Q 79
P.W.E. Hongkong.
(b.) Engine and Boiler.—The pumping plant supplied by Messrs. Tangye, Limited, at a cost of £11,549 arrived in the Colony in March, 1922. Erection was commenced in September and was completed in November when trials were run. Some small alterations were found necessary and these are being carried out.
The new pumping plant is generally of the same design as the old ones but of considerably increased capacity. It consists of a 15″ × 23″ & 34″ × 24″ Triple Expansion Horizontal Condensing Engine, directly connected to Three Throw High Lift and Three Throw Low Lift Pumps.
The High Lift Pumps have rams 5½″ diameter and are capable of pumping 200 gallons per minute to the Peak Reservoir—a lift of 1,625 feet.
The Low Lift Pumps have rams 8″ diameter and are capable of pumping 550 gallons per minute to the Reservoir on the 750 feet level—a direct lift of 550 feet.
(a.) 1922 Estimates, 1922 Sup. Vote,
1922 Expenditure,
(b) 1922 Estimates, 1922 Sup. Vote,
1922 Expenditure,
$ 10,000.00
25,000.00
$ 35,000.00
23,466.24
$104,000.00
4,000.00
$ 108,000.00
107,190.57
130. Stanley Mound Catchwater.—A Contract was let to Messrs. Kin Lee & Co. on the 6th of October for $202,178.02.
By the close of the year the excavation for the first section of 1,000 lin. feet was almost completed and the second and third sections were excavated to footpath level.
1922 Estimates,
1922 Expenditure,
$100,000.00
1,804.72
131. Duplicating certain portions of main between Albany and Elliott Filter Beds.—This work was referred to in paragraph 187 of last year's Report.
18″ C.I. pipes arrived from England early in May and laying was at once commenced and completed to Elliott Filter Beds by October.