ROWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER'S ANNUAL KEPORT.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY MARCH 10 1010
ESTIMATE YOR WORKS NOT INCLUDED IN“ PREVIOUS ESTIMATES.
Making up banks at Bridges 4, 8 and 12 $10,000 | Repairing damage done by typhoons
In September last along the banks and clearing slipa izan Raising of pliching along the banks
STATIONS AND DUILDINGS. Yanmatí and Fan Ling stations wars' com- pla ed but no work bas bean dona on staff | quarters anywhere. It is a pity that in Railway Construction each matters are usually left to tho' The following repori, dated 28th February, last because it is difficult to get contractors to 1910, by Mr. E. S. Linduey, M.I C.R., chief re-undertake them when there is no work of any sident engineer, was laid bèlure the Legislative bulk to be done close at hand. Shatin, Taipo Conocli this afternoon 1---
and Loft remain to be built as well as the ter- minal station at Kowloon, which remained in beyance pending a final decision regarding the site of the terminus. Station Masters' and monials' quarters and gangmen's Ilpes have to be provided throughout. No amangements for Earthwork to finish ................................. signalling or Interlocking yards have yet been made. The amount of work involved in all this is not large, and all should be completed before June,
As I took over late in the year i am not in a position to describe in any detail the progress which has been made dorlog the season 1999 nad 1910 and will therefore confine myrall to a statement of affairs at the end of the year, "
LAND.
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Lots 618 to 2,140 were acquired with a view 'to placing the tormlous at Teim Tsa Tatl
It was proposed to exchange a portion of the reclaimed ground close to the Ching Light and Power Company's premises for the ground known as the Match Factory and compensation would then have had to be paid for the build ings only. It has been possible however to level off a site at the back of the Match Factory on Crown Land and make use of spoil to make up the approaches to Gascoigna Road thus avoiding the exchange and adding a valuable plece of lane practically free of charge to the Railway'.
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PLINT...
There has been no expenditure in 190g on Constrictlop Plaut. During the year indents were sent home for two tank engines, six open bogio, goods waggons, six covered bogie wag- gous, twenty-six covered four-wheeled waggons and ten open ditto and two goode brakevaus fone-wheeled. None of these have yet arrived.
18,000
COMMERCIAL.
RUBBER QUOTATIONS.
:. p.m. "In future, quotations for rubber shares, na supplied by Mesara, S. Kadooria & Co., will be printed in a detached form and not appear $,000; i la the daily tábolated share fist as heretoforo. 15,400 | Quotations received by telegram tö-day, are as
4,200 follows:-
between Shatin and Taipo Concrete Drains, Colting 47 ruum Rubble Too Walls in Chiting 47 .............. Turfing along banks and cuitlogs....... 3,000
$ 59,600 $3,000 *$114,600
The amount of $40,000 for work round Signal Hill is still allowed for in the Estimate in case it is decided that the site of the terminus shall be at Tsim Tsa Trul.
111.-6.) The cost of the Tunnels bas work- ed out as follows(→
Cost to dals.
Depreciation
per cent. off.
of Plant
Total
Per foot run.
€35.88
in the Colony. The engines and bogie goods and No. 75 $70,11346; 850743 stock should have been out by the middle of January but advice of despatch is only just now fo hand, and the opaning of the
A great deal of-Earthwork-North of Beacon-line-in-May-must-therefore-ba_dalayed... A Hill Tunnel has been completed. **
contract, for the body work and erection A certain amount of damage was done by of the passenger stock was placed with typhoons to the banks between Miles 7 and 12 the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, and one bad slip occurred in Cutting No. 30 at There is likely to be delay in carrying out this Mile c. All damage is now b ing repaired Contract due to the non-arrival of fittinign be- and the slip ha beon el ared away and retain- fore the end of March; and the underframes ing walls are being built to prevent recurrence. I fear will not be out before the middle of May, 'At Mile 15j there is a very wet and troublesome so that the contract ilme will have to be ex cutting. The Contractors, having practically tended to the beginning of July. folshed the amount of work contracted for, have been relieved of further work and the cutting is bring-finished on piece work, and is well forward towards com- pletion. It is anticipated that it will be sloped and drained before the heavy rains. South of Deacon Hill the work is in a very unfinished ́siste due to gaps caused by the rebuilding of bridges and the amount of work left to be done
at the Reclamation.
