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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
MORE WATER FOR HONGKONG.
THE HARBOUR PIPE LINE OPENED.
AN IMPORTANT STEP.
His Excellency the
Officer Administering the Government had the pleasure of performing most interesting public duty yes. terday, when he officially opened the Harbour Pipe-line, as a result of which Hongkong itself will be
TUESDAY,
MEDICAL CONGRESS IN JAPAN.
THOUSANDS GATHER AT
OSAKA.
Osaka, Mar. 31,
APRIL 1, 1930.
INDIAN COTTON TARIFFS.
PROPOSALS ACCEPTED IN PART.
New Delhi, Mar 31.. The eighth medical congress of The Tariff Bill, embodying the Japan opens to-morrow, the budgetary cotton tax proposals, has | pathologist Professor Sata presid-been adopted by the Assembly.
ing.
with an amendment moved by an
Over five thousand medical men Indian chetty and accepted by the including a number of distinguish-Government, modifying the British ed European, American and Chinese preference in certain classes of specialists, are attending, though goods, which compete with Indian the English medical profcasion is lines, in effect removing the Bri supplied with water from the conspicuous by its absence.-Reu- tish preference in the case of Shing Mun Valley,
The first part of the ceremony was carried out at Queen's Pier, where Mr. Southern was met by
ter.
the Director of Public Works, and or approximately 1214", it is 7/16" Mr. R. M. Henderson, his Assist-thick and is protected by double ant, who is in charge of the Water Hessian wrapping impregnated Works. His Excellency was ae- with hot bitumastic solution. companied by Mrs. Southorn, to gether with Sir Henry Follock, Sir Shouson Chow, Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, (Inspector General of Police), members of the P.W.D., and Legislative Council.
A Proud Achievement.
course of which he said:
The Pipe Line is made up of 63 sections with 66 Albion loose flange joints and was manufac tured by Messrs. Stewart anal Lloyds, Glasgow.
plain grey cloth, namely unbleach- ed cloth or cloth dyed in the piece, and maintaining it in the case of other classes,
In other words, preference will disappear wherever the 3% annas duty applies, but remains where the ad valorem duty applies,
The Bill was passed without a division, after Pandit Malaviya and the Nationalist Party had walked out.Reuter,
are
There are 23 flexible ball, and socket joints, and 4 valves, these
de- specials being provided by Messrs.reality. At present we The Hon. Mr. Creasy then pre-Glenfield and Kennedy.
pendent on the immediate flow of sented Mr. Henderson and his
Fifteen anchor blocks each the Shing Mun River for our ad- staff to His Excellency, in the weighing 17 tons and 11 pairs of ditional supply to Hongkong, and. until we have large storage re- Reinforced Cement Concrete an- Your Excellencies, Mrs. Souchor piles have been fixed along servoirs on the Kowloon side we thorn, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Pipe Line.
shall not have made the Hong- Before having the honour of re-
The total length of the rubble kong water supply safe. One re- senting to you Mr. Henderson, the foundations (in various portions) servoir is already under construc- Assistant Director of Publicis 1,370 ft.
tion, and we hope before long to be able to make a start with the Works in charge of apecial Water
Three divers were engaged on
more important re- Works construction, I should like the work, two from North China, larger and to say that Mr. Henderson, during the whole of his service, has been under the supervision of the Go-servoir in the Shing Mun Valley. less without the cross-harbour engaged upon the many schemes vernment Diver, Mr. Petroff, and But these reservoirs would be use of Water Works extensions carried the actual laying occupied 67 days,
as Mr. Creasy has remarked,, has out during that period and for the the average rate of progress being Pine. The design of the pipe-line,
over one hundred feet per day.
been the subject of much contro- last ten years he has been, in
versy, and the Government found charge of the Water Works of the
it necessary to send Mr. Hender- Colony.
son to England to plans with the best expert ad-
He was particularly associated with the first section of the Shing
The discharging capacity of the Harbour Pipe is 3 million gallons per day at 280 ft. above sea level, at which height the Gar-
dis-
discuss
the
Mun Scheme which was sauction- dens Service Reservoir is to bevisers at home. The result must ed by the Secretary of State in bullt. At lower levels the June, 1924, and of which the Har-charging capacity would bour Pipe Line formed an import- ant part.
creased.
have been very gratifying to Mr. be in- Henderson, whose design was at cepted with very alight modifica tions. There is an admitted dan. ger in this design, namely that the pipe might be damaged by careless navigation or by a ship dragging its anchor in a typhoon, but we consider the risk one which it is worth our while to take in view of the great saving of ex pense, and on Mr. Henderson's as- surance that repair should be only
a matter of a few weeks.
