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THE HANDKONG DAILY" ERESA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER ITя, 1912.

HONGKONG ˆ POST OFFICE BUILDINGS.

REPORT ON- EXPENDITURE AND DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION:

INTERESTING REVELATIONS.

The following Report was laid before the Legislative Council, by command of His Excellency the Governor, on Thurs- day:

1.The Committee appointed to exquire into the causes which have led (1) to an expenditure on the now Fost Office in excess of what was anticipated and (2) to, delay in their completion, and (3) whothor both re- sults were unavoidable, or (4) were due to the methods employed in carrying out the work, have the honour to report 25 follows:-

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2.-The cost of building the Post Office, na, originally designed, was estimated, in the first instanco, at 8525,000. This amounİ was increased to 3603,749, in consequence of Government tecidingein July, 1903, to nud The first another storey to the building. estimate did not include the cost of the foundations. These

contractor, in November, 1903, undertook to lay for 3134,000, but as the work proceeded it was found noressary to put in piles of

for, and to lay down a concrete and asphalt hasement, whereby the estimate, for the Foundations was raised to 8168,000. Not until January, 1906, was the work of laying the foundations complete. Meantime, Gov- crament had decided that all the mouldings to the level of the top pirappt should be of granite, and had authorned the Architects to use steel instead of wood where It was

· causidered to be advantageous, and other- wise to allow for wood of the best kind Accordingly the Architects, prepared a re- vised and more detailed estimate, based upon these modifications of the original péus posals, and including the cost of besting, lighting, and various other nocemary ft- tings. These modifications account for the estimate of the cost of the superstructure bping increased by 844 200 tà 8647,950, and the total cost, "inclusive of the foundations, to: 9558,100. That was in May, 1905, neşely two years after the original plans had been accepted, Tenders for the superstructure were then called for: The lowest rotored, and the one accepted, was 613,90 in excess of the revised estimate. Two suggestions have been made to account for this increase. The first was, that contractors almost invariably touler higher for Govern ment work than for work to be executed by privato architects. The second was that the building trade was then active: wager were high materials were dear: consequently contractors fenting a continuance, errors an intensiâcation of the situation the created, did not deem it advisable to caici late as closely as the architects had done."

3. By this increase the total estimated cost was raised to 8872,000. Subsequently decision to erect a clock tower on the build- ing brought the figure up to 8929,250. This sum is short of the actual expenditure, up to date, by $110,750, that is to say, the building, still unfinished (inasmuch as the clock tower remains to be erected), has cast 81,040,000.

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Differences of opinion between the Architects and the Executive Engineer as to what drawings were required and als as to certain constructional requirements. (c) The strained relations that existed between the Architects and Mr. Fisher, the Executive Engineer in charge of the work for most of the time.

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There were employed on the work (a) a firm of Consulting Architects who state that they were hardly ever consulted about changes in the plans and who also complain about the attitude of certain of the Public Works Department employees (b) The Director of Public Works whese time war more than occupied on other matters and who therocha unable to impervize the fork with promptitude and (c) the Excit tive Engineer who complains of defective-

in the plans furnished by the Architects in the one hand and of indifference on the part of the Director of Public Works on the other, he himself having no real executive power, while his criticisms were ignored and he was furnished with insufficient assistancë in carrying out the work.

8.(a) Mr. Fisher stated that he had to do a large amount of work in the way of drawings, atc., which formed no part of his proper daty; (b) Mr. Fisher received in tructions from the Director of Publje Works which were fiable to misconstruction, sad aa to the carrying out of which the Director of Publio dever cubsequently made any enquiry; (c) The position thus created was not conducive either to the eficient or expeditious, carrying out of the work. T it had been entrusted either to an efficient Executive Engineer, or to the Architects who designed the building, no delay need have occurred.

9. At various times during the period of construction of the Post Office, Mr. Fishor was employed on other work, riz. 1–

Courts of Justice. Harbour Office. Western Market.

Quarters for District Officer, Tai Po. Yaumati School.

Stable and Approach at Tai Po. Volunteer Headquarters. Mortuary, &c., Kowloon. Time Ball Tower, Blackhead's Hill. Underground Urinal, Peak Road. Obelisk in Kowloon.

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UNTIL HE WAS CURED BY MOTHER BEIGEL'S SYRUP. · HAD VAINLY TRIED DOCTORS, STRICT

DIST, FRESH AIE, HOLIDAYS, AND EXERCISE.

"My digestive organs were out of order and I was unable to digest even light foods." Hundreds of thousands of people, everywhere, are in just that con- dition half of their days; but they go on and on, and suffer and get worse until at last they despair of health and happiness and sometimes think death itself would be relief. And then, unexpected and almost accidentally, they hear of Mother Beigela Byrup and take it and find them. selves cured! Then they are surprised and wonder why they had suffered so long when the real remedy was so near, and so cheap and simple.

