CO129-245 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [5-7] — Page 282

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1900 TWINGO!

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TODAM.A. TAX & W

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altogether convinced of the necessity for the Ashlar face work, owing to the projection of the berm and the slope of the rubble mound no craft can lie alongside the wall except small boats. Steam Launches come alongside the Piers specially constructed for their use, andawks are not usually moored from 15 to 20 feet off the Praya, the space being bridged by a gangway.

Moreover a wall faced with concrete blocks has recently been constructed by the Sock Company on the opposite side of the Harbour at Kowloon and the blocks appear to stand very well. I have gone into the question of the extra cost of facing the Blocks with Granite Ashlar which I estimate at $31,000 for the whole length of the Praya. In my opinion the proposed alteration would

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1900 TWINGO! 278 TODAM.A. TAX & W W 279 altogether convinced of the necessity for the Ashlar face work, owing to the projection of the berm and the slope of the rubble mound no craft can lie alongside the wall except small boats. Steam Launches come alongside the Piers specially constructed for their use, andawks are not usually moored from 15 to 20 feet off the Praya, the space being bridged by a gangway. Moreover a wall faced with concrete blocks has recently been constructed by the Sock Company on the opposite side of the Harbour at Kowloon and the blocks appear to stand very well. I have gone into the question of the extra cost of facing the Blocks with Granite Ashlar which I estimate at $31,000 for the whole length of the Praya. In my opinion the proposed alteration would Surveyor General

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1900 TWINGO! 278 TODAM.A. TAX & W W 279 altogether convinced of the necessity for the Ashlar face work, AV orving to the projection of the bern and the slope of the rubble L.- mound no craft Catt alongside the wall except me boats. Shean Launches come alone alore guide the Piers specially constructed for their use, and Awks are nouży:9}4.8. The wo -over noogroM W a roten wo mals C MASTRO „ZAKOYŻ K3ZWTAB NI MUR STakɔnos ewelA M 31 8 8 VA Surveyor General sually moored from 15 to 20 feet off the Praya, the space being bridged byy gangway. Moreover a wall faced with courent concrete blocks has recently been constructed by the Sock Company Err the opposite side of the Harbour at Kowloon and the blocks appear to stand very well. I have gone into the question of the extra cost of facing the Blocks with Granite Ashlar which l estionate at $31,000 for the whole length of the Praya. In my opinion the proposed alteration would

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1900 TWINGO!

278

TODAM.A. TAX & W

279

altogether convinced of the

necessity for the Ashlar face work,

orving to the projection of the

bern and the slope of the rubble

L.-

mound no craft

Catt

alongside the wall except me boats. Shean Launches come alone

alore guide

the Piers specially constructed for

their use,

and Awks

are

nouży:9}4.8. The wo

-over

noogroM W a roten wo

mals C

MASTRO

„ZAKOYŻ K3ZWTAB NI MUR STakɔnos ewelA

31 8 8 VA

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sually

moored from 15 to 20 feet off the Praya, the space being bridged

byy

gangway.

Moreover a wall faced with courent concrete blocks has recently

been constructed by the Sock

Company

Err

the

opposite side of the Harbour at Kowloon and the

blocks appear to stand

very well. I have gone into the question of the extra cost of facing the Blocks with Granite Ashlar which l estionate at $31,000 for the whole length of the Praya. In

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