Engineer's Report for January.
Works in Progress.—Westarn Police Sikh Gurdwara. Boundary walls and Watchman's house, Soldiers' Cemetery. Boundary walls at Goal. New cells, Sinza Police Station. Drying-room, Yan, Police Station. Beggars Cells, Hongkew Police Station. Offices quarters, transformer station and foundations for boilers, machinery, ete., at Electricity Works.
Garden Bridge and Chekiang Road Bridge Subsidiary Works. Approach road to new Passenger Pontoons. Draining, bricking and metalling Great Western Road between Manila Road Yuhang Road Extension. Bricking to Road No. 69 E. and Road 70 E.
Conerete banding North Soochow Road west of Garden Bridge. Diversion of 2-t. 3-in. by 1-ft. 6-in. Sewer North Chekiang Road. Extension of 2-ft. 3-in. by 1-ft. by 6-in. Sewer Tiendong Road. South Approach to Garden Bridge. South Approach to Chekiang Road Bridge.
Works Finally completed.—Passenger Pontoons. Assembly Shed, Louza Police Station. Entrance gateway and south enclosure wall, West Hongkew Police Station. Laying 2-ft. 3in. by 1-ft. 6-in. Sewer and metalling along Weihsiwei Road between Mohawk Road and Chungking Rosd. Laying 12-in. Sewer, mud filling, bricking and metalling 12-ft. strip of Mandalay Road for distance of 400-ft. west of Mohawk Road. Kerbing, channelling and con-{crete paving Szechuen Road between Nanking Road and Jinkee Road. Mud-filling to Weihaiwei Road from Hart Road to Hardoon Road. Mudfilling to Bou Road. Bricking and metalling Cuoningham Rond. Laying 3-ft. diameter culvert, Lay Road at Rangoon Road. North Approach Garden Bridge, Garden Bridge-—The paving of the carriageway and footways having been completed, the Bridge wax opened to vehicular traffic on the 20thinetant. The temporary footbridge, from Astor Road. to the Public Gardens, having been in use for a little over six months, has been closed to traffic and will be removed after the China New Year holidays, That portion of the old bridge under the South Spau of the new structure has been demolished and the piles drawn. The outer rows of cofferdam pales are being drawn. Granite pylons are being constructed on the wing walls of the abutments and have teached a height of 2-ft, 6-in. above the footways. Kerb
approach, channel as been Ind onthe south Chekiang Rowt Bridge.—The rivetting of this bridge was completed on the 14th instant and the whole of the old bridge was removed and the piles withdrawn by the 29th instant. The South Approach is being raised.
Pontoons, Bund Foreehore.—The lighting arrangements of the new Passenger Pontoons have been completed. A carriageway is being constructed to enable vehicles to be driven to the ends of the jetties. The Kiukiang Road Jetty has been extended to bring the pontoon on to the Normal Line. The pontoon which was formerly opposite the Russo-Chinese Bank has been moored to the south end of the Peking Road Pontoon.
Plans Completed.—Stone Pyions, Chekiang Road Bridge. Ornamental lamp brackets for Skew Bridge. South Approach Chekiang Road Bridge. 1-ft. 6-in. by 1 ft. 0-in. concrete sewer, North Szechuen Road Extension.
Public Lighting.—The lighting arrangements for the Garden Bridge and Approaches, and also for the new Passenger Pontoons have been completed. Incandescent gas lamps have been erected along Chengta Rosd.
Tramwayr.—The track is being laid along Boundary Road and along North Soochow Road between the Garden Bridge and Chapoo Road Bridge.
Works Completed on Road Widenings and E: ctensions,—Works have been completed on Great Western Road, Yates Road, Nanyang Road, Weihaiwei Rond, Mandalay Road, Ferry Road, Gordon Road, Jessfield Road, Szechuen Road, "Peking Road, Foschow Road, Chefoo Road, Canton Road, Shantung Road, Rangoon Road, Kalgan Road, Dixwell Road, Canningharm Road, North Chekiang' Road, North Szechuen Road Extension, Boundary Road, as shown by the following
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