Building & Architecture. Nelson Town Hall. OLD-WORLD ARCHITECTURE. v. Auckland Notes.

Progress, Volume III, Issue 2, 1 December 1907, Page 59

Building & Architecture.

Nelson Town Hall.

OLD-WORLD ARCHITECTURE. v.

Auckland Notes.

Several new residential buildings have lately been completed at the upper end of Victoria avenue, Wsnganui. » ****** Mr. W. Jack's tender of £1000 has been accepted for alterations to the Canterbury Club. Architects, Collins and Harman. ****** f Mr. W. Gunns tender of £1500 has been accepted for a ten-roomed residence at Papanui, Christchurch. Architects, Collins and Harman. ****** Plans are being drawn up for the new gymnasium to be erected at Christchurch for the High School scholars. Architects, Collins and Harman. ****** Mr. ]. Grieg's tender of £1680 has been accepted for a Presbyterian Sunday School to be erected at Christchurch. Architect, Luttrell Bros. ****** A residence has just been completed for Mr. Guy Williams, near Masterton. The cost of this building was £3500. Architect, E. Coleridge , contractor, F. Bacon. ****** A new wing, conservatory, and other improvements to " Highden," Awahun, for Mr<*. Walter Johnston, are about to be erected. Architect C. Tilleard Natusch. ***** The new flatmill built for Messrs. Seifert and Co , at Makerua, near Shannon, has just been completed. This mill is said to be the largest and the most complete in the Dominion.

A residence has been completed for Mr. W. James, S.M., at Masterton. The building is on one floor', and has a verandah all round, and cost £1700. Architect, E. Coleridge , contractor, F. Bacon. " ****** Ihe residence in Gloucester street, Christchurch, which is being erected for Mr.W. Taylor, will shortly be completed. Architects, Clarkson and Ballantyne ; contractor, J. Young. ****** A four -storied building is about to be erected on the corner of Johnston and Featheiston streets, Wellington for Messrs. Murray Roberts and Co , Ltd. Architects Penty and Blake. ****** I\ir. John S. Swan, architect, Wellington, has received instructions to prepare drawings, etc., for the erection of two large brick warehouses m Napier. Tenders will be called at an early date. ****** Taylor Bros.' tender has been accepted for block of shops and offices attached to dwellings to be built m Sydenham, Christchurch, for the Sydenham Money Club. Architect, F. J. Barlow.

The 4 rclntectural Editor will he glad to receive illustrations or matter from those interested in this section Address ; Aichitertural F.dit'-r Progress 71 Lambton quay \] ellnig'on.

A house of thirteen rooms is being erected opposite St. Michael's Church, Christchurch for Dr. Westenra. The facings W ill be rough cast finish. Architect, Collins and Harman , contractor, W. Gunn.

A contract has been let for a new water supply scheme at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay. The work includes a 30 000-gallon concrete reservoir. Contract price £±16. Architect, John S. Swan , contractor, J. Guthrie. Tenders are being called for the erection of a six-stoned building and extensive additions to factory, and also large wooden building on Lambton quay, Wellington, for Mr. Robert Hannah. Architects, Penty and Blake. ****** The tender of Martin, Hurrell, and Snaddon, at has been accepted for the erection of Mr. G. Winder's five-storey warehouse, with basement, at the corner of Cuba and Manners streets, Wellington, Architects, Penty and Blake. ****** The bungalow residence which is being erected at the corner of Riccarton road and Harakeke street, Christchurch, for Mr. J. R. Duncan, is being proceeded with Architects, Clarkson and Ballantyne ; contractor J. Young ****** Good progress is being made with the four -storey brick building which is being erected at the corner of Tuam and Manchester streets, Christchurch for Messrs. J. M. Heywood ar.d Co. The building will be used as offices and sample rooms. Architects Clarkson and Ballantyne , conti actors Rennie and Pearce.

A two-storey brick building is now in course of erection on Taupo quay, Wanganm, and when finished, will present a greet contrast to + he old wooden structure formerly on the site. The new building will be temporarily occupied by .Messrs. Thain and Company, ironmongers, until their own new building is erected. ****** \~ A large four-storey brick Luildmg, situated in Cuba stieet, Wellington, next to the Gear Company's premises, is now m course of erection for the Cuba street Land and Investment Company. The building is to be utilised for shops and business premises, Architect, J. C. Maddison ; contractor, W. rrr.n , clerk of w orks, Campbell Colquhovn.

