The Archive · 1908

Engineer's Report for June

Works in Progress.—Bonndary Wal at Gaol, New Cells, Siaxa Police Station. Babbling Well Cemetery, Ontbuildings. New Quarters for Foreigners, Hongkew Police Statiun. New Indians' Quarters, West Hongkew Police Station.

Laying 3-ft. 0-in. enivert along sJeasfield Road near Settlement boundary. Constracting reinforced concrete calvert along Tesstield Road over the Loupoo 1 Creek. Tar paved footpath along Sinza Road from Carter Road to Hart Road. Laying 9-in. Sewer along Chihli Road from Nanking Road to' Nin xp Laying 3-ft. O-in. culverts for creeks north-east side of i Bridge. Laying 3-ft. O-in. by 2-tt. Q-in, sewer along North Honan Road.

12-in, sewer alonz North Sze-chien Road. Bricking and metalling Yuhang Road. Hardwood banding along Dixwell Road north of East Yalu Road. Mod ant laying 3-1 Q-in, culverts alony Thorharn faking up Sawin Rowl, Works Finally Complete l.—A\terntions to S.V.C. Hendquarters, Rae constracting Hoopel Riad Bridge over ing pang. Laying 3-ft, O-albert at Clatter Bride, Sive and. Laying 12

Roll North Hoe seer's office for Eastern District. Jetty along North Soochow Road east North Chekiang Road. 2-f 1-ft. 6-in, sewer North Eh Garden Bridge.—Subsidiary works. The driving of the cofferdam piles below mud level has now been completed. Both approaches are also completed and the only subsidiary works _renaining boa on the north-east side to be done are the erection of the

of the bridge and the dredging at the month of the creek necessary to make the channel of the same section as that existing before the erection of the new bridge.

North Honan Road Sewer.—The foundation and invert of the existing 3-ft. by 2-ft, brick sewer between North Soochow Road and Tiendong Road was found to be in such good con: it was decided not to renew it. The arch has been rebuilt in cement and the invert rendered.

Bundings.—The concrete banding on the north-east side of Chekiang Road Bridge is being proceeded with. Considerable difficulty has been experienced with the work owing to the frequent flooding of the cofferdam dus tounaroidable causes.

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