LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13955, 15 July 1909, Page 2

LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

UKSSJRS PARI} AND CO'S J'H KMISKS.

Me-sj-rs Parr mid Co.. the wriHiliown pngiiuws of Timaru, reiit.oYcd tlie last •>t their nineliini'rv yesterday from thcic old jH-emises in Stafford street north, to t.ileir new and more commodious ones 011 a section be.'h.uigiii'g t: tho !l;irbe>ur Board. be-t» e'eii Hayes street and the son* Tlic change was made necessary ijy reason of the everincreasing 'uilimc of business whiel the firr'i is called upon to cope with ami because Mr Parr finds it necessan t') add blacksniithing to his allied Undertakings in the shape of boiler sho| work and general enginex'tint;. Foi y«'ar« pnst the firm has had a '">od dc:i of blacksmith's work to Jo this dovetailing with his engineering work. bill hitherto ho could not undertake it, In reason of the fact that lie had no roon for a smith's shop in his old building Now. however, he lias tlirei; foFges and he has been fortunate in securint the services rf a fifst-olnss smith witi Homo as well ;\s colonial experience nnd in future the firm will be pfeparct to undertake all kinds of wol*k atfectiiu tools or machinery, l"om sewing ma chines to traction engines. The opera tions of tJ' i v firm cover a wide area extending from .Ashburton on the nol'tl to Oamaru on the south, Their new workshop U built of ;">l vanised iron: it is Ill.'jffc lo"~. anf| wide and 15ft li'igli, built (by Mr John Broad head) In a very substantial man T*" f' n rry the h°avv running gea l " Tin building stands on a section ol whicli Messrs Prrr and Co. have lease for twelitv years from tlu Timaru Harbour Board, and so a* t< have nlenty of room to accor itr, o<lat{ traction engines an<l ether big ma chines which may conic in for repair they have secured a second section adioininc that on which the shop stands tn addition to the shop pfeipcr. there is another building close bv it, one ball of which has b~pn suitably fitted ur as ail ofhcP. while the other half is used a .store. Another fairly large building is in course of erection, thii being a boiler shop. Jit the past th< firm has been somewhat at a disad vantage in dealing with the engineer ing requirements of the shipping, at tlu port, but with its new buildings am thoroughly modern plant, it will n< longer labour under any disability it this respect. At the present tinu Messrs J'arr and Co» employ fourteei men, and very shortly they expect t; give employment to half a dozen more The shop is fitted with all the besl machinery procurable, and is in even "'ay well fitted up for the quick tie spatch of good work. Included in tin machinery are one or two very in terestmg labour-saving devices, 110 tablv, a. patent compound pneumatie hammer, a pneumatic 4-cylinder drill and a pneumatic rivet-tor." Jt is ven interesting to see the big hammer a" work drawing out hot iron without an; manual labour. It is a formidable looking machine. Oft in height, ant with a hammer which at every stroke deals a blow equal in weight to : quarter of a ton. Jt is driven hi compressed air, the compressor beinj. e>ne which Messrs Parr and Co. matte in the shop. This drives the air uj aloft through a pipe and into a re ceiver close to the roof of the building and from this it is led along in pipe: to the big hammer. From a brand pipe at the entrance to the shop powcj can be obtained at any desired place (by attaching a hose to the end o the j>ipe). cither in or outside tin shop. If it is desired to drill, tin pneumatic drill above re.ferred'to is at tached to the end of the he>se, and the drill can be carried about wherever tie sired. In other words, the power with these pneumatic tools, can be taken to the machinery instead of hav ing to take the machinery to t.ln po\V,sr. In working with the chLse tho tool is attached to a holder, inside of which the tap is given, softly oi heavily, as desiied, by simply pressinj what is termed a trigger, in the handle of the cylindrically-sliaped holder o the chisel. Kivetting work is done ii precisely the same way, with a different tool. The power can be regu lated to a nicety by a hard or sof pressure, and by relaxing the hold i is shut off altogether. These pneu matic tools manipulated by compresses air mark a great advance 011 the ole laborious methods of doing this clas of work, and they effect a great savinj in cost. The big hammer is a grca improvement 011 the old style of stoau hammer, as with it there is never an; water flying about to scald those win are operating it, and it is much mor tleanly and economical. With it work which would take an hour i done under the old method by hand can be accomplished cleanly and sue :essfully by it in one minute. Anothe advantage is that there is 110 loss o time in getting up steam, as the com pressor, if started, say, at five minute to 8, is ready for work at 8 o'clock pow'er can be got up while the iroi to be beaten is being heated. A 1 the machinery in the shop is driven b; 1 14 Ji.p. Tan-rye engine, and despiti the fact that the concrete foundation are on made Ground, the machinery i: "unning smoothly and well.