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question. A suitable scheme has now been arranged however for serving their godowns, which however depends altogether on getting possession of Blackhead's lot.
8. The arrangement of lines to serve the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company will also be rather difficult without having recourse to turn tables. The curves necessary to get round the corners throw a lot of ground space out of use. However, I would not go so far just at present as to advise the adoption of four-wheeled stock.
9. However, to enable me to design the yards, you might let me know the minimum radius I should allow for curves on private sidings, which will be served by the shunting engines which you sent out for use on the reclamation of Kowloon Station Yard. I propose to use 1 in 6 crossings only in large station yards where a shunting engine can always be at hand, as I do not think the large main line engines will be able to take this crossing easily with the small radius of curvature.
10. I also send an advance summary of the Revised Estimate for the Line with an explanatory memo on same.
11. The Estimate, amounting to $7,947,530, is subject to correction as all the details have not been checked as yet, and there may be some errors in calculation, which, however, I do not think will amount to much.
This revised estimate is a high one, but with the departmental system of Railway construction, full benefit can be taken of everything tending to make a saving.
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