Satisfactory Tesis, Many portions of the Scheme
I have received a Report from have already been completed via:Mr. Henderson upon the exceed -The Intake Reservoir, The ingly satisfactory results of the Tunnels and Conduit, The Recep final pressure test upon the whole tion Reservoir, The Mechanical Harbour Pipe Line before it was Filtration Plant, The Land Pipe connected to the Land Sections, Line conveying the Shing Man and in the Report he acknowledges River water to Kowloon Point, The the very valuable assistance he Service Reservoir now under con has received from the Port De- struction and lastly the Harbour velopment Office, of which Mr. Pipe Line now completed and con- Adam Anderson is in charge, and Heartiest Congratulations. nected with the Hongkong City from the Water Works Mainten Mr. Creasy, I offer to Mr. Hen- Mains,
ance Office, now in charge of Mr.derson and yourself and to all To have brought works of such Purves, who was previously close those connected with you in the magnitude to a successful comple-ly associated with Mr. Henderson work, our heartiest congratula tion is an achievement of which on the first section of the Shing tions on the successful completion any Civil Engineer might well be Mun Scheme. He further reports of the cross-harbour pipe, It re- proud.
that the Netherlands Harbour fleets the greatest credit on all Works Company (whose repre- concerned, and I tender sentatives are present to-day heartiest thanks of the Colony to carried through their Contract in the engineers, divers, contractors very efficient and satisfactory and all others who have combined manner, and last, but not least, he to carry out this work so expedi very highly commends Mr. Wood-tiously and at so reasonable a cost. ward, the Engineer who was in I wish for this nipe a long life of charge of this work, for the mark-usefulness to the people of Hong- ed ability and energy which he kong, and I can assure you that has displayed throughout and also even the pipes of Pan could_nre- Mr. Petroff, the Overseeing Diver, duce no sweeter music in Hong- who has worked very long hours kong's ears than the music of run- under very trying conditions.
ning water in Mr. Henderson'a pipes.
·
Difficulties and Delay, Though other portions of the Scheme were piteeded with there was considerable delay in decid- ing the method that should be adopted for the Harbour Pipe Crossing, more elaborate and ex- pensive schemes were proposed and indeed it was suggested that the Pipe should be laid in the often proposed Tunnel under the Harbour if, and when, construc- ted.
Mr. Henderson's proposals the Harbour Crossing were commended 'and referred to Consulting Engineers to Crown Agents.
for
the
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Your Excellency, on behalf of the Public Works Department. I
City Hall Fountain Plays. re-would thank you for so graciously the coming here to-day to perform the
After closing the, wash out ceremony of opening the valves valve, His Excellency and party connecting the Harbour Pipe Line made their way to the junction of Mr. Hefflerson with the Hongkong Water supply Queen's Road Central and Ward- and thus enabling this thirstyley Avenue, via Statue Square, Island to obtain some of the super-where he opened the valve con- fluous water from the mainland. necting the Cross Harbour Pipe
Early in 1929 proceeded Home to consult with both Prophet and Sage and he "heard great argument about it and about" with the result that his method was approved and he hurried back to put the work in hand
In spite of difficulties augment-
H.E.'s Speech.
The Hon. Mr. Southern, then shook hands with Mr. Henderson and other gentlemen, after which ed by the late delivery of mate. he descended to a gangway, erect rials (the prompt delivery of ed below the pier, where he open- which had been promised) this ed the wash out valve which dis- work has been brought to a suc charges the water obtained from cessful completion at a cost of the Shing Mun River. He ad $260,000 which is considerably dressed the gathering in the fol under the original estimate. lowing words:
The Pipe Line.
The total length of the Harbour Pipe Line from Kowloon to Hong kong is 5,914 ft., or nearly 1 1/8
miles.
The internal diameter of the
Lapwelded Steel pipe is 12.265
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with the City mains. His action charged the City Hall fountain with Shing Man River water, which was brought into play, the large crowd present applauding delightedly.
Immediately after performing the function, His Excellency and Mrs. Southorn drove back to Gov- crnment House.
The occasion created the deepest interest and there were Mr. Creasy. I have the greatest large crowds at both Queen's Pier pleasure in accepting your invita and the City Hall. The Traffic tion to open the valves which will Department of the Police Head- admit the water of the Shing Mun quarters, under the direction of River to the Island of Hongkong, Inspector Alexander, patrolled the To-day we see the dream of main thoroughfare between the two many years made true, with pos- points, and through traffic was sibilities far beyond the present, suspended for, a short interval.
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