Kowloon-Canton
Railway,
PROGRESS REPORT,
DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF KOWLOON:
STATION YARD.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY MAY
söme of the cuttings. The large cutting north of Thip will probably be the last od the line to be finished. This cutting in parried through an enclosed valley at 17 feet lower than the surface of the valley. A very large amount of sub-noil water will have to be dealt with which will require rather larger drains than usual,
Nearly all the slopes exposed to the action ing and above this tu fing has been done to of the sea have been protected by stone pitch.
protect them from the wash of heavy rains
At the meeting of the Legislative Council: this afternoon, His Excellency the Governor made special reference, in a speech of Dearly an hour's duration, in the report (which storm water outfall and blackbead's Point and The cost of sea wall between Granville Road submit below) by the Chief Resident Engineer also the cost of certain works requited for the of the Railway on the progress of the works la enfeguarding of the railway in the big cutting connection with the Kowloon/Canton Railway near Hunghom are cow included in this Most of his Excellency's remarks were concern sub-bead (esithwork) and covered by savings ed with the increased estimates, necessitated on the general work. The Consulting Eng by the inclusion of works which had oot prancers have continually expressed an opinion viously been incorporated in the estimates that such a deep cutting as that at Hunghom Even the estimate, as at prosent submitted, as is not safe in saft material and now that the doubtful and merely approximatr. He com interior of the hill has been exposed and found menied upon the large estimated increase in to be of a sofi friable natura certain works bave the cost of the tunnel and spoke at length on to be carried out so as to avoid slips during the subject of the bridges required in the course davy rain which might endanger the tradic. of the line. His Excellency gave credit to Mr.
TUNNELS, Waite for his work in connection with the noel, and expressed the opinion that it would be finished by the end of the year, and the per minent way opened. by May, 1910. The Governor afterwards referred to the stations en route, stated that the report of the Medical Oficer regarding the health of the employees was very satisfactory and that the average zumber of coolits employed on the railway during the year was 3,244.
The report of the Chief Resident Engineer (Mr. Graves W. Eves), dated 9th March, 1909, on the Kowlon-Canton Railway (British section) is as follows:-
in presenting this report for the work done during 19:8 which includes an estimate for the completion, I would first make a few yeneral remarks with regard to the progress and cost of the work going more into detail under each main head of the estimate afterwards.
The first tunnel near. Yaumati was driven. and fully lined during the year and only the masonry faces remain to be put on.
Beacon Hill Tunnel which is the largest work on the line made very good progress dur ing 1958. Up to the bad f 1907 the headings fram boil aides had been driven a total of 2,100 feet from the permanent faces. This represent ed. practically one year's work. Dusing 1908
of 5,614 feel altogether, of which 2,528 another 3.544 feet, was driven, making a total
was driven from the south and 3,116 from the north side. The difference in distance
of suo feet driven both ways, from the shaft driven was due to a large extent to the length at the north side. In other respects the pro- gress was fairly even on both sides of the bill. The material through which the heading was driven at the south side, however, was much more variable, in sonie places.wet running and being met with, which added greatly to the expense and caused considerable delay,
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which was about three times what was che timited. This increase applies both to the heading and the widening and shows bow misleading comparisons with tunnels in oiber parts of the world were. This bard rock bag chaloued almost continuously at the south face, but not quite so badly at the north face,
The great hardness of the rock necessitated drills sharp and also caused much greater wear very large gangs of blacksmiths to keep the and tear on the rock drills than was extimated for, ***
was extremely difficult to keep good fitters and such skilled labour on the work.
The bridges on the Fan Ling Sub-division which, however, were chiefly minor, cost more than I originally estimated owing to want of facilities for transport and the fact that the local. labour proved itself entirely unable to do the works Coolies had to be imported and mat bere bricks locally with coal as the ordionry sheds built for them. It was also decided to
Caston brick was not good enough for the pur- pass and stone was not available. Very good
act so great as imported stons. Indiang bad bricks were burnt but the cost was great, but
to be brought from India to load and fire the
had hopes that it would not be necessary to line When writing my last yearly report also the central portion of the tunnel except with a light flying arch and probably not even that.klins as the Chinese did not know how However, owing to the band and massive nature of the rock it is necessary to build side walls but again it is impossible to judge the future There is a slight excess shown in culverts. from which to spring the arch for the roof as expenditure. The villager who owns land god bench cannot be dressed in the rock, The rock though very hard is full of faults and nothing if the railway hunk cuts off the irriga near the line of railway has à babit of saying backs which render it able to shake loose" tion water from his land. In one or two cases and come down with the vibration of the pas-be has waited for two years and then asked sing trains. Any such accident would be very that all his land should be bought. The serious and the risk is not worth the saving methods of irrigation are very complicated and obtained by loaving the tupful without loing. it is sometimes difficult to determine whether Damages done by typhoons were originally or so the railway bank really cuts-off the water. charged to a separate unistimated sub-head, bai afterwards this damage was charged against the works concerned which was chiefly Beacon' Hill Tunnel.
