DODSON'S DUPE.

NZ Truth, Issue 87, 16 February 1907, Page 4

DODSON'S DUPE.

AN ENGINE-DRIVER]S DUTIES. A Beautiful Billet at a Brewery. Was it a Man or a Horse tbey Wanted..

Brewing is generally supposed to be a profitable business and a man with a permanent job m a brewery is looked upon as having an all right sort of -.crib. But evidently this doesn't apply to all breweries. There is a swankey mill over Nelson way that ought to be planked down m the Exhibitibn amongst the "sweated industries" exhibit. The proprietors of the show, Messrs J. R. Dodson and Son, are thorough believers m thetheory that idleness . is a very bad thing and detrimental to the human race generally and the proprietors of a swill plant particularly. They recently advertised for an engine-dri-ver. Now, it evidently wasn't an enginerdriver they wanted at all, an engine-driver, a top-man, a rouseabout, and handy man all rolled intd one would have, about filled the bill and earned the £2 15s per week they* offered as wages A young man nanaed Wilson tpok the job on. He was already 1 ' m fe^iptoymeht jin Well-? ington, but as it was night*work he thought he was bettering himself by sroing to Nelson. So he closed with Dods'on and Son and hied him across the straits to Pelorus Jack's country. On arrival at the brewery he was handed the following little list of duties :— WORK INSTRUCTIONS. On Day before Brewing. Ist.— Get fire under weigh, then . turn on water to top copper, then get steam well tip, and when water over coil m top copper, turn on steam to coil, but see first that return tap from coil to tank is on, Steam is kept goinguntil top copper is full- of water; '. water is theni turned off, and steam kept on until water is boiled for one hour ; steam" then turned off: ' ' 2nd.— When carter brings malt down for grinding, see that hoisting gear is oiled and belts m order, and hoist malt and put into malt ' hopper, but first see that slide of malt hopper is closed , assist ' m hoisting malt, see that slide to mashing machine is m place and closed. 3rd.— Start engine, to grind malt 1 after putting belts on to mill, elevator, and dust blower. 4th.— While malt is grinding scald •out mash tun and fix down mash tun plates,, and put on covers, but when grinding -malt for sale, fixing of plates must be left until the afternoon. sth.T-When grinding finished disconnect belts, and hose off any dust from mash-tun and copper. 6th.— Scrub round wood-work pf copper with hot water. 7th .-^Fix sieve into, copper, blow steam through underlet, and after , hot water has run out of copper close sluice valve, and see that all taps from mash tun are closed, fix filter" cloth under run off taps from, mash tun. Bth.— Assist m getting up hops and • sugar, and put sugar tub-lit posir; 9th.— See to water m boiler, bank down fire,: shut off main stejwn cock, also cock of pipe leading from coil, and lower damper, leaving about 4©fts steam on. . lOth.-^Shut off corporation water tap, ; and see that engine-room ■ door and grain door are shut and; secure. Note 1 at 4 p.m. that temperature m ton copper is at 190 and copper full". j ,-. Brewing Day. Ist.— Be at brewery at 8.40 a.m. (or 3.30. until get Used to work), open cock of nipe leading from coil, open damper, and break down fire and put on coal. 2nd.— Run m one barrel from top copper through underlet to mash tun, .first marking with chalk the „ height of water On gauge ; then turn on . steam to underlet, then get belt on to mashing^ machine. 3rd.— When brewer arrives at 4 a.m. connect pipe to mashing 'machine, shut off steam tP underlet, and start engine very slowly, then cdme upstairs and poke malt down .from hopper to mashing - machine.. . 4th.— When mash all down disconnect pipe to mashing machine, and „ put on covers j then go downstairs and see, to fire until brewer comes ' down. Bth^-Turn on water to top copper and fill it up, at same time running water to tank. (To -get sufficient water into tank takes about 15 minutes, and to get sufficient water to fill top copper will take about 20 minutes!. 6th.— Watch ' temperature m top copper umttl it reaches 174, then \* turn off steam. 7th.— At 6 a.m., turn on water through hose to wort-copper, and at 6.15 a.m. turn on sparge to niash tun, letting both run until . brewer comes at 6.30. Bth!— At 6.30 a.m. stand by with bucket and dipper to take first runnings from mash tun, and then put in' tub full of hops to* copper. 9th.— Then go down-stairs, turn on boiling water from tank to hop back and start pumnins; to copier, and when brewer knocks turn on water to top copper, and stand j by until he knocks again and then turn off. lOtli.— When sufficient water on cooler stop pump ■ and go on cooler and swill down and run over Frig 1 and scrub Frig 1 letting v water run to waste. I 11th.— Get breakfast.. 1 12th.— Take sieve off Frig' and take it down-stairs, wash and place m 1 position again. . Put on pipe leading to tun, and see that tap is turned off at waste and on to fermenting tun. Put invert sugar m tub and turn steam on. 13th.— Watch fire; it is best at about 9.15 to have fire low, so that it can be nearly drawn so as to start with a clear fire ofbroken up Westport coal and then to gradually work steam up and water up so that at 10.30 a.m. boiler is at full glass with 80 to' Bs pounds of steam on. 14tli;— At 10.30 ' a.m. brewer will turn on full steam to jacket ; it is. (then best to keep injecting

