EIGHT HOURS ROLLER MILLS. INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC. Auckland, April 11.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 4

EIGHT HOURS ROLLER MILLS. INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC. Auckland, April 11.

lx response tv tho im iLa lions forwarded by MrJ. C. Firth, a larcjo number of leading citi/cn.s took occasion to day to visit and inspect, the lirM. Eight Hours Roller Mills started in tho colony. Amon^l tho visitors wore iMr T. Peacock, M.H.K., W. K. Waddcl (Chairman of Harbour Board), Councillor 'Swales, C. Atkin, .1. .1. Holland, 10. Cooper, and the bulk of tho merc anti!e men of tho city. Home ladies al&o e\amiued the complex machinery now re quhrd to turn out the stall ul life. The i \isitois woto received at tho entrance by' Mr L ( "ii Mi hinihcH, who extended a courteous welcome i.o all who came. Ho pointed out theroadforthexi>itoi-> to take, (hawing then 1 attention to the i.et that notices had beon alhxed lo show Lhe way lound. On the \atious lloois -v\eio stationed Mi Heeling Matthew- and Mi Huddle, who dnected the visitois, while Messis .). H. Hoyes and U. Marbiook (Mi Kntb's ioiem.in) explained the \anous m\stit\ing; pio-i-(N^"< to the ladies and gentlemen who attended. Mi Aoi dyke, junioi, of the turn ot Uoulyke, Mamuon \\m\ Co, oi Indtanopolis, who supplied the machine) y, was aUo m attendance thioughout the morning, and eoui teou>l> -upphed inionnation to v.uiou- liKjuiiois. Making tloui !>v the rolLr pincers is a vet) complete and at. the Mine time perplexing Ini-uu^s. The pl.nit pioeuied l>\ Mi Filth is Ihe \ei,\ latc-t system and i I'ump.wj- all t \\e latent \n\entions. Mi | \md_\ ki'\i\^ that Mi Fn t,h in hisenteipi ise has oitt uned tlic ui\ hi si, plant, and now po-M'W^ one ot tin lust nulls m the woild tin its si/,\ The-c e\tensi\e lull lollei llnm nulls on the « v Hi.i^ sheet haiiiom tiont.iLre, Amkland, ate filled with .dl th< latest .tiid most petted uucliiuciv toi niak im^ 11 1 1 — - 1 class floui s on an extensive scmU . ,-'P< ( lal appliance- aio pio\i<lec( ten making I Horn tins, u |M-vod loi pui it \ .mil w hiteiiLs-i, .md tot m iUu'u a (I'Hti w lueu w ill kiep sw t ft ,iinl sound in f^ueciisland. the .South Sea 1-1 nul-, oi in any elvn.iU . 'V\\o intlU ana -tiiknm and nol/lc pile. A million bitekha\e in > n it-eil in tin n eon»uuetion The .utanucmeiit^ toi lian-^tei l Hi'j; wheat lion\ s\e,uiwn to Kill se(vue t|\e must. p/>i hr\ t ( ononi} When the wheat, lia-^ pa— ed a nj^td examination toi .unlit \, eol.un and condition it Is pa-M.-d.it the l.iteo* ->ix -aeks pur minute into tin le-pei-Jne --toi.iiii bin-, pMK-cedin^ t ItetK c to t lie ( 1( aninu m.v luiili n . w heie all weed -ee(U. o.it- oi b.u Il\ , ilu-t and lmpuie matte 1 oteveiy .le>ei iption .u e.uitonud leall) andetiei tnall> -ep it.ited The cleaned w heat i^ con\i\ed thence to the loilei milN, mlkh-, ahti entlle-s lolhu^-, sop.u.mon-. puiityinys and and makmj; innutneiable a-ient- horn the uiound tloor to the tex is (tool, 80 teet aho\e, l»Y means of lot t \ ele\ atois, it iin. illy pa--e- into the ie spectne hms pun ided toi ihe \aiiou-. niades ot tht, lloui, and tor the bian and shaip-, ss hence it l- packed ioi vile The capaeit\ of the nnll-> is about a million bushel^ ot wheat per annum Imoiu bi'umiiiDji fo end of the mtiltit.uimis opeiations e\eiy mo\ einent l- automatic, iH]iuim» the attention of but a limited iiuitilki ot hmhl\-s!,iih_d wwiknien. Though the wheat i- neve i once handled aftei it enuis the tnst wheat hoppci, its %.nied pioducts can bt examined b> tlie woikmen at hundit d- ot points, ;i- they pa-s to then final ptodutts ot \anous (luahttcs of flour, shaip-, and bi.m The mills ;il e pio\ided with elect tic lights and automatic spimklei-. tot extinnuislunir tires .