4.The largest item in this further in

It is stated crease of $110,760, is 851,195. by the Director of Public Works to be due to the inadequacy of the quantities in the "Bill of Quantities fornished by the Architects. When asked for an explanation lir. Kam stated that it was the fret he had heard of it, nud that in the abasco of particulars ho could not say whether his Bill of Quantities was inadegaste or not. To some extent it was presumably due to the changes in the roof plan, which entailed the heightening of the interior walls. The remaining 859,555 covers the cost of altera- tions and additions rande in working out items being the plans, the principal $14,587 for encasing the iron columns and girders in concrate, 811,000 for the substitu- tion of iron for timber purlins in the roof, 86,075 for sanitary fittings, and 86,638 for the provision of letter boxes for Boxholders. The balance is distributed over numerous sisall: requirements not originally provided for. In view of these facts the Committee finds that the "excuss of ·actual -- over-

Mr. J. Marr, à man in the very prime anticipated expenditure has been chiefly.

of life, employed as engine fitter on the caused by numerous alterations of, and

South African Railway, and living at additions to, the original plans, the neces sity for which in many cases should have

139, Market Street, Pretoria, must have been forescon. Foresight in anticipating.

spent a lot of money in trying to get requirements would have reduced the dis He had for a portion of the time 60 cured of Indigestion, but it was money crepancy between actual and estimated employed two qualified Engineers assisting wasted. Then he took Mother Seigal's It would have been preferable to Ryrup and was cured quickly and expenditure, but, except as regards the clock him tower, it has not been demonstrated that have relieved: Mr. Fisher of some of these thoroughly. In a letter dated March there has been excessive expenditure on the works; in fact, to have divided them up 18th, 1912, he uses the words quoted above work done.

among the Staff of three, sach one being and tells the whole story. 5. As regards the clock tower the Com- responsible for his own share.

"I had considerable trouble," he says, 10 The Committes finds it effect faat awith my bowels and stomach, being mittee finds that avoidable expenditure waG incurred. The tower was first of all built, small part of the extra expanse and almost up to the level of the third storey in the entire delay was attributable to a bad costive and subject to severe headaches

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of the top parapet. Not until then did the aggravate its worthe Committee makes Acting on medical advice I dieted myself

Public Works Department go into the ques tion of the adequacy of a tower built partly at brick, to stand the weight of the proposed superstructure above the level of the roof. The question being then gone into without reference to the Architects, it was decided to pull down that portion of the walls built of brick and to substitute granite. The ex- pense of building up these brick walls, and of pulling them down again, might clearly have been avoided by an earlier study of this most important question.

6Summarising the main facts appear ing in evidence furnished by the witnesses examined, viz., Mr. Chatham, Director of Public Works, Mr. Fisher, Executive Engineer, and Mr. Ham, of Messra. Denison,į Ram & Gibbs, the Consulting Architects, the Committee finds that

(1) Increase of cost was due (inter) alia) to conditions of the labour market, additions and alterations to plans and, specifications which were approved by Government, including various alterations on account of the clock tower, and to quantities being in excess of the original calculations

Tha tal cost was not on the whole excessive having in view the style of construction. This leaves out of consideration loss of interest, of rent of old Post Office building, etc., entailed by the delay and any further claim which may yet be established by the Contractor arising out of the same cause..

(2.) The delay could have been avoided. The chief causes were as follows

(a.) Detention by the Director of Pub. lic Works of the roof plans for a period of over two years, after which they were rejected.

Accordingly

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and took medicine, Eventually seeking rast and change of air. I went on a holi day, took easy exercise, but got no better. My appetite almost failed, my pains were intense and my nights sleepless.

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(.) The Director of Public Works should be relieved of the less important routine work of his Department, such watter being distributed among his

A FELLOW WORKMAN'S ADVICE. Assistants; he would then be

In this wretched condition I returned inspect works in progress frequently aw generally to give prompt and effective to work, feeling that I should soon have to give it up, when a fellow workman one supervision to all branches.

E. SELLIM, Esq.-Chairman, (b.) The works andertaken by the day advised me very strongly to take.

FH. ARMSTRONG, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Department should be nader the direct Mother Seigel's Syrup, which had given

F.Lieb, Esq. supervision of Engineers who should have him great benefit. I bought a bottle of 8. H. Dodwell, Esq.

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Hot Mr. C. H. Kom: the works being carried out properly, greatly relieved. From then my recovery G. Friesland, Exp

H. A. Bish Esq. without undue reference to higher was so rapid that after taking a few C. S. Gabbay, Est. authority ench should have only such bottles. I was quite cured. My appetite. G. E. Laurens, Esq. works in his charge as he can superinten was all that could be desired; my strength effentunily, and he should he directly and vitality were restored; all aches and ...responsible for the proper execution pains left me as if by magic, my bowels those works, under the general control of became regular. I am now a well man." the Director of Public Works. *

Mr. Marr's case is no new thing to us,

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(c.) Before beginning any work a de! tailed estimate should be compiled and we receive hundreds of such letters, for the larger works accurate bill of because this remarkable medicine always cases of Indigestion. The extracts of quantities zoude and guaranteed as gives relief and then cures the severest correct,

Such estimates are absolutely voces roots, barke and leaves of which it is com sary for ascertaining the cost of works posed have a specific, curative, tonic and and it is of great advantage to have strengthening effect on all the organs of such from the point of view of the digestion. Then your food, being pro- the public and of the perly digestod, gives nourishment for

nerve, bone and muscle, the blood is purecent. per annum on the Daily Balance. and bealth and vigour take the places of weakness and misery.

contractár, Government. (d) For the larger contracts there should be an Estimating and Measuring Branch in the Public Works Deportment, When you feel distress after eating. composed of experts trained in that line; bilicusness, constipation, headaches, sleep- in addition to foaling with the bigger lessness, you may be sure your digestion works, the members of this branch con is out of order. Mother Beigel's Syrup Assist generally, thus relieving other

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