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ENQUIRY INTO COLLAPSE OF HOUSES.

HOWLOLM CITY 20AD.

The official inquiry into the fetal collapse of

THE HONGKONG

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round. It was customary, both here and in Bugland, for a contractor to have more than convey, the Comuni one foli on at the same fim, and he was not diaprence should expected to be on onn job slewys, Viggs claws certainly

Me, Dennys Do you say that the party walls effect tual, inter alia, on binelor 1,107 mud 1,108, which you have said necessity for day signal Fode blug I ma of the extensive, and therefore Impracti. I de

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 1902

HAMBURG LETTER.

FROM QUE CORRESPONDENT.]

Hamburg, 1st September.

Nos. 30 and 32, Kowloon City Road on 18th Jan Erẻ craoked, are aste, sound, and anbatantial Pavers the action of mon form of signsis for ny kind for over-production and competition

houses,

kong, there have always been a rainy season Daring the 22 years you leve been in Hong and typhoon season Fan Year

What would you call the rainy season And the typhoon season About the same From early in May till the end of September.

The Cochrane Streat collapse isat your, wil- ss continued, took place during the heavy rains, No. 131. Da Vanx Bond Weat, which

llapsed, according to the Gazette, on 2nd Moss. Leigh & Orange's architects, and Angust. was built under the supervision of

omble,

suited to local conditions. This committee on storm warnings would not in his opleion be the other hand, bare striven to show that kuch fears need not be entertained, and, in support of this, produced for your information a copy of a code of such signals which has successfully stood the lost of many year's actual practice at a neilbearing port, and has apparently grou the greatest satisfaction to all concerned in the receipt of such warnings.

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period of unbroken ausses commencing in 1900 Just as in the case of the meat industry a resulted in rain and stagnation, the remarkable activity experienced during the last few years in the linoleum industry has similarly led to the depression from which it is at present suffering. The rapid development of the industry and the $1,000.00 IN PRIZES (IN U.S. GOLD CURRENCY),

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demanu for greater variety in these maaa. existence and led to the extension in plant of factures caused new factories to spring into

black bricks for use in the two completed in November, 1900, That, had the difference between forecasts and the the majority of those already existing. Whereas

time,

the top of the front wall and the cerandul however, was not a house collapse, only columus falling. Twitness's opinion, they were knocked down by the collapse of a similar

East, also mentioned in the list of collapses, portica of No. 129. No, 45, Praya was soother house built under the supervision of witusse's firm, and was completed in February, 1901. Nos, 30. Kowloon City Road, 131, Des Voeux Ross, and 45, Praya East were not almost the only houses in the list that were new and completed houses and that had yet fallen dow; there were a few others. As to No. 131. Des Vour Road West witness would not say that the wet had nothing to do with the not the mortar had squeezed out. The accident aooident there, and he conld not say whether or to No. 15, Praya East n attributed to the same Road in this case the porter bad squeezed up, causes as in the case of No. 3), Kowloon City witness were put with

This probably would not be more than All houses built by twiling the typhoons and

the heavy rains.

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mittee desire to say that they have all along With reference to paragraph 3 the Com-

clearly before them, and they quite agree that observations on which they are based the Hongkong Observatory should make up its-own forecasts upon the observations and information received from other stations.

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the factory at Elberswalde stopped work altogether. Other matters also affected the

last was resumed yesterday morning before Mr. F.A. Hassland and common jury r. H.W Looker appeared on bebalt of the architects, Mosse. Leigh and Drange, and My, Wilkinson of the contractor, Loong Cheong.

Mr. R. K. Leigh again went into the witness box, and was examined by Mr. Looker as to the three qualities of Canton red brick already mentioned by him their nature, prices, and reapuoties nses he specified. Witness had never known of Amor bricks being ared in the building of Chinese houses. Under section 10 of Ordinance 25 of 1891 there was a reference to uppermost stories; the black bricks were the blae

bricks witness had already spoken of The section lind since been amended, and now permited the use of blue brick in the uppermost story only. Prior to sixteen years ago, there was no other brick in the Colony

that the Committee have never presumed, nor

With reference to paragraph 4, I am to state to wine with a total capital of thirty-five millions. except blus brick Loong Cheong, the con tesobar, had done other work for witness's

question the aconracy of the information and only during the same period from ten millions have they felt it within their procines to in anything like an equal proportion, but rose The sale of linoleum, harrerer, did not increase frn, including the Fek Hotel, Dr.