In Tunnel No. 3 the headings were complet ed and all fully widened out and lined except a length of forty-five feet in the centre. The two portals were nearly completed. The length of this tunnel is 3zė leet.
One fifteen fest, length of lining and one face remained to be completed of Tunnel No. 4 on 31st December, 1908. This tutoel is 170 fett lang
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Under the main bead of telegraph some work was done during the year. The posts northern end of the line. were put in place' for about five miles at the
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very high compared with railways in other the Performance Eastern countries in anticipation of excessivo DON'T FORGET ABSOLUTELY LAST prices due to combization. My estimate for top ballast is $6.00 per hundred cubic feet, hope to get it broken for less than this amount. Small quantities have been broken at 5320 per
is mentioned the contractors raise the rates. hundred cubic feet but nularge contract can be tet" at this rate at whenever a large quantity
of trouble at the South Face. This side of the Tapo Tunnel (No. 5) gave a great deal
hill consists of yellow clay full of water which kept slipping into the cutting approaching theinte the question of the advisability of using face of the tunnel. Groat difficulty was ex- perienced in making a statt at leading driving as time after time the hillside slipped and 1.Jocked the entrance.
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Good progress has been made everywhere with the exception of the reclamation of a site for Kowloon Station Yard, but arrangements are being made whereby it is hoped that the delay in the completion of this work will not interfere with the opening of the line for public traffic. Elsewhere, especially in Beacon Hill Tunnel, the work has been carried out at a very satisfac-
Work was carried on night and day con tory pace. The heading driving in the big tinuously all through the-year with the ex- tussal will be finished fully six months ahead ception of a stoppage of about ten days early in of the time specified in my last annual report, April at the north side to fix the cage in the but I do not think it lively that the date shalt nod in the end of July and the beginning exceed by a little owing to the greal expense Baving as much as it might have boon. About 2th May, or they will not be recognized.
specified in that opening for public traffic (May, 1910) can be altered.
In the New Territories the appointment of twa native assistart doctors, one at Shatip and
The soft rock extended much further into the hill on the south side than on the northly lined outside the slips that a safe entrance which will necessitate the heavy section of could be effected. However, all danger is now lining being carried much further than was
over. During the year a length of 573 feet of estimated for
heading was driven out of a total of 914 feet and 138 feet 6 laches lined of which co feet is. of flying arch-type as the rack is very hard.
Tunnels 3 and 4 should be completed for the estimated amount bat Tuanel No. 5 may
incurred at the south face.
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of August the typhoon dinged the coolie, and in consequence the work stopped for near
so much that the coolies ail rap aWRY
a week. Not counting these stoppages but the other at Taipo as well as the better medicalaking into account that work was cutied nis and sanitary arrangements made during the at four faces (two extra from shaft at north yeat greatly facilitated the good progress made.de) daring-thirty-five days, the, average daily The Railway Medical Officer's report shows very plainly how much benefit has been reaped Press per face was 4 47 feet as against 1*97
per day per face for 1307.
by these arrangements which, though, in some caset rather costly, have in every case I consider fully warranted the expense incurred.
