HONGKONG.
547
No. 42
95
COST OF CONSTRUCTING PROPOSED ROAD FROM VICTORIA GAP TO MOUNT KELLET ROAD.
No. 584.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of
His Excellency the Governor,
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 5th December, 1895.
SIR,-Adverting to C.S.O. 2, containing a petition from certain residents requesting the construction of a road from Victoria Gap to Mount Kellet Road, I have the honour to inform you that I have considered the matter and now submit a project for the construction of such road.
2. If a road is worth making at all, it should be a thoroughly good one of uniform gradient as far as practicable, and of ample width; further, care should be taken that the hill-side is not excavated more than necessary, leaving extensive bare slopes exposed to the heavy summer rains, rendering their disintegration and consequent fouling of the public water supply inevitable.
3. The project proposed is shewn on the accompanying drawing, and provides for raising the level of the present dip immediately south of the Tram Station.
4. Opposite the Peak Hotel, the road is widened to afford accommodation for chairs, and for the remainder of its length has a clear width of 15 feet.
5. The estimated cost is from $25,000 to $26,000.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
Director of Public Works.