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AND BUILDING
ENGINEERING AND
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN HONG KONG.
COAL COSTS AND THE LOAD. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING
CONSUMPTION.
[DY AN ENGINEERING CORRESPONDENT]
The report of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong Electric Co Ltd., reminds us of the growth, in all parts of the world, in the demand for electric- ity.
In Hong Kong, according to Dr. Arthur H. Preece, LEE, the London Consulting Engineer to the local company, the average sales per month have been :-
1918 ahont €50,000 units
1,300,000
1983
1029
+
2,600,000
THE KWANGTUNG CEMENT FACTORY;
DETAILS OF COST AND PRODUCING POWER.
BRASSEY'S NÄVAL ANNUAL
THE WORLD'S MERCHANT AND NAVAL FLEETS.
Wireless.
-An article on wireless position finding by Mr. R. A. Watson Watt is the most exhanative pot publish- ed in the Annua)" on this sub- ject. Various types of direction finders in use by thê Navy and tho Royal Air Force are described, anil BRASSKY'S NAVAL AND SHIPPING the, present state of commercially
ANNUAL, 1901. Edited by Co-operative position-finding appara MANDER CHARLES N. BOBINSON, R.N., and H. M. Ross. (Clowes,tue is summarized Mr. Watt holds strongly to the opinion that the 23%, not.)
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The publication off Brassey" is immediate future of direction find- always an ovent in the naval year. |ing lies with the Adcock system in On December 15, the corner stons The issue for 1931 appóara under its various applications. During of the big Kwongtung Government the same editorship as before, had the War of 1814-18, a signal officer, receiving Cement Plant was laid with appro is published by Messrs. Clowes and Adcock, devised a the Chairman that the Directorsprinto ceremonies in the presence might have to revise prices, it wasuf General Chan Ming Shu (Chair Sons, who have been associated with aerial system in which he attempted obvious that they hoped that there tonn of the Provincial Yuan), Mr. the work nines it first appeared in chinate the effects of borizontal Tang Ying Wen (Commissioner of 1880. The contributors include electric forces un horizontal parts would be no such move.
It is a difficult problem. One Reconstruction), and other high cannot help having sympathy with government officials. Over 500 in-such authorities as Sir William of the aerial. A patent taken ont the management in this difficulty.vited guests attended the celebra Berry, late Director of Naval Canin 1010 was allowed to lapse, auk The enormous increase, owing to tion. The following official des struction, Sir Robert Hadfield, who the invaluable Adcock principle lay exchange, in the con bill, is cer.cription of the enterprises banded writes on modern developments in torumant until it was taken up by
to each guest is translated from the tainly very worrying. 10
Chinese:-
apezial stçela, Sir Charles Sanders, Smith Rose and Harfeld 36 163, Chairman of the Load Line and developed inta practical Committee, and Mr. R. A. Watson systems for reception.
The great progress which is acing! Watt, of the Radio Research Station, Slough. By permission of made in marine aircraft is recogniz their respective Governments, too,ed by the inclusion of two chapters officers in the United States, Italy, on the subject, one by Phoenix ">
Can something unusual be done to encourage consumers to put in Provincial Authorties to raise the progress in those countries..
The volume of warship work in [cial marine aviation. The former freezing plants in their homes? funds and complete the factory in
The estimate of cost, hand is less than in the previous writer describes the organisation Why not charge so much a month months.
amounting "to Hong Kong for such plants-which are automa81,833,420, was approved by the year because of reductions and post- and working of the Navy's aircraft, tic-and do away with meters, etc. Kwangian Government and the ponements in view of the London but is reticent about the progress. sounds revolutionary. ut oc Central Bank in Canton invited to Naval Treaty, and the four is ex-rando in their employment since the ideas are worth exploring. In some parts of the world they have a nuance the amount to be repaid pressed tmt if this state of things War, while indicating that the
the Bureau of Finance by monthly instalments of 8100,000 each. It continuics, and iz unaccompanied by problems concerned have arouse was decided that the plant, having feats in foreign programmes, alarm an enthusiasm and a concentration
capacity of producing 1,200 bar-
On the other hand increased
In the beginning of 1928, the prices will certainly affect the load.
In this respect it is fair to sug-Ministry of Railways sent a repro
Kentative in arrange with the geat that the local management Bome Shanghai Figures. might well consider new ideas for Kwangtung government, to build a Even more remarkable are the the possibilities of stimulating in-modern cement inetry; in order to
meet the demand for the construc corresponding figures for Shanghai.creased consumption. The Shanghai Power Company has Why not hire out radiotors andtion of Canton-Hankow Railway, recently supplied the writer with cookers and other appliances, ut As a result of this conference, Construction Commissioner, Mah the following data.
