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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933
WELL BORING IN KOWLOON
WATER INDEPENDENT OF RAINFALL
(By Our Special Correspondent)
Kowloon residents in general and those living, in the more remote corners of the Peninsula in parti- cular will be interested to hear that a well-boring company, under the name and style of the Hong Kong Well Boring Company is in the process of formation, and as there is a growing demand for well nil over the Colony this news will be particularly interesting.
Rebuilding After A Fire
WALLS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE UNSAFE
SUMMONS AGAINST THE ARCHITECT
Mr. J. S. Gibson appeared as the defendant at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when he was summoned by the Building Authorities for alleged irregularities connected with reconstruction work at No, 979 Reclamation Street.
The Crown Solicitor, Mr. An. drews, prosecuted and Mr. Gibson | was represented by Mr. M. K. Lo.
Before outlining the case Mr. Andrews
read certain Sections from the Ordinances to show that
if an old building is altered in
material parts it is deemed a new building.
Mr. R. J. Vernoll, Government
Were they in order ?—No, You returned them ?--Yes,
You wrote a letter returning them and informing the architect that they were not in order and that still further plans would be neces- Mary.
Serious Position.
Did you communicate with Mr. Gibson after this -He called on April 8 and I told him the position replied that he had received nei was becoming serious, to which he
The general managers of the pro- posed company will be the Duro Pump and Engineering Company and Mr. W. S. V. Curtis of that firm very kindly supplied me with all the available information in connection with the proposed Com- pany It is understood that they have put in a tender for boring a well at the site where the Hong Kong Engineering and Construc- tion Company, Ltd., are putting up over a hundred detatched and for the reconstruction of a house brought in by an outsider. semi-detatched houses in the Argyle Street aren in Homuntin, If the tender is accepted; it will be the first job of the new Company.
150 Feet Deep.
Although it is rather premature. some particulars in regard to this job will perhaps be interesting.
The well will be sunk to a depth uf about 150 feet and it is hoped that the water obtained from it will be clean and free from sedi- ment.
Concrete tanks will be erected in the hillside and the water will be pumped up to these tanks by means of a special type of turbine, water lubricated pump which will be in- stalled here. This type of pump combines lifting and forcing "the water into the elevated storage tank and the output (when the pump is working, of course) will be approximately 25 gallons per minute.
A Safe Process..
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Past experience bas shown that boring in the Argyle Street area is very difficult because of the granite beds but the company will have special machinery that will be able to bore through granite at the rate of 1 inches per minute.
So far as the boring work is con cerned, the Company will, to begin with, be standardising on a 6-inch bore. The holes will be cased in steel and this casing will be forced down as the boring progressca and later it will be perforated at any depth when water is encountered. The great thing about this type of work is that the water will not be contaminated from the surface and another thing very greatly in its favour is that boring by machinery will reduce the risks to the people engaged in the sinking process. It has been recorded that heavy cas ualties occur in the hond sinking process, and this improvement will prove a great boon.
Sinking a well to a depth of about 150 feet will mean that the supply of water" will be a very con- stant one and will not be to any great measure influenced by the rainfall.
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ther of may letters. I asked him then where the plans signed by him architect then related the incidents, had come from, if he had not re: He ceived any letter from me. He told leading up to the summons. said: On the 10th January, 1933, me that the plans had, as a matter I received plans from Mr. Gibson of fact not been prepared by him or by his office, having been
which had some time ago, been
gutted by fire. I also received the Stability Certificate and the R.C.C Certificate, both signed by him. I checked them by the Ordinances and found that one or two amend ments were necessary. I asked Mr. Gibson to call at the office and he did. This was on February 1, I ex plained to him what was required, amendment.. and he took away the plans for
Mr. Andrews. You approved of the new plans on the 3rd 1-Yes.
On March 17th did Mr. Neville,
the overseer in your department, make a report to you to the effect that he had inspected the place and had found that the walls were very unsafe in parts 1-Yes.
