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extension apart, measured from centre to centre of the station grounds, together with the average gradients between them, may assist you in giving it :-
Stations.
Distances apart measured from centre to centre of Station grounds.
Average Gradients.
Miles.
Chains.
Nánu-oya to Ambawella
8
76.17
in 67.69 rising..
Ambawella to Patupols summit
2
53-12
1 in 62-26 rising.
Pacupola to Idulgashéna
9
13.72
1 in 48-26 falling.
Idulgashéna to Haputalé
4
40-13
1 in 47-97 falling.
Total
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23.14
In any case, even if the engine-house and turntable be omitted, I consider that, on account of the distance of this station from Idulgashéna and the severity of gradients between them, the tank and other watering arrangements should be retained, and, to provide against contingencies which might seriously affect the working of the traffic, the engine-house also, although it is a question whether a house or two would not
suffice.
C.-Haputalé station. At this station the bulk of the traffic, both goods and passenger, of the extension is expected to be derived.
The
station at present provided for in the estimates is of the type of that passenger at Hatton; the accommodation for passengers may here, I think, in the first instance, be reduced to something of the same character of that now proposed for Ambawella and Idulgashéna, but perhaps on a somewhat larger scale.
This being a terminal station, I shall feel obliged by your informing me whether, in your opinion, a roof over the platform and passenger siding, as at Hatton, which will serve as a protection from the weather to the passenger carriages, is or is not essential.
One engine house for four engines with ashpits, one engine turntable, and watering arrangements for the engines, are provided for at this station in the present estimates; accommodation of this description is of course essential, but the amount of it may be perhaps subject to alteration in the event of a corresponding alteration being deemed desirable by you at Patupola station.
2. The favour of your opinion upon the questions above-mentioned is requested at your earliest convenience, the matter being most pressing.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
F. J. WARING.
(2.) The CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER, Railway Extension, to the General Manager,
Ceylon Government Railway. No. 106.
SIB,
Dimbula, March 13, 1885.
In continuation of my Letter, No. 92, of 7th instant, I have the honour to request you will have the goodness to favour me with your views as to the necessity or otherwise of additional workshop accommodation, in the event of the line being extended to Haputalé Pass; and should any such accommodation be, in your opinion, required, as to its approximate extent and the place where it should be provided.
2. In considering this question, it should be borne in mind that the coffee crop in Uva is not, I understand, picked at the same time as that on this side of the dividing ridge, and that therefore I believe the bulk of the down traffic on the Haputalé extension would occur in the months between April and December, when (see your Administration Report for 1883, Appendix B.) the goods traffic on the open line is much less than in the first three months of the year.
3. This consideration will, of course, affect the additional amount of rolling stock required for the Haputalé extension, upon which I shall also be glad to have your opinion, and necessarily, therefore, the workshop accommodation required for its repairs.
I am, &c. (Signed) F. J. WARING.
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(3.) The GENERAL MANAGER, Ceylon Government Railway, to the CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER, Railway Extension.
SIR,
No. 48.
to state :-
Colombo, March 12, 1885.
In reply to your Letter, No. 92, of the 7th instant, I have the honour (a.) That from your report I should think the limited accommodation you propose for Ambawella and Idulgashéna stations would suffice, but the general waiting-room in each case should be rather longer. The small lamp and store-rooms are necessary; also, of course, a closet and urinals for men.
The goods sheds as proposed should also, doubtless, meet the requirements; but it is not necessary to partition off a portion for the clerks. The windows should be fitted with iron bars, the openings near the roof should be small, and the fastenings of the doors somewhat different from those of the sheds already constructed.
The supply of platform cranes might be deferred.
(b.) The accommodation provided in the estimate for Patupola signal station will, I think, be required, except that the shed at first might be constructed for two engines, but capable of being extended for four, if required.
(c.) Assuming that Haputalé will be a terminal station, I would propose that it be of a different type from Hatton, and more after the style, in a smaller way, of the Colombo and Kandy termini-.e., with the station buildings facing the approaching train and with two platforms and three lines running at right angles from the front of the buildings; the whole to be under cover.
The arrangements with regard to the engines are, I think, necessary.
I am, &c. (Signed) W. T. PEARCE,
General Manager.
(4.) The GENERAL MANAGER, Ceylon Government Railway, to the CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER, Railway Extension. No. 54.
Colombo, March 17, 1885.
SIR,
WITH reference to your Letter, No. 106, of the 13th instant, I would much rather defer the question of the additional rolling stock which would be required in the event of the line being extended to Haputalé, until the section to Nanu-oya has been opened and the reorganised train service over the whole system has been brought into operation.
This delay will also admit of my making a careful examination of the proposed trace, which I have hitherto been unable to do by reason of pressure of work in the office.
Speaking generally, however, think we should require but few, if any, extra goods waggons for the Haputalé section, but there would be need of additional passenger rolling stock, and perhaps some more new engines. Slight accommodation in the shape of workshops would suffice, as most of the repairs would be done at Nawalapitiya. A double engine-shed to hold six engines, and the other usual requirements for a terminal station, would have to be provided for.
I am, &c.
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(Signed)
W. T. PEARCE,
General Manager.
APPENDIX C.
The CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER, Railway Extension, to the GENERAL MANAGER, Ceylon Government Railway. No. 175.-Urgent.
SIB,
Dimbula, April 30, 1885. REFERRING to your Letter, No. 54, of 17th ultimo, I have the honour to annex a draft estimate for the rolling stock required for an extension of the railway to Haputalé Pass, on the adequacy of which I would request the favour of your opinion.
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