The average ¦ low prices, as they do in Shanghai. Tano Chin, was instrusted by the and Germany write on maritime on the Fleet Air Arm, and the ther
monthly sales have been:-
1901 about
1011
1021 1931
11
46,000 units 700,000 17,000,000 50,000,000
Below is given an interesting table with other figures which show the astonishing growth of the de- mand for electricity in Shanghai:
Year.
Kilowatts connected.
054 K.W.
Con- Maximum Units Generating
load Tons sumers
during plant
accounted of coal con installed.
for.
used. nected. year. 508,000 4,850
4,007 8,300,437 20,456 3.000
41,074 204,805,044 23,354 26,907 000,000,000 55,000 60,000 12,000.
1901-
500 KW,
10
9,349
22
6,000 84,000 161,000
+1
1021 72,120 #1931 295,000,
It is noticeable, in the above table, that although nearly three times as many units were sold in 1931 as in 1921 the conl used was only about twice as much for the increased load as it was in 1021.
In Shanghai (according to Dr. Arthur Preece in the Hong Kong University Engineering Journal, June, 1030) out of a total annual expenditure (including interest, de. preciation and other fixed charges) of about 30 cents (Hong Kong) per unit the costs are:--
*
Management, etc. ....
Geperation Distribution....
M 48
B
8%
Depreciation
18
Interestedik.
18%
100%
Autter.
250
320
by the editor of Flight on commar ·
rela daily, should be bought from will be engendered which may cul- of reapurees which it would be diffi- F. L. Smidth & Company of Copen-minate in a panic. The resultant cult to exaggerate." The writer on hagen, Denmark. The agreemont efforts, would be wasteful and far commercial marine aircraft, em- signed in March 1029, provided that the machinery was to be paid lees satisfactory than if construc-phasizes the importance to the fly- for in monthly instalments. Intion and design had proceeded ing-bont of the use of rustless steel. May of the Banic, year, Wang Tsao steadily and regularly. Captain with its avoidance of corrosion. Chong, was appointed to tako monthly tariff for slectricity grad-charge of the preparatory office. Altham, RN., in his review of In spite of its greater weight as ed on the size of the house. You The estimate of 81,035,420 was ap- Foreign Navics, regards the present compared with aluminium, rustless can use as much current as you like ported as follows:-8900,000, for position as bad enough, but reworks nigel has become practicable for uge (for domestic purposes) and you machinery, 870,020 for administra pay just the same.
tive expenses, 814,000 for travelling that consideration of the efforts in this connection, and the future That, of course, is a simple sys-and inspection expenses, purchase which continue to be made by for.of the flying-boat is described us. tem but is probably only really of factory site, 85,000, construction eign Powers, especially in the marvory, bright indeed.
white cual" axpense, $350,400. The purchase of
row, waters of the Mediterranean, practicable when water power is the source of energy, factory site at Ping Sze, 880,000,
In any case we can be condident incidental expenses, 70.000, trans to increase their navies, particular-- In any case we can be confidentportation expenses in Hong Kong, as regards torpedo craft and
installation expenses that the management of the Hong 830,000, Kong Electric Co., Ltd., will be $130,000, construction of godowns, submarines, can only lead to the alive to all new ideas and will ex-850,000 running expenses, 820,000. conclusion that the balance of sen
At first the cement factory was plore every avenue to secure an in creased load and economy.
considered as a public industrial enterprise and was therefore ex- empted from paying import duty
CONVERSION OF BALL HYDRANTS.
SOLUTION OF AN OLD
PROBLEM.
power is rapidly changing to our detriment.
The Navies. Now that the London Naval Treaty has been ratified and is in operation as from December 31, 1930, except for Part III, to which France and Italy have not sub- '.' scribed, the "Anual" may be consulted with proît nɛ to the bear- Merchant Ticets.
ing of this pact on future naval its machinery, so duty was not
The standing of the world's mer-strength. Three writers deal in included in the estimate. After:
special articles with its various. words, however, the Ministry of chant fleets is discussed by Mr. Jaspects. Sir William Borry con- Finance ordered that, with the ex P. Taylor, who notes the relatively siders its effect upon the designs of ception of all military supplies, all commodities must pay duty, and high efficiency of the British mer-capital ships and cruisers, and fore- casts that some reduction in design- #100,000 was set asida by the pro- cantile marine. While it comprises ed speed and radius of action may vincial authorities for this charge; less than 30 per cent, of the world be found desirable in order to in-
The Factory Bite.