The girders for the new bridges.will not be out before April by which time the bridges and their approaches will bo zendy,
An alteration of Centre Line is Culling No. for, which sanction was abis ned
OPENING FOR PUBLIC TRAFFIC,
Last year it was the latention to open for Fablic Traffic by using the Overland Reale which runs parallel to the Railway at Hung Hom and to place Railway Station in position which though temporary would come into the scheme for final development.. Since then ideas have, podergone a change and a new proposal regarding the final location of
tha terminus has been submitted to the Secro- tary of State.
Until connection with Canton is established nothing much in station accommodation at Kow- Icon is required fox the light local traffic which in the interests of the Railway it is advisable to work up. Peading the decision as to the loca-
will enable the cutting, to be complet ed before the lime originally antici-ion of the terminus therefore we may take it pated and will obviate the expenditure that for all practical purposes a flag station in contemplated as necessary to make the culting Salisbury Road close to the Ferry proposed in saleh'd the original Centre Line, bato ad the scheme lately sent forward and another at bered to. Some five million cubic feel of fill Hung Hom will meet all the Kowloon and ing remain jo, complete the reclamațioń be.
Hongkong requirements. tween Blackbeads and the Storm Water Out. jall, as well as a portion of about two hundred lest long of the tea wall, which cannot be gol to until the filing is more advanced, owing to the possibility of scouring nut the pierre perdu If too great a head of water were allowed to ac comulate between the wall and the filllog.
TUNNELS.
There remains a good deal to be done befors the Railway can be raid to be completed. Stations and quarters or both have to be built at all stations. Workshops and watering ar- rangements bave to be erected and the reclama tion must be fiaished before the Goods Yard cau be laid. As regards the shops nothing can be done ia this respect because the site for the Workshop is not levelled off nor is the steel work likely to be out before Aptil, Gliders for Bridges 4 and 8 will not be out till the end of March.
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3,179,503.99 $113,000, 2.0$1.301-09
90,100.57 3,090 $1,410287 047.40
68,750.01 63,156,#3 51.00 #01955-94
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307.14. -#ju,1t,344-39'.-བསྐྲུན་ནུ Less Esmate for 1909 3,499.87409
EXCL 15,000
limate.
presents the present Increase of Has Deducting the cast of Tunnel No. 1
311,350.50 which
which was 104 cfuded in lasi, year'a figures,... 7611316 this leaves an excess on Hewson Hill
Tunnel of spin-orders,'' #35/997-34- Reverting to the Chief Resident Engineer's Report for last year the following representi the rough estimate for completion given by him and the actual amount expended -- Living Shaft, $6,000 $ Heading driving,...... 105,000 Widening out, 500,000 Lining..............
410,000
· Estimated. Actual,
Depreciation of Plant 100,000 Buildings, Savitation... Nil.
$1,121,000
III.-(0) Roads. Amount expended to date
Anticipated expenditure :- Gascoigne Road approach Metalling
Turfing to slopes Removing Gas Pipes, etc.
Allagartomani
..7/6
Angio:Malays....mmmmaraino.11/9 Balgownies ......
..$170 Carey Uniteds al.....21/6 pram, buyers Castlefields ................................................190/- Chara$15 Changkat Serdange me. São Damansaras ...................................... 150/ Eastern Internationals.....74/6 prom. b, Glanealys........................$24
Golcondas......
Highlands and Lawloads .. 115/- sales *Indragitis....... Voir$45 Kamanings, epilului¡/ prem, Kuala Lumpor... 170). Ladburys.....................................90/· ·· Linggi............... susišnaud7/6 London Asiatics .......................128/.` büfers ..$16 Pajamu .........undaianzia
--$43 · Pegobster in Septe Rubber Trusts-43/9 prem,-ex-¤.-i. Sandycrofti
Singapore & Johores.....$675
Shalfords.....
Saggat moquea proces ......... 200/ Sekongn
......18/6 prem.
·...66]. Sungel Choks.
..73/ prom. 33/6 Suogel Kapan... Tandjorgs.........................77/ prom. ....26/9 prem.
Targkaba...... United Serdangs. ....................125/- sales United Singaporas ................ (m.) .........$2 United Sumatras..................14/3 soilers
THE LATEST. OUTPUTS,
6,195.14 1,28982,12 634,063.77.
The Pinang Garette volcas complaints of the 516.398.50
shortage of labour on a nauiber of estates and 113,000,00
urges more-energetic recruiting. That Journal 11,694.18
adds that probably a land assessment tax will 1,410,333-71 be raised. 1,121,000.00
$289,333.71
Public Works Deparment Rand to
Yaumati
SINGAPORE PARA.
The agents (Mesara, Bobn, Meyer and Co Lid.) advise that the total output for February 5,000 amounts to 4,300 lbs, dry rubber, thus making a total output for the first to months of 43,715 80,000 lbs, dry rubber.