Extensive alterations and additions are being planned out to one of the oldest houses in Oamaru, for Mr. Douglas. The additions will be in Oamaru stone, roughly finished, and rough cast externally, with Marseilles tile roof. Eight rooms and offices will replace the portion removed, besides the remodelling of the remainder of the house, in modern style. ****** The contract has just been signed for a nineroomed brick house in Melville street, Dunedin. The exterior is to be all cement, rough cast, coloured white, with exposed brick arches and sills, and roof covered with Marseilles tiles. Good large rooms have been provided for, but the plan has been made as compact as possible to save unnecessary space. Architect. B. B. Hooper, g, [_ |

We 1 egret having inadvertently mentioned in last month's issue that Mr. L. F. B Livesay architect Wellington, had commenced the prpctice of his profession. Mr Livesay ha« been in practice for some considerable time. Our intention was to draw attention to the fact that Mr Livc^a\ had been elected honorary secretary r,nd treasurer of the Wellington Association of Architects. ****** The five-storey building in Willis street, Wellington, which is to be utilised as a private hotel is neanng completion, and it is anticipated that it will be ready for occupation about the end of January. Shops will be situated on the ground floor of the building, and each compartment is to be fireproof. Architect, J. C. M^ddison ; contractors, J. Trevor and Sons : clerk of works, Campbell Colquhoun.

A Carnegie library is now being erected in New Plymouth. It will be a two-story brick building, and the cost of the same will be met by a Carnegie grant of £2,500. ****** A contract has been let at £5,155 lor the erection of shop and office buildings next to Club Hotel, Queen street, Masterton, for Messrs Gray Bros. The building will be of two stories with a 50ft. frontage. Architect, J Charlesworth. ******

A private residence of ten rooms is in course of erection at the corner of Durham Street aud Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, for Mr. John Hay. Contract price, Architects, Hurst Seagar, Wood and Munnings ; con tractors, Southworth and Peters. ****** A residence on artistic lines has just been erected at Carterton. The house contains a large hall, dming and drawing-rooms, three bedrooms, kitchen, scullery, pantry, etc. Contract price over /1000. Architect, W. Gray Young , contractor, A. R. Wallis, Carterton. ****** A handsome fourstory brick building is about to be erected at the corner of Stout and Balance streets, Wellington, for the Civil Service Club. A feature of the structure will be a commodious bl l - hard room for three tables, whilst the appointments and interior arrangements are roomy and modern. Architect, J Charlesworth. * * * * 1- * Through the courtesy of the owner we are enabled to reproduce two exterior views and the plan of a house recently erected on the sunny slopes of Karon for Mr. W. J. Monaghan, J.P. The striking feature of the wide gable on the garden fron + produces an effect of peacefulness and is particularly pleasing, otherwise the house in its external aspect is arranged somewhat on lines commonly called " bungalow " style. When we cross the threshold we are in an outer vestibule leading into a small anteroom or lobby, which opens into the usual offices. From the lobby we enter the main hall of ample dimensions (23 x 12ft.). The two dcors to the left give access to the dinmg-room and drawingroom, connected by folding doors. The dining-room (24 x 16ft.) is of pleasing proportions provided with recess for bookshelves, sideboard, and chimnevplace, for convenience and comfort. The ample kitchen, with adjoining offices, closets, and linen cupboards are most perfectly arranged for family comfort, suggesting the distinction of an English home. Architect, C. F. B. Livesay.

The following particulars of a large country house will be of interest, -which is to be erected at Ashley, Clinton, Hawke's Eay, in a quamt, modernised Elizabethan style : — The vestibule leading mto a 25ft. x 15ft. panelled hall provided with a large fireplace, and a staircase hall 16ft. x 15ft. with a gallery round containing five casement lights. The dining-room, 20ft. x 15ft , lighted by a deeply recessed "window, in proximity to butler's pantry, store-room, servants' . hall, kitchen, and a back staircase The other rooms, drawing, morning, smoking rooms, and a well-lighted billiard room,

