West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wednesday 3 February 1909, page 8


STATE LOAN WORKS. PROGRESS IN 1907-8. ANTICIPATIONS FOR 1908-9. Attached to the Loan Estimates now before the Legislative Assembly is a re-turn showing the progress made and the anticipated progress with works provided for out of Ioan. The progress made is that for the expenditure for the financial year, 1907-8' which ended on June 30 last. and the anticipated progress which is expected to be made during the cur-ren: financial year, 1908-9, which ends on June 30th next. In the following all items against which this progress is shown are given. The amount following the item represents the estimated expen-diture for 1908-9, and the amount in parentheses—wherever given—the esti-mated unexpended balance on June 30, 1909, of the loan authorisation, inclusive of the new Loan Bill. The remarks fol-lowing the year "1907-8" represent the progress made for the expenditure which took-place that year. The remarks fol-lowing the year "1908-9" indicate the progress anticipated to be made during the year eding June 30, 1909. Railways. Additions and improvements to opened railways, £75,837 (£68,163): 1907-8—Fre-mantle-Spencer's Brook duplication com-pleted. New station, West Subiaco, coal storage facilities, Midland Junction; coal-ing appliances for shipping at Bunbury; fencing in agricultural districts and facilities at stations on spur lines under-taken. 1908-9 -Completion of works in hand as per page 71, railway annual re-. port, and to undertake part of pro-gramme detailed at page 8 thereof. Collie-Narrogin, £1,000 (£4,512): 1907-8—Completed and handed over to work-ing railways, October 7, 1907. 1908-9-Whole amount required to pay outstand-ing accounts, principally in connection with alterations to Narrogin station. Coolgardie-Norseman, £46,468 (£20. 600): 1007-8-First section was com-pleted on June 2, 1908. Tenders are in-vited for the second section. 1908-9 Outstanding accounts of first section to be paid, and good progress in construc-tion of second section expected. Denmark-Torbay, £50,000: 1908-9 Purchase of line. Donnybrook-Preston, £18,813: 1907-8 First section was completed and handed over to working railways on March 26, 1908. The clearing and earthworks of second section are being pushed forward. 1908-9--Completion of construction. Greenhill-Quairading, £4,700: 1907-8-Completed and handed over to working railways; April 24, 1908. 1908-9 Amount required to pay outstanding ac-counts. Hopetoum-Ravensthorpe, £14,373: 1907-8-Clearing practically complete to end of line, earthworks well forward. Rails laid to 23½ miles. 1908-9-Completion of contract. Jandakot-Armadale, £5,400: 1907-8-Completed and handed over to working railways, July 10, 1907. 1908-9 Amount required to pay outstanding ac-counts. Katanning-Kojonup, £700: 1907-8--Im-provements effected to line by working railways. 1908-9--Completion of ballast-ing portion of line by working railways. Mount Magnet-Black Range, £20,000 (51,393): 1908-9--Tenders called; good progress with construction. Nannine-Meekatharra, £2,000: 1908-9 Commencement. Narrogin-Wickepin, £17,899: 1907-8-Contract let on May 4, 1908; good pro-gress made with construction. 1908-9 Completion of contract. Newcastle-Bolgart, £20,000 (£8,000): 1908-9-Tenders called; construction work well advanced. Pinjarrah-Marrenup, £10,000 (£3. 