1934-12-04 — Page 7

Building and Engineering

THE ENGINEER AND FOOD Interesting Review By Sir Frank Smith

COLD STORAGE RESEARCH

The contribution which the en- the keeping time was doubled and gineer had, made to the very essen-the five weeks for chilled ment be- tial food supplies necessary to keep came ton. weeks, thus opening up the population of Britain going to-much greater possibilities. day, formed the subject of an ad- The Port Chalmers had been dross by Sir Frank E. Smith, K.C.B., fitted out this year for the meat at luncheon of the British En-trade, all storage being suitable for gineers Association recently,

CO2 operation. Fish supplies also The President of the Association, needed careful handling. The Mr. W. Reavell, occupied the chair. method in use for short voyages Sir Frank opened his remarks by as packing with crushed ice, but taking his audience back to the time for work further afield, something when there was a population of more was necessary.

about 5,000,000 in England. That The latest development in this was, as R matter of fact. all field was the Arctic Queen. which that the country could then support. employed brine freezing and, work- When the engineering and indus-ing out of Hull, went on voyages trial revolution developer, changes lasting four months, returning with in supplies followed. Live cattle cargo of possibly 4,000 tons of were first of all brought from North fish, which was kept on board in and South America, but Australia cok store and disposed of accord- and New Zealand were too far awaying to the market. for this to be possible.

Primitive Cold Storage

RAILWAYS BUILDING

It was, however, known that foodj NEW ENGINES

kept better in cold climates than in

warm.

Francis Bacon oven

had

stuffed a fowi with sunw and found Ambitious Programmes

that it could be kept in this way.j In 1860 an attempt was made by James Harrison to bring meat from Australia by the help of ice, but the ice melted and the venture was. a failure.

In Britain

The

THE CHINA MALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934-

"WD FORDES...

The man who rales Soviet Russia has no public office! The position of Joseph V. Stalin as secretary of the U.S.S.R., is com. parable to that of the leader of New York's Tammany Hall He has no office, but he is the 'boss,

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crease of knowledge of these mat-Firtaussi, Sandwich, Cameronian, £500,000,000 HOUSING ters, and with more information Salmon Trout, Singapore. concerning the causes of decay and weight of each engine with its ten- damage it had been possible to takejder is 1581⁄2 tons Ateps to prevent them · and sa The L.M.S.

are building ten lengthen the keeping time and hence "Princess Royal" class express loco- the case of handling the supplies and inctives at Crewe. These weigh 158, traffic.

Estimated Assets Of Building Societies

PRIMATE ON SLUM CLEARANCE

"Obstacle Of Vested Interests"

THE ONLY RIGHT OF COMPENSATION

MODERN IDEAS IN HOUSING

Sir G. Collins On Schemes On The Continent

SLUM CLEARANCE IN SCOTLAND

Sir Godfrey Collins, Secretary of State for Scotland, speaking at Greenock, referred to the progress of slum clearance in Scotland. A Vast speeding-up, he said, had taken place the number of houses under construction in the past two years

to replace houses unfit for human habitution was as great as in the previous six years and if the pre- sent rate of progress was maintain- jed the slums in Scotland would dis-

appear in five years.

Referring to the examination) made recently by Mr. Highton, the head of the Department of Health,{ accompanied by local authority ex- perts on housing, of some housing schemes on the Continent, where modern ideas have been experiment- Jed with, Sir Godfrey Collina said that while there was much that Continental architects had yet to learn from Britain about the inter- nol planning of working-class houses, there were particular fen- tures to which British architects might well give attention.

Especially was this so with regard

to sleeping accommodation. There was practically nu instance on the Continent of the living-room being used as a bedroom.

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BUTCHER MEAT.

POULTRY.

lb.

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In Germany and Holland sleeping The railways are building a mum-] ber of express passenger engines at the latest slogan of Mr. L. Hore-

"Better Bridges for Britain"

In the living-room was either pro- their workshops at Crewe, Doncas- Relisha, the Minister of Transport,

hibited by regulation or not In- dulged in by tradition. That de ter, Swindon, and Eastleigh. The year 1877 saw the first suc

who is making substantial grants

finitely restricted the use of at least The G.W.R. programme includes from the road fund towards the cost cessful refrigerator ship, the Stratten "Hall" class locomotives, of of eliminating weak and dangerous owners of property taken over in for each, house in a tenement build- one room to social intercourse and The compensation payable to the family life. leven, in use, and five years after, which there are already 120 in aer-bridges.

It was common, too, the S.S. Dunedin brought over the vice. Each engine with its tender!

connection with slum clearanceling to be provided, with a private first cargo of New Zealand lamb in weighs 115 tons.

