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entered into for converting the remaining buildings into Workshops and stores for railway purposes. The boiler house was utilised as a general repair shop for Government motor vehicles, such as cycles, cars, fire engines, lorries, road roller, etc., a painting shop being provided on one side. The engine house was converted into a general store and store offices, the old store accommodation being inadequate for present railway requirements. Eight lock-up garages were provided, also a timekeeper's office. This contract was nearly completed at the end of the year.
9. Indents were sent home through the Crown Agents for the necessary steelwork, roofing, and glazing for the new carpenters' shop, but this material had not arrived in the Colony at the end of the year.
10. Water Closets were installed by the Public Works Department in the 8 European staff quarters within the Locomotive Yard at Hunghom, the water supply being obtained from the side drains in Railway Cutting No. I and installed by the Railway Department. During the early summer, the Colony suffered from a drought, and in order to conserve the public supply, the water from this cutting was used for the locomotives. The temporary arrangements then made have now been turned to permanent use for the purpose above mentioned.
severe
11. Work on the construction of the overbridge to the north of Yaumati Station (Bridge No. 7) was delayed until the arrival of the steelwork, which was over-carried owing to the seamen's strike. The main line was deviated round the site of the new bridge, and traffic diverted without any interference. The masonry abutments and piers, with the exception of the west wings, which are situated under the deviation, were built in trenches, and were nearly up to bedstone level at the close of the year.
12. Considerable attention was given in collaboration with the Town Planning Committee to future railway requirements, and reservations of land likely to be required later for Branch Lines and Stations were decided upon. Surveys for the junctions of two probable branch lines were made, and centre lines staked out.
13. The new station building for Sheung Shui station, for which provision was made in the estimates, was not undertaken. An alternative proposal whereby the long grade of 1 in 100 would be reduced to 1 in 250 and a new station built in substitution for both Fanling and Sheung Shui was considered, but the project is still in abeyance.
14. At Lowu, the 150 feet brick running-shed mentioned in my last report was completed and sidings laid, a small reservoir was also made, and water supply installed.
15. On the Fanling Branch Line, the old engine-shed at Fanling Station was rebuilt, and a new one was erected at Sha Tau Kok. The old steelwork from the dismantled station at Hunghom was used in these buildings, with corrugated asbestos cement roofs and sides.
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entered into for converting the remaining buildings into Work- shops and stores for railway purposes. The boiler house was utilised as a general repair shop for Government motor vehicles, such as cycles, cars, fire engines, lorries, road roller, etc., a painting shop being provided on one side. The engine house was converted into a general store and store offices, the old store accommodationTM being inadequate for present railway requirements. Eight lock up garages were provided, also a timekeepers office. This contract was nearly completed at the end of the year.
9. Indents were sent home through the Crown Agents for the necessary steelwork, roofing and glazing for the new carpenters' shop, but this material had not arrived in the Colony at the end of the year.
10. Water Closets were installed by the Public Works Depart- ment in the 8 European staff quarters within the Locomotive Yard at Hunghom, the water supply being obtained from the side drains in Railway Cutting No. I and installed by the Railway Department. During the early summer the Colony suffered from a drought, and in order to conserve the public supply, the water from this cutting was used for the locomotives. The temporary arrange- ments then made have now been turned to permanent use for the purpose above mentioned.
severe
11. Work on the construction of the over bridge to the north of Yaumati Station (Bridge No. 7) was delayed until the arrival of the steelwork, which was over-carried owing to the seamen's strike. The main line was deviated round the site of the new bridge, and traffic diverted without any interference. The masonry abutments and piers, with the exception of the west wings, which are situated under the deviation, were built in trenches, and were nearly up to bedstone level at the close of the year.
12. Considerable attention was given in collaboration with the Town Planning Committee to future railway requirements, and reservations of land likely to be required later for Branch Lines and Stations were decided upon. Survers for the junctions of two probable branch lines were made, and centre lines staked out.
13. The new station building for Sheung Shui station, for which provision was made in the estimates was not undertaken. An alternative proposal whereby the long grade of 1 in 100 would be reduced to 1 in 250 and a new station built in substitution for both Fanling and Sheung Shui was considered, but the project is still in abeyance.
14. At Lowu the 150 feet brick running-shed mentioned in my last report was completed and sidings laid, a small reservoir was also made and water supply installed.
15. On the Fanling Branch Line the old engine-shed at Fanling Station was rebuilt, and a new one was erected at Sha Tau Kok. The old steelwork from the dismantled station at Hunghom was used in these buildings, with corrugated asbestos cement roofs and sides.
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