FLAX ENTERPRISE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 2

FLAX ENTERPRISE.

■THE SEEFERTS' NEW .MILL. y. . A description ,of the new mill of and L Seifert Fkxmilling'Company, at.Miranui, about threo miles from Shannon, is given by the , i" Manawatu Standard." ' Jho now mill is being , orocted on , the edge of-a swamp of: the Makeriia Estate, of which; the; companyi owns 1 nearly :soven ; square miles. The works, will be , capable of/dealing.- with.fifty-six^tons: of'flax : per day/and preparing , 1000 tons or fibro 'per: annum. Already; 120 employodi iind there will'bo more •when the ,, works aro-completed.: Thero;will be five miles of train lino,, traversed by .a: locomotive and trucks, to convey ttoy-lear from tho fields to tho mill;: Tho plan/of cutting is that sections, of the whole area, will be cut once every four years. .Two;or the; mill engines have a-joint capacity oK.<!bU, horse-power, ■ and two ■ others of 90 ■ horserf power: The bleaching fields* have an. area .or, nearly a quarter of a mile, and contain many, miles of wire fences to carry tho fl'ax ill: rainy, weather. Special buildings'are provided tor the -workmen, ■ with a. dining-room • able ,to, seat 124. 'There- are ■ a ■billiard ;room, a"■ reading room, *' and numerous; sittingr! rooms in the men's quartors. The water supply is obtainable from ;a T i reservoir in' tho hills, 'and from-artesian-sources;: there , is a sewerage system with septic tank, and.tho lighting will be dpne with acetylene g Vhe whole . venture is a" striking'.proof, ; df: enterprise, confidence,: and.capital.:,; ■■-,-:■..■•■,