Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS -ANNUAL.
The kitchen accommodation of the 1st class Restaurant was extended by altering the arrangement of the back staircase and utilising the space below to form a commodious pantry. Gas cookers were installed in substitution for the coal-burning range, and new kitchen furniture was provided.
Owing to the increasing difficulty in obtaining quick and accurate messages between Kowloon and Canton, through telegraphic communication has now been established by laying a telegraph line between Kowloon Station and Shum Chun Station, thus connecting with the Chinese Section's telegraph line. Previously all messages had to be telephoned over the British Section.
At the workshops at Hunghom an Oil Fuel Depot was installed for serving the motor coaches.
The three sidings to the east of the new carriage shed were extended 500 feet each, and a crossover road laid between two, to facilitate repairs and cleaning of rolling stock.
A contract was let for the building of a second bay to the new carriage shed, which will accommodate two more trains of 500 feet each, and it is anticipated that the shed will be completed by May, 1923.
During the year the premises of the China Light and Power Co., which adjoined the Locomotive Yard, were acquired by the Railway Department, together with the buildings thereon. The tall chimney stack, for which no use could be found, was razed. The buildings formerly used as offices and staff quarters were renovated, and the first floor is now used as quarters for the Traffic Inspector, while the basement serves as a store. A contract was entered into for converting the remaining buildings into workshops and stores for railway purposes. The boiler house was utilised as a general repair shop for Government motor vehicles, such as cycles, cars, fire engines, lorries, road roller, etc., a painting shop being provided on one side. The engine house was converted into a general store and store offices, the old store accommodation being inadequate for present railway requirements. Eight lock-up garages were provided, also a timekeeper's office. This contract was nearly completed at the end of the year.
Work on the construction of the over bridge to the north of Yaumati Station (Bridge No. 7) was delayed until the arrival of the steelwork, which was over-carried owing to the seamen's strike. The main line was deviated round the side of the new bridge, and traffic diverted without any interference. Masonry abutments and piers, with the exception of the west wings, which are situated under the deviation, were built in trenches, and were nearly up to bedstone level at the close of the year.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS
-ANNUAL.
The kitchen accommodation of the 1st class Restaurant was extended by altering the arrangement of the back staircase and utilising the space below to form a commodious pantry. Gas cookers were installed in substitution for the coal-burning range, and new kitchen furniture was provided.
Owing to the increasing difficulty in obtaining quick and accurate messages between Kowloon and Canton, through tele- graphic communication has now been established by laying a telegraph line between Kowloon Station and Shum Chun Station, thus connecting with the Chinese Section's telegraph line.
Previously all messages had to be telephoned over the British Section.
At the workshops at Hunghom an Oil Fuel Depot was installed for serving the motor coaches.
The three sidings to the east of the new carriage shed were extended 500 feet each, and a crossover road laid between two, to facilitate repairs and cleaning of rolling stock.
A contract was let for the building of a second bay to the new carriage shed, which will accommodate two more trains of 500 feet each, and it is anticipated that the shed will be completed by May, 1923.
During the year the premises of the China Light and Power Co., which adjoined the Locomotive Yard, were acquired by the Railway Department, together with the buildings thereon. The tall chimney stack, for which no use could be found, was razed. The buildings formerly used as offices and staff quarters were renovated, and the first floor is now used as quarters for the Traffic Inspector, while the basement serves as a store. A contract was entered into for converting the remaining buildings into workshops and stores for railway purposes. The boiler house was utilised as a general repair shop for Government motor vehicles, such as cycles, cars, fire engines, lorries, road roller, etc., a painting shop being provided on one side. The engine house was converted into a general store and store offices, the old store accommodation being inadequate for present railway requirements. Eight lock-up garages were provided, also a timekeeper's office. This contract was nearly completed at the end of the year.
Work on the construction of the over bridge to the north of Yaumati Station (Bridge No. 7) was delayed until the arrival of the steelwork, which was over-carried owing to the seamen's strike. The main line was deviated round the side of the new bridge, and traffic diverted without any interference. masonry abutments and piers, with the exception of the west wings, which are situated under the deviation, were built in trenches, and were nearly up to bedstone level at the close of the
year.
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