200) : 1908-9-Preliminary expensnes and commencement of construction. Port Hedland-Marble Bar, £10,000 (£65,000): 1908-9--Tenders to be called in February; commencement of construc-tion. Rails and fastenings, £252,000 (£154,159) : 1907-8-Works: Tenders were accepted on January 10, 1908, for 100 miles af rails and fastenings, and a con-tract is being prepared for 218 miles. Railways: Rails and fastenings supplied for works under additions and improve-ments. vote. 1908-9-Works: Delivery of balance of 100 miles of rails and portion of 218 miles of rails for proposed lines. Railways: Supply of rails and fastenings for works under additions and improve-ments vote. Railways generally, £10,000 (£90,000): 1908-9-Completion of construction of railway to Kalgoorlie explosives maga-zines and abattoirs. Rolling stock, £80,000 (£99,818): 1907-8— Additional carriages and waggons and conversion of locomotives, as per pages 40-52, railway annual report, under pro-gramme of construction of January, 1907. 1908-9—Completion of programme of con-struction of January, 1907, and conver-sion of five additional class "O" locomo-tives to class "N." Also expenditure of £8,000 for vacuum cylinders to equip freight trucks. Further provision will require to be made for Black Range and Marble Bar railways. Surveys new lines, £8,500: 1907-8-Completed: Wonnerup Extension, Upper Chapman deviation Coolgardie-Norseman via Higginsville, Pinjarrah-Marrenup,

Mount Magnet - Black Range, Leonora-Lawlers (trial survey), Goomalling-Won-gan Hills (trial survey), Preston Valley-Kojonup Extension. Nannine-Meeka-tharra (trial survey), Bridgetown-Wil-garup. Land resumption: Jandakot-Ar-madale, Collie-Darkan, Katanning-Kojo-nup, Wagin-Dumbleyung. In progress: Wagin-Darkan (trial survey), Denmark-Deep River (trial survey). Land resump-tion: Donnybrook-Upper Preston, first section. Greenhills-Quairading, Narrogin-Wickepin, Bridgetown-Wilgarrup. 1908-9—Completed: Wagin-Darkan (trial sur-vey), Coolgardie-Norseman, deviation near Norseman; Denmark-Deep River (trial survey). Land resumption: Donny-brook-Preston,: first section .Greenhills-

Quairading, Narrogin-Wickepin, Bridge-town-Wilgarrup, Wonnerup Extension. In Progress—Land resumption': Donny-brook-Preston (extension to Boyanup), Port Hedland-Marble Bar, Coolgardie-Norseman, Mount Magnet-Black Range, and Upper Chapman. Other surveys as authorised. Wagin-Dumbleyung, £400: 1907-8 Complete. 1908-9: Adjustment of ac-counts. Water supply for new lines, £15,000 (£35,000): 1908-9-Completion of water supply at Widgiemooltha, and commence-ment of works for water supplies for second section Coolgardie-Norseman, Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe, Mount Magnet Black Range, and Port Hedland-Marble Bar railways. Wonnerup-Nannup, £30,100: 1907-8-This line was commenced in March, 1908, and is being carried out depart-mentally from Jarrahwood to Nannup. 1908-9-Completion of construction from Jarrahwood to Nannup. Workshops, buildings, etc., £7,000 (£10,548): 1908-9-Completion of build-ings on the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe rail-way, and commencement of those on the Port Hedland-Marble Bar and Mount Magnet-Black Range railways. Point Sampson-Roebourne, £11,000: 1907-8: Line was commenced in March, 1908, and good progress made. 1908-9-Completion. Harbour and River Improvements. Additions and improvements, North-West, .£10,000 (£4,187): 1907-8--Broome tramway completed; Carnarvon tram-way in progress; Onslow work not yet started. 1908-9-Completion of Carnar-von works, Onslow works, also Port Sampson Jetty, lengthening and strengthening. Albany harbour works, £2,500: 1907-8 -Dredging outer channel to "Banjo" area to 33ft. in progress. 1908-9-Com-pletion of work of deepening "Banjo" area. Bunbury harbour works,. £17,000 (£13,484): 1907-8--Construction of mole completed. 