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Ibid.
Ibid.
In the Estimates for the year 1897 it will be found that the sum of $267,000 appears opposite the item "City and Hill District Waterworks" under the heading "Estimated Cost," instead of $260,000 as given in the Report. The additional sum of $7,000 was to cover the cost of extending the City mains to North Point and Wongnei- ch'ung, a work which has been carried out.
The only other item described in Mr. Cooper's Report, towards the carrying out of which steps have been taken, is the Reservoir referred to on page 20 ̊ as that on Site No. 3, paragraph 159, a contract for which has just been let.
I consider it desirable to proceed, as early as possible with the construction of the Reservoir on Site No. 1, page 19, and have given instructions for the necessary plans, &c., to be prepared.
It has been found necessary to carry out certain works in connection with the City and Hill District Waterworks, which do not appear in Mr. Cooper's Report, beyond the mere mention of the fact that the construction of the filter beds below Bowen Road would furnish facilities for actuating a small hydraulic motor in the event of a supply being required above Bowen Road.
This motor has been established and has been so constructed as to be capable of pumping alternatively into a service reservoir above Bowen Road for the supply of the High Level District, or into one at Mount Gough for the supply of the Hill District. The former reservoir is nearing completion and the latter is being begun. Meanwhile, the motor is being used to pump into small iron tanks on Mount Gough, which supply the houses on Barker Road and at Magazine Gap.
In consequence of the formation of Conduit Road and the erection of numerous houses above it, a new service reservoir has been constructed some distance above Belilios Terrace and the necessary mains in connection with it have been laid. A main is now being laid along Bowen Road to connect this reservoir with the one referred to in the preceding paragraph as being nearly completed above Bowen Road.
Two new filter beds have been constructed at West Point for the purpose of enabling the additional quantity of water drawn from Pokfulam Reservoir to be dealt with.
A 3" additional rising main to the Peak has been laid and a 5′′ inain has been laid in substitution for the 3" formerly existing from the Peak Reservoir to Victoria Gap. The pipes obtained by dispensing with the latter have been utilized for the main required in Barker Road, which connects through to the Magazine Gap Road main.
The following is a statement of the expenditure incurred under the heading, "City and Hill District Waterworks" in carrying out the above works, commencing with the programme contained in the tabulated statement on page 17 of Mr. Cooper's Report:-
1897,
.$104,539.93
1898.
78,363.77
1899,
29,452.90
1900,
39,046.42
1901 (to end of October),
13,908.06
Total $265,311.08
Several of the smaller items referred to, such as the reservoir behind Belilios Terrace, were charged to other votes.
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