THE NEW ZEALAND REFRIGERTING COMPANY.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1430, 1 September 1881, Page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND REFRIGERTING CO MPA NY.

Tmk following is tho concluding portion of the article, on the above sul)ji'i-(, u>, which we are indebted to rhe S.Z. Cowitry Journal; — The following is from Mi Wales' Report: — flic si/os of the jnuchuies to hiordered depend very much upon the quantity of stork available ioi export Eell-Colcmfin. No. 2 inuchinc costs (f o.b ) tit Glasgow £800, is s.tid lo blow 1.5,000 cubic feet of cold .iir per hour, and to fieeze a space of 83(>0 cubic feet. With two of those machines, which I think would be piefemble to one largo machine, five cold-aii chamber-* Oi freezing-roonia (each about 30ft. x 15ft., and capable of holding in a hanging position for freezing about 100 quarters of beef or about 630 sheep, or, supposmp all the five looms to be fully chirked 2000 carcus-es of beef or 32.10 sheep) could be fro/en at ouo time and repeated twice a week, or perhaps tivo times in n fortnight if required; or three of the I'ooms could be used alternately with one of the machines ut work. The freezingrooms should be built inside a larsrer huildinsr, with a clear space of 10ft. or | l'/tt. all louud, except whore the cold air is delivered. I'lotection on that si&e is afforded by the building in which the machine is placed. This space is not lost. The spoilt cold air allowed to ea- | cape fiom the free/ ing -rooms would keep it cool, and the apace can be used for packing and other purposes when all the free/ing-iooms aie in use. BellColeman No. 3 machine, the next .sue, is much larger and moie costly. The j price is £1873. It is said to blow | 30,000 cubic feet of cold air per hour, and to fiui'/L 1 i spieo of 20,000 cubic feet The two machines recommended ire .said to blow 3!l,000 ( übic foot pur hour, and to iicc/.o .i spice of IS, GOO cubic feet, and to cost £1000. It one machine only is employed in accident may stop the whole wotk, but with two machine* the stoppage is s<aieely piob.ibk 1 . Should the Commit tie enteiuin a doubt that a inflicient quantity of --took will not be foithcommur to wanant [\\» election ot woiks so extensive, one ot the machines of the capacity named would woik tluee freez-intr-cliainbois ; or two ot the No. 1 in lehines, each c.ip.ible of blowi'itr 9000 (uluc fei>t ot cold an pel lioiu, would woik toiu fieeving-iooms Tho ])iice of No I niachine is LoTo, f.0.1t. at Cllasgow. The bite for the puiposed woiks should be as ii( <u fo the poit <f •■liipmt'tit as possible, pioviduiy that bufh'eunt aciomodation ,md <_ r ood w.itei <ue available tor the cattle and the sheep, and for slaughtering purpose-. Tho site should be suthVii ntly l.nire to admit of t xtension. It is <ilme>st necessity that vic it-pie>rivnig should go nn MiniiltaiK niisly with the hei/Sing operation-. Thoio aic paits of the caica>-c tb.it w'Mild be lo^t it s, »t Homo as fio/en jnoat, and •wasted if not picseivcd Ih Victou<> no shoulder, ,uo fro/.en these «je sold to the Moat Picserving Company at Id. pel lb , and as tlio ti.ulc expands (no doubt it will do .so) it will be found that the blood and oii'al cm bo con vpj ted by thoaidot in.ichmeiy into uch and almost inodoious manuies which can bo sold at a h iiidsome piofit. It is abt-olutely necessary iliat the l.iilway should be connected with the woik-,, a:id tliat the tun Us .should be loarled in tlie building 1 . It the woiks aie within liom "20 to 30 miles oi port, a depot theie would not bo needed, as the meat could be earned from the tiucks dncct to the ship. The tutal cost of the uudei taking can only be appioxim.itcd till the site is detuimiriLd on ; but tho necess.uy buildings — of the extent and constiuctcd as indicated, and including two hce/mg machines. boilers, boiler-house, and machine-iooms, chimney, and slaughtoijaids—will co-t about, £7000 If two No. 1 machines or one >,o 2 machine aie thought to be suniei.-nt, about, £lj()00 would covei tin ost ot the necessaiy buildings and plant. ' KTI 1 IM, AM) Slliri'lNl.. The She/him it shipnunt was bi ought on boaid immediately aitei being killed, placed m the tree/mtr iojm end ho/.an ou boaicl. Tins, of coiusc, was done on acpount of not liaving .i fioc/iug establifihiDcnfc on shoie In my opinion, the Oi mgo -md Maribyinong woiks, as a niattu of economy, aie too far aw ay fiom the poit of shipment. In \nieuca some of the works sue within a niile of fhe jioit. Ihe meat it i educed <it the abattoirs to Hi deg., and then conveyed m dose ■n.iggons to the ship. 1 should sUonurly lccommend the Company to secure a site us close to l'oit Clialmeis as possible The Uo\cinmt'iit of New South Wales have three dift'eient patterns of rtlngerating c;u» for biinging fio/en goods by lailwny