File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [‎142r] (290/396)

300 feet; fordable ; rocky bottom; width of stream average 200 feet; water slightly
bitter, not over 1 ft. 6 in. deep in summer.
From Lailum to the Fani stream, 5 miles, the best alignment seems to be close to
the river ; easy throughout, except at 15 miles, where there is an awkward sput
abutting on the Saidmarreh : it would involve heavy cutting.
As regards cost, I think this section may fairly be classed as follows :—
Easy : 5 miles at 1,25,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ..
Medium hilly in rock : 8 miles at 1,50,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Heavy ghat line: 2 miles at 1,75,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ..
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
6.25.000
12 , 00,000
3.50.000
Total
.. 21,75,000
39. We have now reached the point where the alignments respectively east and
west of the Kasbgan River, commence to diverge.
I went over the eastern alignment via Dalich and Dadabad with care, surveying it
throughout. As, however, I rejected it in favour of a line along or west of the
Kashgan, it seems unnecessary to trouble Government with a detailed description of
it.* I will therefore confine myself to an abstract of the length and cost of this line, as
estimated by me :—
Miles.
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
sections 1 to 4 ..
64
88,65,000
n 5.—Ab-i-Fanti Chul
21
34,75,000
6.—Chul-foot of Dalich
26
55,00,000
7.—Ab-i-Sard Chimashk ..
17
29,50,000
8.—Chimashk
15
22,75,000
9.—Dadabad-Khoremabad
40
73,00,000
Total
m #
.. 184
3,34,65,000
= 2,231,000Z. (average over 12,000£. a-mile).
Railway gradient 1 in 50. Curvature difficult: 200 yards radius the best that
can be hoped for in many places.
40. The Madian Bud Alignment, West of the Kashgan.
I will now proceed to describe the alternative alignment west of the Kashgan
River, to wich I turned my attention as soon as I had reached Khoremabad by the
route described above. It diverges from the alignment first described at the end of
the fourth section, the totals up to this point being 64 miles, costing 88,65,000
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
Before describing this section, I may remark that a gorge line up the Kashgan to
Dureh is probably practicable, but I have not been able to go fully into the question as
the Kashgan was not fordable, and the track which runs up the Kashgan valley crosses
the river constantly. An alignment up the gorge, as far as I can make out, after
examining it for 6 miles above Pul-i-Kurr to Dukhtar, and at Tang-i-Tir, and near
Pul-i-Kalhur would be a very expensive gorge line, with fifteen or twenty bridges of
100 feet or so each over the Kashgan. We may estimate the cost at 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees a mile for
60 miles =180 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . This compares rather unfavourably with the Culgul Madian
Rud alignment described below, but the possibility is well worth careful examination
when the time comes. This alignment is dealt with in paragraph 46.
41. Fifth Section: Ab-i-Fani (1,400 feet) > to Mouth of ^ Tung-i-Khiradarr (2,100 feet),
20 miles. (Approximately by Alignment along Saidmarreh and Kashgan Bivers to
Jaidar.)
This will be a difficult and expensive section: gradient on the average eapy, not
more than 1 in 75. The line would follow the general line of the Saidmarreh River to
where it is joined by the Kashgan, below Pul Gamishan ; thence up the Kashgan
valley to the mouth of the Tang-i-Khirsdarr, within which lies the ruins of a splendid
Sassanian bridge, known as the Pul Kurr o Dukhtar or Pul Shapur. I think I shall
* The detailed notes of this alignment are on record in the Bushire residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .