THE CHIMNEY AT FARNLEY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5953, 25 March 1880, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE CHIMNEY AT FARNLEY.

■ ■ , ■ : -.r; a VO :; : • [By pTJßjwjAji ■ I TOuh, Jmbifcmjft bps,arisen, landmark js only laionimneyi it destined to rpcord.an impor- ' thut'ktftge in tbAhiiStory’ Of burlotftl indusMes» • i Id i i our ’ iiisuie •’pf (Tuesday it was; : mentioned; that Messrs/ Austin, iuic and Co. (limited) (bad Just completed, of, a ‘ciroular shafty Rising to the.,height, pf 130 ft, pud some few other 'details were, given,, tendisHoW that the brick and* pottery works were being largely extended. The' Company •ipnsidored ths?e pitepeiqpsitqiberpf importance (bp asking.,ft am#-, tber of‘ gentlemen to visit the works, aftd on dftefenocni the invitations were freely ‘Accepted, some 25 or 30 perspns being-present at the appointed tim.e;, (The pbristr /church, andT Sjdep^P l were there, and the gathering included representatives’ of, manufactures, 'trade r aUd ! commetpe,iv l niid £: of Journalism.' 1 ;IChO i. route 4b, thbuworksf-rthe, pßt,,r«ute i; jtjl^ ; Mi-is, iroad, to the footdf. the.Jixljp, tp, •tne left along the HiU'rbad. r Op the way,'the yisitbr'pftssbs a’ ditinabtled blit’ smalt’ dimensiOnb, ' and dt i«ra£ herb '< that ir-Messrsi Austin »ndJ&rkj BOm,e,)«gbt.Jearp]ago, CPlnfor pMstence. " Ifrpm' the same point •in! Acydsi'ik*'' the aarg#!ihorksf at sarnlby, named After: ihbat> .whence, /the *?, •exourwonisfe of, yesterday, the. new chimney fWM'the fiVst object looked rot; ttr J it| wksl'by ,7 tbe Chiod jack, it-' wad readily’ -erimigh riiHtingniabbd.i rlt is a; pleasant Spot lim jmpb.;tbO: works pre rsiftuated, {iuft the .many featnres bfjinterept.to be found there wiUfabuddantly rbpay p!ny wnp ihey' ehbbbb. ’fa visit I ’the plac'b! 'They’ idt.y rest askdred that! they will efcphrfeneb' m 'Jßiosb i cbnrtbbua reception, !foj their, & .W bp their, ownfaipl:. /■ * '• V ; VAb ftglouep ,ife he f Men 1 , that within two or threfe 1 years ‘ the ’ works iiad been’very • largely devfetopedvi t (There•■ard ffcvo-'Sombwhafc; •pretentious private xeeideocesi; and Hthesp .will: .the jbat 1 houses, which .wera Jbuut in thfy .pottery tbwhshih; fife they 1 aro ! bf s n6l little valu’e t( ab ::i 6fio#ing i whaf an aoniirabla. «Secteiauvbe :abtaifißd;by thoJnsni . Isles. ,and , to moulded .;cprmee ,bracket?; of play. Wear the houses, is . the range of new "<U ! 1 fine’'' •' twbA tbrey v bdilding, b and 5 'bfj hOtiraeyofiJ briolE-worA y I?her: 'fjrpund floor is i.neat for about 18 horse?, and the upper, storey, f orrioe ! a’ 1 comtnbd i6ds u r stbrh i #odin.' i * fdjh prbi tender, .'&cu;; Close hy is the office; and f upon. %|na|phelypg'in this httie .rgopa aye ipnged a (Senting, the, prizes whichhavA won by |fhe firm; 1 'ptmdipally‘'at I thb Anduil gatherings ; of| the dgrioultural and tPastoral -Association.- ! f ihen; president; ol;T thftk. Association, .Mx '’Addhew.DnucaPi ift, f ppe, of „the visitorsj.and ; •lie remarks that these welldadenbabkshblvek’ ark Bomething’lo 'be'brotiA’ ; of; ; ’ ’'ffiibre'' ate a number of samples hf Ghina glazed tiles, I ? fl6me >:: with ;j effective I toroUrwcrki! .patiterns,! #hiqh:jba v i?‘.ihgep obtained fropT;the Xe'eds sEairnley 'Cbmpany and .subH.' tiles''Messrs' Austin l |tnd to^eAendlirg .pat from their Works.- Mh Attstin taltes frdmW orWeria inmber’hf sampieajof a Ohjpatsfone, <. ahjljßhowsins how beautifully.franeparent is a .•powder and properly treated, wju produce a 'BdMblb 1 iftfJ piitiirial Mr.! Adsltin sayf S9,yyitpro ; jam now, ;conduc,teJ pver the, s, in , order that,. they may be enabled, to ifpirly ’ bstimaro'fhbttkbbrtknbe kM eiterit dfi "in'daitry'Ab* : ®riok- / making, iin isrceferyii : <irhei»! or t 'dlimb, over,hepps, .of jpew^ery- or, up?, wanly get half-bogged ,m''«dia^ by the Agfencijr 'o¥ f the|iu|in’fl]l hdk'beerffsndefed' s obstinately l tenacious, cAnd 'cKngs rlike bird? lime to ode’s clothing; narrowly escape dropping onp or o^% flfj |he numerous/ excavations ( dr, thbynre'iii immiheOT-pfil of* beidgruh down 1 iby 'tile^l^Hly-Mimr-blavbknA'By degrees’ they observe what i admirable ? method really Ad'ryadfs .the. ap4 • W*indthbmatHall. ' ®ie gratated sizes 'of 'recently. mould ed’ pipes are set ■ p to idrylft sMdipriJicejsfoyrii and, there sufficiently wide roadways , between their ranks; apd the hundreds of dd wer bdf s( iAril'Vhtfeii, ■JAngfedf'With BimUkrfpraidsionLs.llJi a retiTedmook imone of; deWbMft jEhqse, 'Ocoupation afforda ; a remarkable contrast, and, k i ihosfe agMbkWfeliM^ v the iW 'ktraight-linVkVnr'hfei beqh'looking aJong. ; He' iis a modeller, the •.bench before him: there isanuelegontly-sbapedf vftSe,i;and hoi ß ,. 'H o A O «£ ul »iiPff) dfion it,ft group p£, natural flowers. bas ho copy df any kindi»,buf thehi ’ti Alias 'Bifhtfiiaiad v oiref idly 1 kthdied' i he deftlyi)imifcate|; her rmbstj graceful form'ft ; jßjxßnaino; hfs .work ftUd .fiejreob as , 'to calyx, pup,petals, pistil and stamens. 'His. ■taafcbrihUArcgotnb n^efhily f *|»ep|tfta nlo^i 1 : jVorked up'with gunl l Arabic to' 6mke’it>lndte jban ordinarily itdnaciousa isaucer oontein;; • ing pement. ft cup pf.c4ive.pil, Ules pf, play, ■»• piepe. of wire ..gauze, a steel, ' i‘‘jldnpe,’r and ft mbifo; pr^acutely ' pbinted pieceki l 'd£‘ :i bbie. '' 'd}hd ,: hiikidt , njoistebeaTwitfeoil, attd'a small pieteof day is- • rolled into a'oord,; the vdndijiOf iyfhioh is, left, . .MS®; WTO; A. , 'With the, blade, of the lanpe,, a piece ( ’ '0t > < ~f t, r lkafl r '!i ; aridw midrib’ Andypius arefiindicateAiby afb# rapid strokesj; , >woa ft UK; ■ g •anultsnnod it; ’iFo»(be oeitrsiiofnsuth®' ;fl»t«r fts ". jar,9iwked. t ;tl idmbf fdsiriitbnkdydaftblitfg'tße hjjeratbf ;tb< .5 'u aitmtft evehvthtt»feiningabf>AJndio.’petalit .At' : Pg lOuftnatureaiy , grawfy, ' * bA c fantastic forms, growing up into a jar, then , tonmftdown into. fawar-not.. than hnnnmimr- .

