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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA
Railways, Mining And Road Building
Nanking, Sept. 25.
In a telegram from Lhassa to the Central authorities, General Huang Musung. Special Com- missioner to Tibet, reports that his recommendations regarding the promotion of postal facilities between Hsikang and Tibet" and the construction of highways in Halkong have been approved by the Tibetan lenders. He, stresses the necessity of developing com- munications between Hsikang and Tibet in view of the cessation of military hostilities since the de- mise Dalai Lama, "temporal ruler of Tibet," and of the loyalty of the Panchen Lama, spiritual ruler of Tibet."
The following, five highways are recommended by General Huang for construction.
Yachow-Kängting Highway to link up western Szechuan with eastern Hsikang--530
miles) long.
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Kangting-Pa-an (Batang) High- way--1.245, 11 (415 mliesi.
Pa-an-Tehyung-Tak (southern Hsikang) Highway--800 11 (267 miles).
Pa-an-Chinghal Border High- way-2,300 (767 miles).
(Chamdo)
Kangting-Changtu Highway-000 1 (300 miles).- Kun Min,
THE YELLOW-RIVER
"Shantung.
Tsina, Sept. 30. Owing to the accumulation of silt along the course of the Yellow River at Litsun,, near its mouth in. north-eastern
the River has suddenly changed its three irection, flowing SOML
of its orginal miles southeast
As the course towards the sea. old course is blocked up with dirt and mud and the new one is too shallow to permift of the smooth: "flow of the waters to the sea, the river is rising rapidly at Lokow. north of Tsinan.
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Mr. Hua Kuan-shih, resident representative of the Yellow River. Conservancy Board, has de- spatched a telegram to the Board at Kalleng, provincial capital of Honan. urging that dredging operations be immediately started in order to avold aggravation of the sitnation.- Rua Min,
TEXTILE CLASS OPENED,
Tientsin, Sept. 30...
By arrangement between the Hopei provincial Engineering Col- lege and the Cotton Control Com- mittee of the National Economic Council, a special textile class will be opened here. A sum of $40,000 has been remitted by the Com- mittee towards the purchase of equipment for the class.
The Hopei Provincial Gover- ment will appropriate $15,000 for the construction of a new build- Ing.-
Kuo Min
MINING OPERATIONS.
Tientsin. Sept. 25. Resumption of mining opera- tions in the gold mines along the.. Great Wall is
ordered by the Hope Provincial Department of Reconstruction in a notification to the interested private, mining interests.
Operations were suspended after.
of the the occupation
various passes along the Great Wall by the Japanese forces two years ago. But with most of the passes al- ready taken back by the Chinese obstacles have authorities, the been removed.-- "Kuo Min.
NEW BUS SERVICE
Foochow, Sept. 25.
As omnibus service on the new Pucheng-Yepping Highway in northern Füklen is already in operation, the Fuklen.Provincial Department of Reconstruction yesterday summoned a meeting of representatives of the various shipping companies to
arrange.
for the institution of regular shipping service between 'Foochow and Yenping, so that water and land through traffic may be, ar- ranged.
It is learnt that an agreement was reached between the Provin- cial Government and the shipping companies for two years, Under no circumstances will suspension of through transportation, be al- lowed during this period.
·Kuo Min.
SEVERN BRIDGE SCHEME
On several occasions in recent years the question of a new bridge across the river Severn, preferably In the region of Chepstow, has been discussed. Buch bridge would obviate the long detour. of road traffic via Gloucester, and save some 50 to 60 miles in the case of traffic proceeding to the south and west of England. It will be recalled that the Severn bar- rage scheme was the subject of a long injury, but the whole ques- tion seems to have been again, shelved. The peed for a bridge. however, is being felt and Chep- stow Urban Couneli has decided to re-open the subject by sending a resolution to the 'Ministry of Transport and local Members of Parliament, urging that a bridge be proceeded with.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1934.
