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A payment of $241.03 by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. on account of work executed in Pedder Street during 1909, adjoining their new offices, has been deducted from the actual expenditure in the figures given in Annexe B, thus making the expenditure appear as $20,673.70.
Item (i). Bonham Road at present passes to the South of the site of the old No. 2 Tank and it is intended to divert it along the North side, thus making the road more direct and rendering available a useful area of land as the existing road will be abolished. The raising of the retaining wall, which constitutes a necessary part of the work, was undertaken on account of the laying of the new 12" main to convey Tytam water to the Western District of the City, a work which is referred to under "Miscellaneous Waterworks". In view of the proposed diversion of the road and the fact that the length of the main was shortened and considerable bends were avoided, an economy was effected by carrying out the raising at once. The site of the old tank is being used as a tip for building rubbish and the area will be raised by degrees to the required level to form the proposed road diversion.
Item (ii). This work forms part of a scheme for improving the alignment of the road on the East side of Happy Valley. In addition to the necessary surfacing and channelling, it comprised the cutting away of a considerable mass of earth and stone, which was disposed of in raising the level of the low-lying ground adjoining Wongneichong Village. The work was nearly completed.
Item (iii). As the Tramway Co. had to relay their line below No. 4 Dam, it was arranged that they should avail themselves of the improved route rendered available by the works described in previous reports, and the necessary widening of the road to enable them to lay their line in its permanent position was carried out. The old curve below the Dam constituted a source of danger which has now been removed.
Item (iv). This work was undertaken in accordance with an arrangement made with Messrs. Butterfield & Swire whereby Quarry Bay Inland Lot 4 was readjusted to enable an improvement to be effected in the alignment of the road. It necessitated the diversion of 175 lineal yards of road and tramway, the cost of the latter being defrayed in equal shares by the Tramway Co. and the Government. The road was also widened in accordance with the general scheme for Shaukiwan Road Improvement.
Item (v). The construction of an additional means of communication between Queen's Road and Kennedy Road has been considered necessary for some time past. A path, 6 feet wide, with gradients ranging from 1 in 6 to 1 in 10 and short flights of steps has now been constructed immediately to the Eastward of the Military Cantonment. The path is surfaced throughout with lime and cement concrete 4" thick and the steps are formed of cement concrete.
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