CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 57

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

tead of 0 pet for the whole of the supply to be delivered to the City.

I have not sufficient information to f enable me to give a detailed estimate of thes cost of these various works- but from ung knowledge of the price of labour and materials on the Colony _ I will indecivour to arrive at al

rough approxunak estimate.

I hewe afonnect the Conduit to bel 2.6" (30 inches) urde by 1:4" ( de inches, dop - The sides, and bottom would be of buck work 67" Heuck set i Cement and thes whole of the mchrior afterwends rendered en Canent, it would be covered with groucke slabs. 4 niches Huck - with close fitting bacf lapl jouts - It woned be cut out of the solid / ground and therefore but little Conorek wooned/ be required umuch of it would also hows tof be cut out of rock - Including the formationg of the peethway and making four allowsce for short lengtles of himmel or piping solvere required I think $8.50 per yard would be comply sufficient.

The dimensions of the Tunnel I howe

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55 Taken at 7ft le miches lugh, by #1 fat undef

41 feet

and for this I think 27$ per yard runf would sufficed.

The New Service Tank would cost promp

20,000 $ / 25,000 $ - New pipes to connect this tonk with the gisting menins would take a further surm of sey. $15,000,

The Reservoir at Pshpolum including thef

expensive plant and machuiry inported for it's construction - cost about 230,000 $ ( Twol lunched and thirty thousand dollars) - Witlis the aid of this plant. I do not think the New Reservoir, at Tytam need cost but little more although it would be neonly sex lines the size the may therefore place it at I may mention for thee,

- mention for the sake of comparison

250,000.

that I worked out the cost of an nighken' mch

Cast Iron pepe to be 16% per yard..

By calculating the quantities of thick ut the above mentioned prices we shall arrive at the following figures wyt

Chaumet from Pokpolum by Tummel to Jumul, 2,0 16 yourds @ 277

landent 380

2803

$55.242..

$8.50 -

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$58,044.7

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