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provide a site for these quarters, a portion of the area known as West End Park being incorporated with it (vide Government Notification No. 98/1913).
A contract for the preparation of the site and erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Sang Lee and Company, in February. In addition to the construction of certain retaining walls, etc., the work includes the erection of three 3-storied blocks of flats grouped around a considerable plot of land, which is capable of being utilized for recreation purposes. All three blocks are exactly similar, each block containing six flats,—two on each storey,—making a total of eighteen flats in all.
Good progress was made with the work and by the end of the year the large retaining wall adjoining Park Road was completed, two of the blocks were roofed in and the third nearly so. A large amount of external rough-casting and internal plastering was also done, all door and window frames being fixed and all doors, windows, jalousies and mantels being on the site, ready for fixing.
Mount Parish.—A contract for the preparation of the site, which involved a considerable amount of excavation, was let to the Po Yick Co. in July and was completed in August.
A contract for the erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Wing Lee & Co. in October. It includes the erection of a terrace of four 2-storied houses together with fence walls, etc.
On account of the limited extent of the site obtainable by levelling off the ridge of the hill, it was found necessary to construct a ferro-concrete retaining wall to support the Coolie quarters. In conjunction with this wall, a platform, 6 feet wide, is being constructed in ferro-concrete on the cantilever system to afford access to the coolie quarters.
By the end of the year, the concrete foundations to all walls had been laid and all the reinforcement to the retaining wall was fixed in position, the greater portion of the concrete construction being also done. A good deal of timber was delivered on site and carpenters were engaged in preparing door frames, etc.
1913 Estimates, $100,000.00 Total Estimates, $162,500.00 1913 Expenditure, $70,508.35 Expenditure to 31/12/13, $70,508.35103. Wireless Telegraphy Station.—As no particulars with regard to the structures required in connection with this work were received from England, no steps towards their erection could be taken.
1913 Estimates, $100,000.00 Total Estimates, ... 1913 Expenditure, ... Expenditure to 31/12/13, ...A.
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provide a site for these quarters, a portion of the area known as West End Park being incorporated with it (vide Government Notification No. 98/1913).
A contract for the preparation of the site and erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Sang Lee and Company, in February. In addition to the construction of certain retaining walls, etc., the work includes the erection of three 3-storied blocks of flats grouped around a considerable plot of land, which is capable of being utilized for recreation purposes. All three blocks are exactly similar, each block containing six flats,-two on each storey,―making a total of eighteen flats in all.
Good progress was made with the work and by the end of the year the large retaining wall adjoining Park Road was completed, two of the blocks were roofed in and the third nearly so. A large amount of external rough-casting and internal plastering was also done, all door and window frames being fixed and all doors, windows, jalousies and maatels being on the site, ready for fixing.
Mount Parish.--A contract for the preparation of the site, which involved a considerable amount of excavation, was let to the Po Yick Co. in July and was completed in August.
A contract for the erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Wing Lee & Co. in October. It includes the erection of a terrace of four 2-storied houses together with fence walls, etc.
On account of the limited extent of the site obtainable by levelling off the ridge of the hill, it was found necessary to construct a ferro-concrete retaining wall to support the Coolie quarters. In conjunction with this wall, a platform, 6 feet wide, is being constructed in ferro-concrete on the cantilever system to afford access to the coolie quarters.
By the end of the year, the concrete foundations to all walls had been laid and all the reinforcement to the retaining wall was fixed in position, the greater portion of the concrete construction being also done. A good deal of timber was delivered on site and carpenters were engaged in preparing door frames, etc., etc.
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1913 Estimates,...... $100,000,00 Total Estimates,...$162,500.00 1913 Expenditure,... 70,508.35 Expenditure to
31/12/13,
70,508.35
103. Wireless Telegraphy Station.-As no particulars with regard to the structures required in connection with this work were received from England, no steps towards their erection could be taken.
...$100,000.00 | Total Estimates,
Expenditure to31/12/13,
1913 Estimates, 1913 Expenditure,...
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