Q 42
WATER WORKS.
236. Supply to Albany: This work was referred to in paragraph 211 of last year's report.
(1) Pumping Station: After consideration of the tenders received last year, the installation of three sets, with provision for a fourth set, of centrifugal pumps, driven by direct coupled electric motors, was decided upon. An order was placed through the Crown Agents with Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co. at a cost of £1,604.13.0. f.o.b. The whole of the plant arrived in December.
A contract for the building was let in September to Messrs. Hoo Cheong & Co. for $7,425.35. By the end of the year construction was sufficiently completed to allow erection of the machinery to be commenced.
(2) Pipe Lines: Tenders for the supply of 21" and 24" diameter mild steel pipes and specials were called for locally and through the Crown Agents. The order, amounting to £1,683.9.0, was placed locally with Messrs. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. Pipe laying on the 24" main from the Gardens Service Reservoir to the pumping station, and on the 21" main from there to the gauge basin of the new pumping station at Albany, was commenced in June and completed in August. Sluice valves for the pipe lines, which were supplied through the Crown Agents by Messrs. Glenfield and Kennedy at a cost of £84.16.0. f.o.b., arrived in the Colony in November.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$79,019.99
$80,541.18
237. Supply to Peak Road:-This work was referred to in paragraph 212 of last year's report.
(1) Pumping Station: After consideration of the tenders received last year, the installation of three sets, with provision for a fourth set of centrifugal pumps, driven by direct coupled electric motors, was decided upon. An order was placed through the Crown Agents with Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co. at a cost of £997.10.0. f.o.b. The whole of the plant arrived in December.
The building was designed to include a gauge basin for the delivery, from the lower (Garden Road) pumping station into Albany service reservoir, the supply for the Peak Road service reservoir being taken from this gauge basin. A contract for the building was let in August to Messrs. Lam Woo & Co. for $8,445.21 and construction was well advanced by the end of the year.
(2) Pipe Line: Tenders for the supply of 8" diameter mild steel pipes and specials were called for locally and through the Crown Agents. The order, amounting to £489.2.0, was placed locally with Messrs. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. Pipe laying commenced in May and was completed in June. Sluice valves, which were supplied through the Crown Agents by Messrs. Glenfield and Kennedy at a cost of £19.10.0. f.o.b., arrived in the Colony in November.
(3) Service Reservoir: A contract for the reinforced concrete covered service reservoir, of a capacity of 600,000 gallons, was let in October to Messrs. Fook Lee & Co. for $37,366.34. Good progress was made with the excavation, which was about half completed by the end of the year. The retaining wall and covered nullah to the spoil tip were completed. An indent for the reinforcing bars was sent to the Crown Agents in November.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$51,676.34
$53,181.40
238. Cross Harbour Pipes:-This work was referred to in paragraph 213 of last year's report.
Q 42
WATER WORKS.
236. Supply to Albany: This work was referred to in paragraph 211 of last year's report.
(1) Pumping Station: After consideration of the tenders received last year, the installation of three sets, with provision for a fourth set, of centrifugal pumps, driven by direct coupled electric motors, was decided upon. An order was placed through the Crown Agents with Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co. at a cost of £1,604.13.0. f.o.b. The whole of the plant arrived in December.
A contract for the building was let in September to Messrs. Hoo Cheong & Co. for $7,425.35. By the end of the year construction was sufficiently completed to allow erection of the machinery to be commenced.
(2) Pipe Lines: Tenders for the supply of 21" and 24" diameter mild steel pipes and specials were called for locally and through the Crown Agents. The order, amounting to £1,683.9.0, was placed locally with Messrs. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. Pipe laying on the 24" main from the Gardens Service Reservoir to the pumping station, and on the 21" main from there to the gauge basin of the new pumping station at Albany, was commenced in June and completed in August. Sluice valves for the pipe lines, which were supplied through the Crown Agents by Messrs. Glenfield and Kennedy at a cost of £84.16.0. f.o.b., arrived in the Colony in November.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$79,019.99 -
$80,541.18
237. Supply to Peak Road:-This work was referred to in paragraph 212 of last year's report.
(1) Pumping Station: After consideration of the tenders received last year, the installation of three sets, with provision for a fourth set of centrifugal pumps, driven by direct coupled electric motors, was decided upon. An order was placed through the Crown Agents with Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co. at a cost of £997.10.0. f.o.b. The whole of the plant arrived in December.
The building was designed to include a gauge basin for the delivery, from the lower (Garden Road) pumping station into Albany service reservoir, the supply for the Peak Road service reservoir being taken from this gauge basin. A contract for the building was let in August to Messrs. Lam Woo & Co. for $8,445.21 and construction was well advanced by the end of the year.
(2) Pipe Line: Tenders for the supply of 8" diameter mild steel pipes and specials were called for locally and through the Crown Agents. The order, amounting to £489.2.0, was placed locally with Messrs. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. Pipe laying commenced in May and was completed in June. Sluice valves, which were supplied through the Crown Agents by Messrs. Glenfield and Kennedy at a cost of £19.10.0. f.o.b., arrived in the Colony in November.
(3) Service Reservoir: A contract for the reinforced concrete covered service reservoir, of a capacity of 600,000 gallons, was let in October to Messrs. Fook Lee & Co. for $37,366.34. Good progress was made with the excavation, which was about half completed by the end of the year. The retaining wall and covered nullah to the spoil tip were completed. An indent for the reinforcing bars was sent to the Crown Agents in November.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1938
$51,676.34
$53,181.40
238. Cross Harbour Pipes:-This work was referred to in paragraph 213 of last year's report.
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