of heading was widened out to full section of During 1987 A total length of 465 lineal feet tunnel and lined and during 1908 in length of A Taipo the aft suffered rather severely,940 feet making a total of 3,405. feet. Of this during the last six months of the year. Hardly. iotal a length of 2730 was lived to the full a wick went by without one or two of the Eurobeny section of brickwerk. pean foremos being down with fever forźwą or
three Fays at a time. Notwithstanding this, ies if it would be safe to leave it without sup. The balance of 675 feet was left unlined to however, the progress there has been very good port. It was decided, however, in view of the both in tunnel work and bridgework, - -
Turning now to the cost of the railway this would be rather dangerous so, a thin skin constant change la the nature of the rock, that which is given in a summary at the end of will have to be put in to prevent small pieces this reperi, columu C gives the figures of Mr. el rock breaking loose with the vibration of the Brate's add the Hondurable Director of Public trains and falling on to the line. Works' catimate, Column D gives the estimDuring the rains it was found difficult to ated cost of works as per last year's report, Ileep suffici-nemen on the work to make the is impossible to arrange that the first estimate widening not keep pace with the heading. It should contain everything required for the is hoped that when the beadings meet there rallway without unduly delaying the publish ill remain act more than 2,500 feet of widen log of that estimate,
ing to do which should take about six months. The cast of the tunnel-driving was very much reduced during 1608 due to better organization made possible by coolies getting more trained to the work. The estimate, however, will be very largely exceeded in this tunnel The average costs per linest taot of heading, co- arging and bricking in during the year were $10.49 $149.86and $113.54 respectively. Up to December, 1907, the figures were approximately $184.00, $275.00 and $221.00 respectively, per lineal foot.
The total actual expenditure to date is given in columns I and J and the total estimated to complete in columos K rad L and the sum of them represents its"total cost, of the railway gives in coloma M.
LAND,
The figures for land remain as in last year's annual report, and cannot be regarded as an exact estimate, since certain matters in regard to resumption, had the proportion of cost to be bone by the railway are not finally decided. The amount paid during the year was mainly for purchase of land at the south-east corner of It is a very difficult thing to give a price for Korjoon Pedioula commonly called Black-completion of this tunnel. With the constant had's Point.
variation of the rock-and liability to sudden in rushes of water the cost may vary as much as Onder this heading the progress was good o per cent, por lineal foot between various with the exception of the reclamation in Kowe Toon Station Yard which is in the hands of
In the estimate for the completion I have Estopean contractors. Up in the end of allowed rates less than the average for the December, 1908, when Go per cent, of the con-whole of last year na'the costs during the year tract time had lapsed, 2,365 feet out of atoll showed a fairly steady decrease.
The central part of the tunnel though it can
EARTHWORK.
months.
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BRIDGES.
In building a railway, especially in a mono- tainous country, the expenditure under this beading is almost invarably under-estimated. It is impossible even on a year's survey to de cide what bridges are necessary to carry the water off and if therefore happens that many minor bridges are converted into major bridges very seldom happens that a bridge can be cut and is places new minor bridges added. It
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A contract was let for sleepers (Australian) which was cheaper than the estimate though cho present low * exchange will not make the
25 cents per sleeper will be saved making a total of $15,000. A contract has also been let for the rails, but in the absence of day details it impossible to say if there will be any saY. ing under this headings
STATIONS AND BUILDINGS.
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All brokep, chafed; and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be *xamined on the 10th May, at 11 AM,
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district that, provided sufficient support be THE Manager of Kennedy's Stable bege to inform the residents of Kowloon, and forthcoming, be will be prepared to ESTA BLISH SHOEING FORGE at Kowloon, where Herses and Ponies can be shod: by experienced Shangbai farrides on 'stated dayi, to be arranged later.
Inasmuch as expanse will be incurred in hiring suitable premises and in fitting up the forge, the manager hopes that the scheme will have general support:
Those desirous of availing themselves of the above are requested to send in their names and number of horses or and penics to the poderigued.
·G, W. GEGG," Madager, " Kennedy's Stablei.
under this heading. The expenditure shown Very little has been done during the year
was incurred on Taipo Jetty. A sum of very favourably with similar expenditure on $15,000 for a length of 330 feet was allowed other railways. The total cost of superior in the estimate for this, but this sum will supervision to dats including quarters and office be exceeded by about $7,030 as it has expenses is only 68 per cent of the total ex- there will be a large increase under the sub-saty, being an extension of ago feet. There ber and one sub-divisional office was closed
In the present case it will be noticed that deeper water than was at first thought neces
been decided to rap the jetty out iglo much penditure..
Armagements were made early in Decam Hongkong, 4th May, 1909,
increased and excess so caused will not be Chung is expected to be good and this jetty. It may be posible to make further reduce M versed in literature, has been a teacher head of major bridges. This is due to the fact will Dow bo ten feet of water at low water on the 1st January, 1909, the services of ane covered by the saving on those originally peli will accommodate large launches, that the number of major bridges has been spring ude.. The passenger traffic to Sha U assistant engineer having been dispensed with. mated for.
it has been decided to make two flag sta
estimate. One of these is close to Taipa Now tions which are not allowed for in the original
Market and should prove to be very much fre-
British side of the frontier river. quested. The other is to be at Lofu on the
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remain to be started, namely, Gascoigne Road Under the heading major bridges, only two Bridge in Kowloon Staties Yard and a large.
has been very much increased in size above River Bridge near Taipo. The first of these
that estimated for and excess expenditure amounts to $40,000 on this bridge alone. This experiments and to put up only a cheap tom
It is proposed to treat these fling stations as bridge carries Des Vasx and Gascoigne Ronds porsty building. If the receipts warrant it, over the railway and will be put in hand soon. more permanent building can easily be built The increase lo aize referred to is necessitated afterwards with sidings, etc., for passing trains. by the fact that to avoid, a right angle bend these roads must form junction on the bridge.
