"السكك الحديدية وسياسة [خطوط الاتصالات] في بلاد الرافدين، المجلد IV" [و‎‎٨] (٢٧٠/١٥)

artillery ?and Sngineers attached-in each case to a battalion
with a come spending reduction in transport in addition to
transport required for machine cun corps* This last is
estimated foi? £ho Kirkuk line to amount to 1 Mechanical
Transport Company (50 3 ton lorries, ) ?9 ?Ford Van Companies*
2 Army Transport Companies and transport hired at a cost of
some rupees 50,000 a month.
Part 3, This saving on the Ket lighters would bo the amount
of river craft to lift a ? 100 tuns a dayt. Civil Commission
?has already expressed genoral concurrence and according to
?telegram Mo* ?6£23 of November 28th ? 1919 ? and (l group \ Pv*
undec•)48 of June 9th 1920 has urged construction of bo oh lines
He contemplates a branch line on the metre gauge from Baqubah
to Samar rah which will eei' , ve that town and an important
agricultural district much better than the existing standard
gauge railway. At the same time he points out that no
guarantee can be given that the ?Kingarban line would pass through
Arbluel town as from Altunkupri. Other alignments may
prove to be better on investigation*
4th and last'part* On this line the first need is to reach
?Kirkuk. Civil Commissioner further emphasizes the fact that
existing lines require considerable expenditure to complete and
that there are great difficulties in obtaining personnel at present*
A consideration of the Baqubah-Samarrah line and the extension
to Mosul via ?Kirkuk is strategically desirable lino running up
right bank of Tigris would be more difficult to defend than this one.
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