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Murray Stewart said that if Senor Pescio put forward a
definite scheme with full information he would consider it.
These replies afford but precarious grounds for Senor
Pescic's statement to me. For my own part in my interview
with Senor Pescio I said that I could not escape from the
belief that if the Government accorded its sanction, and
more especially if it granted any special conditions such
as he demanded, investors would gain the impression that
the project was considered feasible by the Government. In
these circumstances though I did not of course require to
be convinced of its success I felt it incumbent upon me to
ascertain that it had some reasonable prospect of
accomplishment. I put a few practical questions to him,
such as - How he proposed to get a sufficient area for a
station or for erection of machinery at the proposed
northern entrance to the Tunnel ?
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What he proposed to do
with the spoil ? How he could prevent the fouling of
Pokfulam Reservoir when gangs of coolies were working
there? &c., and I found him so little prepared to reply
to them that I formed the conclusion that he had merely
a Company Promoter's interest in the matter. I therefore
caused a reply to be sent to him to the effect that the
Government could not allow the fouling of Pokfulam
Reservoir