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Scavenging Lanes provided by owners but not surrendered to the Government :—
Area in Sq. Ft.
In rear of houses on Marine Lots 188 and 189, Queen's Road West, Des Voeux Road West and Hill Road,......... 1,629
7 houses on P.R.M.L. 57, Connaught Road Central and Des Voeux Road Central,.. 706
Nos. 70, 72 and 74 Queen's Road Central, 396
4 houses on I.L. 834, Queen's Road West, 1,104
32 houses on M. L. 115, I.L.'s 412 & 413, Praya East, 2,236
4 houses I.L.'s 423 and 523, Caine Road, 270
13 houses on K.I.L. 1076, Macdonnell Road, Reclamation Street and Argyle Street,... 942
Nos. 458-464 Queen's Road West, 444
10 houses in Des Voeux Road Central, Connaught Road Central and Wing Wo Street,. 991
In order to provide additional open space in the case of a number of very deep houses which were about to be erected on the Praya Reclamation between Des Voeux Road and Ko Shing Street, the Government agreed to resume a strip of land 8 feet wide from the area appertaining to Marine Lot 57, paying compensation at the rate of $8 per square foot. The compensation will amount to about $8,424 and, as the owner of the property was required to provide a lane 14 feet in width, the arrangement will result in the preservation of a lane or street 22 feet in width.
93. Albany Filter Beds, Reconstruction and Extension.-The new beds, known as Nos. 6, 7 and 8, were completed and brought into use before the close of the year and No. 5 Bed was well advanced. The excavation for the remaining beds (Nos. 2, 3 and 4) was begun.
1908. Estimates, .........$35,000.00 Total Estimates,.........$150,000.00 1908. Expenditure,.34,979.41 Expenditure to 31/12/08,121,016.6694. Kowloon Waterworks, Gravitation Scheme.-The whole of these works were completed with the exception of the Storage Reservoir and a few trifling items connected with the various meters and meter-houses. Very little progress was made with the dams for the storage reservoir but, as the works had reached such a stage as to afford an ample supply of water to the inhabitants of the Kowloon Peninsula, it was not considered necessary to take the work out of the Contractor's hands.
1908. Estimates,.........$44,000.00 Total Estimates,.........$1,194,600.00 1908. Expenditure,......35,330.99 Expenditure to 31/12/08,1,113,080.8695. Tytam Tuk Scheme, First Section.-These works, which have now been fully completed, form part of the scheme for the full development of the Tytam Valley Supply. They comprise the following:-
(i) A Storage Reservoir in the lower portion of the Tytam Valley, the permanent overflow level being 200 feet above Ordnance Datum.
(ii) A pumping station on the west shore of Tytam Bay.
(iii) A road from the Shaukiwan-Stanley Road to near the Tytam Byewash Dam.
(iv) Access roads to the Pumping Station and to the gauge basin at the inlet to the Tytam tunnel and a path from the old Stanley Road round the shore of Tytam Bay to the pumping station.
(v) A rising main from the pumping station to the inlet to the Tytam tunnel.
(vi) A suction main from the storage reservoir to the pumping station.
The following is a description of the works :-
(i). Storage Reservoir, designated Tytam Intermediate Reservoir. This reservoir has a capacity of 196 million gallons at permanent overflow level, which is 200 feet above Ordnance Datum, and, by inserting boards 2′ 6′′ high in the overflow, its capacity can be increased to 213 million gallons. Its catchment area is 470 acres but the water from a portion of it, 210 acres in extent, is intercepted by the Tytam West Catchwater. As the catchwater is inadequate however to convey all the water flowing from this area during heavy rainstorms, the reservoir derives some benefit from it, besides intercepting the subsoil water. The dam is constructed of cement concrete faced with rock-faced granite.
*These lanes were provided prior to 1908 but, as the formal agreements were not completed, they have been omitted from previous reports.
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