19,800
1,400
+
* LINGOI PLANTATIONE: Mossrs. Guthrie & Co., the agents, report 3,000 that the output of dry rubbar from the com- pany's estates during February was 57,500 $10,200lbs. making the total for the first two months
of this year 5,500 lbs. The figures for the 10,000 corresponding periods of last year were:- February 17,000 lbs., 1st two months 67,000 bls $120,200
In the içog Estimate an increase of $3,479 84 only was shown as due to extra cost of road approach to Bridge No. 2. This was obviously All Tuonels are now completed.
an under-estimate as the quantities and rates At Beacon Hill the headings met satisfactori
givan to Mers. Leigh and Orange for the ap: ly on 17th May, 1909, and since then the work
proaches and metalling, of the Bridge amount to $101,200. The balance of the Estimate is bas been rapidly pushed to completion. The Toquel il lined throughout with a varying thick-
Before through opening to Canton however for Road Diversions between Shatin and Taipo ness of brickwork in cement. The treacherous the contract time for completion of the reclama and a roadway from Hung Hom to Yaumati. ∙nature of the rock rendered fixing imperativë, i tion will have slapsed and the passenger and
MAJOR BRIDGæɛ. IV.-(d)-The actual cons of abandonment and as it was found impracticable to line the roof gende yards will be ready. As the British only, in portions where the rock was less liable Section will be ready for opening before the due to defective foundations or the use of to slide, a thin skin of brickwork built tight Chinese Section it is proposed to open the llae inferior material in 568,590.44 and the cost to the excavation bas baen put in. There
as soon as the essentials are ready, with the of additions to existing structure peces. does not seem to be any use in perpetuating station arrangements, as intimated above, ia tary to prevent further trouble $17,264. the shaft on the North Face which is too bear order to work up the local traffic and to transThe sum of these figures and the actual the portal to be of any service as a ventilating port material for the Chinese Section if cost of the bridges is $808,583.41 to which shaft, and as it would bave cost a great deal requited, all of which will help in earning must bp. added a sum of 57,913.00 as de more to brick it up iban the estimated cost of
Revenue. It is impossible to fix a date at preclation of plant bringing the Estimate up to six thousand dollars, owing to the very wet present but it will take at least six weeks after $816,495.41, an excess over the 1909 Estimato nature of ground, the shaft will be filled in and the underframes are out for the Rolling Stock of $138,729.05, suitable arrangements made to cope with the to be ready so that it would not be safe to water, which comes down it.
reckon on anything earlier than July, At Taipo Tonnel the heading mel on 28th April, 1959, and the work is now completely finished. This tongal has been very creditably and cheaply constructed.
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The following are the approximate prices and lengths per fool run :-
110 400.02 823 227.14
NOTES ON THE ESTIMATE FOR 1910.
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-Land-Seeing that the question of the terminus is still undecided no alteration bas been made in the figures under this head, The expenditure up to date is $762,863,65 leaving a balance of $433,015 55,
I11-(a.)-In.revising the Estimato of 1997, at the end of last year, the Earthwork appears Tannel No. 1--Dnale Liar's Fully' Husd.......... 160 $687,09 to have been reduced by $132,218.62 a
1-Single Lave
* 1,212 485,2K
the saving anticipated by reducing the lies {Partly fully Used!” 3-D Lineatud arched over 320 247.45 of frontage of the Reclamation between
tuoughout id
Blackheads and the Storm Water Outfall.. The increase of rate due to the rock in Hung Bom Calling appears to have been lost sight of, for the through rate that was being paid to the Contractors at the beginning of 1909 was that estimated for in 1907, and the amount of rock that was likely to be met with as the Cutting went down to Formation was neglected. As a fact the through rate in 1909, worked up to over S17 a thousand cubic feet and will be close on Sio per thousand cubic feet before the Hung Hom Calting is completed. In dis cussing the present increase of Estimate it
ROADS.
Road diversions in connection with the Kowloon Taipo Road are well forward and the fencing and draining alone remains to be finiabed. The excavation and piling for the bridge in connection with the Road Diversions at Gascoigne Road at Hung Hom hos beso completed. It was decided to get the road from a site at back of the Match Factory, re ferred to above, that saving foriber land acquisition.
BRIDGES.
The Bridgework has been completed with the exception of the Road Bridge No. 2 at Milo I and, the rebuilding | of Bridges. Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8 and 12 which have. failed owing to laulty design in foundations in very treacherous ground and to bad material, Some other bridges are being strengthened. The cost dus to this cause is estimated not to exceed $95,000.
TELEGRAPH.
