Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1923.
1. The new bay to the carriage shed referred to in the last Annual Report was completed.
2. On the arrival in the Colony of the necessary steelwork for the New Carpenter's Shop, a contract was entered into for its erection. This structure was nearly finished, but as it was urgently required by the Locomotive Department in connection with the building of wagons, its completion was delayed.
3. Indents were sent home through the Crown Agents for steelwork, roofing and glazing required for the extension to the Workshops. This material is expected to arrive early this year.
4. The boundary wall at Kowloon Station for which provision was made in the Estimates, was not proceeded with. In May an indent was forwarded for a quantity of steel fencing of similar pattern to that now in use, for repairing portions of the existing fence, but the consignment had not arrived at the end of the year.
5. The over-bridge to the north of Yaumati Station referred to in last year's report was opened on May 10th. The bridge is completed with the exception of the drains which will be laid as the roadway below is formed.
6. 5,285 sleepers were renewed in the main line, of these 1,180 were of reinforced concrete. During the year 1,314 reinforced concrete sleepers were cast. These sleepers are proving most satisfactory and are found particularly useful in checking rail creep, and where laid continuously they entirely prevent it.
7. Three areas of vacant railway land were let on short leases for the erection of motor bus and car garages at remunerative rates, and further vacant areas of the Hung Hom railway reclamations were leased to the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company as timber yards.
8. A three-storied house in Chatham Road, Hung Hom, resumed by the Government was renovated and is now occupied by fitters employed in the Workshops.
Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section.)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1923.
1. The new bay to the carriage shed referred to in the last Annual Report was completed.
2. On the arrival in the Colony of the necessary steelwork for the New Carpenter's Shop, a contract was entered into for its erection. This structure was nearly finished, but as it was urgently required by the Locomotive Department in connection with the building of wagons, its completion was delayed.
3. Indents were sent home through the Crown Agents for steelwork, roofing and glazing required for the extension to the Workshops. This material is expected to arrive early this year.
4. The boundary wall at Kowloon Station for which provision was made in the Estimates, was not proceeded with. In May an indent was forwarded for a quantity of steel fencing of similar pattern to that now in use, for repairing portions of the existing fence, but the consignment had not arrived at the end of the year.
5. The over-bridge to the north of Yaumati Station referred to in last year's report was opened on May 10th. The bridge is completed with the exception of the drains which will be laid as the roadway below is formed.
6. 5,285 sleepers were renewed in the main line, of these 1,180 were of reinforced concrete. During the year 1,314 reinforced concrete sleepers were cast. These sleepers are proving most satisfactory and are found particularly useful in checking rail creep, and where laid continuously they entirely prevent it.
7. Three areas of vacant railway land were let on short leases for the erection of motor bus and car garages at remunerative rates, and further vacant areas of the Hung Hom railway reclamations were leased to the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company as timber yards.
8. A three-storied house in Chatham Road, Hung Honi, resumed by the Government was renovated and is now occupied by fitters employed in the Workshops.
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