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considered necessary.” The following is the Clause mainly 
concerned : — 
26 . — (i) Before commencing to construct Railway (No. 2) the Company 
shall submit plans and sections showing the proposed line and levels of the 
said Railway and drawings accompanied by sufficient particulars showing the 
proposed design and mateiials of all bridges thereon as to the part of Railway 
(No. 2) or as to any bridge which will be constructed upon the lands of any 
landowner to such landowner and as to the part of said Railway (No. 2) or as to 
any such bridge as will be situated within the Urban District of Bettws-y-Coed 
to the Council thereof ; 
(2) The Company shall carry out the reasonable requirements of such land- 
owners and of the said District Council as to the position of the said line within 
the limits of deviation shown on the Plan and as to the construction of the said 
bridges for the purpose of avoiding injurious affection of the natural scenery and 
shall for the purpose of concealing any embankment of Railway (No. 2) plant 
such trees and shrubs as the landowners and the said District Council may 
reasonably require and the Company shall not allow any spoil or surplus materials 
from their works to be deposited in the River LIugwy and shall remove any 
such spoil or materials from any position in which they may be reasonably 
required to do so by the said landowners or District Council on the ground that 
they are and will be unsightly ; 
(3) All bridges on Railway (No. 2) within the said Urban District shall be 
made with stone in such a way and of such design as the said District Council 
may reasonably require ; 
(4) The Company shall construct a footpath on the south side of Railway 
(No. 2) in such manner as to replace sufficiently any part of the footpath now 
leading to the .Swallow Falls which may be interfered with by the construction 
of the said Railway and the same shall be constructed in such position within 
the limits of deviation shown on the Plan as the Bettws-y-Coed Urban District 
Council and the Trewydir Parish Council and the landowner of any lands affected 
may reasonably require ; 
(5) The Company in constructing Railway (No. 2) between the points shown 
on the Plan as being 4 miles 2 furlongs and 4 miles 6 furlongs respectively from 
the commencement thereof shall not allow the works to encroach upon the 
River LIugwy or to prevent pedestrians from walking along the bank thereof ; 
(6) The Company shall provide a passenger station at a point to be agreed 
between the Company and the Earl of Ancaster below and not more than a 
quarter of a mile distant from the Miners’ Bridge and shall construct a road from 
the said station to the main road on the south side of the River LIugwy ; 
Plans showing sufficiently the design of and the materials for a bridge to 
carry the road to be constructed as aforesaid over the river shall be submitted to 
the Earl of Ancaster and to the said District Council and shall be subject to 
their approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such bridge shall 
be constructed in accordance with any plans approved as aforesaid ; 
The Company shall not erect any buildings between the said station and the 
Bettws-y-Coed parish boundary at Pont-ty-hyll except with the consent of the 
said District Council and of the owner of the adjoining land. 
The beauty-spots of Britain are a national heritage ; but, as 
will be seen from the above, all final decision as to their fitting 
treatment is left in the present case to such small local bodies 
as the Bettws-y-Coed Urban District Council and the Trewydir 
Parish Council. Our experience of such little local bodies is 
that they are generally veritable Esaus, ready at a moment to 
barter their birthright for a mess of pottage. 