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
RANDOM NOTES NEW DRY DOCK OPENED
From Here And There
As the usual time for business visits to India is approaching, the attention of United Kingdom firms is drawn to the facilities which HM. Trade Commissioner Service can offer to representa- tives visititing India. Sir Thomas Ainscough, C.B.E, HM Senlor Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon, and his colleagues, Mr. W. D. M. Clarke at Bombay, and Mr. R. B. Willmet at Calcutta, are par.icularly desirous of meeting visitors from the United Kingdom, as they feel that with their or- ganisation they are in an excel- len: position to render assistance.
The
Overseas Department of Trade, 35, Old Queen-street, Lon- don, S.W., will accordingly be pleased to provide representatives of firms with letters of introduc- tion to the Commissioners in question. In addition, an officer of the Indian Section of the De- partment in London will be pleas- ed to discuss with representatives the proposed tour, with a view to rendering assistance as regards market conditions, itinerary, out- .ft, &c.
In The Kiangnan Shipyard
Shanghal, Oct. 8. The opening ceremony of "the newly constructed dry dock (to be known as Dack No. 3) of the Klaggnan Dock & Engineering Works Kiaochangmias, Nantao. will take place next Wednesday, the Chinese National Holiday, at 11 a.m.. when the Chinese cruiser Yat Sen will be docked;
The Minister of Navy, Admiral' S. R. Chen, decided about a year. ago to have this dock constructed with a view of accommodating longer vessels deeper draft and than have formerly docked in Shanghai. The projected length of this new dock is 840 feet, and at present the inside length is 388 feet.
The contract for the intended extension is under consideration and will be settled in a few days, and work will be commenced im mediately upon removing build- ings on the proposed site.
Situated on the west side of the No. 1 Dock, (which has a length of 550 feet) which is adjacent to the shipyard, the new dock has breadth at the entrance of elgbty feet and a depth of 27 ft... and 8 inches.
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Desription of the Dock The side walls consist of a doy, ble row on each side of "Larsen" steel sheet piling containing an alloy of copper which is guaran- teed to give a life of 80 years. The frame work of the terracing is
SOUTH WALES EXHIBITION constructed of reinforced concrete
The thirteenth annual Engin- eering Exhibition of the South Wales Institute of Engineers has been fixed for the period fram Wednesday, November 21, to St. turday, December 1, inclusive. This exhibition during the twelve pre- vious years has proved a very great attraction. It was originally held at the Drill Hall, Cardiff, but was subsequently moved to the Grey- friars Hall, a temporary building with the largest ficor space in Cardiff. The hall has been booked from November 12 to December 6 to allow time for the erection and " removal of the stands and exhi- bits. All sections of engineering, are covered, by the exhibition. particularly those branches relat- ing to the coal and iron industry, steam and electrical power, me- chanical appliances of all kinds, including those for the use of coal mines above and below ground, all types of workshop appliances, signalling and other devices for the safety of mines, scientiac instruments for measuring and recording and other purposes, plant for metallurgical processes, a marine section including modeļs of docks and linets, marine boll- ers, appliances for loading and unloading ships, &c., and the p- duction of gas, coke, tar-distilling, &c.
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WHERE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT IS MADE.
VIEW OF THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
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Struts spaced 5 feet centre, form- ed to take the wood planking to receive the shores which support and hold the vessels in equill-- brium on the keel blocks... The "entrance to the dock is construct- ed with an extra heavy type of "Larsen" piling securely stiffened by channel irons, and connected by 3" dla ties carried back to a longitudinalsystem of anchor piles about 65 feet long. This pil- ing connects with two strong. boxes of heavy construction which form the entrance and which the calsson butte against effectively making a watertight jonit.
The flooring of the dock inside the entrance is of 6 inch and 4 inch pine, lald on 14 inches x 14 inches pine beams spaced 5 ft. centres. The beams are supported by round piles 14 inches centre dia- meter and having a length of 38 ft. These circular piles are con- nected to the beams with heavy straps fitted over the beams and connected by bolts
The entrance and sill are sup- reinforced concrete ported on
piles spaced about 4 f centres, and have a solid foundation of concrete on top. it thick to which is attached the 8 inch flooring.