The telegraph line was laid throughout the section but only some eight miles of it is in the permanent position; This is now. being taken in hand..
DALLAST.
All ballast required for the Main Llus has been broken and bollom ballast le being laid where practicable, The depth of top ballast under the sleepers has been increased to six feches but this will not involve an increase of quanilty but a redistribution of materials. The quality of ballast in good and it has been broke en at a moderate rate. The bailesting of the last eight milte meņassitatas: thoʻlaying of a ulding at Mile 14 to take up the ballast, broken -át a dapôt airng the abandoned aligaprent,
LABU.
Mesers Guthrie & Co., the agents, staid that the Feb. crop from Labo Estate, of dry rubber WAR 9,344 lbs. making the total for the first two months of this year 22,207 lbs. The figures for the corresponding periods of last year were:- February 2,306 lbe, 1st 3 months 4,980 lbs.
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·GANTON DAY BY DAY,
HIGH PRICE OF OPIUM,
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 9th March.
Three months ago the price of raw opfum (forego) at Canton stood at about $17 per catly and prepared opiums at $2.40 per taal. In the course of last week, the price of the drug has advanced considerably to about Sau for one catty of raw, and $3.00 for one tael of propafed oplum
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
To-day's Advertisements.
INDO-CHINA STEAM' NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE,
"HE Company's Steamship
THE
"LAISANG,"
having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo, impeding the discharge or remaining: on board after 4 P.M. the 17th inst, will beʻ landed at Consignee's risk and expense, No Fire Insurance will be affected. Bills of Lading will be counteralgued by
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LD.
General Managers, Hongkong, inth March, 1910.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
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FROM and after 1st January, 1909, the raton of Subscription to the Hongkong Telegraph (dally and weekly issues) will be as follows
DAILY-336 per annum. WEEKLY-S13 per annum."
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of the world is 30 cents per quarter. Single Copies, Dally, ten cents. Weekly,
twenty-five cents (for cash only).
(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
There will be no rebate' to Missionary Subscribers as heretofore.
By Order,
THE MANAGER, Hongkong Telegraph Co., Ld Ikram stad Thanamthor, Thof,
Intimations.
SAUSAGES
OWN MAKE
EXCELLENT and DELICIOUS,
Pure Pork
AND
Beef Sausages
at 35 cents & 25 cents per lb.
THE DAIRY FARM. Co., LTD.
Hongkong, 12th February, 1910,
ASAHI
BEER SAPPORO BEER
TO BE OBTAINED
FROM ALL WINE DEALERS
AUCTION SALE.
The Undersigned will sell by. Public Auction,
ON
'SATURDAY,
."
the rath March, 1910, commencing at 11 AM, út their Sales Rooms, A FINE COLLECTION OF
HIGH
ULASS IRISH GOODS.
COMPRISING :-"
Est
Witney Blankets, Irish Hand-embroidered Bedspreads, White Satin Marcella Quilts, Pure Irish Linen Double Damask Serviettes and Table Cloths, Irish Embroidered Pillow Cases; Underskirts, Walking Skirts, Bed Sheets, Washing Flannelette, Fine Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Sheets, Five o'clook Tea Cloths, Toilet Sets, Travelling Rugs, Lace Curtains, Tea, Glass, Kitchen and Pantry Cloths.
Hongkong, 10th March, 1910.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers,
SALON-CINEMA THEATRE,
1238
WYNDHAM (FLOWER) STREET, OPPOSITE GENERAL POST OFFICE.
FIRST APPEARANCE IN HONGKONG
.or
Mr. CARL WALLNER, Whistler and Comedian,
AND
Miss ADA KING IN HER NEW BEPERTOIRE, EXCELLENT FILMS. DAILY CHANGE OF Programme, coMPLETE
CHANGE TWICE A WEEK, MONDAY and FRIDAY, DAILY TWO PERFORMANCES,
Second commences: 9,15. First commences: 6.80 half-price.
Hongkong, 8th March, 1910.-
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iv.-(8) MINOR BRIDGES.