Among the schemes to which he schemes was referred to by the balcony. has given his approval are three in Archbishop of Canterbury when ad-] 89 days.

Six "Cock-o'-the-North" type of Lancashire and two in Scotland in-dressing the Canterbury Diocesan young, children could be placed in The available refrigeratos capacity,streamlined express locomotives are xolving a total expenditure of well Conference.

There the family could sít or now serving Britain's food supply being built at Doncaster.. services amounted to 100 million engines with tenders weigh 165 weak bridges has been drawn

These over £70,000. A list of some 2,000 They were thankful. he said, that storeys up.

the open air even two or three euth. ft.. and engineers had removed tons cach, The L.N.E.R. also have showing the order of priority in the housing question in far-reach-bedding could be aired, clothes drjed, up the Government was dealing with was frequently under cover, where Part of the balcony seasonal limitations from British eight "Pacific" type engines under which the bridges should tables. The late Sir William Hardy construction. These are to be attention.

receive ing schemes, and there were every-and other domestic requirements and others had in the past 20 years named after famous racehorses--|

where reassuring signs that local met, to the great convenience of the heen responsible for a great in-Windsor Lad, Colombo, Hyperion,

authorities were willing not only to tenants, and yet out of sight of the promise but to perform.

passer-by. "There is no part of these great

Chicken Ample storage accommodation schemes which touches our con-was provided in built-in cupboards

Capons, Small science and kindles our hope more for the holding of dishes, utensils, Duck deeply than the clearance of the clothing, etc.

Extensive facilities Doves slums," said the Primate, "but now for community use were made avail- Eggs, Hen (cooking) per doz. 30 the familiar and, indeed, Inevitable able In the basements. obstacle of vested interests is becluded storage room for prams and

These in- Egg, Hen (fresh)

Fowl, Hainan Sir Samuel Hoare, who opened ginning to appear. The cry of the bicycles, wash-houses and laundries.

Canton ..... Sir Frank paid a high tribute to "Schools" class engines are being new premises of the Chelsea Per-rights of property has been raised, spray-baths, foot-baths, and centrali

Geese manent Building Society said that the measures, which were taken in built at Eastleigh for the Southern there were in Britain

"Two things are plain. One heating plant." the meat trade to prevent con-

Pigeons, Canton than that the community has the duty to This type is the most)

Photographs of the external lay- Turkeys, Cock tamination, which greatly increased powerful four-coupled locomotive in.000 building societies. and there acquire property which is unfit for outs of these Continental schemes the possible keeping time, Although England.

were more than 2,250,000 investors haman habitation for demolition: revealed an artistic treatment. He Snipe Hen and depositors in them. meat could be frozen, thawing

secondly, that in doing so the com-hoped that it might be possible to Pheasant There were 1,000,000 borrowers,munity has the duty to give ade-arrange for slides to be made of the £310,000 TENDER FOR CHELSEA and advances last year were no less quate compensation. proved a difficulty owing to large ice crystals breaking the meat BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION

Partridges than £100,000,000. Assets

the photographs and for illustrated fibres.

"It is here that the misgivings of lectures, to be given to make the societies taken together amounted the owners of property are being results of the tour better known to Almonds It was preferable therefore to The tender of Holloway Bros, to no less than £500,000,000. Last aroused. The one basis of compen- the people in Scotland. chill it only, but this alone resulted-(London), Ltd amounting to year, upon an average, 800 English-sation essential to the scheme is

Apples (California) If, £310,736.138.2d. has been accepted men utilised, the services of the that only site value, and not what munity life in the arrangement of Coconuts in a shortened keeping time. however, chilled meat was stored in by the London County Council for societies every day by entering into may be called the market value, the buildings was noticeable, added Lemons, China

The provision made for com- Bananas (bride's)

Carambola an atmosphere of from 10 per cent. the reconstruction and widening of transactions for the purchase of should be paid for property unfit for Sir Godfrey Collins. to 20 per cent, of carbon dioxide, Chelsea Bridge.

human habitation,

Americas The open Lemons, "It is not right that the owner gardens, with paddling ponds, grass Oranges (Canton)

spaces were variously laid out in Licheas, Driod of a house so bad that it is not fit plots, and sand pits, where children Oranges. for human beings to live in should could play in complete safety from Oranges (America) be compensated on the basis of any traffic and be under the supervision Persimmoss, Large

Pears (Canton) rents that he may be able to get for of their mothers from the private Fumelo, Slam

for common balconies.

Walnuts "It has been said that bad houses,

Grapes The lay-out was frequently varied like bad meat, have no value. according to special grouping of the Therefore there must be no lowering population within the scheme.

Tribute To Meat Trade

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tons with tender.

As already announced, ten new

Railway

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