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MAJOR CONTRACTORS
AND THEIR WORK
The Contractors referred to in para. 5 undertook the work described below:-- Pauling & Co. Ltd.--for land-clearing in the Kongwa Region, the con- struction of administrative buildings, storehouses, dwellings etc., together with such ancillary services as may be required and the construction and maintenance of all roads within the area, but excluding trunk roads for which separate contracts have to be made. Preliminary work on this contract began in April, 1947.
Experience of work on this scale in Tanganyika was inadequate to enable fixed price contracts to be made, and the work was necessarily begun on a cost-plus basis. This stage was to terminate on June 30, 1949, and be replaced by a fixed price contract on terms to be negotiated. Owing to the restriction of development in the Kongwa Region to three units, i.e., a total of 90,000 acres, this contract should terminate by the end of 1949 and the cost-plus stage has been extended to the date of termination.
John Mowlem & Co. Ltd.-have a contract in similar terms for land- clearing, building constructions etc., in the Southern Province of Tanganyika except that the terminating date of the cost-plus stage of the contract is December 31, 1949. Preliminary work on this contract began in November, 1947.
Earthmoving & Construction Ltd. (an East African Company) have a similar contract for the Urambo Region with the terminating date of the cost-plus stage at June 30, 1949. On March 30, 1949, the shares of this Company were acquired by the Overseas Food Corporation. Preliminary work under this contract began in October, 1947.
The Consolidated Petroleum Co. Ltd.-contracted on an agency basis to provide a 6 in. oil pipeline approximately 150 miles long by the engagement of a contractor for the construction work. Taylor Woodrow (East Africa) Ltd. were so engaged. The line runs inland from the new port of Mtwara to the development areas in the Southern Province.
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd.-contracted to provide a sawmill with woodworking machinery in the Southern Province for the production of prefabricated wooden houses and furniture with the ancillary works necessary for a sawmilling and logging centre.
Balfour Beatty & Co. Ltd.-contracted for the construction of the port works of the new port of Mtwara. This contract was later transferred from the Corporation to the East African Railways and Harbours Administration.
Pauling & Co. Ltd.-were appointed by the Tanganyika Railways on behalf of the Corporation as contractors for the main part of the new railway running inland from Mtwara. This contract was also later taken over by the East African Railways and Harbours Administration.
George Stow & Co. Ltd. and Associated Drilling & Supply Co. (Overseas) Ltd.-contracted for the construction of boreholes and the provision and installation of the pumps in the Kongwa Region and Southern Province respectivelypage 288 of 1097
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