CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 587

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Kowloon Canton Railway Survey British Peri",

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Comparative querits of router Route (a) temal RH Hol

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Route (a) quaximum Carve 3. Juan gradient sim 40

Total rise & fall z 780 fl. Potal Carnature. Hean: enrough, man gradient-1 in 100 Potal rise face 250 ft. Total curvature 325° Comparing these two soutes between Kowloon and Shatin Stations only, these two points being common to both, and the Sha Tin Station to to Fu, idrusical

gest,

I find that Railway Wes is there

Miles shorter than (Q) And would cook $ 272 000 Ces to construct-

Comparing

the cost of working, I find by reducing both to their equivalent- lengths of straight level line, that the Aught of (a) becomes 15 miles as

against RY AC1, the difference bring 7f

8 miles

ар

miles in favour of

RYUE 1.

$

مي

87500

Taking the cool for train mile at (which is about what it comes to in the

lited States.

Aurica. In the wicked Kingdom it is about 1.25) we have the value per annum per daily train will $365 which capitalised @ 5%

which is the capital value of 1 train mile.

As the probable number of daily trains workin

page 17 as 9 rach way- for each

have mile of straight level line saved we 87300 × 9×2 = 8131400. The total saving

out ou

Effected therefore by adapting R Us in prepr=

cence to (a) would be

Saving in working expenses = 131400×9 = 919 800

Saving in cost of construction Capital value of total saving

(10)

272.000

$ 1,191,000