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16. An additional reinforced concrete wheel drop pit was built in the Workshops specially for use in connection with the three new express engines ordered by the Provincial Government of Kwangtung, as the existing wheel pits were unable to accommodate the larger diameter wheels. A special floor was also formed to serve a new set of wheel balancing machines.
17. Of the European quarters at Hung Hom, Nos. 4 and 5 of Class B Quarters were thoroughly done up.
18. In consequence of continuous heavy rain endangering the stability of certain cuttings, 3,500 cubic yards of earth were removed from Hung Hom and Yaumati and used for making up shrinkages in embankments. A start on the widening of the platform at Yaumati Station was also made.
19. The waiting hall at Yaumati Station was extended to twice its size, a new siding laid in the goods yard and a loading platform built.
20. 3,000 yards of galvanized steel pale fencing were erected on the Railway boundary between Yaumati and Beacon Hill Tunnel.
21. The engine water supplies at Taipo and Lowu originally laid with old steel air piping, were relaid with cast-iron pipes and new water columns erected.
22. Permanent shops were built at five stations to replace old wooden structures.
23. The manufacture of reinforced concrete sleepers was curtailed in April, as the stock at that time was considered adequate. Only 3,539 sleepers were cast in 1930, against 8,280 in 1929.
24. Of 6,661 sleeper renewals, 6,172 were relaid with concrete sleepers, and 489 principally for point and crossing work, were relaid with timber.
25. Rotten wooden sleepers to the number of 4,200 were sold as firewood, and some 39 tons of scrap iron were collected and disposed of.
26. The lighting to the station building at Kowloon which includes the head offices, together with the platforms and yard lighting, as also all the European quarters at Hung Hom were entirely rewired by the Public Works Department at a cost of $8,200. This is a heavy additional item to be carried in one year as the original wiring had lasted fourteen years.
27. Arrangements were concluded with the China Light and Power Company (1918), Limited, whereby wayleave was granted the Company at an annual rental to carry a high-tension electric cable through Beacon Hill Tunnel. Preparations for laying the cable were completed by the end of the year.
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16. An additional reinforced concrete wheel drop pit was built in the Workshops specially for use in connection with the three new express engines ordered by the Provincial Government of Kwangtung, as the existing wheel pits were unable to accom- modate the larger diameter wheels. A special floor was also formed to serve a new set of wheel balancing machines.
17. Of the European quarters at Hung Hom, Nos. 4 and 5 of Class B Quarters were thoroughly done up.
18. In consequence of continuous heavy rain endangering the stability of certain cuttings, 3,500 cubic yards of earth were removed from Hung Hom and Yaumati and used for making up shrinkages in embankments. A start on the widening of the platform at Yaumati Station was also made.
19. The waiting hall at Yaumati Station was extended to twice its size, a new siding laid in the goods yard and a loading platform built,
20. 3,000 yards of galvanized steel pale fencing were erected on the Railway boundary between Yaumati and Beacon Hill Tunnel.
21. The engine water supplies at Taipo and Lowu originally laid with old steel air piping, were relaid with cast-iron pipes and new water columns erected.
22. Permanent shops were built at five stations to replace old wooden structures.
23. The manufacture of reinforced concrete sleepers was curtailed in April, as the stock at that time was considered adequate. Only 3,539 sleepers were cast in 1930, against 8,280 in 1929.
24. Of 6,661 sleeper renewals, 6,172 were relaid with con- crete sleepers, and 489 principally for point and crossing work, were relaid with timber.
25. Rotten wooden sleepers to the number of 4,200 were sold as firewood, and some 39 tons of scrap iron were collected and disposed of.
26. The lighting to the station building at Kowloon which includes the head offices, together with the platforms and yard lighting, as also all the European quarters at Hung Hom were entirely rewired by the Public Works Department at a cost of $8,200. This is a heavy additional item to be carried in one year as the original wiring had lasted fourteen years.
27. Arrangements were concluded with the China Light and Power Company (1918), Limited, whereby wayleave was granted the Company at an annual rental to carry a hightension electric cable through Beacon Hill Tunnel. Preparations for laying the cable were completed by the end of the year.
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