water m boiler and firing Well at same time until steam drops to 70 pounds ; then endeavor to keep steam at that with, say, $ glass. A clear fierce fire with nothing out Westport coal will enable you to keep steam from falling below 60 or SO. Open windows above copper. Steaming is kept up until 1 p.m. 15th.— At one brewer turns off steam and puts \t ' on to hot . water copper, and you can then get water back into boiler, and iust keep about 30 pounds steam on ; help turn on wort to hop back. • 16th.— Get lunch and At 2116 go upstairs and lift plates and wash • down mashtun. 17th.— At 4 p.m. or whenever beer is all m fermenting tun; pump hot water to cooler after first washing down dregs to filter bag. ISth.— Swill cooler and then pump J clear water iko cqoloi&and ,let . it. run ave± 'Frife, scrubping ft6'sanle' ? time. - -..:• •■ 19th.— Bank down fire. / , Day After Brewing. S '■ Ist.— Rouse up fire and. geJrlS to 20 pounds steam on^ arid turn on steam to cask weighing tank, 2nd.— Go upstairs . attet putting shoot board ujf from hop shoot to carl? and throw put hops.' 3rd.— When all < hops well out remove sieve and^olle'c^ remaining hops and , throw 'Wn ; \then open sluice valve at bottom and mop over dome with water into which / soda has been put ; also mop over inside copper, cleah up hops all round and close all windows then sweep down. 4th.— Now scrub over dome outside and inside and also .copper, getting all hops away ; then get bucket of water with solution and scrub wood-work around copper. sth. — Mop floors down .from > top to bottom 'with hot water and sioda. 6th.— At 2 p.m. assist with casks or any other work. . - Brewery closes at 1 p.m. Saturdays, unless it ie "'necessary, to brew, when this occurs brewery closes on Wednesdavat 1 p.m. HpUdavs given on iull pay are r 1 - Labor Day. K|njs's, Birthday, , Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Neyir Year's - Day, Anniversary Day and Good Friday. . If away on other days pay is de- , ducted, No smoking is allowed m tlic brewery, except m stoke-hole room. . Men can have beer or, hop neer to drink, but if it interfers with their., work they got instant notice to leave. ..' t - Brewing day instruct/ions ; road like a Scotchbyterian sermon, gets down to the nineteenthly, and if they get out many brews a week a man would want to start off with a good strong constitution to . stand it. As ths men are allowed to drink .the ale perhaps Dodson ,'aiwi.- Son haye/ unlimited faith ,ip- -the--,.nquri^hinf; "quaU'ties or fti-ir brew, and "thi^-nk thaV a ymfen foci on that particular swankev 'is .capable of doinn- more work than; a horse. Possibly these hrewers are' very excellent • nebple m their way and real good bosses, and this r>aner wouldn't like to prejudice any hard-worklne; Voune: fellow who has ah; ./enrinewirivcr's certificate and wantst a iob, but at the same time there" is no harm m them knowing what duties arc .exnected of them. When Wilson saw the list- he was quite satisfied ;to catch the next boat back 1o ,Wellington. • ,