acindiostick, and then, perhaps, the lid for one of the larger Jura. . } -j'-J ■., j Nasi, the visitors inapwft a peculiarly important _branoli— the manufacture of drain with an accumulator pressure of 80 tone, and the 18*inch cylinders ofclay, etch weighing ju»t. 2 owt., are .bakg jquaezed the die a< rupitjlyas thsy.oan be carried away on ■the mitd« , 'h«na-track4 pr running •platforms. In a few minute* die is changed, and 12unch piping, jl»,, |hen being .forced through, at the rate ef fiOrard* per ‘hour.’ Or, by another change, a* the visitor* lengths Of G-incfr pijpe!leoald be mJouldßd' simultaneously. The reallylexcellent . machinery for. thispurpole wag; maMootured add erected by.Mecsra, Scptfc, Brothers, So icfon'as the pipes fire dry enough,'ofcwr workmen "mould on ‘to' them - 'tab 'connecting ■ sdoket, the j weight >of winked- otoy required td foriarthe socket ofiftndS-ihchHpSipl being there /a ,afi>rther drying process, qnd' flnqlly they are stocked! into a to be bdrnea and to receive' the salt gfcring. 0:1 ;; yr ’A ’ \-' ’] I All this; time the visitors seem • to; have entirely forgotten, .the.wain-object!o£ their visit—the chimney at farnley.” Their attention is now called to it bj tbe msnt'that'everything Is ready', for “the i Meant” * ‘They! gn-oVer in a body, l and learn that; Upon a> concrete boee .ls£t square odd ,7ft. th|ok, sPtne :S9.flpi>i brfpkf,, arranged as .to 1 high, haVing at Us bdsp'aft °| ' 12ft Bin, an inner 1 diameter of ‘7ft lOin, and si the voryitop on i butefc diametor, ofn 7£tfiin* aid an inter on^ occupies the centre of> cjrcidar kiln of the weU-khbwhmff^ cdnstruotiotuij This 'kilni will/ dlameter-of /Will bfffoymqd .of, hripiwwk ,c(>Mwf» e #* filled in with tWIT tammßd clay. be 'f4‘ afbhed 1 ip which W»bd*h J h*iokß. ‘* :i Eabh •when the SkiM: is .milfoil operation, W)U.B9 , .oharg^dj'3 r * fc hf 2&j®Q product will be «mOOO, • brickst Within' a couple of months therefdrfe. attoMng ah ittpw* fiiif genbiesj on brdeffor'kmilKqtf'brieks'ootddi bo executed. I lOSb® _numbcfc is not af fictional od®» tor at the.presont pjdpient |he bw before it! the ‘ task of mandfacturing; -abOTit two nfillion bto&vdhe'hMf of''Which Wffipe tised 'hi Tin fuli/work will- afford, 1 content? i employ* indent fop* 25 7 men ; ,and (idjboysjj Should tl|e brick trade ~ - develop, itself asis.■’"fhirly' yJ anticipated; the. idbreaded"vrilF be ah 'easy ' and eipeditioiis Planner'. : A* theiophstrnotion of the kiln the.wallf j'MO.carried to some depth belqw.'the. present, surf ace, the 'entire being'pure - Stay* ' By subse--1 quentlj renioVirig two Teeu of tne.clk^floor of i the fewdiigh additionalifooth' WJill Mf {gained for tlie'.'production iofi 60® Wricks mow : ahdj of ,therj. a portionate increase , in , tjhp working a staff. A-bOveftHe kiltfi'biojter be a roofed uni structurij,’ ’ of newly-moulded bricks chn <heV successfully? dried off .in any - weathpf. 1 1 filbert 'pOe, of r the authorities . qp„ ;hgidK and, file, making, say's f ‘ We e He cbhvihced,that there is ' hq Mn'dfff • kiJn'bbtfeir ( adkptfeß ) fol , ''dfyih^ ,^id' •/firing brioks'-thtobfitoftwaliWi’^ ,p£ the admirebleTwayoip -wbiehyheat is Btii, of brickkis extremely more fium •;foW' bri'flVe ! Of'klhhk^perfthomahd,' ' While in the old .'W OonsnmpfciOn' oflSbwt ws)B hot consideredexcearive.'’: Thus: theiinaniffsmtOTprskr^j^QKthe gjon-, sumexeT they have., the .sadsfiwtion pf jknowWig '..that the honzohtal ■pugmill pfdbe'BB 1 hdhpt<3 ji by'’ *Bfeiir4 ): skhßtiif J add Eirk, r togethe?with’->thfl.';hand-BJouldihg, j i.epsure a. faithfid) carrying toufipfdthq .plastic,, ppoeaa, jcep^mg • durable building 'material. ..' . ‘Tbei vißitoTs, looking through ffie arohwaya -at the 1 bstsd bf ‘ tbe ‘ idtihglmg 1 J w|tbih a board about' -tWolffret 1 ' 1 ; .ported by a piece of corneriinv the manner-of a child’s awing. The auatainr. ,'mg‘tdp i e‘'passaß '’ai “ j ■ foidingii down ' again inside! the d chimney,. jheap.iof br|cka, - They find to.