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TRAFFIC STREET, NOTTINGHAM, November 14th, 1898.

Proposed Destructor for Hongkong.

DEAR SIR-With further reference to the above we find that in the items as to the cost of freight we omitted for Columns, Joists, &c. the sum of £42 which please add in making a total cost for the freight £741.

We have gone carefully into the cost of supplying waggons to make the scheme so that the refuse may be tipped into the waggons instead of upon Destructor, and the refuse fed into the Destructor as desired, similar to the arrangement at Liverpool which will consist of 20 Waggons, Tram Rails, Wheel and Chain Gear with Brackets and Pullies making the whole system complete, will add to the estimate £350 which would make the total amount for 10-Celled Destructor complete £10,880 + 42= £10,922. Mr. WARNER desires us to say that he will be in London on Thursday and will be glad if you will meet him at Fenchurch Station at 11.40 a.m. when he will be pleased to go with you to Poplar and show you the whole arrangement of the Works.

We are, Dear Sir,

Yours very Truly,

J. R. CROOK, Esq., C.E.

GODDARD, MASSEY & WARNER.

Appendix 4.

2nd November, 1898.

DEAR SIR, Herewith we have pleasure in handing you our tender and brief specification for the Hongkong plant. We believe that we have provided for everything necessary for the job, and that it can be carried out on the basis of our scheme, without extras, unless additional foundations are necessary.

The consumption of refuse which we are prepared to guarantee is 7 tons per cell per 24 hours. Our usual guarantee in this country is 10 tons, and we frequently exceed this amount by a good deal, so that we consider, especially in view of our Continental experience, that 7 tons will be a safe figure for Hongkong refuse.

We trust that you will find everything in order and that the submission of this scheme will assist your Municipality to arrive at a decision to erect a Destructor, and that we will be entrusted with the contract. We have taker considerable pains to make a thoroughly satisfactory scheme and one suitable for your purposes.

J. R. CROOK, Esq.,

Executive Engineer,

Hongkong P. W. D.

We

are,

Dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

THE HORSFALL FURNACE SYNDICATE, LTD.,

F. L. WATSON,

Manager.

(Enclosures.)

2nd November, 1898.

Proposal for a "Horsfall" Destructor for the Burning of Town Refuse

FOR

THE CITY OF HONGKONG.

Specification.

The Plant is to consist of a complete installation of 12 Cells or Furnaces for the burning of refuse on the "Horsfall" Patent system, and is so arranged that the Cells and Boiler power can be extended as required.

Cells or Furnaces.

These shall be erected according to designs covered by the "Horsfall" Patents, by which means the greatest efficiency is secured in the burning of Town Refuse, each Furnace having a grate area of 30 square feet, with a drying hearth at the back. They shall be arranged back to back in two rows of Cells.