the strict observance of 8x 13 of the order The cross-section ought to have been deposited and approved beyond all possibility of question
by either party before the Confiancy
allowed to
As it is, there was a
Wano
operations at all. misunderstanding about
the "high & brange" cross-section for which it is difficult to distribute the blame in
appropriate shares
It was, however,
the duty of the Govt to make very sure that the liability of the Company in such
an important matter
understood
on
both sides.
will
The present result is that no cross-section
has been deposited & approved under
$213
13 of the order and the Company is practically trespassing
on the road
as
away.
I think their position should be regularized now at this late hour of the day by
the deposit of an approved cross-section
which should show the present
condition
of
the way as it is actually being used at the present time
the compromise arrived at after so much controversy Unless ssc 13 is complied with, the Govt could legally refuse a certificate under Ssc 25 on the ground of faulty construction
I observe to above effect in forwarding
the corresp. to Govt & proceed as proposed
therwis
J.J.R.
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Telegraphic Address, Fractions Birmingham!
Telephone Buildings.
Birmingham.
FRED DICKINSON & CO
Givil, Mechanical & Electrical, Consulting Engineers.
To/
Sir:-
HK.
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
LONDON.
Hong Kong Tramways.
REG 6 NOV 03
715
5th November 903.
Our Mr Dickinson has now returned from the Continent,
and as promised in our letters of the 31st ulto and the 4th
inst, we beg to reply to your favour No 38557/1908 of the
30th ulto as follows:-
In replying to the suggestion of the Director of
Public Works as to concreting the whole of the space between
the two tracks,
it is necessary for us to remind you that in
accordance with an arrangement made with the Governor of Hong
Kong and Mr Ormsby, the then Director of Public Works, by our
Mr Dickinson, we submitted to your Department, in July 1901,
specification and drawings of the system to be adopted which,
included a drawing showing the form of permanent
way construction proposed.
COISA
3
The matter was referred to the Board of Trade by your
Department, and was discussed between your Department, the Board
of Trade and our Mr Dickinson.
The plan showing the form of permanent way construction
submitted by us at that time provided for a continuous beam of
concrete 6" thick by 18" in width under each rail, and only
3" of surface concrete between the tracks and for 18" outside
them.