with garden entrance shielded by a verardah Nine well-arranged" bedrooms, r dressing-room, two bath-rooms, offices, and dark room, with sunny balconies Externally, the house is to be weatherboauled with panelling on the upper walls and the roof will be covered with Maiseilles tiles. Aichitect, C. Tilleard Natusch ****** A building for woodwork and cooking classes is m course of construction in the school [grounds Rintoul street, for the Education Eoaid, Welling-

ton. The brickwork is laid in English bond with struck joints mside and. cement plastered outside. The class rooms a r e of the lollowmg sizes : Woodwork room, 42 x 30ft. ; cooking room, 32 x 30ft ; crrndor, L'O x Cft. The rooking room will be fitted with a Shacklock 4ft. range, with douMe oven and high pressure hot water supply, also a gas range. The plans of this structi re wre prepared by Mr. A.. McDougall of the Education Board staff. Contractors, Sanders Pros , clerk of works, Rcbert C. Thornton.

This building, the plans of which wer^ prepared by Mr. Corbett, architect, of Nelson, is m the Corinthian style. The dimensions are 107 feet by 57 feet, the Town. Hall and Municipal offices being on the ground floor. The first floor is destined for the municipal opera house, complete \\ ith dress circle, family circle, six private boxes, reserved front seats, stalls, and pit, -with all necessary appurtenances and conveniences, including iren staircases, fire escapes, and fire escape doors opening outwards. The building will h-ve three frontages, facing respectively Halifax and Waimea streets and Haven road. The first storey is to be constructed of Tonga Bay granite, the second will be of brickwork and Portland cement for all mortar. The ceilings will be finished with embossed zinc, complete with heavy cornices, and the walls will be plasteied. The centre circle lantern light, over the auditorium, will be of leadlight work, divided into plaster panels finished in white and gold The dress circle will be upholstered in ruby plush and gold gimp, with carved gilded elbows. The centre auditorium will be carried on longitudinal and transverse steel girders. The opera house will be lit by^the Swan I 'incandes-l cent system, with amber, yellow, pink, blue, red, and green shades. There will' be a circular window over the circle, highly ornate ; noiseless floorcloth will be laid over the floors and staircases, and the exterior and mterior will be furnished with all modern appliances. All the walls will be fitted with Tobin pipes and torpedo system of fresh and foul air vents. There will be a revolving Boyle patent in the centre of -the lantern light, and there will be a clock with chimes. The estimated cost is about ;£ 12,000. An organ for the Hall is talked of, and the work of getting it will not be long delayed. Nelson's undoubted musical standing requires it, and Nelson's public would heartily support such an undertaking.

Last month w< % gave a view of the Church of St. Theobald, the architectural glory of the little tower of Tharm. In the present issue we give a picture of the North Doorway of the same. This is one of the£/most exquisite doorways in Europe. There*, are several other doorways in' the satn* 3 church, but this one is incomparably the most elegant. All highly enriched with sculptures represent ing saints and scriptur a 1 subjects, and they are all, according to a high authority, "of very good execution." The North Doorway stands out from the rest very prominent. The West window is the best known to architects and antiquaries, according to some authorities. But the Noith window, which i s such a new departure in the archway of the North Doorway, entitles the latter to the palm, as many argue. Be that as it may, the unique character of the lighted doorway certainly arrests every eye. For the rest, the harmony of the proportions, the delicacy of the traceries, the happy treatment of the beautifully canopied niches, together with the artistic beauty of the statutary — which, by the way, is in a splendid state of preservation — unite as will be readily admitted by all who see our picture of this wonderful Doorway, in presenting a most exquisite example of the finest Gothic art. The church of which it is part belongs, as stated in our last issue, to the extraordinary series of beautiful churches for which Alsace and Lorraine are remarkable. It was built by the younger Envin, the son of Erwin of Stcinbach, who built the great Cathedral of Strasbourg, and this accounts for the resemblance between the two, which has led to the belief that the smaller edifice is a replica of the larger. The son, it may be added, continued his father's work, which was begun in 1,277, aJl^ com ~

plet^d, with the exception of the towers, by his daughter vSabina. The bodies of all three lie in the Cathedral to this day, having escaped the iconoclastic fury of the ruffians of the "Terror," who wrought much havoc in Strasbourg, as elsewhere, during that terrible period. The smaller church of Thann, designed and built by the younger Erwin. is constructed of the local red sandstone, the spire is of open work with green and yellow tiles for roofing. The country is prr.cticp.lly