Fur reasons of economy it has been decided to have only 'very low platforms at Shatin, The River Bridge at Taipo will also be started Taipo and Fan Ling Stations. High plat- in the near future. It has been decided to put forms secessitating expensive foundations are this bildge is the bed of the present river io- costly and as a rule represent the beaviest stead of diventing the river through a new chon-rem in a station estimate. The carriage stock is nel This will add considerably to the cost as being designed so as to be easily entered from the foundations will have to be on wells sunk bolt the high terminal and the low wayside about a feet into the bed of the river.
station platform. The saving thus make will, I hope, balance the extra cost of the Taipo Jetty and the two new flag stations,
Under the sub-head "Workshops no ex penditure has beau incurred up to date. It has, however, been practically decided to erect a small workshop in Kowloon to keep the falling
total cost of this shop with its tools and plant, stock of the British section in repair. The etc., will be about $120,000
The cracks in the bridges near Kowloon caused by the under-ground movements started when the heavy backs approached some of the bridges may cause a slight excess in the money required under this sub-head. I do not anticipate any serious expenditure from
8, a four span arch bridge on a high bank this cause except in the case of Bride No. in the Kowloon Teal Vallay. This bridge was standing practically complete for early six months before the bank approached The There was some expenditure under the sub matter is pow in the hands of the Consulting head "Construction during the year; a 'good
necessary to dismantle the bridge and carry construction of the tonnel. on either side. is still considerable it may be purchased as well as mere gauge stock for
the foundations down on walls to the rock which is between thirty and forty feet below ground.
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tions on the staff charged to this main head of the estimate later on in the year. The
health of the staf as during the rainy season amount of reduction will depend greatly on the
malarial fever places many of the staff on the sick list for several days at a time which throws extra work on those who are well. It
the staff prematurely and run the risk of bad would therefore be highly imprudent to reduce work. being done especially as any reduction would represent such a very small percentage of the total expenditure.
The cost of general management and super. vision is given below in percentages of the total. expenditure for the year
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Salaries of all engineers C.R.E, ́ D. E. & A.E.. and chief storekeeper 3 15 per cent, with their indoor staff of clerke, cashiers, etc... Salary of railway Medical'
'Officer........ Consulting engineers") salary and Home office expenses...zınmasına, Accounts and audit office.....+35 Th
.4.14.per coat.. In addition to the above there is the out-
door staff of inspectors of works, overseers,
The salaries of these men amounted to 5.21. timekeepers, etc., whose pay is charged direct to the works au which they are employed.
per cent, of the expenditure during the year Considering the difficult nature of the work
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of 4,300 feet of set wall had been completed to get be left altogether unlined can hare the Engiceer, but as the movement of the banks deal of two foot.gauge tramway and trucks was compare well with other Railway construction,” i
full section and holy about 40 per cent of the quantity of earth is reclamation had been filled "in." However, these percentages do not give a fair basis to calculate the time of completion as Ibe progress bow is better than during the first six months.
