'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎268v] (120/150)

Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION.
Erosion.
Length of lines open.
Lines under
construction.
Surveys.
Important works.
Fares and rates.
Nasik tramway.
Future working of
Kathiawar railways,
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abovFthe^ead^egtdator'of th^Ea^wn 1 Ndra^Sup^ly 'thamielj'from Tyth ^Jovember^ igi^'[*
17 th February 19 11. These were successful.
Heavy erosion occurred between miles 8 to 10 of the Kashmor Bund near Unhirwah, th e
maximum rate of erosion was 800 ' per week and Ae total there 2 8o 0 . lhere were nQt
breaches of river bunds owing to the low maximum level of the Indus. 7
10 . Railways.
1 . The total length of railway open for traffic in the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. was 4,346 mi,
including 28 miles of line newly opened, mz., the Harbour Branch o t e G. I. P. Railway fr om
Kuria to the point of the junction with the Bombay Port Trust Ra. way y^miles, and the
extensions of P the Bhavnagar-Gondal-junagadh-Porbandar Railway («) from Manawadar to
Bantwa, 3-45 miles and W from Slhor t0 Palltana ’ 16 ^. n '
The first section of 11 miles of the Champaner-Shivrajpur ig 1 ail way has also been
opened for passenger traffic. _ . •
2 . Of the lines previously sanctioned for construction, work was in progress on—(i) th e
Mahim link of the Harbour Branch Railway (broad gauge), 1-32 miles ; ( 11 ) Idar Road-Brah-
. . . ^ , • r.i _ a 1 R ail wav (metre uauee), 22-qi miles : (nl\
makhed Extension of the Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway (metre gauge), 33-91 miles ; (111) Mirpur
1 ^vfpn^inns nr rhn R r _T P - 1
Khas-Khadro Railway (metre gauge), 49-50 miles ; (iv) the extensions oi the B.-G.-J.-R. R a i lway
has-tvnaaro rvaiivvciy ' •r , Tr ,, , , * —.*va\
—(a) Bantwa to Kutiyana, 10-40 miles, and {b) Dhasa to Kundla, 35-41 miles (metre gauge),
(v) the extension of the Gaekwar’s Kalol-Kadi Railway from Kadi to Dewusna (metre gauge),
Vio miles - (vi) the extensions of the Gaekwar s Dabhoi Railway—^) from Sankheda-
Bhadarpur to Bhatpur, 12-50 miles, (b) from Miyagam to Sinor, 20-02 miles, (c) from Sinor to
Malsar, 4-65 miles, (d) from Dabhoi to Jarod, 24-78 miles, and (e) from Kosamba to Zankavav,
26-12 miles ( 2 ' 6" gauge).
Work was in progress also on the remaining length or the Champaner-Shivrajpur Light
Railway.
3 . The following surveys were completed during the year 1910 :—
(a) By the North-Wester State Railway fora Tramway at Aden, from Tawahi,
via Maala, to the Crater, with a branch from Maala to Sheik Othman, 12 miles
gauge.
for the 2 ' W
lb\ By the Nizam's Guara?iteed State Railway.—Wind location survey of a line
from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. to Gadag, 174-08 miles, for the 5 ' 6" gauge. This line will
from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. to Gadag, 174-08 miles, for the 5 ' 6 ; _
traverse about 24 miles of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. at the Gadag end.
4 , Among the important works completed during the year were :■—
On the B. B. & C. /. Railway. —The renewal of the weak girders on the bridges
of 40 feet and 20 feet between Mehsana and Sabarmati.
On the Madras and S. M. Railway.—On the metre gauge section—the relaying with
60 -lb. rails of a length of 14-35 miles on tlie Kudchi section in the Poona district.
On the B.-G.-J.-P. Railway system.—The relaying of the main line on the
Bhavnagar-Wadhwan section with 5 0 -■^• flat-footed steel rails up to mile 4 r 6
from Bhavnagar Terminus.
5 . B. B. & C. /. and G. I. P. Railway systems. —With effect from the 1 st January
1910 , the first and second class fares for single and six-monthly return tickets on the B. B. &
C. I. and G. I. P. Railways were raised to the level of those in force on the E. I. Railway.
Madras and S. M. Railway system.- —With effect from the 1 st January 1910 , the first
and second class fares were revised as follows on the whole system :—
1 st Class. P er mile.
For the 1 st 300 miles ... ... ... I 8 pies.
For additional distances ... ... ... 12 „
2 nd Class
For the 1 st 300 miles ... ... ... 9 »
For additional distances ... ... ... 6 „
6 . The application of the Indian Railway Feeder Lines Company, Limited, for sanction to
the re-alignment of a portion of the Nasik Tramway which was laid within Nasik Municipa
limits under the Nasik Tramway Order, 1896 , and to the introduction of mechanical servic
traction on the entire tramway within Municipal limits is still under consideration.
The Thakor Sahib of Morvi having protested against the inclusion of A 16
Railway in the “ coalition ” of railways in Kathiawar, Sir T. R. Wynne, President of
1 ui icuiways m xvauudwcti, ou 1 . iv.
the request of Government, discussed the situation generally wi 1 .
ard of Control and submitted a report in July 1909 . In this he recomme ^
that each State should, under certain conditions, be allowed to work its own line sepaia
in his opinion this scheme offered the only solution of the present difficulties which wou ^
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the wishes of the Chiefs. The railway proprietors having unanimously accepted 1 .j.
Wynne’s proposals for the separate management of their respective lines and agree ^
to certain modifications, to the conditions laid down by him for such working, sanck
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