‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ [‎258r] (534/618)

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M i H2AD iUARTHRS
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HOYAI, Xl,i FOX I Iff •IRAQ,
i have to honour to refer to the recent conversations
of Chief Sn-ineer, R.A.I?, -ith you and wltl Hr* St elo, State
in ;int er, anl to confirm the follo'vin^ arrangements and i sk for
ur aoTeniBMt f fl asnistu.nce in carrying them out.
!• , ^ 0 Morthom most rj-m 1 . no'ir the barusti caiup
on .luharrah island /ill b hir3d by the ... l.. •, end tho -ools in
Gne reconditioned v /here necessary ->:id roofed to fori- swiiaming
baths and fire oools. I understani that 3hei Ji \bdulla his a reed
to hire. The Sheikh's .^ardaner ill rer.aia in charge of the
gardens as a part of the hiring a^reenent, and will be responsible
for the r>roprr irrigation of the -ird-ns. ^h.. lease will be
fbr the customary >eriod hic.U 1 uader tand U one year. I will be
grateful If you can let me knov tr ■ t r:^.
With Mr# Stoolo, ay Chief ^n'ineer arranged to purchase
froL. uu ;r>ain f .tim a 35 K7 3 phase 50 cycle caterpillar driven
■enei\ tor, power unit o. 4 II 3410. The set v.as" first to be
overhauled by 3.A..ir, Co., and then to be erected near the cajuD.
'fhe jrice was to be about Rs 11,000 plus the co: t of a stock of
new spares. I will be grateful if Mr* oteele can obtain the
j'irr-. -irice, so that the necessary purchase order e n be prepared.
I have arranged for 1500 yards of H.T. underground cable to be
sent to Bahrein shortly, consign ;d to the State Jin ineer for the
. ^uh rr. h causeway length, and my Suparint jnding ileotric il In^iaeer
will discuss direct vitu the State ^n ineer th- re* uiri, .ents of the
further extens ion, hich ill be OV3rliead, and of tha necessary
transfor >rs.
o. ^ I h.ve also ordered from ^essrs. Ore/ ^cKenzie ten No. 90
He. in uon air conditioning sets, wLich it i. hoped v/ill arrive
by ^ nd June. To accomr::odat) these you are as'^. d to build two
coral-stone huts with double walls md double chaittai roofs, to
obt in the greatest possible insulation. lacli hut should be 50* x 15•
by S* to ceiling height, .itl a ant uppt r roof from /hich fan^ c a be
hun/5 if necessary, so as to ju t cleiir the ceilin . The site
su^re ited by the State -ineer for these "cool rooms" was just
outside Sheikh A.bdulla's ;^arden. riieir construction -houl be
put in h .nd early so that they are ready before the extreme heat
of July.
4. i limited no, L i- of coil In fins '/ill be f i .:ed in the
barusti huts imr-jedlately around the T>o , .'/ar house at uharreh.
Voltage drop will severely limit the number of huts '.vhich can be
so supplied, and the remaining huts should be fitted rith hand
purkahs.
5. 1 ooafirm the arrangements Taade by Colonel Panet ith
Kusseia Yuti; . and the unici wl >ecrc t;.r/ of Manawa for the su ply
ani delivery of up to 1,000 gallons of distilled water a day to
I uharrah C imp in the event of a s-uadron be in posted there , and
for ths Purchase of one storage l^nk of 1000/1300 gallons capacity
to be install :! in the c ^np, dtyments for water will be ide by
O.C., R«A«T« Bahrein. The co.^t of the tank may pleas# be included
wit; t ; cost of th: 'enerator . It v.as to be rou ;hly is 150,
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