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Estimate No. 1. (Mr. Mosse's.)
3. The first of these estimates was that submitted by Mr. Mosse with his letter to your address No. 128 of 11th July 1878,* and in it the cost of the works is summarised as follows :-
Way and works, including earthwork, tunnels, bridges
(including the manufacture, freight, &c. of the girders), . culverts, retaining walls, permanent way (including cost of its supply, manufacture, freight, &c.), fencing, road diversions (including metalling), level crossings, &c. Stations
Telegraph
Land and compensation
Engineering supervision and administration Rolling stock
Grand total
Ro.
5,822,752
170,500
14,843
61,875
241,162
577,544
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Rs. 6,888,676
thus giving a total mileage rate for 25 miles 39-20 chains, the length of the line, of Rs. 270,250.
Estimate No. 2. (Consulting Engineer's.)
4. Upon consideration of the documents and drawings relating to the foregoing estimate the consulting engineer, in the 10th, 11th, and 12th paragraphs of his report to the Crown Agents, dated 16th December 1879,† stated that having regard to the probable scarcity of labour, and consequent rise in the rate of wages, if the construction of the railway to Haputalé were carried on simultaneously with that to Nánu-oye, as well as to the then uncertainty as to the price of inaterials from England and the course of the rate of exchange, his estimates for the extension would be Rs. 7,749,761, or Rs. 303,912 per mile, but that if the first of these disturbing causes were removed, a very considerable reduction in this estimate might be expected.
Estimate No. 3. (Acting Chief Resident Engineer's.—June 1880.)
5. Mr. Mosse's estimate for the extension having been framed before the specification contract, and contract drawings for the Nánu-oya railway were prepared, "and being moreover classified in a somewhat different manner, inasmuch as the cost of manufacture and freight of permanent-way materials and iron girders for bridges were included under the head of "Way and Works "—that is as though the cost of these items were to be borne by the contractor, while the cost of stations was excluded therefrom, the contrary being the case in the contract entered into for the Nánu-oya railway—it was deemed desirable by the consulting engineer that a fresh estimate should be framed and contract drawings for the work should be prepared in a similar manner and form to the corresponding work done by me in England in 1879, under his supervision, for the Nánu-oya railway.
6. In your communication No. 45 of 3rd April 1880, I was instructed to carry out the consulting engineer's wishes, and fully detailed contract drawings with schedules for the work, accompanied by an estimate, were accordingly prepared and forwarded to you for transmission to the consulting engineer with my letter No. 66 of 16th June
1880.
The amount of this estimate was Rs. 7,493,297·62, and it was classified in the following manner :—
Schedule No. 1.-Works which under a contract similar in form to that for the Nanu-oya railway would be executed by the contractor :—
A.-Earthwork
B.-Tunnels
C.-Bridges
• Bee Sessioral Paper VI. of 1878, page 7.
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cts.
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2,579,135 50 1,035,090 0
215,000 0
See Sessional Paper VI. of 1880.
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D.-Culverts E.-Retaining walls F.-Permanent way G.-Switches and crossings H.-Fencing
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I.-Level crossings J.-Metalling roads K.-Stations L.-Workshops M.-Reserve quantities
N.-Maintenance
Total of Schedule No. 1
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Ba
cts.
730,198 0
487,923 70
396,599 75
4,560 0 16,000 0 1,360 0 12,636 0 225,533 51 67,622 85 128,130
5,899,789 31
0
30,476 70
Rs. 5,930,266 1
Schedule No. 2.-Works which under a contract similar to that for the Nánu-oya Railway would be executed by the Government (rupees are taken at 1s. 8d.) :---
Land and compensation
Telegraph
Engineering supervision
Manufacture and cost of freight and transport from England to
Nawalapitiya of wrought-iron bridge-work Mannfacture and cost of freight and transport from England to
Nawalapitiya of cast-iron bridge-work Rolling stock
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Steel rails: manufacture, freight, and transport to Nawalapitiya Steel guard rails: manufacture, freight, and transport as above Fastenings of all sorts: manufacture, freight, and transport as
above
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RA. 14,843 0 61,875 0 241,162
cta.
0
65,102 39
4,825 577,544 387,200 0 50,063 0
0
0
57,900
12,825 0 89,692 22
0
1,563,031 61
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Rs. 5,930,966
1,563,031 61
1
Switches and crossings: manufacture, freight, and transport as
above
Baltic sleepers: supply, freight, and transport as above
Total of Schedule No. 2
Total of Schedule No. 1 Total of Schedule No. 2 -
Grand total as above
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Rs. 7,493,297 62
It will be observed that this Estimate is Rs. 604,621 higher than Estimate No. 1 framed by Mr. Mosse; but, on the other hand, it is Rs. 256,463.38 lower than Estimate No. 2 framed by the Consulting Engineer.
7. All the foregoing estimates were framed before the contract was let for this railway, and the prices set down for the various descriptions of work on which they were based were assumed by their framers to be sufficient to cover them.
Estimate No. 4.
8. Since they were framed, however, we have had actual experience gathered from the contract rates for the Nánu-oya Railway as to the prices at which railway work in the Central Provinces of Ceylon can be profitably executed, and accordingly I addressed to you my Letter, No. 74, of 7th April 1884, a copy of which is annexed, in which I showed that at the rates set down by Mesars. Nowell & Co. for this line, the total of Schedule No. 1 of Estimate No. 8, including maintenance, became Rs. 5,514,152 78. In Schedule No. 2 I made no alteration, and the total estimated cost of the line from Nánu-oya to Haputalé at Messrs. Nowell & Co.'s prices for this railway, providing for
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