1908-9--Final settlement for mole construction and works incidental thereto, and commencement of coaling wharf. Busselton Jettty Extension, £5,000 (£20,000): 1908-9-Fair progress. Carnarvon Harbour Works, £683: 1907-8--Foreshore protection works com-pleted. 1908-9-Completion of repairs involved by recent floods. Dredges and Barges, £3,000 (£1.,440): 1907-8-Supply of delivery pipes and pon-toons, and preparation of dredge "Fre-mantle" for work in Perth Water, com-pleted. 1908-9-Supply of barges and tow boat for Perth Water improvements. Fremantle Dock and Slip, £25,000 (£82,6??): 1907-8--Borings and investiga-tions, also sinking of trial shaft complet-ed. 1908-9-Completion of new slipway, commencement of excavations for dock at Rous Head, and preparation of special plant. Fremantle Harbour ,Works, £2,227: 1907-8-Extension of electric cables and runways and erection of cranes complet-ed. Strengthening of Victoria Quay in progress. 1908-9-Completion of work. Fremantle Sea Wall and Esplanade, £30 (£458) : 1007-8--Completed. 1908-9 -Adjustment of accounts. Hopetoun Jetty Extension, "£2,600 1907-8-Jetty extension nearing comple-tion. 1908-9--Completion. Improvements to Rivers and Harbours, £15,000 (.£25,486): 1907-8--Deepening of channels in Perth Water in progress. Pleasure boat houses completed. Mends-street shelter shed completed. Repairs to sea wall Perth Water completed. Strengthening Broome jetty completed. Fishing boat harbour, Fremantle, com-pleted. Albany, dredging swinging basin at Town jetty. 1908-9-Continua-tion of work on Perth foreshore. Widen-ing and deepening channels, Mounts Bay reclamation. Barrack-street square, stone facing, raising, and repairing. Overhaul dredge "Governor." Completion of dredging swinging basin and channel approach, Albany. Extension of Vasse and Wonnerup River weirs. Lighthouses, £20,000 (£13,074): 1907-8 -Lightkeepers' quarters, Cape Leeuwin and Breaksea, in progress. Preparatory work in connection with North-West lighthouses in hand. 1908-9-Completion of Breaksea and Leeuwin lightkeepers' quarters, and Cape Inscription light-house. Construction of lighthouses at Pt. Cloates, Bedout, and Cape Leveque will be commenced. Port Hedland Harbour Works, £11, 551: 1907-8-New jetty contract in hand. 1908-9-Completion of jetty. Installation of channel beacons. Water Supply and Sewerage. Albany Water Supply, £300 (£3,079) : 1907-8-Submerged weir and reservoir and storage tank for shipping completed, and new mains to deep sea and town jet-ties laid. Reticulation of main streets completed. 1908-9-Completion. Water supply for Towns Generally, £12.392 (£8.000) : 1907-8-Derby : Im-provements to town well and reticulation completed: work of fixing meters in pro-gress. Broome: Standpipes erected in town. Pt. Sampson Jetty : Stock well equipped with windmill and storage tanks. Fremantle and Claremont : Ex-tension of reticulation and high level ser-vice reservoir completed for each. A tank has been completed at Wagin for a stock supply. Katanning town supply in-vestigations completed. Broomehil sy-phon and troughing erected for stock supply in townsite. Minor works were carried out at Bunbury, Dowerin, Mt. Kokeby, and Narrogin. 1908-9-Derby:

worK of fixing meters completed. Elec-trically driven pumps, etc., to Fre-mantle. High level service reservoir will be completed and extension of reticula-tion proceeded with. Improvements to water supplies at Busselton, Narrogin, etc. Claremont extension of reticulation proceeded with. Brookton water supply. Boring for Water on Stock Routes, etc. £21,680 (.£16,000): 1907---Works: 67-Mile bore, Derby. down to 1,850ft. Flow 140.000 gallons per day. Wyndham bore down to 1,100ft. Contracts accept-ed for bores at Gladstone and Maud's Landing and at the Old Men's Home, Claremont. Mines : Opening up Sturt's Creek-Wiluna stock route. 1908-9—

