291. A 9 inch centre lathe was received and installed. In addition, in order that the machine shop may be better able to cope with the work which it is called upon to undertake, a 38 inch radial drilling machine and 20 inch shaping machine were ordered.
292. A total of 1,545 orders were dealt with of which 1,461 were for the Waterworks Office.
293. 26,578 meters were overhauled in the meter repair shop and a further 11,207 repaired on site. This represents 75.5% of the meters installed and an increase of 4.1% over the number overhauled during the previous year.
Mainlaying.
Renewals and Improvements
294. Work on mainlaying was concentrated on extensions to new development, alterations necessitated by road reconstruction and the enlargement of under-sized pipes in areas where pressures were inadequate.
295. A total of 202,747 feet of piping varying in sizes between 11 inch and 18 inch diameter were laid, the more important work completed being as follows:
Hong Kong.
(a) Island Road, Aberdeen.
To improve the pressures both in Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau, approximately 1,300 feet of 6 inch pipe was relaid in 10 inch.
(b) Wan Chai Districts.
Numerous complaints were being received from this area and, in consequence, an existing 5 inch pipeline in Tin Lok Lane and another 6 inch in Wan Chai Road were relaid in 10 inch.
(c) High Street.
A 10 inch pipeline between Eastern Street and Western Street was relaid in 12 inch to improve the supply.
(d) Various sizes of mains were relaid in the following roads in conjunction with reconstruction work.
Canal Road East, Kennedy Road, Davis Street, Wellington Street, Percival Street and Russell Street.
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is not needed as it appears the original text has "age 73" likely due to OCR error cutting off "P" in "Page". The corrected version should simply be:291. A 9 inch centre lathe was received and installed. In addition, in order that the machine shop may be better able to cope with the work which it is called upon to undertake, a 38 inch radial drilling machine and 20 inch shaping machine were ordered.
292. A total of 1,545 orders were dealt with of which 1,461 were for the Waterworks Office.
293. 26,578 meters were overhauled in the meter repair shop and a further 11,207 repaired on site. This represents 75.5% of the meters installed and an increase of 4.1% over the number overhauled during the previous year.
Mainlaying.
Renewals and Improvements
294. Work on mainlaying was concentrated on extensions to new development, alterations necessitated by road reconstruction and the enlargement of under-sized pipes in areas where pressures were inadequate.
295. A total of 202,747 feet of piping varying in sizes between 11 inch and 18 inch diameter were laid, the more important work completed being as follows:
Hong Kong.
(a) Island Road, Aberdeen.
To improve the pressures both in Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau, approximately 1,300 feet of 6 inch pipe was relaid in 10 inch.
(b) Wan Chai Districts.
Numerous complaints were being received from this area and, in consequence, an existing 5 inch pipeline in Tin Lok Lane and another 6 inch in Wan Chai Road were relaid in 10 inch.
(c) High Street.
A 10 inch pipeline between Eastern Street and Western Street was relaid in 12 inch to improve the supply.
(d) Various sizes of mains were relaid in the following roads in conjunction with reconstruction work.
Canal Road East, Kennedy Road, Davis Street, Wellington Street, Percival Street and Russell Street.
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