MESSRS CHAMBERLAIN BROS. FLOURING MILLS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2258, 31 March 1886, Page 2

MESSRS CHAMBERLAIN BROS. FLOURING MILLS.

|:To keep up with the requirements, ofthe district, Messrs Chamberlain Bros havo 'just had fitted up in their mills- Albert street, Masterton, a new Bteam eijfine, which is now; in full going order. It is a compoundHaiidemcondensihgiengine M 14 hsrae-powcr-nominally/tufc capable of working up to 30 horse-power. It is 16ft Gin in length, and laid in a solid concrete bed 3ft Bin in thickness. The cylinders are bolted down to a massive 'bed plate . weighing- 18cvffc. The' fljnvheeljs Bft in, diameter, and weighs one ton and a half, and keeps the machine going, beautifully: regular. The vacuum 'guago'registered' 11 to 121bs to the square. The engine is fitted out, with high speed governors. The engine was specially ordered and built for the firm'by MessVs.Lukc and Sons of Wellington aiid fitted :up under their superinteniance in-almost- satisfactory-' manner. It is the first engine of the kind made by Messrs Luke and. Sons, and reflects great credit upon them, The price compares favorably-with the Englishcatalogues being about £SO under tlie lowest quotation," ThTcolicreteTiecl was" laid in a most thorough, manner by Mr Olliver of this To'get water supply a 2|inch abyssinian tube was 'driven by Mr S. Kingdom to a.depth.of 19 feet, and has 7 foet of water. The engine pumps 70 gallons of water to the minute, and the waste water flows into the creek closo by. A test was made yesterday, when for the consumption of one cord of four-foot firewood, 3 tons. 6 cwt of flour was ground:'"Tlie old engine would have.taken three cords of wood to have turned out the ..same '.quari-'. tityof flqur l -.;.::llr.'H6ldawa'y,' who for;.' t^.e-^fmli;. is-pTopapl3ng,-_-jbwo"'' -paii»"-oE:'"xiew : in'■'.'position in a fortnight, in£then.iront3s.'.td4otons of flouf*will ■•)S?iiin%edj^ut',rp^r /^ir«_9k-(.vandr ffi-ne|%h]e,ijqiifei!a|ablr'of "'dolf the worl>Upnrinili now contains fifteen to twenty thousand bushels of wheat ready for the miller. The hands employed have been working' niglit and day; in three sWfts of ejgfit ■' ThV old engine was a source of annoyance to the neighbourhood, but it will'rejoice' tho-immediate.resideuts to know that uhe cause of offence has been avoided in the.new engine, l arid' tli'e''noiso v through 1 steam escaping is entirely abated.;