typhoon-warnings feston dyqually nude to sixteen millions. It was then apparent Renny's huss, Victoria Lodge, three large godowy for the Kowloon Wharf and

able and inexpedient for them to uttempt to that there was a sinking in the general condi. and they consider it would be undesir- Godown Co. and a large number of Lhinese Witness considered Andersen, the

Hongkong and Strawer Observatories. test the relative accuracy of those issued by the tion of the industry, and in consequence of the Love seer, to be svery fair overseer, as overseers went. There was usually no getting of good

desire, however, to recard that the correspon

They

falling off in the demand for linolensa and of the Overseers in the Colony; they had to be brought

dence recently addressed to you on the subject ever increna'ng competition the depression in the out from home. Antlersen could easily paper

ontaining some such needed improvement in competition between the German factories has been whelly and solely directed towards trade became rapidly acute. The unrestrained vise the houses tuder he care, witness wa of opinion, because the work was not going

warnings to the shipping and shore e the method of publishing such information and speedily and as widely as possible, and also There

brought about a considerable fall in prices and muaities, an that these could be made known us nine or tes places where work was going

as a result the factory at Kopenick with a on daily, and that could only be Incked

towanis removing what they cannot help The enquiry being resumed after Inacb.witress feeling to be more or less a reproach to this twice a week; his commission only included beene rected across any of the keuses en lats 1107 in touch with, or at all erauts is not general superintendens, he ordinary five or 1103 since their completion. As to the inspec. sympathetic relationship with the kindred per cent, commission, both here sad at home, tion of a job, witness considered that it was the institution at Sicawei, a misfortune which the covered general superintendenes only, and that duty of the orarseer to be on the work during Committee consider must necessarily tend to was the rate of commission witness was being the time that it was long stried on, though the disadvantage of both, and is certainly to paid for the houses in question. In England, on work of this description, an rohitest would be not assesarily continously and as for the con- the detriment of navigators in these seas. considered to have done very well if he visited a responsible foreman see to the proper referred to the dissatisfaction entertained by tractor, he should either personally or through The Committee on previous occasions have the houses twice a month The architect, when he paid these visits, was supposed to see that the trying out of the work. Witness presumed muriners frequenting this port will the system Gnancial years ending June 30th, 1901, and tion, by which means it may be possible without be followed by others as soon as affairs sro - work was proceeding in accordance with the stated to be useless and doing no work) take this opportunity to band you herewith that the shoring at No. 6) (which ho had of storm-warnings in ne kere, and they now place and specifications. It was not possible, was put up by the contractor. That, witnessi copy of a letter to this Chamber on this subject, { dividende but declared no loss, while the factoryment; or the companies will fail to come to and keeps the camp informed of all occurrences. nor was it his duty, on these occasions to gail, was not like the work of a competent dated 16th instant, and signed by the masters go thoroughly into every little detail of the and good contractor. copstinction and specification; if such were the that was at me use and doing no work spontaneous communication the Committee ven- The fact, however, of 388 oamers trading in these waters, which cas, he could only do one work at a time, as showed that it was not required. Shoring ture to think must be considered rather a marked till dark. No overseer would than be required. It was the special work of, witness thought, only forwarded by them on the subject. The Com: he would have to be on the job from daylight work was not generally done by contractors; confirmation of the representations already In comparison with contractors in England, two firms in the Colony. The reason tat mitte earnestly hope that the Government will the contractors here were not so good, and were wilne-s spent nearly two day in the Crown far more difficult to deal with. It was the elimitora office giving him particulars was

take this representation into consideration, and were not so good Most of the material, too. He thought that from May. 1991; till May suggested by the signatories of the said letter: in the cws of the workmen those here to lend him every assistance in the enquiry holding the enquiry into the matter which is consent to give what assistance it can towards was Inferior, and as a general rule one had 1902, from 600 to 1,000 houses were finished-I have the honour to be, Sir, your most to build with what labour and material and completed, of them housez-so-far as obedient servant, were at hand. Witness had visited the he knew, only one besides those which he houses in Kewicon City Road since last he built cataa down. Referring to the effect of