Works : Bores at 67-Mile, Derby, Wynd-ham, Maud's Landing, Old Men's Home, Claremont, and Busselton, will be com-pleted and Gladstone bore commenced. Mines : Boring, wells, etc., Sturt's Creek-Wiluna stock route. Deep Boring Transcontinental Route, £3,000 (£5,000) : 1908-9-Fair progress. Sewerage for Perth and Fremantle, £120,000 (£120,145) : 1007-8-Matilda Bay stormwater drain complete ; Parry-street main and sewer, complete; Claise-brook main sewer and Parry-street branch, complete ; interception Claise-brook drain, complete ; Matilda Bay main extension to Thomas-street, com-plete ; Fremantle main sewer, laying pipes in tunnel, complete: Fremantle treatment works, in hand ; Mounts Bay stormwater main, second section, in hand ; Mounts Bay stormwater main, third section, and Claisebrook main sewer, third section, in hand ; Leeder-ville branch. Matilda Bay main, in hand : Howard-street main drain, Fre-mantle, in hand ; Oval sewer pipes (sup-plies contract), year's work ; stoneware pipes (supplies contract), year's work ; manhole covers and step irons, in hand : reinforced manhole covers, in hand. 1908-9-Howard-street main drain, Fre-mantle, completion; Fremantle treatment works, completion ; Mounts Bay storm water main, second section, completion ; Mounts Bay stormwater main, third sec-tion, and Claisebrook main sewer, third section, completion ; Leederville branch Matilda Bay main, completion ; Hyde Park main and sewer, in hand ; Fre-mantle main, first section, completion: Fremantle main, second section, com-pletion ; Lefroy-street main drain, Fre-mantle, completion ; Mt. Eliza main sewer, in hand ; Terrace main sewer, in .hand: Mt. Lawley main sewer, in hand; Mt. Lawley stormwater main, in hand ; Claisebrook main sewer, second section, in hand; reticulation started; Oval sewer pipes, year's work ; stoneware pipes, year's work. Development of Mining. Eastern Goldfields, £24,000 (£18,608) : 1907-8--Works completed :-Surveys, etc.: Eundynie, Pingin, Parker's Range, Yel-ladine-road, Jubilee, Higginsville, Ka-nowna, Gindalbie tank. Water Sup-plies : Leonora, town and mines. Im-provements : Norseman batteries and mines water supply,.Menzies extensions, Linden and Mt. Celia, Jaurdie Hills, Paddington, Jacoletti, Buldania. Tanks: Kundip, Eundynie. Boring and Wells: Mt. Redcliffe, Copperfield, Menzies-Ida road, Armadale, Widgiemooltha. King's Well, Linden. Works Partly Complet-ed : Pingin tank, Jaurdie Hills battery water supply, Mt. Ida battery water sup-ply. 1908-9-Water Supplies : Jaurdie Hills, Murrin Murrin, Ida-Menzies road, Lawlers Town, Eundynie, Pingin, Men-zies domestic, Randall's domestic, and battery, Ora Banda; Camel Backs, Copperfield, Carbine, Mt. Morgans domestic, Laverton-Cosmo-New-bury road, south of Southern Cross, Men-zies town, general in new country. Sur-veys : Randall's domestic, Mt. Morgans domestic, Gindalbie, catchment areas Norseman and Carnage. Tanks : Ka-nowna-Gindalbie road tank, Jubilee tank. Improvements : Fencing No. 2 Camel Farm, general construction and develop-ment work. Murchison and Peak Hill Goldfields, £8,000 (£6,151) : 1907-8--Works complet-ed :-Surveys, clearing tracks, etc.: Barrambie-Berrigri nroad, Meekatharra extension, Palagea Rocks-Youanme road. Boring and Wells : Gabanintha, Han-cocks, Sandstone, Prominent Hills, Montagu-Walgagunyah road, Errols, Redcastle, Messenger's Patch, Nannine-Wiluna road, Youanme-Palagea Rocks, Cue-Mindoolah road, Magnet-Palagea Rocks. Improvements : Maninga Mar-ley, Mindoolah, Mt. Magnet, Meeka-tharra water supply, Mt. Magnet-Black Range road, Cue-Wiluna road. Meeka-tharra-Peak Hill road and stock routes. Works partly completed : Cue-Fortescue stock route boring. 