In a telegram to the Canton-Hankow Rail- The cost of abandoned structures is $25,788 83,way Company at Canton, the Ministry of Posts additions to existing bridges $3,300 and the and Communications at Peking required the total all inclusive cost $350,126.47, being an Company to give an explanation in detail an to how a sum of over 5,000,000 taels was spent excess of $10,512.19 on last year's Estimate,
VIII.-(4)-Under Stations and Buildings during last Chinese year and that only a 30 li a reduction has been made of $139,998.57 30 section of the railway from Yon Tam to Shek as to accord with the actual requirements of Pai Harg was completed. Ths. Company is the Kowloon Station Yard, a sum of $100,000 instincted to submit the required explanation, being Included as probable cost of a ferry pier with all the accounts of the Company for MATINEES EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY 4 p.m. Half-prios. whatever be the site selected. The buildings the year, to the Ministry for audit, one will be of a temporary nature and pending the mouth from the date of receipt of the tele- settlement of questions connected with the gram. The Cauton press are full of com. Jolat Working Agrasment no general offices ments animadverting on the board of direc need be built as the present construction officetors for the large sums of money spent in one should meet all requirements for some time to year when so more than one section of only come, it is proposed to accommodate the 30% can be shows for the expenditure. There Stores in the old Cattle Depot which fortunately were also numerous complaints from the rall
way shareholders against the officials of the has not been pulled down.
X-(a)-The booked value of the Con- Company for the aflaged unsatisfactory manner in which constructional work hai bean carried struction
$506,565.61 on under the present board of directors.
CHARITABLE BAZAAR...... 200,01100 Yesterday the charitabin bazier for the bene fit of the Canton Fong Pin Hospital, held in $505,653 6, the Western suburb in a large matshed, con- 203,769.08 tinued to attract hundreds of visitors. There was also present a foreign Sister of the French
Plant amounts to......... Depreciation which has been written
off*
Cachosomativməyəndə
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is well to neglect the 1999 figuras, in order to Anticipated sales, say † of this.... stow how the increase has aries. In the table which follows the various figures bave been lumped up in order to agree with the heads of Estimate in which the accounts have been kept..♥.
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From this it will be seen that the Estimate for the completion of the Eathwork now amounts to $2,587,580, an excess of $319,403 over the Estimate of 1909 and of $187,080 over the Estimate for 1907. It ių impossible owing to absence of detailed figures in the Estimats
CLARETS & SHERRIES.
BEST VALUE GIVEN.
$101,884,53 Mission with a number of girl students who Medoc, St. Emilion, St. Julien, St. Estephe,
presented a large quastity of their works of art.
Under X Hems 7 and 8 a sum of $913,912.87 | Ru gil.e to the bazaar, The amount collected le provided to meat Interest and Loss of froga.the proceeds of sslci on that day was two Exchange and this bas.Dot been included in thousand and six hundred odd dollars, being Almost a thousand dollars more than the any of the previous Estimates.
amount realized on the preceding day.
X.-(c.) A crodit head showing the amount anticipated on sales for Stores now blanding on books, lass depreciation, has been opened and amensis to 5150,000. Further credit on sales
tunnels.
Mga
Events Coming.
Friday, 11th March.
Géo. P. Lammert Auction sale of shop furai. lure at 57 and 59; Queen's Road Central,
Ipetitation of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong, Annual Dinner, at Hongkong Hotel, 8 p.m. ant
for 1909 to explain how and where this excess of buildings along the line to the extent of has arisen.and one can only say that notwith-about $30,000 are nüilcipated but are not shown standing the saving in the quantity of reclama tion which amounts to soms sixty face of cable in the Estimate, as they may be required to feet, the actual figures in Estimates for 1907 mest cost of dismantling plant and transport and 19to for the work in Hung Hom wary as and other minor matters is connection with the shown in the table on account of higher rates
No alteration of Alfécations has been made, Wilbers Company Farewell Concert, Thes baring to be paid than those originally estimat ad for. A further excess is the feclusion of the is arriving at the above Estimate, although the tre Royal, 9.15 p.m. $60,000 now charged off andepreciation of plant, This was not made in the previous estimate. Of procedure followed Eitherto, is not strictly la the $114,600 required to complete the Earth accordance with Railway Accounting.". It h work outside Messrs. Leigh and Orsage's con- desirable however thef an adjustment be made. trace it will be seen from the details gira as soon after the Construction Account is final below, that a sum of $19,500 is set down for works not previously contemplated but whichly closed as possible in order that the various ars (zincessary to render the cuttings and the flams of expenditure be charged off to their baaks soft
proper heads,
ja: Saturday, xath March. 20Hongkong Regatia, noon,"
Hoogkong sad Kowloon Wharf and 'Go- down Cow Ltd Annual Meeting at the offices
Ch. Larose, Ch. Mouton Rothschild,
Manzanilla, Amoroso, Fino Seco, Amon-
tillado, Vino de Pasto, Grand Old
Brown.
of Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., 12.30 pm, Telephone 135
Hughes and Hough, Auction sale of poules “Kaštedra Stables, 330 p.m.
H. PRICE & CO., LD.,
WINE MERCHANTJ,
12, Queen's Road.
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