- reach r the r they have stand off the' " ittlh 1 hoard and he'hauied iip c by ;i tlui r aid: r 6f 1 ■”h^-windlass^landEthhni.tof •completof their! i3ohm e y by:S,ctombJing I np aladd?r andro.n to, the, yjary pljstf ornii withhi-thp., spjf. There a. racin' ahd, pretty I general desire ;to ol»^4 !: 'h^''^ns^(iisWd i^w: '' of tho‘ J • oMihhey. b .riringjiimd .aa aigraiayi knoll atysomo; little di|tancio pmW e °ftYS n ?^ : place, bhe .majority of t the * vnitors : gr|ih6fhUy L disposed o thefijon. ,; / !fl3h^W<ttßhip 0 thb Mayor oEGhriatohihiolt Haif-been l asked' to 1 7 be> thefirst togoup,aad.mthaut amomentls-; hesitation he plaqp ,^>n i3 tiia, sjfing... '.fife is .none of your ligah: and by the tiqie bo rhaS been" eleyhthd n ‘ fourth ‘of tbe : •'dhtoncej those’at' tbe'Windlass' x dfe i; ihef'- ’sebISibleimfe tbe i viAunlaai.'meeps ;np at this /ascending fom,..and deplftre|.thahJ‘ Bhs, Wor.'shlp is gq«m uiq, Just U|e"a >: Mpkhhafef'pkThemajor of'Sydenhajm‘ follows 4 , thefftl^TOpreienthtive l of this ijourrial. c' Others-i go'up in) iptettfr' rapid i sum cession, and;'.all. are. ajnplyj by the jmignificent. viaw', oflhe plains-; which,;S» 1 spread I .' befbrff 1 themi'' The 1 cumbers are ‘ received attne top by thb’buildMf &0- William' Smithy who -bag'complßted , 'hi4 task:in:isix a weekßj:nndi IS SAlgood, ajspeci-: men.pf The 0 qbimn,ey he 'has ever built isl but he reminds us that ; tim J ihatt ! ;at works at 'GlaSg6#/-hka 'Bni*levation-i<}£ n 6 less tben jU'Jiaut-r.X’O ..eirmw ' ,■ ®n^l?y. ; ap adjoujmmenji.jß ,paade to the. 'lafge rbom pvef the hew' stabling, where a is ihfeadiiesi/'Tbe Mayors fif; Oh'ristoburcb and ‘'Sydenham ■ occupy the ■ chajr : imdi vibe chair ‘respectively,' and-the ■ guests, their, appetites, made, somewhat keen, , by meample justice to Inel good ’ohoer, adihiiing l 'm^a n Jfbile the taxza tnm 6tHerivMes%MehadOT*i®e table. •< ;; The.'Otfayor of Ohristohuihh.ikiditlher;bad,‘ i beeq pfdled. upon somo,whn}i f nddenly, to make, a speech-thathe hsid been token' entirely by suroriße, nfi fell Batisfled - that' the toast he haff to propose Would . be received in amotfc tordialimanneri ' It was: •I' Snooess.tfiAhei firiniof Mesjhp cfkultin .and Kirk,’’.coupled %*: managtogjparfhor. r \His 'Worship had keen afforded a ash risikto the. wOßk’s, afadhe 1 hwb e ®b (I< bbtH : -ddlighted and aatOiilßhed' at theipmkgnitude.having badno ideatbatthey ; mnoh- .. .Iffhen ho I haoended that splendidphaft, 'With the scene befoth hlhii’nut rohiß - ' mind tbehest prolmobtl lay ithmeduteHy about the thp abaft, whgrp. ho? understood thfit at the present. time abqut .BO men ati'd boys [trferefhmmdyeS. ? hff no doubt'm his-ffiind'-'thkt'thetoWoftldJ soon beff rapid > extension intbe number jof erilploye«B,_andhe ' Was sure that all thejvifitq^ B , af terpppn h«yb‘ ,f®lt a growing .interest in oiir local".lndustries, dtid ' naVe 1 experienced a : ‘w«ri? not more nnmqfousj ’She?state cltbeworks reflected great joredit ifon'ilha firm.>nh[e learned that, ; they .were no w, engaged.,iipon a contract for a million hrioks.' Everybody would wish ‘them hopo'thattheymightbe ehntlly sueceMful in . obtaining a largo oontraot ior drainage pipes* . (Ibqjonged fpplausq.) ~, < p!e, s might.rj bo, .putmiraed to having carefully noted the manner in ‘ whibn. dtiin ‘ pipes Vwere' being lufhed'btit rihl this'Be'' Irorkf/' he- certainly thought therb was no need to send iHoine for Bdoh.gqe3e*o)6k>ifat laßtheiitonlld -Injlgeios a, mWr he these goods wiere really well roada, and he Tiad' hh doubt ■'tlla’t-ttm prodPiri 'als toaby v as l mi|[ht' be re(jUired;> 7 irlierefore he bbpbd that'Messrs' : Austin and: KirfcJwould hbtßin! contracts to ! tbeir,hMii't’»i!9 on^.q fc » •ft n d^h e C 0 F aßk tbcivgqcsts.tp wish,them suopesß. , ; '• ihM&b' cheers;' r khd' Mr / -Kfi4pin :x Wplylngjf 'thereto;' sßid that ■Mdugh hei'haH rieverubafiaire-iatfetoptecliito! ai manner as possible. .Hb hqpea smcßrely I Jbat , ' - 'whb%' :: th« ;l Ohidrnipri , 'hbd J anticipated 'might oftibo.vufibm' knew, he and ms partners commenced busiTlflHß in B. VflM? «iriftin w*.T—fthn Chre* nf lh«m

