Report on the Inspection of the Singareni Colliery, Yellandu, Hyderabad (Deccan); April, 1895 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... houses referred to are owned by the company, and have been built for the accommodation of workmen. The construction of the houses are: --Sun-dried brick walls and grass roof, detached, 10 feet x 13 feet. Sun-dried brick walls plastered with lime on the outside, and corrugated iron roofs; iu blocks of 20 rooms, 10 on each side standing back to back, 10 feet x 8 feet. Mud walls containing a few binding stones, with country tile roofs, 10 feet X 8 feet; some have corrugated iron roof.. The huts that the coolies make themselves are of wattle (brush wood) covered with mud for walls, and grass roof., 1 The streets are 50 feet wide for front streets, and 25 feet for the back streets. The new stone block-bouses are 200 feet apart. A married man with his family would occupy the whole of a single house, which may be described as a dark room, measuring 8 feet by 10 feet. In other cases, such a " bouse " is supposed to accommodate 4 men, but generally only 8 live in them except in the case of a family. Some of the houses or huts are a long way from being what is desirable; and here, as in other colliery districts, too little attention is paid to the requirements of the people for cooking purposes; a small verandah would make a great deal of difference in the comfort of the people. The mine authorities apparently realize the necessity of providing the workmen with comfortable houses, and although the present houses or huts will on the whole compare very favourably with other workmen's houses to be found at the most important mines in India, they are being much improved, and those the company have recently built are really good bouses, enough to make such workmen proud of their position, as some of them appear to be. Bazar.--There are a good...