What did you do? Did you order a notice to be sent out, a notice to the owners, to pull down the walls 1-Yes.
On March 21st you visited the premises with Mr. Neville 1-Yes.
What did you find 7-I found that Mr. Neville's report was essen- tially correct, there were cracks in the wall, the brickwork was bed and the walls though appearing solid were actually hollow.
His
clerk, on receiving the letter from the Building Authorities, knowing that the work had been done out- aide the office, had probably gent them on to the people concerned. I told him that as far as the Build- ing Authorities were concerned he sible. was architect and would be respon-
I asked him to stop work and he agreed. Did you identify the signature on the amended plans f received at your office on 29th as Mr. Gibson's-I think it was his.
On April & did defendant call on you again!-Yes. He told man the work, had been stopped and I informed him that shoring opera tions would be necessary, he agreed and said it would be carried out.
On May 2 did you visit the site at Mr. Gibson's request 7-Yes, with him.
Did Mr. Gibson tell you why he wanted you to go there 1-He said he was having trouble with the agents of the owner and I gathered they did not believe further work was necessary, and that if they saw there they would be more amenable.
me
To what did you attribute the de- Did he tell you why no further fective condition of the wall-plans were given?-He left me to Primarily to the fire.
infer that he had no further ins- truction. I left with the assurance from both parties that plans would
Do you think they were defective mitted f-Yes. at the time the plans were sub
What is the wall composed of f Old blue bricks and poor lime mor- tar and old red bricks also in fime mortar.
There was one important crack on the wall between Nos. 279 and 281,, was there not Yes.
How was it important!-Because the front wall is stiffened and held by the others. That crack means that the support in one direction is gone, And the plans, how were they misrepresented?
be sent.
Did you mention anything about legal proceedings ---Yes. I told Mr. Gibson that a notice had been served on April 24. If, during the period April 24 to May 2, (three weeks grace is given) the new plans were received I should be satisfied. but if they were not I should take legal proceedings
owners.
against
the
On May 25 you took the sum- mong out against the owners?- Yes.
Certain walls, which were left
And on June 8 you took out the intact by the fire, were on inspec-summons against Mr. Gibson 1 tion found to be unsound.
Yea.
You approved of the plans on the basis that portions coloured grey were sound -Yes.
Having made these discoveriek you spoke to Mr. Gibson Yes, I asked him to call at the office and informed him of the various dis- coveries I had made,
That was on March 31st. I also.
With the Colony forever faced with the question of an adequate water supply, it is anticipated that more wells will be sunk so that the water for flushing, gardening and told him that further plans would even washing purposes need not babe required and that the approved drawn from the mains. It will plans would not be sufficient to thus be a great saving, and there is surely no need to explain what satisfy the Building Authorities. it means to be hard up for water!
I also suggested that he should make a personal inspection as came to the conclusion that he did not know much about that balla
Gibson a letter referring to our conversation,
A NEW DECREE HAS BEEN ing. On March. 27th I wrote Mr.
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They are going to enforce all- German marriages and see to it that the race is kept "Pan-Nor die." They will have a terrible job of it. Not all gentlemen prefer blondes.
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Had you hy this time received any amended plans 1-No.
What about the shoring? Did you receive a message from de- fendant alter the summons had. been taken out about the matter?
On June 12 he rang the up. He told me that he was sick and was going into hospital and raised the question of the safety of the old walls, saying that he was unable to get any work done. Upon which I considered it due to the public selves to carry out sufficient shor safety for the Government them
ing protection.
Was that shoring carried out Yes.
But you have a remedy of re- covering the cost from the owner?
Yea
Plan Not in Order.
Was work stopped --No. When did you discover that it This concluded witness' evidence was not Mr. Nevills reported to and as Mr. M. K. Lo reserved his me on March 30th that work was cross-examination, the case was ad- still in progress.
adjourned till today after Mr. F6
On March 29th, you had received Neville Inspector of Works at the further plans from Mr, Gibson1- PW.D. had given corroborative Yes.
evidence.
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