'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [‎681v] (1364/1386)

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breakage of copper wires on the Ormara double line, due to spans being too long
(these have since been reduced), and the cause of one is unknown.
48. The following are the durations of the partial interruptions on the various
sections :—
Karachi-Ormara (6)
Ormara-Gwadur (3)
Gwadur-Charbar {nil) ...
Charbar-Jask (1)
Total ...
D.
H.
M.
2
10
36
1
22
40
I
13
50
5
23
6
Cable Factory An East India Company trading post. .
49. Several improvements have been made in the machinery during the year,
which have resulted in increased speed and less noise as well as a saving in the con
sumption of coal. A new boat-house has been built with a slip for hauling up boats
with a cradle running on rails. Also a new house has been erected, partially with
materials recovered from the disused office at Gwadur, as quarters for the as
sistant to the electrician.
50. The following is a summary of the work done in the factory An East India Company trading post. during the
past year:—
Cable manufactured ... ... ••• I 95'59 knots.
„ repaired and retaped ... ... ••• 77'35 »
„ stripped for the core ... ... ••• 98 63 »
Total passed through the factory An East India Company trading post. ... 37157 »
51. This is the best record of a year’s work since the establishment of the
factory An East India Company trading post. , and reflects credit on the engineering establishment.
Cable Steamer « Patrick Stewart.’ 1
52. This vessel remained in good working order throughout the year. She
made four trips, during which she steamed about 7,000 knots ; besides which
she proceeded twice to Bombay for docking and repairs, steaming 1,800 miles.
A statement of the work done by this vessel is given in Appendix L.
53. The new boilers for the ship arrived in Bombay in August last year and
are stored until required for the ship in the Bombay Dockyard. I he present
boilers being still in working order, the new ones will not be fitted before the
monsoon of 1891 ; and as the mechanical condition of our cables is constantly
improving, owing to the large renewals being made, the detention of the ship
in Bombay for some months for the purpose of fitting the boilers will, it is hoped,
cause no inconvenience.
PERSONNEL.
54. Mr. Ffinch brings to notice specially the services of Messrs. Possmann,
Sealy. Pierce and Captain Tindall Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers. , and writes in high terms generally of the es
tablishment under his orders, who continue to carry on their duties in a satisfac
tory manner in a very trying climate.
PERSIAN SECTION.
55. Line maintenance and repairs.—The work of generally improving the line
and removing faults in its original construction, such as reducing severe angles
and unnecessarily long spans and adapting it for the use of porcelain insulators,
which was begun in 1880, has been continued during the year under review.
56. Offices.—On the 8th December 1889, the Tehran office was removed into
the new building erected by the Persian Government, where the Indo-European
Department, the Indo-European Company and the Persian Government adminis
tration are now under one roof. The buildings are the property of the Persian
Government, and through the courtesy of His Excellency the Mukhber-ed- Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. -
leh the details were carried out under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Wells,