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241. Supply Main to Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir:-This work was referred to in paragraph 217 of last year's report.
Due to shortage of staff it was only possible to carry out preliminary designs and investigations.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$1,854.95
$1,851.95
242. Distribution, Island:-
Mains laid Size of Main laid Length (feet) Locality Remarks 8" Cast iron 1,161 Belchers Street (Westwards from Queen's Road). Replacing old 5′′ & 4′′ mains. 8" 450 Near Old Kennedy Town Tank. Realignment owing to tank being abandoned. 8" 80 Des Voeux Road (Westwards from Wing Lok Street). Replacing old 7′′ main. 8" 65 Wing Lok Street (West end). Replacing old 5′′ main. 6" 496 Connaught Road (Eastwards from Queen Street). Replacing old 4′′ main. 6" 286 Hennessy Road (East of Arsenal Street). 6" 236 Arsenal Street (North of Hennessy Road). New street alignment at Arsenal Street. 4" 658 Approach Road to Kennedy Town Isolation Hospital. Replacing old 3′′ main. 4" 433 Mosque Junction. 3" 153 ?? 3" 1,389 New road off King's Road near I.L. 4955. Replacing old 3" main. Tai Hang Road, Yik Kwan and Fuk Kwan Avenues. To supply new lots. To new balance Tank (838 feet wrought iron and 551 feet cast iron).A 30,000 gallon steel balance tank was erected near Tai Hang Road above Fuk Kwan Avenue.
A 28,000 gallon steel balance tank was erected above the sisters' quarters at Kennedy Town Isolation Hospital to replace the old Kennedy Town service reservoir.
Alterations to the Mount Davis tunnel gauge basin were made and the 12” valve was replaced by an 18" valve.
Expenditure
$17,878.64
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$19,247.25