The Dock Bottom
The dock bottom has a cam- ber of. 8 inches to allow water to drain rapidly to sump and the dock bottom is constructed with a 6 inch rise no gutterways being employed, as it was considered a means of collecting mud and pre- venting a clean dry bottom.
The sump. has been arranged and' is 10 ft. wide and 4 ft deep, constructed of steel sheet piling with the usual perforated steel plates to permit of ample flow of water to the pumps. Ladders on each side for access to bottom of dock are hinged and tucked in be- hind the inner side of the en- trance boxes. Slopes for the re- moval of heavy gear from vessels to the shops are placed at head of dock in close proximity to the rallway. The Steel Calsson which closes the entrance of the dock is 86 ft. long 18 ft. wide, 28 ft. é lich deep and has a displacement of 1,200 tens-It is built on the long- itudinal priciple and has two. steel decks, a centre bulkhead and one transverse bulkhead to tank deck. Above tank deck are two steel bulkheads that all compart- ment with the rise of an excep tionally high tide and automati- cally prevent the calsson from Jumping.
Electrically Driven
The Caisson is bited with an electrically driven centrifugal pump having a 11 inches suction and discharge.
to and driven by an electric motor of 15 h.p.
Two large sluice valves 48 in- ches diameter with steel pipes are fitted through the caisson, to en- able the dock to be flooded quick- ly. These valves are operated from the tank deck, the operating wheels being fitted on bulb bear-" ings,
The Caisson is designed to be able to doat in a stable condition on a light draft to enable the dock to be used at any state of the tide.:
The pumps Installed are two Vickers Gill 29 inch Axial Flow Horizontal Spindle Propeller pumps each delivering 31,700 Im- perial gallons per minute (8,470 long tons per hourd against a to- tal head of 27 ft. when running at 720 rpm.. absorbing. 352 h.p., having an efficiency of 75 per, cent. Each pump is direct coup- led to one "English Electric” “A. G. S-15 Frotected Type Slipring Induction Motor capable of deve- loping 380 h.p. at 720 r.p.m. wound for 3 phase, 50 cycle, 400 volt sup- ply, fitted with brush lifting and short circuiting device.
The Drain Pump
The dock drain pump is of the Pulsometer
Co.'s Engineering Type "E10" Centrifugal Pump with 12 inch suction and 10 inch delivery branches to deliver 2,800 Imperial
minute galons per against a total head of 27 feet, absorbing 32 np. mounted on a cast iron combination baseplate, an "English direct coupled to Electric "LKS-17" Motor, capable of developing 40 h.p. at 120 r.p.m. The pumps were supplied by the Jardine Engineering Corporation, Ltd. The suction pipes of the large pumps are 40 inch dia, and dis- charge into a tank which has a copper main discharge pipe of steel 6 ft. in diameter which is lald well below, the low water level and led to the river,
The lay out of the pump room is well arranged and is contained in a steel tank placed at the low- esc depth possible.
The pump house" is a handsome red, brick building, containing se- parate hot and cold water baths for Officers and Men elaborately fitted up with modern plumbing, with kitchens and Store Room, etc.. and operating engineers' The boiler house 14 quarters. situated at the head of the dock and contains a large Scotch boiler, coal bunker and boller attendents' quarters.
This boiler supplies steam to tour ten ton winches which operate the vessels in and out of the dock. Powerful double geared band capstana are also
SOME SPLENDID ORDERS
British Firms Well
Supported
Messrs. Simon-Carves, Limited, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, have · received an order from Messrs. The Shelton Tron, Steel and Coal Company, Limited, Stoke-on- Trent, for a battery of 24 coke ovens. The ovens will be of the "Underjet" compound twin-Bue type and designed för åring by elther rich on lean gas, or both. Messrs. Simon-Carves have also received an order from the game firm for a" çoke-oven gas electro- static de-tarring plant.
