P.W.E. Kowloon.
Q 48
res-
Each house contains, on the ground floor an entrance hall, sitting-room 20′ 9′′ × 14′ 0′′, dining-room 18′ 3′′ × 14′ 0′′, kitchen, pantry and servants' quarters, and on the upper floor three bedrooms, 18′ 6′′ × 14′ 0′′, 14′ 0′′ × 10′ 7′′ and 14′ 0′′ × 10′ 7′′ respectively together with a bathroom and water-closet. A wide verandah is provided on both floors, that on the ground floor being augmented by the addition of a bay. A basement, 5′ 6′′ high, extends under each house.
Externally, the basement walls are of coursed stone, the ground floor walls of Formosa bricks and the upper floor walls of Canton bricks plastered with roughcast.
The retention money under the contract and various other items remained to be paid in 1920.
1919 Estimates, $80,000.00 | Total Estimates, $104,000.00
1919 Expenditure, 78,901.10
Expenditure to 31/12/19, 105,859.31
115. Additional Ricksha Shelter, Tsim Sha Tsui.-The Ricksha Shelter, which was erected in 1917, was extended by the addition of 9 bays, a further addition being made by constructing a second shelter, parallel with and adjacent to the first, the total length of new shelter added being about 230 feet in length. Overhanging shades to provide additional protection from sun and rain were constructed both for the new and for the original shelter. The whole of the work was carried out in reinforced concrete, being completed during the course of the year. The work necessitated the re-grading of a portion of the roadway around the shelter.
1919 Estimates, $6,000.00
1919 Expenditure, $5,432.75
Total Estimates, $6,000.00 | Expenditure to 31/12/19, $5,432.75
116.-Roads :-
(a.) Shanghai Street to Tai Kok Tsui.-This work was completed in July. It consisted of the construction of an embankment, 1,400 feet long, with a top-width of 20 feet, surfaced with macadam, 4′′ thick, together with a ferro-concrete bridge, spanning the main nullah. The bridge has two 15 feet spans and, to provide for the future development of the district, the decking extends over a length of 74 feet. The foundations of the pier and abutments of the bridge had to be piled.
All liabilities were discharged before the close of the year.
1919 Estimates, $10,000.00 | Total Estimates, $22,500.00
1919 Sup. Vote, $2,000.00 | $12,000.00
Expenditure to 31/12/19, $18,721.70
1919 Expenditure, $11,918.54
(b.) Main Roads in Kowloon. -Kowloon City to Mongkoktsui- By the end of the year, the survey and sections were finished, the resumption of the necessary land had been undertaken and tenders
P.W.E. Kowloon.
Q 48
res-
Each house contains, on the ground floor an entrance hall, sitting-room 20′ 9′′ × 14′ 0′′, dining-room 18′ 3′′ x 14' 0", kitchen, pantry and servants' quarters, and on the upper floor three bed- rooms, 18′ 6′′ × 14′ 0′′, 14′ 0′′ x 10′ 7′′ and 14′ 0′′ × 10' pectively together with a bathroom and water-closet. A wide verandah is provided on both floors, that on the ground floor being augmented by the addition of a bay. A basement, 5′ 6′′ high, extends under each house.
Externally, the basement walls are of coursed stone, the ground floor walls of Formosa bricks and the upper floor walls of Canton bricks plastered with roughcast.
The retention money under the contract and various other items remained to be paid in 1920.
1919 Estimates,
1919 Expenditure,
$80,000.00 | Total Estimates,
Expenditure to
$104,000.00
105,859.31
78,901,10 31/12/19,
115. Additional Ricksha Shelter, Tsim Sha Tsui.-The Ricksha Shelter, which was erected in 1917, was extended by the addition of 9 bays, a further addition being made by constructing a second shelter, parallel with and adjacent to the first, the total length of new shelter added being about 230 feet in length. Overhanging shades to provide additional protection from sun and rain were constructed both for the new and for the original shelter. The whole of the work was carried out in reinforced concrete, being completed during the course of the year. The work necessitated the re-grading of a portion of the roadway around the shelter.
1919 Estimates,.. -$6,000.00
1919 Expenditure,... 5,432.75
116.-Rouds :-
Total Estimates. Expenditure to
31/12/19,
.$6,000,00
5,432.75
(a.) Shanghai Street to Tai Kok Tsui.-This work was completed in July. It consisted of the construction of an embankment, 1,400 feet long, with a top-width of 20 feet, surfaced with macadam, 4′′ thick, together with a ferro-concrete bridge, spanning the main nullah. The bridge has two 15 feet spans and, to provide for the future development of the district, the decking extends over a length of 74 feet. The foundations of the pier and abutments of the bridge had to be piled.
All liabilities were discharged before the close of the year. 1919 Estimates, ...$ 10,000.00 | Total Estimates.... $ 22,500,00 1919 Sup. Vote, ...
2,000.00
$12,000.00
Expenditure to 31/12/19,...
18.721.70
1919 Expenditure, 11,918.54
(b.) Main Roads in Kowloon. -Kowloon City to Mongkoktsui- By the end of the year, the survey and sections were finished, the resumption of the necessary land had been undertaken and tenders
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