Works carried out and chargeable to Loan Funds.
Q 120
At the end of the year 15,748 lineal feet of main had been laid leaving 800 lineal feet to be laid near the site of the Lower Pumping Station, 300 lineal feet at Sandy Bay Gap and two small sections in deep rock cuttings, in Victoria Road.
Section No. 3:-21" steel main from Sandy Bay Gap to Elliot Filters.-Pipe laying was commenced on this section in December and 200 lineal feet of main was completed at the end of the year.
Section No. 4:-Open Cut and Tunnel Conduit through Sandy Bay Gap.-Excavation in the open cut approaches was commenced on August 1st but owing to delay in removing graves from the site a temporary curved tunnel was commenced on October 1st. At the end of the year 210 lineal feet of rock tunnel was driven and the concrete gauge basin at the north end of the Tunnel was completed.
By the end of the year 20,000 lineal feet of 18" and 200 lineal feet of 21" steel main had been laid.
Item No. 8. Pumping Station.-Aberdeen Lower Pumping Station. The Pumps and Motor arrived during the year and a contract for the construction of the Pump House was let to Messrs. Lee Fat & Co. on December 7th for $7,257.70.
By the end of the year the Contractor had commenced erecting matsheds and delivering materials.
Aberdeen Upper Pumping Station.-The Pump and Motor arrived in November but no work was done on the Pump House.
Item No. 9. Filtration Plant. The Filtering Plant supplied by The Paterson Engineering Company arrived from England early in the year and a contract for the construction of the Filter Beds and Chemical House was let to Messrs. The Lai To Construction Co. on 30th June, 1930 for $36,777.25.
By the end of the year the excavation had been completed and a commencement made with concrete work in the inverts of the lower wash water tank and pure water and waste water channels.
251. Hong Kong Air Port-This work was referred to in paragraph 232 of the Report for 1928 and in paragraph 288 of last year's Report.