unknown to the ordinary tourist, who rushes from Strasbourg to Bale, utterly neglecting the beautiful and most interesting country of the Vosges. Schlestadt, the Cathedral of which forms our other illustiation of old-world architecture, stands in the valley of the 111, some twenty-seven miles from Strasburg. The railway line between the two places runs along the plain of Alsrce, up the valley of the 111 river, crossing hundreds of small bridges, which span the mountain streams or their way from their sources in the chain of

the Vosges to the Rhine. It^is'a place' of considerable strategic*' importance, as was proved by the fact that it held out unc&ptured in 1815, when beseiged by the Austrians, and was not reduced in the war of 1870-71 without a protracted struggle. It is, of course, a garrison town of the German army. Schlestadt is a town of 10,000 inhabitants, and has a few manufacturers. Wanganui, Napier, Timaru, Palmerston North are all of about the same size. When will they be as rich in architectural beauties ? Our illustration shows the fine old Cathtdral church of Schlestadt. The town boasts also of a fine church, in the R omanesque style ; the church of St. Foy, built in 1094, on somewhat similar lines to tho church of the Holy Sepulchre, built half a century or so earlier, by the crusaders on the site of Const antine's famous Basilica. The resemblance i s close r in the massive square towe/, with the slightly pointed arches, which, in this style, vary the monotony of the circular design. It is a variant of the Norman style which was prevalent in the architecture 0 f Eastern Europe, in the early Middle Ages. The Norman massivmess i n this Romanesque is reminiscent of the strength so characteristic of much of the older Roman architecture, whilst the slightly point?d openings for eshadow the development of the Gothic. There is also a famous Clock Tower (in very good preservation), which rises over a blind gateway in the massive city walls. There is also a Burgomeister's House, very handsome and famous. All of which is an illustration of the marvellous architectural richness of these small quaint cities of the old world ; while on its side, this richness of architecture is an eloquent p:oof of the eventful varieties of their past.

A large three-storey brick building is now in course of construction in St. Hill street, Wanganui, for Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited. The building, when, completed, will present a very handsome appearance and will be a welcome ?ddition to the many fine buildings that have lately been erected in the town. Architects, Cnchton and McKay, Wellington , contractors, Russell and Bignell, Wanganui. ****** The Taranaki County Council have opened a new ferro-concrete bridge over the WaiwaVpiho river replacing the pnnn structure erected over f>fty years ago. The new bridge is claimed to be the largest re-mforced concrete traffic bridge m the Dominion. The Council has now buiU two steel bridges and nine ferro-concrete. A comparison of the ccst is decidedly in favour of ferro-concrete and the cost of maintenance is leduced to a minimum.

The following tenders for the new offices for Messis Dalgety and Company were received for the brick buildings :— W. Ward £3234, Bull Brothers £3300 (accepted), Stanley Brothers £3360, Solhtt Brothers £3500, Howie and Matthews £3500, of Napier ; and Scott £3800, of Dannevirke. For the ferro-concrete building, C. F. Macdonald £3400, J. Gnffen £3665. The architect's estimate was £3500, and the plans and 1 details were carefully prepared bv Mr. Alex. Natusch • architect, C. Tiller.rd Natusch.

The directors of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company have accepted the plans for a new warehouse and factory (to be erected m Manchester street, South Christchurch), prepared by Messrs England Brothers, architects, of Chnstchurch, and have entrusted the work of building the premises to Messrs. J. and W. Jamieson, Limited. The contract time allowed is twelve months, and the cost involved is about The waiehouse is to front on Manchester street, and the factory will be fifteen feet distant, at the rear. ****** A very neat country residence has just been completed at Silverstream for Mr. C. A. Ewen. The outside is

finished with weather boards and " Eternit " cement sheets. The roof is covered with " Eternit " roofing slates of reddish colour, and shows a fine contrr st and harmonises well with the creamcoloured weather boards, and grey ground of " Eternit " sheets and rich dark colour of the facings. The large living room is finished with panelling of picked heart rimu having a deep paper frieze of plain red. The ceiling is finished between the joints in flatted white. The ingle nook round the open fire-place is practically shut off from the room by a plain arch. The rest of the house is divided into three bedrooms with largejanding,