Company were present, and they sesm«sH b«.ireU..«txafieAa ß the'speaker fiS*■ Shoved they woidT Mine to £ d V had. generally speaking Jfl 0 v t2 «, r v ,haM ’ aob 3 th * .!■ o* the work going forward in Ohrigteh,, « with J£r D, Eeese lS with.Mr Hindman, to aupply a million v,’ • a ?B w commmm. . , The firm Wag n.wTS eupplypipe* as required by thl linage Board* undif they were tuocLjl they had no doubt of being able to the te r m.ofth«r_contract. Meanwhil^S trkg^ SOolatiOn for ®’ OBterinj ? ioCl ‘l Induijl $* <V£r» regretted the absence of ?,rj Allan, the President of the Association hk«ni* n * x P octe T d , to ba ; present; but he wal WP7 m being able to return thanks as al Honorary Secretary. He felt sure that ffl low” aHu wh , ttt tbe y had seen must fed T’y'f lo . oal interests of the phJ shovdd, be keenly looked after, and hew2 8” .«> jsee that Mr Andrew ‘Dnnn-^ 9ent emb M of n he I)raina ff o Board, was p 5 stot. Mr Duncan would bo able to infom. the Engineer to the Drainage Board that th» pjpes produced here were quite equal to those imported from Glasgow. The atipot ß believed Mr Duncan was really th e P onW member of the Board who stood up for lo«j mdustries.and for his information he m2 * a y that Messrs, Austin and Kirk had caw v* “P^t o4 Pipes with one 01 their own. Each pipe, hating been filled with water was left for 86, hours. I n S bcaUy made pipe the water sank only one. wghth of an inch, while in the imported pipe it nad sunk three-quarters of an inch, M 8 Association wet getting to be a-large one •it ! had jtoW'over4oo members in Christchurch., and over 2000 throughout the country. itj. object yratfi judiciously to foster the local industries, for the promoters did not want to see , :the same'sort of thing happen here ai had > 0 .^ 4 “ ’Victoria. They were convinced pbab they.were on the right track, and they Were' determined not to rest until they had shutout all the imported drain pines (Laughter.) ' . 1 | The Mayor of Sydenham would ask the , visitors to fill their glasses in the orthodox Way,; and with the t bdverage ithey liked the , b3ofc -(Oheers and langhterO , After graphicsUy, pketchmgtho enjoyable experiences of the aftemOon, His Wofship proposed the tdist, 1 “ The members 6f the House of EepreIsdstatiTee.” ' i r

• IMr J* ; T. Fi»her expressed hi» great gratis, cation at_ the manner.in which the, toast had weq-received. He had watched the progress of the firm from its coinmehcemeht, and had .aonfredi its* steady working. Without going protection, verm free fradii his opinion was, that in ayoung country liie.ttus, theppople could not do better than i fostenheir Idial industries. Here there were producers, and what they now wjanw.wa* therconsumers. These would be large numbers by the development afford him. plhaiure, therefore, to. do all that pdw& m tho direction indicated. In Soiflgt'ais; thoitgh he might be jarring the feelings of , gome of . the rabid free-traders, he felt jßpre that he. was. taking the right ~ l&r ijidaon J proposed the toast of “The Press,- which'wab one of peculiar importance t< asindicatingthe means % hpreby ,%e • country, would be made W quainted!,with what they were doing. The $c ait, 1 typtf was 1 received with cheers, was pi acknowledged by Mr 0. Hull. A.,vote: of thanks to the Chairman term!proceedings. ; •