Phone No 1823.
Telegraphic Codes: MÅNetts & A.B.C
Telegraphic Address: Tractions Birmingham: 42581
LFR DICKINSON & CO
Mechanical & Electrical,
Consulting Engineers.
Telephone Buildings,
Birmingham.
HX.
RE-D
REC 3 EC 01
5th December 1901.
CP Lucas Esq.
Colonial Office.
Downing Street.
S.W
Sir,
358
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS
Adverting to the interview which you were kind enough to give to Lt Colonel Boyle and our Mr Dickinson yesterday.
We gather from our Mr Dickinson that there appears to be a misunderstanding as to what it is proposed to do in the matter of the construction of the tramways.
So as to clear up the matter we send you herewith cloth tracing No T2218 shewing the form of permanent way construction it is proposed to adopt.
From this you will see that it is the intention to lay a bed of concrete 6" thick, 18" wide, under each rail and bring the same alongside the rail level with the surface of the road, or in other words, each rail is supported by a layer of concrete 6" thick for its entire length, added to this there is a bed of concrete 3" thick placed between the rails and for 18" outside each rail.
The question Sir Henry Blake desired the advice of the Board of Trade upon was whether the 3" of concrete between the rails and for 18" outside each rail was of sufficient thickness.
Our point is that a bed of concrete of such thickness is ample for the traffic in Hong Kong along the route of the tramway.
As you know, the traffic in Hong Kong is confined almost entirely to rickshas. The 3 layer of concrete is put in so as to form a fairly smooth and clean surface to the roadway so
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phone No1823.
Telegraphic Codes; MÅNetts &ÃB.C
Telegraphic Address. Tractions Birmingham: 42581
LFR DICKINSON & CP
Mechanical & Electrical,
Consulting Engineers.
Telephone Buildings.
Birmingham.
HX.
RE-D ጲ
REC 3 EC 01
5th December/901.
CE
CP Lucas Esq.
Colonial Office.
Downing Street.
S.W
Sirt-
358
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS
Adverting to the interview which you were kind enough
to give to Lt Colonel Boyle and our Mr Dickinson yesterday.
We gather from our Mr Dickinson that there appears to be a misunderstanding as to what it is proposed to do in the matter of the construction of the tramways.
So as to clear up the matter we send you herewith cloth tracing No T2218 shewing the fom of permanent way construction it is
proposed to adpot.
£
From this you will see that it is the intention to lay a
bed of concrete 6" thick, 18" wide, under each rail and bring
the same alonside the rail level with the surface of the road, or in other words, each rail is supported by a layer of concrete 6" thick
for its entire length, added to this there is a bed of concrete
3" thick placed between the rails and for 18" outside each
rail.
The question Sir Henry Blake desired the advice of the
Board of Trade upon was whether the 3" of concrete between the
rails and for 18" outside each rail was of sufficient thickness.
Our point is that a bed of concrete of such thickness is
ample for the traffic in Hong Kong along the route of the
tramway.
As you know, the traffic in Hong Kong is confined
almost entirely to rickshas. The 3 layer of concrete is put in so
as to form a fairly smooth and clean surface to the roadway so
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