CO129-349 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [10-12] — Page 145

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Afterwards tenders for the caissons were called for from the

principal foreign and native industrial concerns in China. Mr

Kinder informs me privately that he refused to make them bew

-cause the time given was too short, and because such things

should be made as near the site of the bridge as possible, to

avoid handling after completion. In his view the caissons can

be made as quickly in Hongkong as in Europe, and no special

firm is required to construct them. Mr. Kinder, whose long

experience in China gives weight to his opinion, has always

favoured the policy of utilizing all materials available in the

country and has avoided ordering things from Europe which could

be procured or made on the spot.

There is little doubt that the control of

the Canton-Kowloon line being vested in the Board of Communios-

-tions at Peking, and not in the Viceroy, makes for delay, but

it is clear that as a result of past experience the Chinese

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Government are determined that railways shall be national and

not local undertakings, and that they are endeavouring gradually

to recover control of all provincial railways. Such is the

attitude of the Chinese Government on the subject that I do not

think any useful purpose would be served by pressing for general

control of the Canton-Kowloon line by the Viceroy, instead of

the Board, and on the whole, I am disposed to consider that in

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