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166. A contract was also let with Messrs. Pang Chick and Tam amounting to $36,230.50 for trenching and other works in connexion with these mains. Work on the deep cuttings between La Salle Road and the reservoir was practically completed by the end of the year.
(g) Distribution - Island.
167. The following work was carried out :-
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
Size ofMain. Length laid in
feet. Locality. Remarks. 8" 626 From new Peak Road Tank to Conduit Road New main. 6" 740 Murray Road and Connaught Road Central Enlargement. 6" 495 Pennington Street off Caroline Road 6" 467 Marble Road at I.L. 3,540 Enlargement. 4′′ 49 Des Voeux Road west of Sutherland Street Realignment. 5" 1,022 Tai Hang Road near Blue Pool Road Enlargement. 4" 322 From Jubilee Road to new steel tank near Kennedy Town Isolation Hospital New main. 4" 208 Tung Loi Lane west of Des Voeux Road New main. 4" 192 Tin Hau Temple Road at I.L. 5,907 New main. 4" 112 St. Francis Street New main. 3" 678 From Plantation Road to new steel tank on R.B.L. 7 The Peak (Feed main) Enlargement. 3" 54 At Kennedy Town steel tank near Isolation Hospital New main. 3" 1,030 From Upper Peak tank to Mountain Lodge Enlargement. 2" 2,490 Bowen Road from Filters eastwards New main. 2" 831 From new steel tank on R.B.L. 7 to Plantation Road (Distribution main) New main. 2" 120 At Peak tank for Mountain Lodge supply New main.
SERVICE RESERVOIRS.
168. (1) No. 6 slow sand bed at Elliot filters was cleaned out, the walls treated with "Gunite", and after the necessary alterations to the piping, was put into use as a service reservoir for Kennedy Town. This became necessary after the old Kennedy Town tank was abandoned in 1938 on account of very serious cracking.
169. (2) A 16,000 gallons steel tank was erected on R.B.L. 7, The Peak, adjoining the old iron tank, but at a higher elevation to improve pressure in the Plantation Road area. The old iron tank was removed.