Untold History : Kadastral Secret and Sonotorium di Punchak Gunong

KADASTRAL PLAN NO. 1

The 1st ever produced by anak Melayu... there were 4 sets of kadastral plan.. some said, there were 8's... and few others kollection of local development areas in 1860's... all plotting in the same manners, but using by unknown method even by its British predessasors. 




There were story behind this... one that baffle and raise more question than the answer.

KADASTRAL MAP

There were, only 8 areas in Johor yang dilukis dan diukur oleh Engineer tempatan.. this one was made by Dato' Yahya Awaluddin, Chief Engineer.. dan dibantu oleh Dato' Salleh Perang, a Royal Surveyor.

The other cadastral map = were measured and printed by British and American subordinates in Johor State.. 

Tapi.. yang ni special sikit.


"JOHOR WOODEN RAILWAY PTE. LTD."

A company formed by HH Albert Baker in 1868 for building and construction job of 32km railway yang diperbuat solely daripada Kayu..

Kooononnnye, dikatekan untuk mengangkut 'kayu'2 balak... but, in later research... menunjukkan sebaliknye.



Kapacity HP ketapi Indian AT 4T ni yg ni digunekan cume 40 tonne... and berat badan dan gerabak tak munkin mmpu ditahan oleh railway kayu ni.. UNLESS... 

Ketapi yg digunakan memang tak mampu mengangkut bertan2 balak... cume barang2 komodities kecik sahaje yg mampu...


APE YG DIANGKUT?
Ntah. Aku tak pedulik sangat ape yg dia angkut... yang penting... for sure BUKAN balak... sebab :





tak sampai 2 KM dari station JWR ni... memang dah ade kilang balak paling besar di asia pada zaman tu.. 1860's.. Operated by Dato' James Meldrum kat tepi Sungat Segget. 



No need to have 2 kilang balak at the same times.. furthermore... JWR Pte. Ltd. ditubuhkan solely spearheaded by orang2 bangsawan Istana Johor that has nothing to do with balak

Ketapi ni.. stop kat sebelah Istana Besar... ape yang dia angkut.. tak tau.. but... less than 500 metre dari tapak asal Station JWR ni.. ade sebuah Pangkalan utk kapal2 besar... dinamekan "engkalan Tambatan".. khas utk kapal2 Sultan Johor.



So.. geographically speaking... daripada train < stop kat station < then, pegi pengkalan for shipment...


Ape barang2 yg dishipementkan tu???? ... ade laa.. hahahaaha


UNEKSPEKTED DISCOVERIES

Hutan Gunung Panti was gazetted as hutan simpan in as early as 1850's.... peta ni dilukis sometimes in 1860's... same dgn project JWR ni..

Dipercayai, peta ni part of paperwork of the gigantic project.

Perhatikan perbezaannye :








Puncak Gunung telahpun dipetakan dengan marking plot, even sejak 150 tahun dulu utk mnunjukkan lokasi.. or sesatu yg telah di planned utk tempat tu.... :





tempat tu sekarang.. on northwest side, dibina pencawang and the eastsouth plak... dikawal tentera... the whole area tu memang berpagar... kenape??.. jgn tanye aku.... aku tak tau.

It was planned to built as Sonotorium, di Gunong Pulai.. 
In 1800's... it was a pop culture to associate "Sonotorium" to an evil place.  Evil dwelling there.. or haunted house.






Aku tak tau kenape... dlm banyak2 bende.. sonotorium pulak dibina di puncak gunong. 


CONSTRUCTION ODDITIES

Ade bende yg pelik kat sini........... 

Dikatekan : Dibina, start pada 1869
Siap : dirasmikan oleh HH Albert Baker pada tahun 1875.. 6 tahun lepas dibina.
Pada tahun 1889 : Dilapurkan track JWR ini tak dapat digunakan = SELEPAS 14 TAHUN... barulah berita pasal FMR ni muncul semula dlm rekod



SELAMA 14 TAHUN... track2 ketapi ni and it services seakan 'dilupakan'.... TIADA REKOD ape2 sepanjang gap 1875 hingga 1889.. NONE.. .seakan dipadam 

What they were hiding????

14 years... klu betul nak buat Sonotarioum.. sure dah lame siap.... Or.... memang dah siap but hidden somewhere now in the deep jungle... then track2 ni dilupuskan... OR.. OR.... OR..

Hahahaahhaaaa