Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section).
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1924,
1. The new Carpenter's Shop mentioned in last year's Annual Report was completed early in the year, and a siding from the yard laid into it.
2. The Steelwork for the Extension to the Workshops arrived in June and the building was proceeded with at once, and good progress made.
3. The new iron fencing referred to in last year's Report arrived in February and was erected round Kowloon Station. This relieved a large quantity of old fencing the uprights and angles of which had rotted away near the ground. The sound portions of these were cut out and electrically welded into new lengths and used in reconditioning other fencing. The approaches to Taipo Market Station were fenced with old fencing thus rebuilt.
Light sheep fencing was erected round an area of Railway land at present used as two football grounds by schools.
4. An indent was forwarded in February for a new steel water tank and tower for Kowloon Station Yard. This will replace the light tank mounted on a sleeper stack, originally used on construction, but now beyond repair. The materials, however, did not arrive in 1924.
5. The new girder bridge in replacement of the collapsed arch bridge near Shatin was completed in February. The girders were built by a local engineering firm.
6. Owing to extensive development in the neighbourhood, it was decided to complete Bridge No. 4 situated at the second mile. This bridge spans a 100-foot main road on the skew and was designed to give a 60 feet clear span and two sidespans to provide for causeways of 10 to 15 feet each. The steelwork was ordered for double track, but only that for the main span arrived in time for the opening of the Railway. The sidespans (comprising four 45 feet single line spans) which had been lying in store for twelve
Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section).
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1924,
1. The new Carpenter's Shop mentioned in last year's Aunual Report was completed early in the year, and a siding from the yard laid into it.
2. The Steelwork for the Extension to the Workshops arrived in June and the building was proceeded with at once, and good progress inade.
3. The new iron fencing referred to in last year's Report arrived in February and was erected round Kowloon Station. This relieved a large quantity of old fencing the uprights and angles of which had rotted away near the ground. The sound portions of these were cut out and electrically welded into new lengths and used in reconditioning other fencing. The approaches to Taipo Market Station were fenced with old fencing thus rebuilt.
Light sheep fencing was erected round an area of Railway land at present used as two football grounds by schools.
4. An indent was forwarded in February for a new steel water tank and tower for Kowloon Station Yard. This will re- place the light tank mounted on a sleeper stack, originally used on construction, but now beyond repair. The materials, however, did not arrive in 1924.
5. The new girder bridge in replacement of the collapsed arch bridge near Shatin was completed in February. The girders were built by a local engineering firm.
6. Owing to extensive development in the neighbourhood, it was decided to complete Bridge No. 4 situated at the second mile. This bridge spans a 100-foot main road on the skew and was designed to give a 60 feet clear span and two sidespans to provide for causeways of 10 to 15 feet euch. The steelwork was ordered for double track. but only that for the main span arrived in time for the opening of the Railway. The sidespans (comprising four 45 feet single line spans) which had been lying in store for twelve
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