«/, the \eiy tust -taue ot combustion Mi .f. C Fnih. the piopuctoi, has boldh adopted tlie lM<iht Hon is S\stum, and is the Mi-t nidlti who has done so, no woikman bein^i allowed to ,\ oi k lon^ei than ci^ht hours aitci the hist pies- at be<jinnin<i is o\ci, the n>ills lunninc on one, two oi thiec shifts ot eiyht houis each, as the demand toi the floui piodueid may ie(mue Ditntrj, loom, di< -mhj; t ooin, bath loom with hot anrl cold watei, -alt or he-h aiepioMded toi the workmen. Tin so e\tensne mills ai c entitleil to take lank in tin vei.s (ttst. h-.e of tho hiuhest class ot Pvollei Houi Mills hitheito elected in an> p u ! ot t !><■ woi Id The mill budding- ha\e been mo-t taithtulh const meted !>y the cinuieiit Hun of 'huildei-, Mcssis" IMukox and Son, tiom the plan ot Mi lionet X The whole ot the machmei\ has Ivjen -upphed Ik, the well-Unow n (inn of Messi«- Nord\ke. NJ.u mon and Co., mill tin tu»hei s ot fudianomolis, LJ.S , and eteciid and fitted by then loieiiun and t;nuineei , Mi A. Maitm, and func Ikch o[ieiatid and set jto woik in liist el, is- -t^K In their chiet nullei. Mi ll.uiy Tow nseud. 'Ihis siipoth niachinci s is dm en by a double Coilis- online ot 250 hoi >c pouei nominal. Tlie mill and stores .tie ptotcctcd horn hie h\ main hundicds ot automatic iiic spnnkleis, eiei ted t.ifcet.hcr with tlic Coi-h-ssteiin enume. with the two steel multitnbulai boilci sundei t hepeLsoiial-ii|iei \ tsion of Mi S. I). Filth The mills are bellied 1^ about 100 electur lights piM.son.dl3 iitted and elected b> Mr Charles Noidkye and Mr K. T. Firth. Nothing could exceed the case rind le^ukuity with w lnch all the niachiiiety went duiinj: our \i-it. The whole tiling is a viand evidence ot what nineteenth century enteipiise can do in a i Lolonial city like Auckland. The \isitoi 1 - were allowed to wander round at will and examine the maclnneiy, it botnu men ly stipulated tii.it, tho> were iH)t< to handle the machines. l<j\eiy heie and theie the w oikmen lilted a small lid and showed the xisitors the \arious stages ol floui making. An automatic weighing machine attracted tjieat attention. *" By means of (his contuvance all the wheat passing tlnou^h the rollers is weighed and resist eied, so that each day the amount of wheat put through the' mills may be asceitamed. Ample proxision against dan^ci Irom fire has* been made in the -hape oi the patent, automatic sprinklers which aie placed eveiy 15 iect, and which, in the e\ent oi the torn pet atiuo Incoming too Inch or in case of a lire, at once discharge a copious bhower of water. In throwing his nulls open to the public, Mr Firth piovided a ical Ueat toi those who attended, and all hi& visitois must wish him the fullest .success in his latest undertaking— the Eight Hours ROIIOI Flour Mills.

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