Appendix E.
HONGKONG, 27th July, 1889.
Appendix E.
STATEMENT shewing approximate cost of repairing Damages caused by the Rain-storm of 29th and 30th of May, within the City of Victoria.
Hon. SURVEYOR GENERAL,
I forward herewith revised estimate for "Repair of Storm damages." The present state of the work of repairs is as given below.
Cemetery. The nullah has been cleared, the dry rubble retaining walls have been re-built wher they were washed away and raised near the lower boundary so as to retain the heap of sand that was partly washed down and partly taken out of the nullah, the mound itself has been formed and i being covered with earth."
The upper bridge has been restored.
The brick boundary wall has been re-built.
The arch of the bridge which carries the road between the Cemetery and race course is being repaired and will be completed in about 10 days.
Race Course. The debris which has been taken out of the nullah and placed on the paddock will at once be levelled and formed as arranged with the Clerk of the Course.
The repairs of Bowrington bridges are in hand and will not be finished for two months, probably, as the foundations have to be put in as the tide allows.
Levelling Debris on Race Course,
Bridge at Bowrington, re-building Walls adjacent,
Slip at Bowringtou,
Sundry small jobs,
Queen's Road near Naval Yard,
Repair Upper part Albany Nullah,- Albany Nullah,.
Repairs Parapet Bridge,
Albany Nullab, work done by Military,
fee House Lane, clearing,
Zetland Street, clearing Street,
Do. do., renewing Road,
Clearing Pedder's Street and Wyndham Street,
All slips and debris have been removed in the Eastern district and drains cleared the roads in Clearing Glenealy Ravine above the top of Wyndham Street up to the open Hill,... this part are in fairly good order the necessary repairs are being carried out.
Albany Nullah-The temporary bamboo bridge on the Queen's Road has been removed and the water is running again under the stone arch. The clearing of the debris is going on quickly and expect to have the uullab clear in about 3 weeks.
The repairs to the parapet of the bridge have not yet been put in hand.
Names of Place damaged.
*
Cemetery,
547
Re-building Rubble Walls,
170
Forming Mound and re-making Paths,
150
Re-building Walls of Upper Bridge and re-fixing Bridge,
155
Re-building portion of Lower Bridge,
60
Re-building Boundary Wall,
153
230
1,465
1,300
526
Naval Hospital,..
398
Nullah Lane, Wauchai Road, including Branch Nullab, Ship Street,
592
340
100
1,956
480
3,000
1,460
100
7,040
384
430
300
364
2,256
1,205
Covering in Drain from the sea to the bottom of Wyndham Street and making good
Paving, &c.,
482
Repairing Sewer in Wyndham Street to the bottom of Glenealy,
1,010
Repairing Sewer in Glenealy including taking up and re-setting Steps,... Making open Nullah above the Caine Road,
2,360
5,000
Re-building all retaining Walls, Glenealy,..
2,200
Making good Paths, filling in large Holes, &c....
2,500
18,107
35
37
200
90
290
90
50
160
100
180
228
172
Queen's Road West,
91
160
Re-building Drain,
162
160
Drain on Road below Nullah Side,
Re-building granite culvert High Street, Nullah Side,.
980
100
Western Nullah,
11
Shektougtsui Nuliah,
Repairing Drain and Road, Western Nullah,.
414
26
Repairs Upper Richmond Road,
190
and
Lower Richmond Road, clearing,
45
276
Robinson Road,..
68
54
Staunton Street,
27
16
36
10
25
178
135
86
4,884
2,000
Glenealy, Wyndham Street and Pedder's Street.--The repairs in Pedder's Street are very nearly finished the remainder of the paving stones of the footpath will be relaid in a few days, and this will complete every thing.
The two holes in the drain opposite the Club in Wyndham Street will be finished and the road made good certainly in a week.
It will be necessary to open another place in the drain near the German Club to repair the invert but this will not be open more than a week.
The repairs of the drain above this point as far us and including the hole in the Caine Road are in hand and should be finished nearly in two months.
The bank which carries the path which has been carried away just below the Caine Road is being renewed and should be completed in about six weeks.
A contract is being made for the repairs of the nullah above Caine Road.
The large open nullah above where the ventilator stands has been repaired where necessary is in good order.
The repairs of the roads in the Central part of the town are being carried on.
Western District. To the west the only piece of building that remains to be done is the re-build ing of the drain under High Street. A contract has been made for this and the work will be carried out at once. All debris has been removed and inlets to drains and drains have been cleared in the Western district the roads in this district being steep have suffered a great deal. The repairs are in hand.
H. CHAMPERNOWNE,
Hollywood Road,
Elgin Street, Shelley Street, Seymour Rond,
Castle Road,
Peel Street and Queen's Road, Hospital Road,
Bonham Road, Pokfulam Road,
West end of Third Street,
Centre Street,
Praya West, clearing,
Chinese Hospital, clearing and examining,
Nullah Side,
Renewing Road,
Caine Road,
Lyndhurst Terrace,
Clearing Inlet of Culvert near Western Street on Bonham Road, Clearing Inlet Sand Street Sewer,
Smithfield Street, Sand Street Sewer,
Do.
Davis Street, Sand Street Sewer,
Do.
Filling in and repairing Smithfield Street, &c., Skle Channel, Clearing Landslip, Mount Davis Road,
Minor Repairs to Roads,
Total,...
37,136
Lient-Colonel, R.E.
H. CHAMPERNOWNE, Lieut.-Colonel, R.E.
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