etc., linen cupboards on the first floor and two bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom op' ground jfloor. The kitchen and bath-room are fitted up -with every con\ en ence. Contractors Brown and Johnston. ****** A 1 .rge 1 esidence is about to be erected at Kelburn". Ar:hitect, W. Gray Young , contractor H. Lockwowd ****** Six miles of piping will be required for the new Christchurch water-supply reticulation, the contrac/F for which has been secured by the Wanganui Spvfai Pipe Company. ****** Among our illustrations this month are two photos of " Thorsby," one of those solid and comfortablelooking residences of the type so much m vogue in these days. In the exterior view are three separate balconies to the three principal bedrooms, which, in the opinion of the architect, are so much more convenient than a continuous balcony, besides looking so much more picturesque. The extra row of transom lights seen m the large window under the middle balcony is for the purpose of letting in ample light to show the pictures, which, as will be seen in the interior view, are hung on the long blank wall of the drawing-room hall. " Thorsby "is the second country residence the architect has designed for Mr. William Birch, the other being " Erewhon," which was illustrated in this journal some months back. Architect, C. Tilleard Natusch.

Stained Glass and Leadlight Work in New Zealand.

The improvement of the public taste during the last few years has been reflected in the general desire for more artistic surroundings in the home. The result is most marked in the stained glass and leadlieht indnstrifis. In this special work it is satisfactory to learn that the Dominion has more than held its own, so that at present the standing of the industry readily bears comparison with that of any other country. The industry has in fact become a recognised and mdespensable feature of artistic design. In other words it is now regarded as necessary to provide leadlights or stained glass work for every building or decoration. In New Zealand, until a few years ago, this industry was carried out in a half - hearted manner quite worthy of the general lack of appreciation of its possibilities. It could not be called an art, and was only dealt with as a side line by all plumbing and painting businesses. The designs were generally of some simple geometrical pattern. Sometimes a series of leaves would be introduced which, whatever the dimensions of the window required, were mostly I of*, 1 one shape and size, interspersed with rondells f to* represent fruit, and almost purely geometrically - drawn figures representing flowers. These designs were termed floral. The colours were generally on a par with the design : one green, termed leaf green,

being used for all leaves ; ruby for flowers ," and pmk or yellow for fruit, without apparently any thought whatever for harmony ,or pontrast ,of colour, or ,any other artistic consideration. The main idea seems to have been to place a certain number of pieces of coloured | glassj in some sort of pattern to fill a given space. The result was, therefore, often mechanical rather than artistic a result only to be expected, in the absence of talent, or inclination for or particular training in, the branch of art in queslon. Latterly, however, the latent artistic feeling of the community has been roused and educated to look for something more in the finishing and decoration of the home than stiff lines and crudities of colour and design. The demand is now invariably for the best effect as well as for the best

workmanship. It is therefore now possible to obtain in the Dominion artistic leadlights and stained glass work which would do credit to any studio in the world, and would be difficult to excel for colouring and design. The glasses used vary from the ordinary clear glass of every day use to the most beautiful tints in " muffled," " cathedral," and " figured " glasses. In addition there are most up-to-date hand-made glasses, which are specially produced to satisfy the demand for the work of the good craftsman in this branch of the art. It is to be regretted, however, that there are still firms who ignore the possibilities of fine effects preferring cheap work, which proclaims itself as manufacture rather than art. Though the present style of decorative architecture has demanded special

study for the production of leadhghts in keeping with the general character of buildings, still the demand for geometrical patterns has by no means ceased. It is very notable, however, that the old crudeness has given place for the most part to good design and soundness of colouring. These when combined with the judicious use of the special glasses before mentioned, make the present day leadhghts a marked contrast to those of the wretched past. In this connection there are now great variety of rondells, cut and cast centres, and other decorations, in almost infinite variety of shapes and colours, which used m artistic combination give to plain work an enchantment otherwise unobtainable. The local production now incudes painted and stained panels and centre pieces of birds, fruits, flowers, and other subjects, which have been used from time immemorial to enhance the beauty of geometrical work. These are in every way equal to the imported article. Of stained glass work for private houses this, though quite a novel industry in the Dominion, is a great artistic success. The excellence of design and execution show that the rudiments of this special branch have not been neglected as may be seen by inspection of any of the great variety of designs— floral, geometrical, heraldic, and what not. These products assure the stained glass industry a prosperous future in its relation to private houses.

