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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1931.

THE PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION.

FINAL REPORT EXPLAINS INCREASED COST.

MORRISON HILL ROCK.

now conditions. A 36 feet wide rullah-an authorized work under the Reclamation Scheme-pro- vides for the .drainage through the reclamation to the вел front nesevaltating bridge connectlag the roads crossing the New Re clamation.

Mr. Adam Anderson, B.E., B.A., B.U.I. (the Engineer who has, throughout, been associated with thin Scheme and who for the most At the meeting of the Legisla of the work)-in his final report part has been the officer In charge Live Comell to-day there was tabled the final report on that in-now submitted-gives full parti teresting and commendable calculars of the various alterations necessitated during the progresa undertaking. the Praya Ens of the work and the causes for Reclamation, which has nddid

the increased cost over the ori approximately 3.789,000

square ginal Estimate due to the many feet to the area of the Colony and difficulties met with. which is now being rapidly bulit

over.

Extracts from the report fol- low:

Report of the Hon. Director of

Public Works:

The Praya East Reclamation Scheme was under consideration as far back as 1897 and at that time the Director of Public Works, Mr. Ormsby, C.M.G., sounded a unte of warning to the promoters of the scheme with regard to the large amount of rock that might be found in Morrison Hill and pointed out that such development on the Island would be very heavy Las upon the then intequate water supply

Although the final cost of the land per sq. ft. to the participants viz, $241 is in excess of the cost $1.505--the scheme has proved to originally estimated in 1921 viz.

be in every way a very profitable undertaking.

The interests of the participants have been throughout and they have received carefully guarded

from time to time the full benefits from the rents obtained for lands temporarily occupied during cons- truction and all interest on any suma lying to the credit of the Praya Enst Reclamation account. These credits amount to approxi mately $157.000 and participants' contributions have been

arcord. ingly reduced by this amount equivalent to approximately $0.20 per sq. ft. of allotted aren

Due to the untiring efforts of Sir Paul Chuter. Kt., C.M.., the cheme ultimately received the sanetion of Government in 1921

The supervision charges include and resulted in the resumption of the payments made for the wor Morrison Hill and the passing of vices of the clerks of work and the Praya Bast Reclamation Chinew forenin employed to dinary No 17 of 1921. Alter aspervise the

construction. The which the work was put in hand amount debited to the cost of the and carried to completion in 1930.

by the Public Work Department work is very reasonable and in

on behalf of the participants. The

Į Government being one of the in-

terested parties.

This Frdinative provitica That

Grenrifaner with the Ordinaare.

Engineer's Report.

The construction of the above Scheme is now completed except

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ny nece,sory works involving additions and alterations to the the works included in the Recona- original scheme shall be under-truction of Buildings. Boundary taken from time to time as in the Exchange of land at R..other pier is 120 feet 8 inches long Walls, &c., rendered necessary by a berth of similar length; the opinion of H, E. The Governor it

and 35 feet-44 Inches wide with is considered necessary or desirable Arsenal Yard, together with a for the proper fulfilment of the small amount of surfacing to the four fights of landing steps and Scheme. Certain arcessory works new roadways. The new Aites for situated at the end of Tonnochy cannot be undertaken natil the The reconstruction of the Arsenal Read. Royal Saval Arsenal Yard is re-Walls have not been selected, it is feet from the Copo at the end of Yard Buildings and Boundary A Refuse Bont Pier projected 58

their

The filing in of the reclamation

moved to Stonerutters but 1hrse

not possible therefore to put this | Firming Road. This pier is cana- have bera 1xico!

AR the work in hand. Agreement how-tructed in sloping blockwork and ingrood Estimate with

Naval Authorities so that it has bru

Irver has been reached with the provides 69) feet of, berthage on Is outer face having a depth of possible to ateertain the final cast Naval Authorities as to the cost of of the work so as

enable lot carrying out this work. The sur-15 feet of water below Ordinance holders in

facing of roadways is being ear-Datum oblain

Crown ried out under Contract and is now leases,

In addition to the construction ring completion, thus enabling area, Navaf Camber and Bowring- ton Canal. requiring 3,111,090 of the sea wall and piers and the the rest of the uncompleted work

to be ascertained definitely.

cube yards of filling material. actual filling in required for the

The principal works carried out Morrison Hill, East Point Hill and This material was obtained from Reclamation, the whole of the old drainage system as far back as and comprised in the Scheme are

as the spoil sources such Queen's Road East which dis- 38 follows: charged at the old Praya boundary The construction of 4,995 lineal from works under construction. had to be lifted so as to obtain feet of sea wall founded as pelling lengths of sewers, draina, the necessary outfalls on the fine meil rubble foundations deposited of the new sea wall, this necessita ted not only the raising of the Fouls with all sewers and storm water drains but also the ground #oor levels | houses.

of some of the old

other

in trenches dredged to depths Water mains, etc. Panying between 21 feet and S1 feet below Ordinance Datum,

is connected

The construction of 19 lineal feet of Quay Wall in sloping Dockwork on the seaward limit Or completion of the Praga of the old Naval Camber and at Past Reclamation Scheme, Govern the Western extremity of the sen ment had contemplated construct-side the quay Wall is 10 feet 10 wall The depth of water along- ing a roadway from the Grandineles at low water. The Quay Stand at Happy Valley to Tons

Wall nochy Road with storm

to Admiralty water wharfage by the construction of a eulvéris to take the Wongnoichong | W Valley

Doinage. This scheme reinforced concrete wharf 23 Feet had to be abandoned owing to the in length. The Quay obstruction caused by the large whare were handed over to the or of solid rock renalais on the Naval Authorities on completion site of Morrison Hill after all suit-onstruction. Cable Ghing fes the reclamation. The construction of two publie had been removed. The drainage piers in reinforced concrete, one was accordingly carried In its of these plers is situated at the original course discharging outo end of Fenwick Read, and is built the reclamation area at the Bow-T shaped, it projects a distance of rington Canal Bridge which had 41 feet 4 inches from the sen wall to he reconstructed to meet the cope and provides at its outer face

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Three reinforced concrete bridges were constructed to span the Bowrington Nullah and the bridge at Leighton Hill Road was reconstructed. Of these bridges, that on Hennesey Road is 100 feet wide and carries a double line of (Coufiuued on Rage 11)

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