1908-9-Boring and Wells : Well between Yarrabudda and Granites, Yallogindat, Youanme-Magnet road, Wiluna water supply, Hancocks, Youanme water supply for prospectors, general in new country, Jillawarra water supply. Road Clearing : Mt. Magnet. General construction and development work. Pilbarra Goldfields, £4,000 (£2,961): 1907-8 - Works Completed :-Wells : Murphy's Gap. Improvements: Wells on main roads, Wodgina, N. Shaw, Snell's, Chessman's and Yandacoogina. Boring and bore wells on main roads and about mining and prospecting centres. 1908-9 -Boring between Abydos and Pinnacles, Boring Wodgina--e Grey, Doherty's Find Well, Murphy's Gap Well, Mul-gundunnah Well, Bore Well for Prospec-tors, Well between Caporn's and Croydon mines. Water supplies generally. Other Goldfields, etc., £4,200 (£1,218): 1907-8--Wrks Completed :-Water Sup-ply : Ravensthorpe. Tanks : Ravens-thorpe, Nos. 1 and 2. 1908-9-Kybullup Creek-West River track. Water supply and tracks to Bremer Range and other parts. Sundry small water supplies. Boring for coal. Development of Mining, £29,000 (£17,432) : 1907-8-Loans under Mines Development Act, etc. 1908---Loans under Mines Development Act, etc. State Batteries and Treatment Plants, £31,000 (£19,000) : 1907-0---Erection of State batteries, etc. 1908-9-Erection of State batteries, etc. Development of Agriculture. Abattoirs, Cold Storage, Export Depot., Grain Sheds, and Saleyards, £8,000

(£27,006): 1908-9-Fair progress made. Development of Agriculture, including drainage. £92.415 (£58,175) : 1907-8-Lands: Water supply, boring, £1,744 : boring plant, £498 ; wells, £1,042; dams, £395; tank, £50. Ringbarking-Doodla-kine, £7.584; Denmark, £1.607: Balbar-rup, £1,360: Margaret, £630; Pine Plan-tation, Ludlow, £492; Denninup, £128. Clearing Roads-Leopold Ranges, £546: Williams District, £350: Darkan Town-site, £218; sundry. £50: Drainage, £603: Pine Plantation. £4510: Nangeenan Set-tlement, £219; sundries, £146; adminis-tration, £621 : total, .18,732. Agricul-ture : Purchase of stock for settlers,

£22,903; Brunswick Dairy Farm, £8,651; Experimental Farms, £2,451; Loans, £1,676; Tammin Depot and Special Set-tlement, £376 Producers' Conference, £224; Wm. Patterson's American trip, £200; Phosphatic Deposits, £158; Bee Industry, £151; Dairy Industry gene-rally, £123 ; Wheat Testing Mill, £105; sundry amounts (less than £100), £478; administration, £360; total, £40,856. Works : Upper Harvey River, snagging completed ; Weeks drain and culvert; Lower Harvey, straightening and snag-ging completed to Hout's Bridge ;- Kori-jekup Fruit Settlement, drain completed; Harvey Main Drain Extension, in pro-gress ; Waroona Drain, 4½ miles com-pleted ; Caris Drain in progress. 1908-9 -Lands : Clearing and ringbarking land, providing water, pine planting, reaffores-tation, clearing roads and tracks, clear-ing poison from roads and reserves, and minor works in new townsites and agri-cultural ureas. Also £12,000 for im-provements, etc., Denmark Estate, and £10,000 for surveys before selection. Agriculture : Agricultural farms, pur-chase of stock, milking machines, irriga-tion plants, silos, phosphatic deposits, loans, etc. Works : Completion of Har-vey Main Drain Extension, Clarke's Brook (widening), Yalup Brook, Bridge over Samson's Brook ,Harvey Main Drain (deviation), Waroona Drain (se-cond section), .Drakesbrook Drain Exten-sion, Caris Drain Extension, Greenland Road Drain (Coolup), Wannamal Drain-age, Wonnerup Floodgates Extension, Stirling Estate Bridges, etc., Kokeby Drainage and Clearing Elvira Gully through Clifton Estate, Snagging Bruns-wick and Harvey Rivers .also Boring for Water in agricultural areas. Agricultural Immigration, £12,848 (£10,019.) : 1907-8--Lands : -Advertising and Lecturing in Great Britain and the Eastern States. Colonial Secretary : Salaries, lecturing fees, advertising, printing, exhibits, etc., as follows : London, £1,709; Head Office, £749 ; Perth Immigration Agency, £610 ; Fre-mantle Bureau, £280. 