Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
Small supply systems for Repulse Bay and Fanling Districts were started.
A reinforced concrete pier opposite Queen Victoria Street for the Ferry Service was in progress, being the first of a series it is proposed to erect for the improvement of the Ferry service of the Colony.
The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company, Ltd., made considerable extensions to their Dockyard at Hunghom by laying down additional slipways, extending workshops, and providing houses for their staff.
The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary was $2,555,877.69, and on annually recurrent works $825,493.70.
Railway.
The steelwork and roofing material for the platform awnings at Kowloon arrived early in the year, when a Contract for the erection, including drainage, was entered into, and the work is now completed. The lighting arrangements for the platforms were carried out by the Public Works Department. The platform awnings are of steel frame construction, roofed with corrugated asbestos cement sheeting, and provide a very necessary shelter from the sun and rain to a considerable portion of the platforms, as well as to the east side of the concourse.
Good progress was made in the construction of the new wharf for Kowloon Station Yard which is built of reinforced concrete, the longest piles being 55 ft. long. The wharf is 150 ft. long and projects 50 ft. from the sea-wall. There are six tiers of stairs which facilitate the transfer of cargo to and from local craft at any state of the tide.
With the exception of the cast-iron stair treads, the wharf was completed at the end of the year.
The Electric Turret Clock for Kowloon Station Clock Tower arrived in the autumn and the work of installing was at once begun. Unfortunately, however, progress has been seriously delayed owing to the non-arrival of necessary drawings and instructions from the makers.
The repairing of Government Motor Cars and Motor Fire Engines is now undertaken by this department, and a brick building has been erected in the Locomotive Yard to serve as a workshop for this purpose.
An iron building has also been erected near the workshops to accommodate the newly acquired electric welding plant which must necessarily be outside the workshops proper.
Owing to the gradual growth of Yaumati and neighbourhood, the question of a wide-span road bridge, where the road will pass under the railway north of Yaumati Station was again considered. Drawings were submitted to the Consulting Engineers who have since approved the general design and steelwork details and working drawings are now in preparation.
It had been observed for some time past that the rails in Beacon Hill Tunnel were rapidly wearing down, and early in the year a fractured rail was discovered.
After a careful examination of the track throughout the tunnel, it was decided to relay with new rails, and reserve those taken out for sidings. Sufficient rails and fastenings for this work were ordered through the Crown Agents and are now in the Colony.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941-
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
Small supply systems for Repulse Bay and Fanling Districts were started.
A reinforced concrete pier opposite Queen Victoria Street for the Ferry Service was in progress, being the first of a series it is proposed to erect for the improvement of the Ferry service of the Colony.
The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company, Ltd., made con- siderable extensions to their Dockyard at Hunghom by laying down additional slipways, extending workshops, and providing houses for their staff.
The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary was $2,555,877-69, and on annually recurrent works $825,493-70.
Railway.
The steelwork and roofing material for the platform awnings at Kowloon arrived early in the year, when a Contract for the erection, including drainage, was entered into, and the work is now completed. The lighting arrangements for the platforms were carried out by the Public Works Department. The platform awnings are of steel frame construction, roofed with corrugated asbestos cement sheeting, and provide a very necessary shelter from the sun and rain to a considerable portion of the platforms, as well as to the east side of the concourse.
Good progress was made in the construction of the new wharf for Kowloon Station Yard which is built of reinforced concrete, the longest piles being 55 ft. long. The wharf is 150 ft. long and projects 50 ft. from the sea-wall. There are six tiers of stairs which facilitate the transfer of cargo to and from local craft at any state of the tide.
With the exception of the cast-iron stair treads, the wharf was completed at the end of the year.
The Electric Turret Clock for Kowloon Station Clock Tower arrived in the autumn and the work of installing was at once begun. Unfortunately, however, progress has been seriously delayed owing to the non-arrival of necessary drawings and instructions from the makers.
The repairing of Government Motor Cars and Motor Fire Engines is now undertaken by this department, and a brick building has been erected in the Locomotive Yard to serve as a workshop for this purpose.
An iron building has also been erected near the workshops to accommodate the newly acquired electric welding plant which "must necessarily be outside the workshops proper.
Owing to the gradual growth of Yaumati and neighbourhood, the question of a wide-span road bridge, where the road will pass under the railway north of Yaumati Station was again considered. Drawings were submitted to the Consulting Engineers who have since approved the general design and steelwork details and working drawings are now in preparation.
It had been observed for some time past that the rails in Beacon Hill Tunnel were rapidly wearing down, and early in the year a fractured rail was discovered.
After a careful examination of the track throughout the tunnel, it was decided to relay with new rails, and reserve those taken out for sidings. Sufficient rails and fastenings for this work were ordered through the Crown Agents and are now in the Colony.
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