File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports' [‎102v] (209/258)

I classify this section as follows :—
Surface line .. .»
15 miles,
at
£
3,000
£
45,000
Easy valley line ..
10
4,000
40,000
Heavy valley line
10
5?
»
0,000
60,000
Difficult..
15
55
8,000
120,000
Add for previous section ..
50
265,000
75
-
• •
230,000
Running total miles a .
125
>> •
•
• •
495,000
5. From Pas Kudak onwards two alignments suggest themselves one
Mund River gorge, the other following the line of least resistance up a trihiUn^ 1 ?? ^
to Kurdeh, Garmusht, and Pidu. 1 } streani
Without a careful survey of both these alignments it cannot be stated defi > i
which of them offers the least difficulty. lte *|
The gorge by which the Mund River obtains access to the Pas Rudak Pl a i '
tortuous and impassable even on foot for several miles immediately east of Sow ' S
Ghaib, but it seems not improbable that a couple of tunnels, each 800 yards or so Iq 1 *
and a few miles of expensive gorge line, would suffice to give the line access to tT
broad valley beyond which this gorge once negotiated offers no serious difficnltv 6
railway line as far as the Kir-o-Karzin Plain. ^ a
The alignment up the Haftawan stream to Kurdeh, Garmusht, and Pidu has no
such obstacle to overcome at the start, but the Pidu—Gird Bisheh section across the
Kuh Pahan range (which the alignment suggested above avoids) is difficult, thouo-h in
no way impracticable, but it does not appear to me any longer than the former
alignment; and as it is likely to be somewhat cheaper it is therefore described
Section 3.—Pas Rudak (850 feet) to Pidu (1,200 feet), 40 miles.
6. This is an easy section over the Pas Rudak (Duzdgah) Plain for 3 miles, crossing
occasional ravines and descending easily from terrace to terrace. The Mund Five?
where crossed runs m a bed some 400 yards wide and 12 feet deep ; the width of the
stream in September was 60 yards, the depth 1 ft. 6 in. This river once crossed the
a ignment runs easily up the open Kurdeh valley, gravel slopes intersected by occasional
shallow ravmes predominating till near Kurdeh, and then giving way for 5 miles to a
flat aliuvial plain intersected at three points by ravines 30 feet deep and 150 to
h°f? r At Fif 1 M ^ h ? lud SalIh formation ends, the Garmusht stream is
fhrpp m'm f ^ me, i ° f c ^7 the main road be taken a route parallel to and
low rido-p 1 ° • a , 1 I 11 , e scm th of the stream is pursued, separated from the latter by a
hpino- JLr 1 y 1111 ^ V ever ’ P rov e cheaper to follow the river, the ridge in question
^ from Gnh M 3 ? A* • In a1 ^ case the n ^t 7 miles will be rather expensive,
low ora vp! Vn'll a i ^ 1 1 ^^hin 2 miles of Garmusht the valley is obstructed by
traversed tl S ’ 1 aiK lea p r cu tting and embanking will be ^necessary, These hills once
keeTr^ tn Cr ° SSeS the q ar ™u S ht Plain (1,100 feet) for 2 miles, and,
watercourse in f!? 1 *! • S1( e ’ e 1 lders ^idu Plain by a narrow neck, crossing the Pidu
broken onlv hv\ ^ T/'?* • ^ e l n( r e ^idu the line runs over a flat whose level surface is
east of Pidu Rie^R b down water from the hills to the north. North-
from that of the Mimd af its a ow S T’' Kl i l: p ahan l ange ’ • Which se P al ' ates , this . valle J
unless we are to oonf V " ow . es ^ aT1 d it is at this point that it must be pierced,
to Banaru vi& Khunj Tnd Bakhard Vlth f ° Il0Wing the continuation of the valley eastwards
I classify this section as follows
Easy valley line
Heavy valley line ’ [
£
33 miles, at 4,000
7 „ „ 6,000
£
132,000
42,000
Add for previous sections
Running total
——
1 Or O
174.000
495.000
165 „ costing
669,000