in 1901
with regard to this, I need only
quote Colonel Yorke's opinion, dated 15th March,
1902;
I can only repeat
what I have already said that if I were "the responsible adviser to His Excellency, "The Governor of Hong Kong, I should refuse to accept the proposal of Messrs Dickinson to lay the tramway in with separate strips of concrete under "each rail. I have no doubt that the
"proper mode is to lay a layer of
concrete across the entire width, outside
"the track and excluding
"each rail:
The statement made in the 9th paragraph of Messrs Dickinson's letter of the 5th November, 1900, is not in accordance with the facts.
With
regard
to the last paragraph of Messrs Dickinson's letter, the proposal to adopt centre hole construction along Fraser's Road was not submitted to me until about November last. I have no recollection of the interview on 6 April, 1901, mentioned in Messrs Dickinson's letter nor of the decision which is said to have been arrived at on that occasion. The plans deposited with me are
signed by Messrs Shewan, Tomes & Co and show a mere outline of the route with the double or single line of rails, as the case may be indicated. There is absolutely nothing to
show