plant at Eastern, the former beds at Eastern, Bowen and Albany are now redundant and the sites available for the erection of much-needed additional storage of filtered water.
214. Kowloon Depôt. A new depôt to house all the mainland maintenance staff and repair facilities was completed during the year. This depôt occupies 50,525 square feet of land fronting Argyle Street, Kowloon, in a much more accessible locality than the former very inadequate premises in Shanghai Street. Within the compound is a two-storey block facing Argyle Street which houses offices upstairs and various stores and timekeepers' offices on the ground floor. On the north side of the compound leading off from the main block is a self-contained meter repair workshop capable eventually of accommodating 22 fitters, providing for a maximum output of approximately 2,000 meters repaired and tested per month. A corresponding wing on the south side of the compound provides a small general workshop, blacksmith's shop, welding bay, pipe screwing bay and fittings test bay. In addition a small quarters block has been built to provide accommodation for two foremen and a standby gang. In the compound also is adequate storage space in the open, for pipes, castings etc. The construction of the depôt met unexpected difficulties over foundations, as although one side of the site is in cutting in natural ground, the centre of the site was filling to a considerable depth, with the result that it was necessary to carry the whole of the building on piled foundations. The final cost was $412,068.34.
215. Red Hill Filters. These small rapid gravity filters are designed to meet the increasing demand from the Stanley Peninsula and surrounding district. An indent had been placed in 1949 with Messrs. Candy Filters Ltd. and delivery commenced early in 1950. The designs for the building were made by this office, and a contract let in October 1950 for the construction of the buildings and access road. Due largely to slow delivery of fittings, works was not quite completed by the end of the year.
216. Bowen Road Service Reservoir. The storage capacity of the existing service reservoir at Bowen Road is too small to deal with requirements of the area which this reservoir supplies. Plans were in the course of preparation for the construction of a reservoir of a capacity of about 5 million gallons.
217. Tytam Tuk Pumping Station. The present power units at Tytam Tuk Pumping Station consist of two electric-driven pumps, and three steam-driven pumps. Of the four existing boilers, two were condemned as unserviceable and in any case it is considered more economical to replace the three existing steam power units by two diesel and one electrical units. The replacement of these pumping units necessitates the relaying of the connexions to the suction and rising mains. The special castings for the first stage of the work (i.e. the installation of electric-driven pump) have been ordered.
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plant at Eastern, the former beds at Eastern, Bowen and Albany are now redundant and the sites available for the erection of much-needed additional storage of filtered water.
214. Kowloon Depôt. A new depôt to house all the mainland maintenance staff and repair facilities was completed during the year. This depôt occupies 50,525 square feet of land fronting Argyle Street, Kowloon, in a much more accessible locality than the former very in- adequate premises in Shanghai Street. Within the compound is a two- storey block facing Argyle Street which houses offices upstairs and various stores and timekeepers' offices on the ground floor. On the north side of the compound leading off from the main block is a self-contained meter repair workshop capable eventually of accommodating 22 fitters, providing for a maximum output of approximately 2,000 meters repaired and tested per month. A corresponding wing on the south side of the compound provides a small general workshops, blacksmith's shop, welding bay, pipe screwing bay and fittings test bay. In addition a small quarters block has been built to provide accommodation for two foremen and a standby gang. In the compound also is adequate storage space in the open, for pipes, castings etc. The construction of the depôt met unexpected difficulties over foundations, as although one side of the site is in cutting in natural ground, the centre of the site was filling to a considerable depth, with the result that it was necessary to carry the whole of the building on piled foundations. The final cost was $412,068.34.
215. Red Hill Filters. These small rapid gravity filters are designed to meet the increasing demand from the Stanley Peninsula and surround- ing district. An indent had been placed in 1949 with Messrs. Candy Filters Ltd. and delivery commenced early in 1950. The designs for the building were made by this office, and a contract let in October 1950 for the construction of the buildings and access road. Due largely to slow delivery of fittings, works was not quite completed by the end of the year.
216. Bowen Road Service Reservoir. The storage capacity of the existing service reservoir at Bowen Road is too small to deal with require- ments of the area which this reservoir supplies. Plans were in the course of preparation for the construction of a reservoir of a capacity of about 5 million gallons.
217. Tytam Tuk Pumping Station. The present power units at Tytam Tuk Pumping Station consist of two electric-driven pumps, and three steam-driven pumps. Of the four existing boilers, two were condemned as unserviceable and in any case it is considered more economical to re- place the three existing steam power units by two diesel and one electrical units. The replacement of these pumping units necessitates the relaying of the connexions to the suction and rising mains. The special castings for the first stage of the work (.e. the installation of electric-driven pump) have been ordered.
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