CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12] — Page 329

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From the Tai Wai River to the North End of

Taipo Station Yard is the critical portion of the

line exposed as it is to the sea. The alignment

here has been most carefully looked into and the

Grading arranged so that the banks and cuttings almost

equslise. There is a great d ́al of rock on this portion

of the line, but it is not of so hard a nature as

might be expected from the look of the hills.

of the cuttings are scarped out of the hill side

which ought to be done fairly cheaply.

Most

I have allowed a good deal of pitching on the

slopes of those banks where exposed to the waves.

I propose to pitch all banks up to a reduced level of

212.00 1.3. 12 ft. abors Ordinary Low Water. Only in

a very few places is the Bank founded below low water

and then the position is not such as would expose

the bank to a very long reach.

Some of the Earthwork from Taipo to the frontier

was done by the Public Works Department before my

arrival. Nearly all the banks are made from BorzOW

pits, but the rates at which the work was let by

petty contract were "ery large. However His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan decided that I should continue

at the same rates as he looked upon it as a breach

of contract to close down the works and start afresh.

This accounts for the soft excavation in Paddy land

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being booked at $13/- per thousand cubic feet. The cost of some Earthwork on the old alignment near

Taipo is included in this amount,

There are 4 tunnels estimated for. The large one

under Beacon Hill is the Chief work on the line. The

estimate

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