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1. All widenings of existing bridges over any road or street
to be of the same character as the existing bridges, and every
new bridge over any road or street to be effected and carried
out by means of iron girder bridges of a single span, and no part of
the abutment or piers of any such bridge to encroach upon any road
or street, or the footways thereof; and in each case there is to be a clear
headway, not less than the headway shown in respect thereof upon the
deposited plans and sections, for the entire width of the widened or new
bridge, as the case may be.
2. Every widening of an existing bridge over any road or street,
and every new bridge over any road or street, to be water tight, or as
nearly so as practicable; and to be so constructed as to deaden, so far
as is practicable, the sound of engines, carriages, and traffic passing
over them. The faces of the abutments of the piers of the bridges to be
constructed of such material as, failing agreement, shall be settled by
arbitration.
3. The Company not to commence the construction of any of the
before mentioned widenings or new bridges, nor break up or disturb any
road, street, or place under the control or direction of the Board until
they have given 21 days notice in writing of their intention to
commence the same, specifying the nature of the ivork to be done, and
the street intended to be broken up and disturbed, to the Surveyor of
the Board ; nor until he shall have signified his approval of the same,
unless he shall fail to signify such approval, &c.
4. The Company to comply with, and conform to all reasonable
directions of such surveyors, in the execution, erection, and subsequent
maintenance of the widenings, new bridges, and works connected there-
with respectively.
5. The Company to repay to the Board the cost of any extra lamps,
including the expense of lighting or maintaining the same, which may,
in the opinion of the Board, be necessary for lighting any road or
street crossed by such widenings or bridges respectively after the
completion thereof; and to save harmless the Board against all and
every expense to be occasioned thereby; and such work to be done to the
reasonable satisfaction of the said Surveyor at the costs, charges, and
expenses in all respects of the Company; and all costs, charges, and
expenses which the Board may be put to by reason of the works of the