Among the recent marine orders received by Messrs." Negretti and Zambra, 38, Holbert-viaruċt, Lon- don, BCI, are the following: 127 mercury-in-steel dial ther- mometers for HM. cruisers Ajax, Arethusa, Galatea, and 128 for all the H.M.S. Fearless class „of "de- stroyers; thermo-electric pyrome- ters for H.M. submarines Salmon, Shark, Sealion, Snapper; 50 dial thermometers for seven Portu- guese destroyers, 38 for the New Zealand Company's new vessels, 132 for new Shaw Savill and Albion ships, 94 for new vessels of the Blue Star Une. 165 for new tankers of the Anglo-Saxon Com- pany and the Eagle Oil Company, and 16 for the Adelaide Steam- ship Company's vessels. During the past few months, oven 50 of these dial thermometers have been afted to marine superhea- ters,
Messrs. Bastian and Allen. Limited,/12 and 14, Church-road, Hanwell, London, W., are supply- ing the electrode boilers and equipment in connection with the Ploneer Healtr Centre, Peckham. Besides electric heating, bot-water service and air conditioning, the" Centre will have a swimming pool also heated electrically.
Messrs.
The Brush Electrical Limited. Engineering Company Falcon Works, Loughborough, have received an order from H.E.FL. The Nizam's State Rall way for six all-metal, single-deck,
34-seater omnibus bodies for ser- vice in the City of Hyderabad, India. Another order five single- deck omnibus bodies, mounted. on Thornycroft chassis, for Ramleh Electric Railways, has. been received from Messrs. J. 1. Thornycroft and Company. Limited.
Messrs. English Steel Corpora- tloc Limited Vickers Works.. Shefeld, have' large order boller drums
..
received a very for high-pressure®
In- from Messrs. ternational Combustion, Limited.. Aldwych House London, W.C.a. The order comprises the supply of boller drums, &c., required in connection with the important extensions to be carried out at Hams Hall power station, of the the Birmingham "Corporation, North Wilford power station of the Nottingham Corporation and the generating station of Leices- ter. In all, there will be 39 boiler drums. steam receivers, &c. ranging from 14 ft. to 38 ft. in length and from 2 tons to 41 tons finished weight, for which ingots up to 120 fans in weight will be required.
KIEHSIN-LINFEN LINE
Taiyuan, Sept. 27. The laying of rails from Kiehslu to Linden, southern Shansi, on the projected Tatung-Puchow Railway will be started on October 10, National Independence Day, it is announced by the Hallway. Ad- ministration.
The Tatung-Puchow Une runs from northern to southern Shansi. The middle section between Tal- yuan and Kleksiu is already in operation and is doing good busi.
ness.
It is anticipated that, upon completion of the entire line. which totals 840 kilometers. & monthly profit of $1,500,000 may be counted upon. The Railway Administration is also planning to build branch lines in order to further develop ral'way communi- cation in Shansi province.--- Kuo Min.
METAL WINDOWS
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FROM
IMPORTED BRITISH
MATERIAL
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The electric light cables are car- ried on reinforced concrete poles. and lamps are placed at suitable intervals around both sides of the. dock,
PIG-IRON AND STEEL
The monthly memorandum of. the British Iron and Steel Federa- tion, Caxton House, Tothill-street, London, SW1, shows that 99 blast, furnaces were in operation at the end of July, a decrease of one since the beginning of the month. Production of pig-iron in July amounted to 527,200 tons, CODAY. pared with 514,1933. The July output of steel ingots and cast- ings totalled 718,200 tons coin- pared with 757,500 tons in June, and 587,500 tots in July, 1933. The decline in the July, 1934, total was due to hoildays in Scotland.
NEW RAILWAY STALION
Nanking, Sept. 27. Plans mapped out by the Nan- king-Shanghal Radway Adminis- tration for the construction of the projected Central Railway Station here have been approved by the Ministry of, Railways and submilt- for re- ed to the Executive Yuan fo cord
the:
In a ministerial order to the Railway Administration, Ministry instructs that building operations be iminediately started so as to facilitate the early Unk- The suction is divided into swa È / up of the Ninting shanghai Rall-
inch pipes to enable the cafsson
to be kept level.
way and the projected Ninking- Wuhu (Anhwel) Railway
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