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total cost of f/393,000 giving only an average of $8000/-
per bridge.
The most expensive bridge on his alignment was
20 spans of 20 ft. on screw piles in a depth of 30 ft.
water at L.W.0.S.T. The other bridges near Taipo Pond all have to be on well foundations or on wylinders
as they are out in the sea at low water. These are
three.40', four po
five 40'
four 16 and five 30' spans and
could not possibly have been built for the money allowed
by Mr Bruce in a Colony like this where rates for
masonry are nearly as high as in England.
Mr Bruce's permanent way estimate was about
right as far as the rate per mile was concerned, but he did not allow nearly enough siding accommodation
for Kowloon.
The allowance of a miles would hardly be suffi-
cient to hold all the rolling stock and keen the
main line free for traffic.
Survey
Land
Taking my estimate under Vein Heads. The $45,000 includes the cost of Mr Bruce's party as well as the cost of the realignment round the coast between Tai Wai River and the big cutting beyond Taipo mentioned in paragraph 27 of my General Letter No.22 dated 25th January 1907. The alignment
round the coast required very careful setting out
so as to have the minimum amount of tunnel with the
minimum amount of Bank in the Sea exposed to typhoons.
After several lines had been laid out I decided on the
present one as the most economical.
Government Crown Land is being given free and
the amount shown in the estimate is the cost of
land
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