to poit oi shipment HriUUM.ii The .innngementsof Hi' 1 buildings now being eiectul in Sjd»'iy, ;iie, to my mind, mo 4 complete 'J lie plans sexm to have leceiml a g»eat deal ot study, with a view to the u ononucil \\ Diking of the concern Jfi Nounan helfc, CX, of Sydney, who lias lud cun-ideiable cxpciiouce in meat fici./jin<r and ice in. iking plant (hauii^r been connected for some ) o.us with Mints works] kmdlv went thiough the pi ms and spci ideations ot the abo\e w it li me. Thi buildings ate of buck, otwhub the coolin^-iooms foim p;ut. The ci lhngs of the ii<oms rontains JSin ot sawdust. The m ide walls ,ue constiucted of biak, w itli celiul.u linings, such being now lotoifiiised as the best non-couduelmg w.dis, and .ue very much eleaiiL' than the s ,w dust or chaicoal walls. Thu doois ait made tiie same as the cellulai lining, and to shut with a taper, the joints being ot inui.unbber. The light- .ue onh on the Oi.idy side of the building, ,md aie boxid the thickness ot the-outei anil inner w ilk, with 'iiitsulc .'U'd inside, leaving . i clou space in tho r i nlio im the an to pass thio iirh the cellul.ii lining. The new building is being iilcWil quite i lose to the Sydnej Abiittyiif, thus niablmir the dead nit at tobi> inn bj ti ueks f i 'mi the slaughter y.uds tliu'ct into the ( oi>he_ r -iooms. The siii is iil-o will .i(la]Hid Joi an e\poit ti.ido. .i splendid watu fi outage being within a xow bundled y.uds of the woika. ndjoinin^tlie abatfoiin seveialfi'ni.iees are pi ecu d tor uianul.icluiuiu tho whole of the off it I tulo iiiiiint)4\ ninth lonumiiuh it riot/if <ti £loy></ (mi. [''ium what I saw of the upeiation it appeals to be a ?ery piofitable undeit.iking. Foimrrly the Government ;it a veiy 1 ir^e expense caned the whole of this iefusc out to sea. MOOJ: OI I'VI'KFNC ()\ IJOAKD sill P. if the meat is fio/eu on shoie, it can be packed pietty clo'-e, one bullock oi tlmtj'Sixshetp t.tkincr up anout two tons im asuiement, but at'ei tlie meat is haul it can be packed closely. It the (hilllooin is high enough it may be huug fiom the ceiling 1 , while loimd the wall.s from the floor upwaids qu.iitersofme.it canbepatked ou the top of each othei. Mr Eeid informed me tli.tfc most of the Stt'tdtleroi shipment was packed in thia way, but gieat care must be taken to ha\e the meat thoioughly haid beloic uoiugfeo Tho 0) tint chill-ioora is fitted with shelves round the wall for small goods, such as poultry. Tlie ceiling is fitted with slidiug hooko for hanging the cai cases. GENERAL BKMARKS. From general observations I am quite satisfied that the export of frozen meat and other products is beyond all doubt a commercial success. The shipments of fish, &0., brought out for sale by the

Orient stc nners wore landed in splendid ijondition, and ntct'^WWh/a lexly sale, lowing a handsome profit. The Strnthhi'tii and iW?» shipments, although only e\[>onin<?nts, show suth'uicnt iiu'Triii to encoui^aire this most important' industry. Should it bo void' intention to proceed at onco with the erection of the woika, I ■should cpitunly rcooinmencLthe adoption of the Bell-Colemau machine as being tho cheapest and most economical of the two now vi use. However, m course ot a few years, I entertain the hope that these machines wi|l be greatly improved upon If you Older the machine from England, I would advise the bunging out of a practical man with it, well acquainted with freezing operations, which would save much trouble and expense in starting the works lam perfectly certain that many of the mibhaps our neighbours have encountered would have been avoided had tlus course been adopted. The following statement of expenses and pi'oceeds emanates from the Orange Slaughtering Company, New South Wales, and will be read with interest : — STATEMENT OF KVI'KNSES. Of slaughtering, conveying from Orange to London, and selling 10U0 sheep, averaging o6ib, each dressed. £ s. d. Slaughtering 1 , freezing, loading, tianidgc to Sydney, wharfage and conveyance from railway station to steamer, a consolidated rate of hi pci lb. .. "... 11l 13 0 Canvas in. which to wrap mutton . ... . 22 0 0 Freight to London at 2Vd pei lb r. 513 16 9 liisiu.uiue, P.P. A. .. 10 o 0 C'oimiiiiMon on s<ile and stori<,'e in London, appioMiu.ite . 70 0 0 E\punvs on sheepskins and tongues, to Sydney 3 13 0 B.iLmu! to stand as cost of s-heep 791 2 3 £1592 10 0 sr vrhMFNT oi l'Koctns Of 1000 sheep bold in London. f. s. d. Proceeds of ')G,OOOIb. mutton at 0d pei lb 1100 0 9 GOOOIn fat -old at Orange at Mxfaithmjrs per lb ... 37 10 0 1000 s} lW phkiris ,if 3s. each 1-30 0 0 1000 tongue suited . 5 0 0 f 1.592 10 0 Oi a net. lotuni of 1.35. 9d. per sheep dehveiod at Orange Company's Works. Tho above fi<riues aro quite sufticient to con\iucu Kpi.itteis of the advantage of sl.ivighteiing- stock on their own account.