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Public Works Extraordinary.
246. Causeway Bay Road Widening-Replacement of Water Main: The laying of 1,818 feet of 18 inch diameter main on a line and level to suit the new road lay-out was completed in June, some 1,800 feet of old 12″ piping being recovered after the new main was put into use.
247. Filters and Chlorination Plant:-The construction and laying of the new 24″ Bowen Road main (referred to in paragraph 227 of last year's Report) was completed during the year. The total length of the new main was 14,420 feet. The final amount of Contract No. 1/49 was $166,524.00 and of Contract No. 15/49 $562,928.00.
248. Pumping Plant:-Work on the new slow sand filters at Wong Nei Chong Reservoir (referred to in paragraph 235 of last year's Report) under Contract No. 10/49 was satisfactorily completed in November at a cost of $129,181.90. 2,532 feet of new 6″ asbestos cement piping was laid between Jardine's Lookout Service Reservoir and Wong Nei Chong Filters and 2,752 feet of 8″ asbestos cement pumping main laid from Eastern Pumping Station to Jardine's Lookout Service Reservoir. 5,250 feet of 8″ steel piping ordered under Indent No. 95/48 were strung out between Pokfulam Road Pumping Station and the Peak Reserve Reservoir but pipelaying was not commenced as the Victaulic pipe joints had not arrived. A new electrically driven centrifugal pump with a capacity of 160,000 gallons per day was ordered under Indent No. 356/49 as a standby for pumping from Eastern Pumping Station to Jardine's Lookout where the consumption is increasing due to building development. A new Diesel-driven centrifugal pump with a capacity of 600,000 gallons per day was ordered under Indent No. 524/49 for Albany Pumping Station where the existing pumps are all electrically driven.
249. Waterworks Workshop:-Tenders were under consideration at the end of the year for the construction of a new Waterworks Depôt and Workshop under Contract No. 8/50 at a site between Argyle Street, Sai Yee Street, Bute Street and the Railway. Approval for this work was not given until February 1950. Plans for a new workshop at Bullock Lane were under consideration.
250. Stanley Water Supply:-This work was referred to in paragraph 222 of last year's Report. The piping ordered under Indents Nos. 16 and 18/47 arrived during the year and 2,863 feet of 8″ steel and 7,650 feet of 8″ Asbestos cement piping were laid between Tytam Tuk Pumping Station and Stanley Mound
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Public Works Extraordinary.
246. Causeway Bay Road Widening-Replacement of Water Main: The laying of 1,818 feet of 18 inch diameter main on a line and level to suit the new road lay-out was completed in June, some 1,800 feet of old 12′′ piping being recovered after the new main was put into use.
247. Filters and Chlorination Plant:-The construction and laying of the new 24′′ Bowen Road main (referred to in paragraph 227 of last year's Report) was completed during the The total length of the new main was 14,420 feet. The final amount of Contract No. 1/49 was $166,524.00 and of Contract No. 15/49 $562,928.00.
year.
248. Pumping Plant:-Work on the new slow sand filters at Wong Nei Chong Reservoir (referred to in paragraph 235 of last year's Report) under Contract No. 10/49 was satisfactorily completed in November at a cost of $129,181.90. 2,532 feet of new 6′′ asbestos cement piping was laid between Jardine's Lookout Service Reservoir and Wong Nei Chong Filters and 2,752 feet of 8" asbestos cement pumping main laid from Eastern Pumping Station to Jardine's Lookout Service Reservoir. 5,250 feet of 8" steel piping ordered under Indent No. 95/48 were strung out between Pokfulam Road Pumping Station and the Peak Reservice Reservoir but pipelaying was not commenced as the Victaulic pipe joints had not arrived. A new electrically driven centrifugal pump with a capacity of 160,000 gallons per day was ordered under Indent No. 356/49 as a standby for pumping from Eastern Pumping Station to Jardine's Lookout where the consumption is increasing due to building develop- ment. A new Diesel-driven centrifugal pump with a capacity of 600,000 gallons per day was ordered under Indent No. 524/49 for Albany Pumping Station where the existing pumps are all electrically driven.
249. Waterworks Workshop:-Tenders were under con- sideration at the end of the year for the construction of a new Waterworks Depôt and Workshop under Contract No. 8/50 at a site between Argyle Street, Sai Yee Street, Bute Street and the Railway. Approval for this work was not given until February 1950. Plans for a new workshop at Bullock Lane were under consideration.
250. Stanley Water Supply:-This work was referred to in paragraph 222 of last year's Report. The piping ordered under Indents Nos. 16 and 18/47 arrived during the year and 2,863 feet of 8" steel and 7,650 feet of 8" Asbestos cement piping were laid between Tytam Tuk Pumping Station and Stanley Mound
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