A. R. LOWE, was in the witness box, and found one set of shoring at the back of No. 60; it was useless shoring, and was doing no wurk. WIL ness had also Teen in the whole fifteen houses on K.1.1 1.107, and saw a crook in the back of the party wall between Ns. G and portion 8. and slee crack in the back of that between Nos. 14 and 10; the cracks were not serious,

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after. witness himself inspected the houses stated that ro far as he knew no tie-rods had Colony, viz., that the Observatory here trade adversely, the high prices obtaining for HIS business has changed hands and in now working under the technical management

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the weather upon a wall, sitnom said it was a HON. COLOSIAL SECRETARY. well-known fact that a dry brick would stand a great leal more pressure than a wet one. to-day at 2.15 p.m.

The enquiry was afterwards adjourned til

Secretary.

and would not necessitate rebuilding No HONGKONG OBSERVATORY AND the officials of the Ubservatory, we yet feul that

STORM-WARNINGS.

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Hongkong, 16th September, 1902. SIR-We shall feel obliged if you will draw the attention of the Chamber of Commerce to fte opinion of us, the various shipmasters, who have signed this letter.

Without in any way depreciating the labours of the existing system of Lynboon-warnings in Hongkong loaves much to be desired, merely pointing out that in our opinion the signata are lacking in sufficient accuracy and We do not prepess to enter into deisile hore,

that the weather forecasts are not widely

enough distributed. *

It would be indeed difficult to embaly in this letter the suggestions of the various ship masters who are addressing you.

We received yesterday from the de retary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce oopies of the following further correspondence on the above subject

Colonial Secretary's Office, 10th September, 1902, of your letters of the 23rd and 30th vit Sin. Iam directed to acknowledge the receipt forwarding copy of the flag signal code used by formed by the Chuaiber of Commerce to enquire all

We therefore propose that a Committee be the Sisawei Observatory, together with speciinto the matter, and that such of us as you may mens of the meteorological notices issued by select be requested to give our evidence, either that Observatory, and urging the adoption in personally or by letter, so that the matter may Hongkong of a system of day signals for giving be laid before His Majesty's Government, as weather forecasts.

whole of the shipping community-We are, representing the opinions and requests of the Sir, your faithfully,

other oranks worth speaking of were visible. Except the two end housse, Nos. 2 and 30, none of the bounes were seriously damaged. Witness's experience of this year showed him that something would have to be done to keep the wet out of external walls. Th thirteen remaining houses on the lot wore in no way dangerous, and in witness' opinion were stronger and better bullt than the majo rity of Chinese houss Previous to the on- quiry he had linteome consultations with the Acing Crown Solleitos, and spent the best part of twodays furnishing him with particulars, A typhoon signal was upat the time of the collapse shortly before six o'clock on the afternoon of 18th July Witness quoted from meteor elogical reports to show the state of the weather on that day, und seid there was no doubt that 2. The Committee seers to have entirely mis the typhoon was the ultimate danse of the apprehended the remarks of the Acting Director collapse; he attributed the primary cause to the of the Uberatory made in his memorandum of wet getting in and softening Lhe joints of the the 24th of July, for Mr. Figg nover made the brickwork in the external wail This was statement attributed to him in the 6th paragraph caused by the excessive and continuous rainf.ll, of the Committee's letter of the Sord alt. combined with wind. It made a difference What Mr. Figg did state is that a flag signat in the effect of rain upon s wall if that code to be useful must be short and definite and min was not accompained by wind, be that there were grove objections to conveying cause, if the rain fell vertically, it did not definite information by the hoisting of a sigasi wet the external walls. Witness bere pro- on information which is necessarily vague and ceeded to read from the weather reports and riay be misleading the published list in the Government Gazette system of dag signals is not considered suitable The reasons for which a of sollapses during the present year. By the Hongkong have been given in my letter of weather reports it was shown that the wind velocity in June and July was the strongest in tau yeazu. In witness's opinion it could easily has seen that the weather and the collapses wore nlosely connected. The rain started on 8th the difference between observations and the 3. The Committee appear still to confuse May and the fret collapes occurred on 14th Ter, casts whereon they are based. May: the last collapse came on 12th An, ust, seems to explain the difficulty they have This fact on which day tho rain stopped. Since then in understanding that the Hongkong Observo, there had won whether collause, not, however, tory considers that a station like Gutzlaff due to the weather. There was what might be freely exposed off the coast, furnishes better tended a typhoon perial of three months, deis (observations) for forecasting than does Which coincided with the three months of Bicawei sitented as it is ioland As to forecasts, ruin. During three months ander review it has already been explained that the Hong- there were oply 18 lays without roin, and kong Observatory like every other seleutifio on these days there was protically ze sun-institution of the kind prefers to make its own shine and the humidity was great. In that and declines to accept the responsibility of using period there had bien tareo typhoons--on 14th the forecasts of other institution July, 18th July, and 2nd Angost. Mr. Leich further proceeded to quote extensively from two letters have been carefully examined but 41ava to ? that the pelucages to "your" the meteorological and collapse reports, and that it does not koem either desirable or expedi pointed out that from 18th July to 12th ent for this Government to criticize them of to Angust there had been 66 collapses. In the relative securacy of the information his years experience there had never and been anything approaching this record, sad and typhoon forcings Jesued by the Sidawai

