Coll 35/20 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; installation of a telephone communication between the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications Ltd at Manamah and the landing ground at Muharraq' [‎210r] (419/431)

D.G*No:C/3t4«
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
iiahrain,tue 31st .;arcii 1934*
(Lear Colonel Fowle),
rill you kincly refer to Duncan v s demi-oiiicial
letter Ko:lt5o4BS/3ii/Signals datec the 9th iebruary 1934 to
uath^aite,(Inaia Oflice Paper ho964/34),regarding the
installation of telepnone conimuiiication between the jiireless
Otatioa of the Imperial and international CoMuni cat ions
Limited at ^anaiaan and the lanaihg ground at iuharra^.
2- In /November 1934 the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation
Limited (.-gents for Imperial airways ^iiniteoy re.isea the
question oi connecting their on ice in ..snaman to tne land
ing ground at * uharraq by telephone anu in reply to their
request for in esti/tiate of costs, the folio wing information
sras supplied Oj the Itate ingineer,L«.hraih ijovenuiieiit
‘ It is aifiicuit to girt a linri estimate owing
to the nature of the rqutd,but the cost would be
approximately Rs.4,^00/-,running a line as follows
(oare copper twin conductors and cable where necessary).
"From your oilice on tne Government poles to the
pnage now under construction between Manam&h ana
MUharraq,and along tne latter by the same means.
^ ?t ihe poles along the line of the new bridge carry
a 3,300 volt line,and the telephone line would have to
be guarded by means of special'crosssrms.and a net of
galvanised iron wire,which adds materially to the cost
of this section.
f, Alsc,on this section the deep water channel has
to be crossed by means of a submarine cable - the
distance being approximately obO yarns.
' f 0n the tuharraq side the line would be taken, as
far as possible,on the present lighting poles through
the town,to a point as near as possible to the landing
ground.
w ihis would leave a aistsnce of If miles to be run
on additional poies,which could be of wood,such as
local 1 chandals’.
The Honourable
Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.n.Fowlt,C.3*i.,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the ersian Gulf,
at Bahrain.