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thickness of the lining very much reduced and saving made in brickwork quantities com pared with the outside lengths,
A.rough estimate for the completion is:- *Lining shaft at north side, $ 6,000
Heading driving, *********
2 105,000 Widening out
500,000 Lising, india sai 410,000 Depreciation of plant, "..... 100,000
$1,121,000
The hish embankments between Hunghom and the South Face of the Tunnel are giving trooble as the ground cannot bear the weight. Ja inveral places where the hard ground is very fit below the surface, embankments are sicking in fast causing the ground to opus up This brings the total cost of the tunel to all round. The movement of the ground is $3,000,000 or $1,300,000, more than my cat -affecting some of the bridges which have crack- mate of 1957,
ed in consequence. However, there is a surplus. of excavated material from the cuttings to make particiarly due to the nousual hardness of the This great increase above the estimate is up the subsidence "and I expect that by the rock mat with,
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tims the line is ready for pubic traffic, equil. The unusual hardness of the rock came as briom will have been established and the subs great surprise. The interior of the hill con sidence reduced to á viry small amovat. sists of quite a different class of rock from that, North of the range of the hills the earthwork usually met with in the Cotony. It is not the Chai progressed in a satisfactory way. The rock same kind of granite at all. to places it com- bar exceeded the estimate in both quantity and bines, great hardness with the addition of an bardness, The interior of some of the big-cut merous faults and backs which causes the ́tings near Lok Lo-ha turned out to be, much drills to jamb The quantity of explosives berder than was expected. The composition used is vary great compared with other tunnels of the rack is quite different from the and this above all other capers, made the granite usually me with la Hongkong greatest difference between the estimated and the majority of It is more like a greapstone or actual cost whnerne, very hard and brittle and difficult In September, 1908, the south face heading to drill through, In order to make these reached such hard rock, that the consumptics qisile progressivo, ra'os bad to be taland for of dynamite reached thirty pounds par fost cum
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PORTLAND GEMENT.
It was found difficult to obtain good foremon; those sent out from Home though they kraw As indent has gone bome for some of the their work well were often troublesome to deal To Chaks of 375 Di., net $5,50 per Cask permanent rolling stock for the line. One witb. The cost ofgetting them out from Home locomotive has been ordered and ona moxe; mada it possible for them to behave very badly
Bar Factory will be ordered shortly but it is not expected before they could be dismissed and they in that payment will be made for these before assistaut engineer can be got for the same cost many cases took fall advantage of this. One
1910.
as two foremes and I certainly think in China that it pays to have more assialast apgineers' with shorter sections and fewer Eutopeno fore-
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The bridge across Sam Chup River has been af ered from that originally estimated for. The ironwork is now being made for double line girders in order to carry & double lind at the The underframes for eight carriages are on junction between the two sections,
order. It has been decided to boild the wooden Thos.ving under minor bildges will, I hope, superstructure locally and take advantage of be about $66,000. The saving is due to a car the cheap labour and timber. tain extent to the fact that bridges have beenEighteen waggons have also been ordered, spans being increased. Agalost this must be 'siz short ones. It is proposed shortly to order altered from minor to major owing to the twelve of which are of the long bogie type and
put the fact that several bridges have been thirty more short trucks and a couple of goods added for future road extussions near Taipo as brake vans... well as for waterways. There still remains to
GENERAL CHARGES. bestatted a bridge to carry a new road over
The expenditure under general charges was caiting No. I running between Hung Ham and in excess of that estimated for at sbe begin the Steam Laundry. This cannot be begon ning of the year. The excess is under until the work on the cotting is further ad- salaries only, there being a decrease under anced Very little now remains to be dogs other minor beads It was not found possible on other minor bridges,
la almost every cata the foundations of boʻh was expected. The fall in exchange also made piece work. The highest wages are paid to Companyrigg Del
to reduce the engineering staff as soon as it any coolic cars in the tunel of are all are has been declared by the Directors of the
the coolies who work the drills, at the heading
NOTICE
There are very for departmentally paid coolis on the work now. There are mostly at Beacon Hill Tunnel and cobsist of the skilled labour
is at pelly contract or piece work rates. driving engines, keeping the plantin order and sharpening tools, etc. All the rest of the work
The cost of labour:vúries very much with the place. The highest wages,have to be paid at Taipo. Ordinary blacksmiths and fitters are Paid eighty cents par day at the South face of THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND Face and a few gst one dollar per day at Talpo Beacon Hill Tuncel, ninety cents at the North Carpenters get from seventy to eighty cents par day and blackamishe bummermen forty to filly, It is very difficult-to-say whit the ordia
major and minor bridges proved inore difficolt a great differance. The expenses of salaries of - faces and these este over one dollar per day. then ual. The labour was very bad aspect engiasuring sinf, store, accounts and indoor The rates are gradually reduced fill those
her to the excavation. A large amount of tungerer, are only 4'1 per cant. of the total day on the Beacon Hill Toonel throughout the ally the kind of labour required to put the tim- offices, medical and consuliing enginesis' fees, working outside get about forty cents per day,
The average number of coolies employed
per piling had to be doop as well as pumping which works expenditure for the year and 5'1 of the year was 2,151 and about 1,711 on the rest of was muy costly as owing to the bed climata la uapendiers to den This percentage compare the line forth of the Agwloon Hillig
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