation. Efficient guard wires shall be erected and maintained at all places where telegraph or telephone wires cross above the electric conductors of the tramways. Proposed New Regulation. If and whenever telegraph or telephone wires, unprotected with a permanent insulating covering, cross above, or are liable to fall upon, or to be blown on to, the electric conductors of the tramways, efficient guard wires shall be erected and maintained at all such places. Explanatory Memorandum. NOTE. The expression "telegraph wire" includes all telegraph and telephone wires. For the purpose of this memorandum, telegraph wires are divided into two classes, namely: (a) Wires weighing less than 100 lbs. per mile. (b) Wires weighing 100 lbs. or more per mile. Each guard wire should be well earthed at one point at least, and at intervals of not more than five spans. The resistance to earth should be sufficiently low to insure that a telegraph or telephone wire falling on and making contact with the guard wire and the trolley wire at any time will cause the circuit breaker protecting that section to open. The earth connection should be made by connecting the wire through the support to the rails by means of a copper bond. When first erected, the resistance to earth of the guard wires should be tested, and periodical tests should be made to prove that the earth connection is efficient. Guard wires should be, in general, of galvanised steel, but in manufacturing districts in which such wires are liable to corrosion bronze or hard drawn copper wires should be used. The gauge of the guard wire should not be less than seven strands of No. 16 or one of No. 8 wire. The supports for the guard wires should be rigid and of sufficient strength for their purpose, and at each support each guard wire should be securely bound in or terminated. The rise of the trolley boom should be so limited that if the trolley leaves the wire it will not foul the guard wires. TELEGRAPH WIRES CROSSING TROLLEY WIRES. Class (a).- Wires weighing less than 100 lbs. per Mile. The guard wires may be of the cradle or hammock type, attached to the arms of telegraph poles. It is necessary that the spans should be short; and if required an additional pole or poles should be set. (1.) Where there is one trolley wire, two guard wires should be erected (Fig. 1` -MIN.24" FIG. 1. (2.) Where there are two trolley wires at a distance not exceeding 12 feet apart, two guard wires should be erected (Fig. 2). -8 -MIN. 24 Up to 12 feet FIG. 2. (3.) In special cases, at junctions or curves, where parallel guard wiring would be complicated, two guard wires may be so erected that a falling wire must fall on them before it can fall on the trolley -8 |