tonnage, it his nearly 381 per cent. creano protection. Lieut.-Comdr...4
C. Bell discusses the entirely new The uite of the factory na origin of the more eficient ocean-going strategical problem presented by planned was to be at In-Tucktonnage available for general cargo the need for maintaining a one- Pah-Shah-Chu, but As this was found unsuitable, it was changed and passenger purposes. While of Power standard in the light not of to a location at See Dau, Kong; the tonnage registered in Great in pre-War days, but of affording potentially hostile battle fleet us. near Shitsun, with the river in
protection to our food supplies
For water with Canton. The factory the
Construction.
extra-
(1) To adopt Wet" Process,
hagen,
that the proportion of such vessels to the total shipbuilding increased
should
F. L. Smidth & Co., Copen strengthen the freight market in the event of any revival of trade. (4) Length of Oven: 82 M. x a M.That the market is in need of some Burning 200 tons of clay perthing of the kind is evident from diny.
1. O. Dewar summarizes the provi
success. The German Navy..
For the first time since the War, German officer. Lieut. Comdr. Norbert von Baumbach, comtributes
article to the Annual," show ing how the German Navy is being rebuilt under the restrictions im- posed by the Versailles Trenty. With regard to the new German armoured ship, which on a dis- placement of 10,000 tons has an Filin, gun armament, and by means of Diesel engines attains a speed of of ship is naturally more powerful, 20 knots, he admits that this class
than the Washington cruisers if if both are regarded as armoured. that account logical to considert ships, but holds" that it is not an a menace to other Powers. The Ersatz Preassen, he maintains,
abip of the line, and as such' far weaker than those possessed bý other countries. An Italian officer, Captain Guiseppe Fortini, deal with the progress of Fialyla mer.
It is of interest to note that the cost of fuel alone was about 80 per cent, of the generating costs, or equivalent to some 40 per cent, of the local costs. That, of course, [FROM A LONDON CORRESPONDENT. } explains why at the recent meet-
It is now generally agreed that ing of the shareholders of the Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd., there was the ordinary ball hydrant for water expressed some anxiety concerning mains is nu huolete and unsatis- the low rate of exchange. For fuel, factory contrivance, and for more in this Colony, is purchased in the than a quarter of a century past front and the Canton-Hankow Rail. Britain and Ireland 84.2 per cent
many attempts have been made to equivalent of gold.
way at the luck, providing trans is under 20 years old, the per-ngsinet submarine attack. Captain Shanghai the quantity of coal invent a method of convertime entportation facilities either by land centage for the tonnage owned sious of the Treaty in regard to consumed per unit has fallen from existing hydrants to, a more efficient 6.0 lbs, per unit. in 1900 to 3.0 lbs. $atem, on the valve principle. alte covers more than 120 mow of abroad is less than 71. Shipyards material, and shows what each per unit in 1919 and 1.9 lbs. per What is primarily required. lund.
were kept going very largely pur-country may build. His view in replacement of the ball in some unit in 1099.
ing 1930 with the construction of that, by partly eliminating the field of international relationships, the a result of improve cheap and reliable manner, thus Thus, as
In the autumn of 1929, after oil tankers, and it is significant Treaty has attained a measure of ments in equipment, and also be retaining all the rest of the exist
Commissioner Tung assumed charge cause it is more economical in fueling equipment, the scrapping of the work and he appointed Tung consumption to generate large, in which would he a costly item.
The problem has now at last been Hoong Nyi to supervise the con stead of small, quantities of elec
machinery. If nothing tricity, the conl used per unit had solved by Glenfield and Kennerly strettion, and the installation of from 20 per cent, on January 1 to tricity, hed to one-third the amount. Ltd, of Kilmarnock (Scotland), in ordinary-happens, by next sumber 40 per cent, on October 1. As the
the shape of their new patent all the whole plant will be installed. required nineteen, years previously.
hydrant conversion element On
year progressed without owners Some of the Datatis, Fair Criticism.
showing any marked inclination to Years ago, the Hong Kong Elec-the raost ingenious lines the exist tric Co., for years (about 1900-14).ag valcante covered wooden ball had a not very efficient installation device made in two halves, the top
(2) Electric Power to be used: order, general cargo ships there is merely replaced by an egg-shaped
Capacity: 1,000 kilowatts. Game A
which pausc (3) All machinery ordered from and An article, on the subject, appeared
that this journal,
article part being hemispherical
separated from the lower by น caused considerable
1
strong phospher bronze spring, Not only those financially The diameter is the same as the interested but officials of the original ball, and when in the local Government made enquiries closed position the upper portion concerning the criticism contained closes the aperture like the ball, in that article. It was fair criti.ting pressed tightly on to its sent cism, but it was resented by the by the spring thereby forming a management at that time. It led valve. To open the hydrant the to reforms. The writer of the arti upper portion is merely forced ele, in reply to enquiries, suggested down by 1 e depressing rod of the to officials and to Bir Paul Chater standpipe against the compression
freights operating, during 1830.
