View report page

24
Nature
Name. Address. of
Business.
Maudslay & Son Westminster Bridge Engineers
Road
Seth Taylor Commercial Road Flour Mills
Charing Cross & Strand Commercial Road Electrical
Electricity Supply Co. Engineers
Peter Walker Belvedere Road Lead Works
Brotherhood Belvedere Road Engineers
Clowes Stamford Street Printers
Sunny Bank Laundry Vauxhall Laundry
Doulton & Co. Albert Embankment Potteries
Stiff & Sons Albert Embankment Potteries
In the course of my inspections, I found that in all
cases patent appliances were in use in connection with
the different boilers and furnaces, e.g., Ellis & Eaves'
forced or induced draughts, rocking bars, patent grids
(opening and shutting automatically or otherwise), steam
jets, mechanical stokers, split bridges, etc., so that every
reasonable precaution appears to have been taken in
connection with the construction of the furnaces and
boilers themselves.
The stokers and kiln-burners in all cases are supervised,
and warned that carelessness or laziness in stoking may
be followed by fine or even dismissal of the servant or
servants concerned; whilst in the case of Messrs.
Doulton and Stiff, special Smoke Inspectors are appointed,
whose duties are to watch daily and hourly the various
chimneys and to report at once to their respective Firms
any negligence observed and any nuisance arising therefrom
from the emission of black smoke for a longer period
than is reasonable and necessary for the purpose of
stoking, e.g., three to five minutes. There is no question
but that much depends upon the firemen or stokers,
despite the patent appliances used—light and frequent
firings being, in the ooinion of those most experienced
and therefore best able to judge, most satisfactory