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I have put the carrying capacity of hoth types anked for at 15 tons I think that this is quite sufficient. I mou that four wheeled trucks can be designed tu hola mure but I think these trucks quite large enough.
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16. The sides of the open trucks I think might he made less high than the bogie trucks already ordered which as per your drawing are 3 feet 6 inches high. I think for this truck 2 feet 9 inches or 3 feet at the most quite sufficient which would allow the door to be the full height of the sides.
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The Goods Brake Van should be four wheeled and with a compartment for small parcels. I think the super- structure of these should be made of wood with a G.I.roof. If you agree please send me out details of the superstruc- ture and the wood work can be put up for tender locally,
18. I am also sending home an indent for the single chain dredger ordered by cable to cover the expenditure incurred.
19. I am in receipt of your General Letter No.117 and note your remarks with reference to the bedstones of Bridge No.49.
20. I have obtained sanction to send hune three miners, Johnson, Ede and Lingard. I can do without them now and
I do not think their health is such as to make their work
at all economical. I have got quite sufficient Buropeans to supervise the work now as the Chinese are getting sQ much better trained.
21 I have gone carefully into the question of putting a concrete face un to the sides of the tunnel already baken out for flying arch and have come to the conclusion that it would be cheaper to do the whole in brickwork three ringe right round so I am proceeding to do this now keeping the internal dimensions the same from end to end
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