Motor-salps. that it was essential to obtaip: ex- of the spring, thus uncovering the pert advice, if the system for the full area of the aperature, whilst
Motor-ships continued to make supply of electricity for this Colony as son as the rod is released the was to he made as modern'as it spring again clones off the water.
headway during the past year, and ought to be. He named the well- This invention, now being placed
the world's tonnage in this cate-cantile marine. known consulting engineers who on the market, fulfills the ideal of
gory has about doubled since 1924, were soon afterwards appointed ball hydrant conversion in the
Two chapters of special interest In Great Britain it represents 11.1 and who have since, acted in that shape of low cost, easy fitting with-
per cent of our mercantile fleet, deal with the ocean tourist business. capacity,
out removing the hdyrant from the
but it is significant that the per- and the liner as an botol. They An immediate result of their water main, and simplicity, so that
contage is much higher in Scan are in a way unique, and will be appointment was the proposal for nothing can go wrong, and all the Power Station at Narth Point, existing accessories, such as hose
dinavian countries 35.8 in Nor found, ipformative by a large p way, 32.5 in Denmark, and 2&4 inber of readers to whom the use of The carrying out of the how pripes and scour keys, can still le
Soden. Mr. R. J. Butler, in his shipping as a means of pleasure. posals, the economies effected, uped without any alteration. Ob
chapter on mercantile marine, in reducation has hitherto been un- and the resulting fall in local prices visualy also a valve device of this
shinery, refers to the extensive an known. The equipment and ameni plication of Diesel engines to oil time of the modern liper furnish of electricity, justified the criticism kiud, operating, quite independent-
tankers, for which they are very material for an excellent article, in the Daily Press which led lay of the water pressure, has the Buch desirable results.
primary advantage that all strect
suite, since these Wessels bayp | which appeal to the growing pum- long uninterrupted runs and niber of people who seek healthy To-day it can be stated that drainage, sewer gas, snow, and dirt
Lain their propelling fuel chenply and recreation in a sea voyage, and thore are few more efficient Power mains when they are empty. Furring and there is no obstruction to generally, cannot get into the
at the same sources as their cargoer, should interest many others who Stations in the world than that on
I. September 0 such vosasie, hardly realize how different such Hong Kong island; it is doubtful ther, the design includes wedge the passage of the water.
shaped projections on the lower
travel is nowadays from what it In this manner all existing ball cluding 20 for Norwegian owners, whether any public utility company half which bind firmly on to the hydrants can therefore be rapidly were under construction in Great was a few years ago. in the Far East is better managed- than is the Hong Kong Electris dy lugs of the hydrant, as well converted in simple fashion to Britkin Mr. Butler's chapter is an The reference sections of the Co., Ltd.
ax stops to prevent rotation, while modern valve type of apparatus by admirable summary of the pro- volume are on the neual adequate the spherical surface of the upper merely replacing the ball, and it is greas of high-pressure steam, elec, seals and serve. to make it india- When Mr. Taggart and Mr. Wor ball halt is tinned all over to not surprising therefore the new trica) propulsion, exhaust steam pensable to all who are in any way
ia already in great turbines, and powdered-coal burn connected with maritimo affairs. E. Smith spoke at the recent meet rent sticking to the rubber joint invention
ing equipments.
Timea Bugineering Supplement, ing about the suggestion made by Montinued at foot of next columa.) I demand.
The Problem of Price.
413,400,000 ́barrels of cement.
(3) Yearly Output: 66,000 tons or Mr. Cuthbert Maughan's article on the speculative character of shin. (6) About 100,000 tone of limping, in which he analyses the prin
stone used yearly,
(7) About 20,000 tons of clay used cipal causes of the low rates of
yearly.
(8) About 23,000 tons of coal used
yearly.
(9) About 2,000 tons of gypsumD
used yearly.
(10) The value of the factory, in cluding machinery and build inga is about £3,000,000. (11) Lime stone comes from In-
Tuck Hsien (District), (12) Clay comes from the river bed of Sino Pei-Kiang, near the (13) The factory employs direct about 000 workmen specially for transporting in the en. gineering room, packing, to get clay and lime stone and for other river transportation for raw materiala.
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factory.
Luxury Liners.