مجموعة ٣/٢٨(٢)"بلاد فارس. الوضع المالي". [و‎‎٩] (٨١٧/١٧)

A sewing machine and upholstery materials have finally been obtained and an
automobile upholstering department put in operation. Several jobs have already been
completed.
After considerable negotiation, a good deal of tool equipment and two electric
welders were obtained from the Persian Gulf Command. These have been of great
help, and it was hoped that several other badly needed items might be obtained
from the same source. Unfortunately this is not possible, due to urgent demands
from other war theaters.
A satisfactory agreement was reached with the United Kingdom Commercial
Corporation on the value of tool equipment, irech. ~ cs’ work benches and other
items taken over from them, and these have been paid fo-. The Hercuhs Diesel
Generating Set loaned by the United Kingdom Comr e r cial Corporation at the time
the Road Transport Administration took ove r the shop has been disassembled, and the
engine has been overhauled and returned to them, thus eliminating that liability.
Their generator is being used at present on a mobile power plant designed and
built by the workshop on a wrecked I.G. Dodge chassis. Since the Corporation
does not wish to sell the generator separately, it will be returned to them, as ori
ginally agreed, as soon as replacement equipment arrives from America.
The old Hille Diesel power plant, which was in very bad condition when the
Road Transport Administration took over, has been completely rebuilt and remounted
on the proper base. The engine room has been completely redesigned, and the
switchboards are now being rewired. The Hille Diesel engine is more than twenty
years old, and, since no spare parts are available in this country, it took many tricks
of mechanical magic to put it back in running condition. Even now, it cannot be
considered a dependable source of power.
The lack of compressed air has been one of the m^st difficult problems. The
only suitable equipment in the country was the compressor at the Doshan Tapeh
Machine-Gun Arsenal, which the Iranian Army said could not be spared. An old,
worn-out German compressor was finally obtained from Karedj, but as yet it has
not been possible to rebuild it. Another compressor, also olo and worn-out, was bor
rowed from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. This compressor had previously been
loaned to the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, and it, too, must be com
pletely rebuilt before it can be used.
On 8 Mehr 1323 (30 September 1944) the workshop took C'^er from the Tire
Department the issuing of all tires for I.G. Pool trucks, including the tire matching
work, which has recently been lagging. The workshop will socn take over the
issuing of all tires for Government automobiles.
Since the workshop took over the inspection work, 301 buses have been in-