CO129-348 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [7-10] — Page 241

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He is at present engaged, at the request

of the Director-General in Peking, in drawing up a detailed

estimate of the cost of construction.

Materials have been accumulated and all

preparations made to commence the building of the permanent way

as soon as the rainy season is over, which will probably be

about the beginning of September. Unless, however, the rate at

which land is at present being acquired can be considerable

accelerated, work will be stopped in a few months time for

want of land.

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Grove has brought this state of affairs

to the notice of the Director-General in an official report.

The progress of the Railway is being

hampered in another direction, in this case due to the action

of the Chinese Administration.

The Director-General, relying on the clause

in Article IX of the Loan Agreement, which provides that, with

a view to encouraging Chinese Industries, Chinese materials are

to be preferred, insists that all orders for railway materails

shall first be submitted to the Tong Shan and other iron and

steel works for tender. As many of the materials required

cannot be supplied by these works, it simply means that the

placing of the order with a home manufacturer is delayed while

the local manufacturers are being communicated with. As a case

in point, Mr. Grove mentioned that he had requested permission to purchase some steel caissons for bridge work from a firm in

England who made a speciality of these articles, the steel

plates of which the caissons were composed being unobtainable

in China. The request was refused by the Director-General, who,

quoting the clause above referred to, instructed Mr. Grove to

place the order with a local firm. This will be done and as a

consequence the delivery of the caissons will be delayed by at least two months, as the plates must be imported from England.

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