1908-9-Lands: Advertising, lecturing, etc. Colonial Secretary : Expenditure on same lines as last year. Rabbit-proof Fence, £16,000 : 1907-8 Works: Completed. 1908-9--Agriculture: Construction of 10 miles of fence at Bar-rambie. Roads and Bridges. New Roads and Bridges in Country and Goldfields Districts, including feed-ers to railways, £25,030 (£30,970): 1907-8-Completed : Kowigin Bridge, Moore River, and Layman's Gully Bridge ; Payne's Gully Crossing, half completed. 1908-9-Roads and bridges generally, including feeders to Agricul-tural Railways. Fremantle High-Level Bridge, £4,000 : 1908-9-Completion. Public Buildings. Public Buildings, £127,520 (£55,680) : 1907-8-The following Schools, School Quarters, and Additions completed : H-awthorn, Kalgoorlie (quarters and in fant additions), South Kalgoorlie and Northam. Following also completed : Male and Female Wards (Claremont Hos-pital for Insane), for quiet and chronic, recent and acute : New Wards and Din-ing Hall (Claremont Old Men's Home), Fremantle Prison Additions, Perth Art Gallery. Perth Government Electrician's Office, Perth Government Printing Office, Perth Refrigerating Works, Plant, etc., and sundry other buildings. Fair pro-cress made with the following :-Clare-mont Training College Additions, Red-cliffe School and Quarters, Kalgoorlie Abattoirs, Maylands Police Station and Quarters, Perth Museum. Office. etc. Following well in hand :-Lighting in-stallation and other works, Claremont Hospital for Insane, and other work than above at Old Men's Home. Commenced : Perth Technical School, Permanent Build-ings. Alterations. etc. 1908-9-Revotes : £??,148. Claremont Hospital for Insane, £33,458 : Claremont Old Men's Home, £4,880; Perth Technical School, perma-nent buildings and alterations, £10,746; Kalgoorlie Abattoirs, £8,425; Perth Se-condary School. £5,000; Kalgoorlie Ex-plosives Magazines, Removals of Build-ings, Roads, etc., £2,800 ; Fremantle Prison Additions (to cover steam connec-tions with baths, etc.), £1,560 ; Clare-mont Training College, £1,125; South Perth Police Station and Quarters, £1,049 ; Victoria Park Police Station and Quarters, £962 ; Maylands Police Station and Quarters, £762 ; Perth (Thomas-street) School Additions (Hall), £716 ; Perth Art Gallery (liabilities). £733 ; Mundnring School and Quarters. £689; Redcliffe School and Quarters. £550 ; Perth Museum (fence, etc.), £475: Kalgoorlie School Quarters, £43 ; Nor-tham School Additions, Hall and Class room, £40 : Government Printing Office. .£15 : sundries, £120. New Works . £42.386. Claremont Hospital for Insane -Female Block £5,000, Male Block £5,000. Farm Buildings £700, Laying out grounds £100. Perth Hospital-Nurses' Quarters £10,000, Laundry, Kitchen. etc.. £3,000 : Erection of Native Hospital, Dorre Island, £1,200; Kalgoorlie Hospi tal, Nurses' Quarters, £1,000; Coolgar-die Hospital, Additions, etc., £1.000: Perth Government Store. £4.500; Fre-mantle Gaol--Women's Wards £1.000. Warders' Quarters, £2,000: Perth Cen-tral Board of Health—Laboratories, £2,000; Perth Home for Women, £1.000: Perth Royal Mint, Additions. £1.000 : Northam. Resident Magistrate's Quar-ters. £1,230 : Goomalling. Police Station, £736 : Kellerberrin, Police Station. £520 : Beverley School Additions and Quarters, £700 ; Burswood School, £700.