Appendix R.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911.
Construction.
During the past year a Permanent Siding has been laid from the Reclamation to Holts Wharf from which it is hoped that considerable traffic will accrue especially when the connection between the Chinese Section and the Canton-Hankow Railway is established.
2. The Workshops have been satisfactorily completed with all Machinery, Shafting, and Tools. Additions have been made by installing a transverse pit from the engine pit in the Erecting Shop, to the wheel lathe, in which a Hydraulic Ram can now lower a pair of wheels direct from a locomotive and carry them up to the lathe.
3. The Engine Running Shed is only just sufficient for present requirements and it will be necessary to provide accommodation for the locomotives now on order.
4. The construction of a two-foot Gauge Light Railway from Fanling to Sha Tou Kok, a distance of 7 miles, was commenced in April and completed up to the 6th Mile (Shek Chung Au Station) and opened for traffic on December 21st.
5. A somewhat serious slip occurred in Cutting No. 1 after the Typhoon in August which necessitated suspension of traffic for a day or so. The slopes in this Cutting and also in Cuttings 4 and 47 have been carefully watched and places liable to slip have been pitched, and where disintegration is likely to occur have been plastered with good effect, and loose and dangerous rocks and boulders have been removed. The pitching to banks along the sea front between Miles 9 and 13 damaged by the same storm has needed and received considerable repair.
6. Ballasting was completed during the year and a large quantity of ballast left over was transferred to a Ballast Suspense Account to be drawn on for maintenance purposes as required.
Appendix R.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911.
Construction.
During the past year a Permanent Siding has been laid from the Reclamation to Holts Wharf from which it is hoped that con- siderable traffic will accrue especially when the connection between the Chinese Section and the Canton-Hankow Railway is establish- ed.
2. The Workshops have been satisfactorily completed with all Machinery, Shafting, and Tools. Additions have been made by installing a transverse pit from the engine pit in the Erecting Shop, to the wheel lathe, in which a Hydraulic Ram can now lower a pair of wheels direct from a locomotive and carry them up to the lathe.
3. The Engine Running Shod is only just sufficient for present requirements and it will be necessary to provide accommodation for the locomotives now on order.
4. The construction of a two-foot Gauge Light Railway from Fanling to Sha Tou Kok, a distance of 7 miles, was commenced in April and completed up to the 6th Mile (Shek Chung Au Station) and opened for traffic on December 21st.
3. A somewhat serious slip occurred in Cutting No. 1 after the Typhoon in August which necessitated suspension of traffic for a day or so. The slopes in this Cutting and also in Cuttings 4 and 47 have been carefully watched and places liable to slip have been pitched, and where disintegration is likely to occur have been plastered with good effect, and loose and dangerous rocks and boulders have been removed. The pitching to banks along the sea front between Miles 9 and 13 damaged by the same storm has needed and received considerable repair.
6. Ballasting was completed during the year and a large quantity of ballast left over was transferred to a Ballast Suspense Account to be drawn on for maintenance purposes as required.
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