TARATAHI DAIRY COMPANY'S FACTORY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1311, 23 February 1883, Page 3

TARATAHI DAIRY COMPANY'S FACTORY.

At the close of last week the 'directors settled up with Mr A, R. Wallisthe contractor, and look over the factory building i;-,, which faces Fraud's' line leading to Gladstone, and only a few chains from the .. junction of that road with the main road to Masterton, The contract was let in .' S j)ctober')asf, and has been faithfully carried out in accordance wilh the specifications, resulting as stated by the final re 1 port of the inspector, Mr A. McKenzio, in the company having got a good and sub- ' startlial building for the money expended on it. The original contract was £430 10s, and that the whole work had been carefully considered prior to it being let, jb proved by the extras having only amounted to £7, this amount haying

, mainly arisen from/, the extra ceiiicnt it I was desired advisable to put in the uppur I layer of the : concrete flouring in tho receiving room, tvhere iho tmiiu traffic will of necssity bo. •■.The is 52id by 36ft, height to ridge pole B.oft', with studs 20 feet in the clear, the height of the ground floor compartments froni the floor to the ceiling being 13ft. The framework is entirely of heart of lolara, that limber, red pine, and matai being used in the construction of other paits of tho building, and the diagonal coverinir outi side and the lining inside, with tho care [givon to tho bracing throughout the buildiug, nivea it a strength and solidity that could not well le surpassed. To insure an even temperature as far as practicable, the spaces between tho innei and outor lining have been filled with sawdust dried, and sifted free from al bark or chips, and rammed down'with i spade every 12 inches as the work pro ceeded, Tho entranco door that load into the engine room from the outside, and between the receiving and looms, are folding doors, and all throughout the building are framed, lodged, strongly braced, and firmly hung. The greatest care has been paid throughout the buildinp to tho question of ventilation, and every means possiblo resorted to to enablo a uniform -temperature to be maintained. In the roof are six circular ventilators, 9 inches in diameter, which conduct tho air thamuli the ceiling to the outside of the roof fined over with revolving covers, plastered and Boldered to prevent leakage. At either end are six and on each side eight box ventilators, through which a full or limited current of air can be admitted, and at thejop of each window throughout the buildiug are "louvres'* 6 inches by 1 inch, with a cap of of 3 inches, with a staplo screwed iu on the inside edjje, with a wire cord looped through them, and run over apully fixed in the head for regulating the ventilation, but tho windows in no oiiso open, A trap door is fitted in the upper floor, and in the roof immediately above it is a hoist beam with a ring fixed into it by a lin. bolt running through the beam, to enable heavy weights to be safely and expeditiously raised from the ground to tho upper flooring. The ground flooring is of' cement 9 inches to a foot thick, with , a fall of 2 inches from either side to the centre, down which a gutter rims, the length of the building, extending a couple of ieet al either end, prottibed by gratings to exclude vermin, &c. So much fur the general construction, and now a few words as to the compartments into which the buildiug is divided. The upper flooring consists of one vast chamber for the storage of what may bo manufactured in •he building, which is reached by a staircase, having a most convenient slope from the ground floor. The latter consists of five divisions—tho receiving room, which i? entered from tho main doorway, 30ft. by 201t., with the clearinsjiup room and engine room on the right, each being 16ft. by loft, the latter having an outside door for tho convent ence of supplying fuel, At the end of the receiving room is the press room, 20 by 20, aud off this again to the right is the curing room, 16ft. by 15ft. The company altogether have a building that is certainly a credit to the district, anil although jts proportions may be somewhat op a niorp pxipnded spale than the first year' 6 working may actually demand we have but little doubt that it will Boon be found none too largo for the requirements of the district, as its importance becomes moro generally, recognised. A large proportion of the fittings" will have to be procured from England or Amerjca, and these, we understand, the directors are sending fpr by tho next mail, bin where practicable they will not go outside the Colonies for anything they can get efficiently made within iheiv boundaries, and tho directors calculate on being iu full readiness to commence operations' at the opening of the ensuing season,