Hongkong Obs rvatories,

the 31st of July, and I am to state that tiris Government adtures to the views therein expressert.

institute a comparison, every assistance will be Should, howover, the Chamber be anxions to given in that by the Acting Director of the Observatory. I have the honour to be, Bir, your obedient servant,

F. H. MAY.

Colonial Secretary. Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

fe thought that fire collapses a year would be abcut the average. None had occurred in any whileted and negu pied housp of his before this year, and he had had so reasons for taking other tann the usual prczations to keep the wet out of the walls of Chinese houses. Apart from the list in the Cercle, a very larga nem ber of houses bad les more or leas Regiously Th SECRETAEI, damaged owing to the wind and ruin. There was instance behind him, twenty yardsor só away, in the compound of Victoria (foal, where to. backs

wall of a cookhonse had fallen down. The nurecorded collapies included European us will Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, ny Chinese kouses, and numbered abpat 2501.

24th September, 1902, Had there been further ten days or a fort- night wind and rain after 12th August, recipt of your letter of the 10th instant is reply S-I have the honour to acknowledge witness should say that hundreds, more to this Chamber's letters of the 23rd and 30th houses would have collapsed from day lo-day uit on the anbject of storm-warnings.

e saw will cracking in all directions. The

This was laid before the Commuitos in duo remedy for all this was to protect the external course, and they now instruct me to express their walls from the wet getting in part from that, thanks for the consideration given to their he considered the provisions of the Building various representations on the subject, and Ordinance quite safhofent for the purposes of their regret that their suggestions have not met public safely.

with the approval of the bevernment At the By Mr Wilkinson--In witness's opinion, mame time, they do irs me in reply to refer to dong Cheong was one of the best contractors the following points in your letter in the Colony that opinion was based upon In paragraph 2: reference is made to

to Mr his perience of him in the work previously Figg's observations with regual to the matter mentioned. That experiquos extended over of a fog eignal code, which, from the Com number of years all the walls in books mittee's remarks or same, appear to you to 1,107 and 1,103 wire of the same, suAnime, kad have been misunderstood by them. If the material, both those that had developed cracks summary of these observations as giyon in my since the collapse and those that were letter of the 23rd August is not strictly in

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THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MOROS.

A telegram to Manila from Camp Vicars,

treep of cavalry, three sections of artillery, and Mindanao, dated the 27th ult, says: Captain Pershing, with four companies of infantry, one

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dras of khaki with reds facings, with a kind of French Annamite policeman patrols the towns These policemen look very edd in their striking

different as to what happens to their tows. It wooden plate on the head tied with straps. zatives ere peaceable, passivo, listiese, and must not be imagined that during the French distinctly patriotic; indeed, utterly in-

in conclusion, it is desirable to bear in mind way, for disputes and brawls between French occupation they have had things all their own and Siamese bave been of frequent occurrence. that the. French mean business and that the Siamese must make up their minds to lese Chantaboon. In any case, a settlement of the question is greatly to be desired in the interests of both countries."