Stained glass windows, memorial and otherwise, are now among the products of local manufacture, all in a style of artistic finish, comparing well with the importations. They should put an end at once to the prejudice against " colonial workmanship " It has been found that, to produce the quality of work mentioned, very large and well selected stocks of special glasses are necessary. The fact that they are regularly stocked argues considerable faith in the stability of the industry. Although the whole of this work is produced itn the Dominion, the pi ices compare favourably wi h those of any othei part of the world. It only remains for the people of the Dominion to substantially recognise the skill of the artists and the enterpr se of the owners of the works. Thus only can the

industry become the valuable and important factor which it deserves to be in the development of the arts and crafts of the Dominion. One important advantage the local product has over the imported article is the nearness of its neighbourhood to the place of use. First there is the difficulty about exact decision as to dimensions and colours, so long before the work is installed. Secondly, there is the danger of discordant effects from various styles in the same building. Thirdly, the rapidity of replacement in case of damage with exact reproductions Last, and not least, the possibility of that previous personal inspection by the artist, which enables him to judge for himself of the position of windows and the strength of the light required. This last alone is a tremendous advantage for design, suitability of work, and artistic finish.

The sum of £30,000 is available for a new Technical school. Of that amount £10 000 was a gift from the Auckland Savings Bank, which carries with it a £ for £ contribution from the Government, and the remainder represents public subscription. Great care has been exercised in providing for a building which shall not only be in every way suitable for present needs, but for the future as well. There is a desire, also, on the part of the Education Board, as trustees for the moneys, to see that the new building shall be a credit, architecturally, to the northern city. To that end the Board's architect was permitted to visit the United States for the purpose of ascertaining the best methods ruling in the architectural treatment of re-mforced concrete in combination with brick, stone, or bronze Several editors of building journals, contractors, and engineers were met with, and acting on their suggestions it was decided to make the matter the subject of public competition. The editor of the American Architect took the question up with much enthusiasm, holding that such a competition would benefit the United States and Canada, equally with the Dominion of New Zealand. Results are awaited here with great interest, as the ideas of Americans in re-mforced concrete construction practically dominate that branch of the building trade throughout the world. The recent cable, which announced that the height of American buildings was to be limited, prompts a well-known architect in Auckland (Mr. John Mitchell) who has just returned from the States, to predict that the ruling will cause very heated opposition in the big American cities, where land is sold at such fabulous prices. Mr. Mitchell states that to an oversea visitor these high structures are a source of unspeakable wonder ; and enquiry into the wherefore of their existence very soon disclosed a typical reason ; for instance, a section in Fifth Avenue, New York, having a frontage of 66 feet and a depth of 300 feet was recently " knocked down " to a millionaire merchant for 1,250,000 dollars. This price is all the more remarkable on account of the site being in a purely residential area. So far as the business portion, proper, of New York city is concerned, it is of course well known that a structure must go either up or down, but 90 feet is at present the downward limit for foundation purposes ; so that high buildings have^gone up to an extent which had to be, sooner or later, regulated. With the 512 feet Singer building in New York, illustrated m Progress for October last, and a still higher one for the Metropolitan Syndicate at No. 1, Madison Avenue, Mr. Mitchell thinks the last word has been said in such structures, m view of the New York official decision. The reason for this counter action has not evinced itself without great deliberation on the part of the authorities. Briefly, they recognise that high buildings ere detrimental to the public health and ruinous to the architectural ensttnblc of a city. Such structures exrhde the sun from th^ streets, thereby making good m?,C£,dam impossible, end prevent the circulation of air m offices and factories. In Washington, D.C., states Mr. Mitchell, the skyscraper was early prohibited, and there no building can go up to a height exceeding the width of the street m which it is to be erected, This excellent example might well be followed by cities whose streets are wide enough, but in New Zealand we would require, at any rate, a wise modification of the rule. The inordinate demands made upon the cement and lime producing industries in Auckland of late years has led to patchy enlargment of the works from time to time. Now, however, I am advised that Messrs. John Wilson and Co. intend doubling their plant by the next four months. Instead of an annual output of 20,000 tons, Messrs. Wilson will be able to deliver just about twice that quantity, under the new order of things.