CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 588

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Kowloon Canton Railya, Survey (Briksh Tim ) Comparative mishit of toutes

Railway 4th 1 and 2.

R¥4.1. Juan Enron to man gradient 1 in 100

Total Rise & Fall = 396 ft. Total curvature 1310 Total length 21.5 Quiles.

RYU 2 Mon: Caron 6° man: gradient / in 100

Total sise & pall = 410 Potal curvature 1434

Tatal brugth = 34 Quiles.

From the accompanying

Lable

Af comper

ative costs of construction, we see that the total cost of constructing R2201 is B. 1,470, 500, and of REA 2 84,764, 150, a difference in favour of RYU 1 = $293,650

Comparing the cost of

the cost of working,

find by reducing both to their equivaleny. Augths of straight level live, that the Augth of R322 becomes

and that

Raul

38.65 miles

25.59

being

Difference in favour of RQ1 = 15. ole miles Taking of trains for day each way as the Corobaker sumber required (see page 19°) a fa per train mile, we have, as before, then

$131400 capital value of each suile saved

81,716,084 coliche depone=

the amount value of

And 1Shoot 18.06 z

*

=sents the capital

saved in working expenses by adopting Rt His in preporuce to Rt 4:2. Add to this the extra cost of constructing NZM2 viz: $ 295650 we have 82, 009, 7th, as the total capital value of adapting RE41. Comparing

RYU CI Rr N°2 =

the amount Lavich

by

ace there in terms of eachoth

(a) - $1,191,000 = R.4.2 -B2,009,734

(a) + $ 818 734 (a) = 14°2-$818784

(12)

ww

www.

Brk!! + $ 2,004,734

RA! +81, 191, voi

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