ANDREWS AND BEAVEN'S NEW PREMISES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 14

ANDREWS AND BEAVEN'S NEW PREMISES.

The rspidifey with which Messrs Andrews snd - Beaveo, of the Canterbury Machine Works, restored the premises which were burned hy the fire of J/tnuary 8 lasl smd gob their busiu«ss into 'eompkte running order after the cerious in f erruj.-tion by the cos fixation constitutes * record for despatch ia the indu^fecial annals of Canterbury. A fortnight after the fite, part of ; the buiLdii>g was fitted up for occupation, "itb, new shafticg in place, and alt the lathesin, working order. la five weeks, fiora the date of the fire the whole ' bttild-^ iug was erected and fitted up, and the* carpenters, who .had. been accommodated in. temporary prtm?«es, were set to work therein. During the rebuilding the ordinary operations of the firm were- not by any means suspended 1 . Indeed, in the five weeks they fcad replaced all the destroyed in the fire, including a range of five Urge ones,, comprising a, seed* cleaning plant for Duuedio. The new prensisea are similar in size and general arrangenoen's to the old ones, being about 90cb in leDgth and 55fb wide.' They are, however, superior ia many respect*, as they have been built according to a plan designed to suit the requirements of the business, whereas the buildings burned had, as it were, been constructed piecemeal to meet exigencies as they arose. The renovated s'ructure comprises a central shop and twob*yg, on« on either side, ali under one roof. The central portion is devoted to the work of erecting the machines — chaff-eufcbars and seedcleaners — made by the firm, and is provided with a. powerful tra.VHiJ.iug ccaue r by which-, machines are shifted with tie greatest. facility. The western bay.Js ,the ironworkers', departmen!", and is fi ted* w:th a'l necessary lathes and other appliance?. The whole of the plant which was, iujured or destroyed has been replaced, aud io is, moreover, to be strengthened aud improved^ Mr Frank Andrews, who has made a special study of machine toola and the ittterchangesbility of parts, has ordered from Germany one of Yon Pittler's universal inetaLworkiag lathes, which came under his notice when be was in the Fatherland a few years ago, and winch is. to be usgd in connection with the manufacture of the special tools needed to turn, oub da plicate parts of machines in exact accordance wi;h- a- standard pattern. This, is in. compliance with the firm's practice of making^ evt-ry part of a machine to a standard gaugr,' so that those which are broken, or. worn out can! he replaced with the minimum of trouble. • In the hay en the_ eastern side of the building j^ I cartierl on the operation of putting together tile woodwork of Hie various taachioesi The* appliances used in turning out tiie woodwork in question are in a detached building, which wasiiot injured by the the. A strong-ioom for tha storage of chuff-cutter knives and other duplicate parts ia situated aft the rear of the large" workshop, and in the frort portion of the premises, above the wing*, 9re galleries wherein are stored bolt 3, nuts, »nd otber requisites and tnatcrtafs. The main building ia insulated, by meaaa of double iron doors, from the woodworking and blacksmith's shops and from the office. The latter, wa'ch i 3 situated on the cast siJe of the front, consists of two apartment;?, convenisnUy fitted up. The premises are of hiick. with rcnir of corrugated iron aud th*= firtings t.br'>agfeoub are thorougbly substantial aed suitable. The establishment at present is erceediu&ly well filled with the machinery produced tb.erea.fc, largely iv cossfquence of orders- f torn New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania. — Lyttelfcon Times