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w to emetrey
31 let renal and ya noon lairolo!
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which he wished to have investigated, also stating that he was disappointed at the slow progress of the work generally and that he wished the Consulting Engineers to study the whole case and to advise what measures should be taken to expedite the completion of the work. The Honourable H.F. May, the Director of Public Works being also present, further gave Mr A.J. Barry to understand that in the opinion of the Government Mr Eves had not given entire satisfaction. Both gentlemen complained that he
had apparently not taken a sufficiently comprehensive grasp of the magnitude of the work which was being carried out, that he seemed to them to be inclined to fritter away time by letting work on very small contracts to petty sub-contractors and in other words to adhere too much to the ordinary strict principles of departmental construction, a system which they believed, in view of the exceedingly heavy nature of the work on the 20 miles of the Kowloon railway, could not be advantageously adopted unless much more freely interpreted.
After studying closely the class of work to be done, the difficulties in the way of procuring a sufficient supply of labour without detaching officers from the staff to collect it in different parts of China, and after considering carefully the question of the adequacy of the staff to properly supervise and control the unusually great number of petty sub-contractors which would be required, we concur generally in the views expressed to Mr A.J. Barry.
It is, however, hardly fair to charge Mr Eves with all the delays that have occurred as consequential
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sonu rantie no
vwri. Ia9b no erb
w to emetrey
31 let renal and ya noon lairolo!
tel ne.
upini bany wol a bari
nom srod 7
64-93proo ni atrioq ekoiYAV
which he wished to have investigated, also stating that he was disappointed at the slow progress of the work generally and that he wished the Consulting Engineers to study the whole case and to advise what measures should be taken to expedite the completion of the work. The Honourable H.F. May, the Director of Public Works being also present, further gave Mr A.J. Barry to understand that in the opinion of the Government Mr Eves had not given entire satisfaction. Both gentlemen complained that he
had apparently not taken a sufficiently comprehensive grasp of the magnitude of the work which was being carried out, that he seemed to them to be inclined to fritter away time by letting work on very small contracts to petty sub-contractors and in other words to adhere too much to the ordinary strict principles of departmental construct ion a system which they believed, in view of the exceedingly heavy nature of the work on the 20 miles of the Kowloon rail
lway, could not he advantageously adopted unless much more freely interpreted.
After studying closely the class of work to be done, the difficulties in the way of procuring a sufficient supply of labour without detaching officers from the staff to collect it in different parts of China, and after con- sidering carefully the question of the adequacy of the staff to properly supervise and control the unusually great number of petty sub-contractors which would be required, we concur generally in the views expressed to Mr A.J. Barry.
It is, however, hardly fair to charge Mr Eves with all the delays that have occurred as consequential -2-
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