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564
and concrete and covered with
brick and concrete.
about 200,000
41.
buildings.
arching. gallous.
Contents
42.
Pumping
Stahow
The Distribution Main
commences at the
ui a
Course
7 inch pipe taking a southerly
along
Station Street as far as
Third Street, then
along
Third Greef
to the Austin Road, where it bifurcates
a
5 inch main going down Robison
Road to
supply
6 mich mani
Tsunishatsui and
the Austin
direction. An
along
easterly
Des.
Road in a
es Voeux Road it turnsir
reaching a North-easterly
direction to
to thing
tom and is reduced to 5 incherii
in the centre
diameter terminating of the village of tung tan.
Horn.
Various subsidiary
mais
are shown on the plan for the- purpose of conveying water within distance of the existing
easy
buildings.
All the mains are -
provided with valves in suitable positions for the purposes of shutting
off the water in the several streets supplied if without depriving
occasion should arise
the whole of the
districts.
of
water.
43.
It is not proposed at
present that these mains should be provided with
any appliance for the extinction of fire, most of the houses are situated near the harbour
from which water should be pumped
The by fire engines for this purpose. comparatively
limited supply of
water available for ordinary
domes.
tic use renders it undesirable that
such a
supply should be subject a
to the interruption that must
inevitably its being
recur in the event of used for the extriction of
fires.
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