P.W.R. New Territories.
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82. Maintenance of Telephones. The lines and instruments were maintained in good order. All the telephones and electrical signalling apparatus on the Hongkong Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were also maintained in good condition. The telephone alarm systems at Au Tau and Ping Shan were kept in working order.
The remainder of the line to Sai Kung has been reconstructed with iron poles.
The transfer of the lines extending to the north of the Kowloon Range of Hills to the route of the Railway was completed early in the year. The main feature of the scheme is that the Railway and other Government telephone lines in the New Territories have, as far as possible, been grouped together on one set of poles running alongside the Railway, thus facilitating the carrying out of repairs and reducing the cost of maintenance. The cable through the Beacon Hill Tunnel, containing 10 pairs of wires, is at present utilized for the following lines:-
Government Offices, Hongkong, (C.S.O. Exchange), to Tai Po.
Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station to Tai Po.
Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station to Sha Tin.
Railway purposes (3 pairs).
Of the remaining 4 pairs of wires, the use of one pair has been granted, temporarily, to the China and Japan Telephone Company.
There are two main Sub-Exchanges on this trunk line; one being at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and the other at Tai Po Police Station. From the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station Exchange there are 17 subsidiary lines to various offices, the longest being the one to Sai Kung, and from Tai Po Exchange there are 10 subsidiary lines, the longest being that to Ping Shan Police Station.
83.—Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., Mainland.-The sewers at Sham Shui Po and the sullage channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in as good a condition as possible. It is however impossible to provide for the proper drainage of these large villages until the villages themselves have been entirely reconstructed.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $49.78 Repairs, $21.73 Tools for cleansing operations, $245.31 General incidental expenditure, $316.82Page 42
P.W.R. New Territories.
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82. Maintenance of Telephones. The lines and instruments. were maintained in good order. All the telephones and electrical signalling apparatus on the Hongkong Section of the Kowloon- Canton Railway were also maintained in good condition. The telephone alarm systeins at Au Tau and Ping Shan were kept in working order.
The remainder of the line to Sai Kung has been reconstructed with iron poles.
The transfer of the lines extending to the north of the Kowloon Range of Hills to the route of the Railway was completed early in the year. The main feature of the scheme is that the Railway and other Government telephone lines in the New Territories have, as far as possible, been grouped together on one set of poles running alongside the Railway, thus facilitating the carrying out of repairs and reducing the cost of maintenance. The cable through the Beacon Hill Tunnel, containing 10 pairs of wires, is at present utilized for the following lines:-
Government Offices, Hongkong, (C.S.O. Exchange), to Taipo.
Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station to Tai Po.
Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station to Shatin.
Railway purposes (3 pairs).
Of the remaining 4 pairs of wires, the use of one pair has been granted, temporarily, to the China and Japan Telephone Company.
There are two main Sub-Exchanges on this trunk line; one being at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and the other at Tai Po Police Station. From the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station Exchange there are 17 subsidiary lines to various offices, the longest being the one to Sai Kung, and from Tai Po Exchange there are 10 sub- sidiary lines, the longest being that to Ping Shan Police Station.
83.—Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., Mainland.-The sewers at Shamshuipo and the sullage channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in as good a condition as possible. It is however impossible to provide for the proper drainage of these large villages until the villages themselves have been entirely reconstructed.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:--
Labour for cleansing operations,
Repairs, -
$ 49.78
21.73
Tools for cleansing operations,
General incidental expenditure,
245.31
$ 316.82
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