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224. Motor Transport:-Two new Austin A 40 Vans and Four Austin A 40 Saloon Cars were purchased for Water Works.
225. Catchwaters and Conduits:-The invert of Mt. Davis tunnel on the Aberdeen trunk main which was found to be leaking badly was repaired. Toe walls were constructed and slips filled in on the slopes of Tytam, Tytam Tuk and Wong Nei Chong reservoirs to prevent further erosion and extensive repair work was carried out at Chai Wan filters and service reservoir. At Shing Mun catchwater repairs were carried out and new steel window sashes for Jubilee Dam valve tower and recorder house were ordered under Indent No. 269/48.
226. Filters and Chlorination Plant:-The main work carried out under this sub-head was on the Eastern Filters Conversion Scheme which comprises the modernisation of the filtration and distribution of the Tytam Valley water. The works in hand comprise the first stage, namely, the erection of the new filters at Eastern, the new pumping station and the conversion of the Bowen Road conduit. Contract drawings for the Rapid Gravity Filters and pumping station at Eastern were put in hand and in September Contract No. 37/48 for $790,461.50 was signed with Messrs. Tung Shan & Company. Early progress was slow but by the end of the year fairly satisfactory progress was made. Filter walls were practically completed and the administration house was up to the 2nd floor level. The new pumping station site was formed and the foundations concreted.
The
227. For the construction of Bowen Road main, Contract No. 1/49 for $166,650.00 was signed in February 1949 with Messrs. Fook Lee & Company for the manufacture of vibrated concrete pipes with rubber ring joints for the curves. A separate Contract No. 15/49 for $513,525.00 was made with Messrs. Wan Hin & Company for trenching and concrete work and for transport of the pipes. No more than a start was possible on this work before the end of the year.
228. In addition to the above works 700 cu. yds. of Yee Lung sand were obtained and transported to the Kowloon slow sand filters to bring the sand in the filter beds up to the standard depth.
229. Mains and Hydrants:-New distribution mains varying between 13" to 18" diameter to supply new building development or to replace mains of inadequate size were laid to a total length of 43,494 feet on the Island, and 20,304 feet on the Mainland. Mains removed or abandoned totalled 29,667 feet.
230. The more important localities in which mains were laid were the Peak District, Leighton Hill, Lee Hysan Avenue, North Point, Lower Albert Road, Queen's Gardens, Hollywood Road, Stanley Street, Western Street, Pokfulam Road and the City back lanes on the Island, and in Wuhu Street, Ma Tau Wei Road, Tai Wan Road, Tam Kung Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Grampian
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Rehabilitation Loan.
224. Motor Transport:-Two new Austin A 40 Vans and Four Austin A 40 Saloon Cars were purchased for Water Works.
225. Catchwaters and Conduits:-The invert of Mt. Davis tunnel on the Aberdeen trunk main which was found to be leaking badly was repaired. Toe walls were constructed and slips filled in on the slopes of Tytam, Tytam Tuk and Wong Nei Chong -reservoirs to prevent further erosion and extensive repair work was carried out at Chai Wan filters and service reservoir. At Shing Mun catchwater repairs were carried out and new steel window sashes for Jubilee Dam valve tower and recorder house were ordered under Indent No. 269/48.
226. Filters and Chlorination Plant:-The main work carried out under this sub-head was on the Eastern Filters Conversion Scheme which comprises the modernisation of the filtration and distribution of the Tytam Valley water. The works in hand comprise the first stage, namely, the erection of the new filters at Eastern, the new pumping station and the conversion of the Bowen Road conduit. Contract drawings for the Rapid Gravity Filters and pumping station at Eastern were put in hand and in September Contract No. 37/48 for $790,461.50 was signed with Messrs. Tung Shan & Company. Early progress was slow but by the end of the year fairly satisfactory progress was made. filter walls were practically completed and the administration house was up to the 2nd floor level. The new pumping station site was formed and the foundations concreted.
The
227. For the construction of Bowen Road main, Contract No. 1/49 for $166,650.00 was signed in February 1949 with Messrs. Fook Lee & Company for the manufacture of vibrated concrete pipes with rubber ring joints for the curves. A separate Contract No. 15/49 for $513,525.00 was made with Messrs. Wan Hin & Company for trenching and concrete work and for transport of the pipes. No more than a start was possible on this work before the end of the year.
228. In addition to the above works 700 cu. yds. of Yee Lung sand were obtained and transported to the Kowloon slow sand filters to bring the sand in the filter beds up to the standard depth.
229. Mains and Hydrants:-New distribution mains varying between 13" to 18" diameter to supply new building development or to replace mains of inadequate size were laid to a total length of 43,494 feet on the Island, and 20,304 feet on the Mainland. Mains removed or abandoned totalled 29,667 feet.
230. The more important localities in which mains were laid were the Peak District, Leighton Hill, Lee Hysan Avenue, North Point, Lower Albert Road, Queen's Gardens, Hollywood Road, Stanley Street, Western Street, Pokfulam Road and the City back lanes on the Island, and in Wuhu Street, Ma Tau Wei Road, Tai Wan Road, Tam Kung Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Grampian
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