NEW ABATTOIR.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20366, 13 October 1931, Page 7

NEW ABATTOIR.

BIDING AND IMPROVED EQUIPMENT.

OPENING expected on MONDAY.

The build** of the new City abatSockburn has been completed tO 'V- 8 expeeted that the erection of I. b * f, ° is, r , in t* allow the new equipment to be tim ® fo r the first time on -vt Then Christchurcli fte S of the finest City ttoirs in the Dominion, splendidly 8 and in every way able to pre- ' 2re meat for the people of ChnstCeh under the most wholesome and finical conditions possible. ® C XS is h responsibility upon the authority controlling an abattoir to enL e Sat meat is property prepared for San consumption, but a survey of , !*tire Plant at Sockburn, such as afforded a representative of The S OS a vpsterday is sufficient to conunder the new arrangement SJ. Safeguarded in every way possible fn fact the laying out of the new plant is a credit to the designing of the City ED \tucks have 1 been made from time + A ! me in the Christchnrch City Coun--5l which controls the abattoirs, upon S former equipment, but there should he no grounds for complaint under the *1 system, and it is possible that the tZ which to-day handles a very £ proportion of the meat sold in tl,e Sty and suburbs will be called upon to handle larger supplies. Many Improvements Made. The faults of tho old •working facilities have been eradicated in the new „1, and an inspection of the numernatents and labour- and time-saving devices it em P lo y makcs tlus Cl The jew building is johnd to tho one iioir tied for the whole of the killing ' and with offal and carcases »11 being handled on tho same floor it * easy to see that even with this unDleasant feature eliminated the works L]i be vastly improved. ' The present slanditcrKouse is to be used as a cooling chamber, and the equipment has been installed in preparation for the • change-over on Monday. The Beef House. In the new beef house many new features have bepn included. The ramp is constructed with an easy gradient and ii equipped with drop doors throughout iti length so as to reduce to a minimum the possibility of bruising or injury to the cattle. In the killing pen itself there are two steps into the jhughterhouse so that after the man rn'th the hpmmer has done his work the feast falls of its own accord out on to the hoard as soon as the sliding door is raised. Use of Hammer. The use of the hammer instead of the former method of pithing wil be one of the features in the new working ' schedule,. This is considered an improvement ,3»d has tho full approval of the Society - - for the Prevention of Cruelty'to Animals, who have agitated for the&tiojjttotion of the hammer for Fi a loagfyoriofc l „ , ' A has been introduced for ' Toom alstf. ' This ia m inßolfeok which means an improves Htynt ,nr;th'9 quality of the meat. It " fcs nof been used before at the abatftars, Then suspended in the middle the' toodi is' a giant electric beef air balanced' by great weights and driven by two fivo horse-power electric 'rotors, . Dispensing with Offals. By means of chutes to the ground Joor beiow the Toom is kept clear of all offal, and it is also fitted with masrive fixed' concrete tubs each having hot and cold water laid on to it. When the meat has been sawn the carcase is transferred to the cooling room and ' the saw worked clear to another part of the room by an automatic device. The" 1 working of this equipment calls for very line adjustment. Adjoining the beef room are offices, one-of them being for the Government meat inspector who is present during the operations. Sheep Slaughterhouse. The sheep slaughterhouse on the same floor is a model of neatness, finished as it is in white cement with poncrcte floor throughout and every possiblo convenience to ensure that the two boards and floor are kept clear of skins, heads and feet, and general offal. Chutes are provided to the floor below w in the.beef room, and again many patents are in evidence which facilitate tho handling of the carcases. One feature is a; patent scraper for tho Wood scuppers, which eliminates the necessity for the presence of a man Sweeping them. Men's Convenience. 'The most northerly section of the ■ new building is taken up with rooms : for the convenience of the men themselves. There is a dining-room complete a.hot water urn system, and adjoining it-are bathroom facilities, int ('lading shower-baths also supplied with i .•* plentiful quantity of hot and cold i waier.""' i ■ ■ The Offal Boom. .. In the offal room on the ground floor havo been ' effected on the former methods for handling. Conorate, tables will be used. The concrete gloss "finish. A feature 'is the Method whereby the blood is caught L tanks and fed by means of an end- : ■ chain equipmont to waggons, which , ®. it away to the by-products works & be made "into fertilisers. the offal room also there are ®any patents introduced to improve , e- "Working conditions. n a separate room are installed the th' 8 ®? ncrct e cooking tubs for cooking tripes after they have been cleaned. ®e lattor operation is done by machinery. Control of Machinery. V t/f! , t!le machinery for the new % \rt?h It' ork «gs can be set in motion .... , J~° pressing of a single switch, •fci. J ere is a complete stand-by plant tlii tt CSII ca Hed into use if either ijl ■ ln or electric power fails. 0 in-/« j 8 4 B P ec i a ' generator for lightto»o a Watcr Pump with al7 horsegallons an- hour, or rein tii ln ® the tanks at the abattoir *V V ttre eq«arter.s of an hour. I/i ' >)' CJl& age-over in Week-end. t* sceno' next week-end a busy tl,o [ e P reseut cd at the abattoirs, ; - tffaptoi 0 . "ge-over will have to l' e : bl terru,i t ln f , qaiek tin, ° s0 a . s ""'J! tnam„ , e "oruifl working. that fr* J> IJ - Wood, is confident "id tfc.wi 1 Sieved satisfactorily 'tboot » + De,v equipment will bring ■ . e ® en dou3 improvement i' l y ° conditions. ||| - advertisement in t* l ® T° f J®® pRESS s ®s.