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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [74v] (153/162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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38
Abstract of sketch estimate for the construction of a line from Quetta to Ladis, miles 430 .
GENERAL SPECIFICATION.
Abstraci
Class of posts
„ insulators ...
„ brackets
No. of posts of extra length
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wires
weighing
to
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0
lbs.
per mile
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900
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750
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11
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600
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450
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300
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Estimated number of angles
B. Cs.
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B. 6" N. P. with backs.
100
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Three.
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1,000
*
ABSTRACT OF COST.
Value of stores
Add 5 per cent, for contingencies
Total value of new stores, say
Cash to be spent in India. Rs.
Purchase of materials ... ... ...
Miscellaneous charges ... ... ...
Extra establishment for supervision and their travelling charges
Carriage
Local distribution ...
••• ••• ••• ••e
Labour
Total
Add 5 per cent, for contingencies
jjSo
8,600
4 > 3 00
1,01,100
2,92,882
12,900
4,42,640
Total cash expenditure, say
Rs.
3 ,° 3>653
*5,183
3,18,836
Estimated actual fresh expenditure. Total
Add value of stores transferred from existing line.
Total value
Add 15 per cent, on the whole for establishment
Add xo per cent, on stores for store-keeping charges
Total capital cost
Say
Rate per mile— Rs. 2,139*5.
Rs.
3i 18,800
4,42,600
7,61,400
9,19,870
9,30,000
Office es -
S;
Maintenai
Line main-
7,61,400
1,14, 210
44,260
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.
Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 7r:22v, 24r:25v, 26v:27v, 28v:30r, 31r:32r, 33r:34r, 35r:37r, 38r:39r, 40r:41r, 42r:45v, 46v:48v, 49v:50v, 51v:52r, 53r:63r, 64r:66v, 67v:69v, 70v:71r, 72r:78v, back-i
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