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a detachment of engineers, will leave to-morrow (Sunday) morning, for Maciu, to remain mutil the Sultan of this tribe expresses a desire for ing stolen arms and horses belonging to the perce. The Macia Moros are suspected of hav

Americans, and have expressed defiance of the United States. Pershing's expedition will sub- due the Moros if they show resistance, although JAPANESE the policy of Captain Pershing will be to bring belligerents to terme without bloodshed, if pos sible. It is impossible to predlut how long the command will be in the field. The Sultan of Batig, who was made prisoner by the Helmuick column, has been released, having promised to aid the Americans in their efforts to put down the Maro trouble. He has sent. number of pack ponies and a quantity of supplies from the coast to Camp Vicars,

oil specially adding to the cost of production, English factories helped to keep the prices while on the other I and the competition of the

were able to declare a dividend during the combination of circumstances only two factories down. In consequence of this unfavourable

December 31st, 1001, respectively, two paid no further disaster to attain some modest achieve Bietigheim a loss of 110,000 marke and the and the companies shareholders will have to at Nixdorf had a loss of 140,000 marks, that at anderstanding and the competition will continue Brewen L bokam Works at De'menhorst a 431,000 marks be deducted from the 626,000 the reconstruction of the companies and after loss of 141,760 marks.

renounce all hope of dividends for years to come, If this total loss of a considerable amount of capital will be lost in marks total profits of all the companies for years of conflict & few perhaps of the present 1,249,000 marks in 1900 to some 1,054,000 Those in the business that the time has arrived linoleum factories still working fell from position to vivid returns. It is thought by 1901 it appears that the net pects of the factories will be still in existence and in a

io 1901. It is clear from these figures that for all these interested in the linoleum industry the trade in taking a very downward courso ant that no change for the better at any early

to choose between these alternatives. date can be anticipated, for the varions attempts to bolster up the industry by means of price conventions between the factories must unfavourable conditions prevailing in conse be regarded as ineffective and the

remain therefore the same as before. The 408ace of over production and competition seventeen factories still working at the end of rained at no less than 11,766,000 marks, which represents an increase of 1,452,560 marks over the last financial year Ind a combined stock

the stock of the previous year, and there is some prospect of this stock being still farther increased during the present year, a contin

to lower the tons of the market. Werd gency which will of course tend still further the Gernian factories to cease work

with this general state of depression that the present stock would a sufficient to supply the home markets for a year. It is in keeping the present liabilities of the companies smonut to nearly 33 per cent, of their share capital, or about 5,322,000 marks. That is to say that these liabilities bave increased 1,973,20 since the previous year, while the assets have at the same time increased orly 208,700 marks, A later despatch, dated from Macin, on the While the state of the trade has been going following day,says:-Pershing's column reached from bad to worse the property of some of the the old camp opposite Macin Sunday night companies has materially depreciated and conse. There was opposition given by to Moros. At quently the intrinsic value of the shares, apart the landing opposite the camp, the Moros had. from their asprotitableness, is continually erected strong fortifications. At 450 o'clock going down. It is to be observed that the Monday morning they fred brass cannon from PER CASE OF settlement already made, that is of the factories these fortifications. A17.30 o'clock, while the which close at the end of Jane 1901, bauifited by cavalry wore watering their horses, the the terms of the prica invention in force during Moros threw their lantakas and raised a red fing part of the Spancial year. This prics conven-

over their fortifications with deafening yells. tion having been proved to be unworkable and At intervals during the day shots were fred, io PEL CASE OF having been dropped, the cousing settlement will which M Nair's 3-inch gun replied, damaging offer a still more comfortless picture. There but not destroying, the fort. About 1 o'clock appears to be Lut oue solution to the difficulties in the afternoon Captain M'Nair, with ons gun of the present unsatisfactory situation either and a company of infantry, scaled a bigh ridge the factories will agree among themselves as commanding the cup, and in a brisk engage regards limiting their output and diminishing mont with a soull party of Moros from the competition, as well as regards a price consen ridge, there was some lively maneuvering. This | party had two brass consen and Giftsen vitica, All day the Moros poured into Maciu fort from the surrounding country and fired upon the camp of the Americans. Captain Morrow and the Engineers built a trail around an arm of the lake, which we passed this morning with great difficulty. The Boros fired briskly, but retired when the Artillery came up. As the column advanced thres forts were shell d and totally destroyed. Twenty Meros wore killed; We now hold Macin. The Moros hate retired to six small forts on the coast, which will be

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