The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05 00:00:00


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drowned out and utterly unattainable, Mr'
Raybouli, a lar;:e wrier of coal :in the district, ue:
termi,ied some four years ago to make an effort a
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te.!ov r the minerals underneath his estate, ata
he has put down the following plant for raiiis.g.
water to the surface The engine is a differential
compound engine of the Davy patent, of au
horizontal type, connected directly with the poniP!
The low pressure steam cylinder is 60 inches lu
diameter and the high pressure cylinder 33 ladles'
The stroke is 10 feet, with six strokes a miutite:
and it will deliver 1,000 gallons per minuti,
nearly 6,500 tons of water every twenty-taut
hoars, to the surface. The bucket lifts are luij
inches in diameter. The whole of the engine au
fittiny; have been made by Messrs.
liewtboro
Davy and Co., engineers, of Leeds, and fixed utt_let
tha personal saperintendence of Mr. Jonah Day!?
C E„ Wolverhampton. The engine-house is a
modious well-liAted building, with an
timbered roof, and is 80 feet long by 28 feet
There are six boilers to drive engine, and
this part of the work has been well done under
direction of Mr. C. Chambers. The area to

relieved of water is about two square miles, or
other figures about 1,300 acres. The water
been lowered some hundred yards by tJ
some of tue brooch coal is av:iilable. NOW
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pipes are in and fixed the question of the d__
is only one of time, and the whole of the taeasur
will again be worked. On Monday thousands
colliers and their families assembled around
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immping-, station to witness the inaugural
ceedings. The arrival of Mr. John Ravboulri
the signal of great elidering,. He was aCconipOir,i,
by Mr. J. M. Fellows, Mr. C. Chambers, Mr' If
Billing-, Mr. 11. B. Marten, Mr. Jonah Davies,.
G. Smith, Mr. Barlow, Mr, John Ilwzhes,
Rogers, Mr. W. J. Cookson Mr, H. Chambers,
Thornton, Mr. Howl, Mr. T. Pasfield, Mr.
Guest, Mr. D. Rollin.on, Mr. Browning, "to
several ladies.—Mr. Raybould set the engiue
work amid loud cheers. The total cost is stBt2d t,
be ..i.;2o,ooo.—The Bands of Hope in the district
other children were entertained to tea by
Raybould.

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FEAALE LABOUR INTER.; BLACK COUNT
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On Tuesday a joint deputation of the So
Staffordshire and East Worcester,hire Tra
Council and other beclies interested in bringiue
about a reform in the present condition of the eul;
ployment of female labour in the Black CoustL:e
paid a visit to Walsall, and inspected vari°
factories there with a view to see the conditi4ee
under which women work in that district. 10
reason for the appointment of the deputation W
fee
that statements bad been made by those who f,
no cause for complaint at the present state 0f ,3he
fairs in the nail, rivet, and chain trades, t°
effect that the work done by women in the lattet
trades is not more arduous than is done
by women. • The T.a...es Council believed this "to
not true, and decided to appoint the deputation
visit the district. They also invited those who W'
ma to the statements, and other employers, t°
company the deputation, but none of the invitatd4
were accepted. Mr. Ba-sa,no, of Haden Cross,
, au!, wrote that he did not see that any useful Purl.,
Ipos; would he served by his accepting the ;lie
Lion, and as his time was very fully occupied tho
I must be decline the invitation. Mr. Green, a t
nail, chain, and rivet works, Old Hill, wrote th,!e
he regretted that other arrangements precluded tijr,
possibility of his visiting Walsall that day, ntil,eg
wise he should hive had pleasure in a,ccouipanY",,of
the derttatiou. The Rev. F. Keatch, Vicar ;
Black Heath, wrote is with extreme regr?„
that lam unable to accept your kind invitation",
visit the workshops and faetories in which fetualee
arc at Walsall, but I am just now away from 1140
recovering from a severe attack of sickness.
not return until the end of next week, and there:
fore it will be impossible for me to be at Walsall orl
Tuesday next. I desire, however, to thank y,oa
an those who co-operate with you, for your 10,1:110
invitation, and to express a wish that from
visit much useful information may be derived 0,,
the benefit of those who are chiefly interested
this question." The deputation consisted of
Parsuns (Chairman of the Nailmakers Associatioi.
Mr. Juggius (Secretary to the Nut and Bolt skss'e
ation), Mr. C. Williams (secretory to the South
drordshire and East Worcestershire TO',"
Council); Mr. T. Harrison, secretary to the
Darla!'
maker's Association; Mr. J. Gennard, of
;ton, president of the Nut and Bolt Makers' Assoa
ation ; and Mr, William Bird, of Smethwick.
deputation first vi-ited the extensive workshop'
Messrs. J. Shammon and sons, wholesale tailerse'
who employ 500 workpeople, of whom 400 ar..
women and girls. The striking feature of there
workshops was their cleanly appearanoe, and tPd
echniiable ventilation. Though the women e°,l
girls were working close together, Oro
there were:a large number in each room, til,e
was a constant accession of fresh air, which
seeine las pure inside the buildings as outsitif'
The sauitary arrangements were also excee„.T;
ingly good A striking feature as compared wis" t
the female labour of the nail districts was t'ea
none of the women or girls seemed to be emploYe.r
at arduous work, or at work which would tax the'a
strength. That of the machinists was render°
much more easy by reason of all the machines beit
driven by steam. The average wages of the Fire
uere was said to b 3 Os. 6d. per week; but the 111°1.,
expert range up to 355. a week The working 11°r
are from eight untill six, In addition to opea
windows Tobin's ventilators are liberally Or
plied, and Boyle's patent air-pump ventilators ,r'rtii
. fixed in the roof. Tile deputation failed to n3f
anything here to compare with the conditions °
female labour amongst the'nailmakers. One a th°
statements which had been mede being th.'
women were employed in Walsall in japannln
leather, which was infinitely worse than nailmakil
the deputation visited the workshops of Mr. G. a
Archer, saddler, Bath Street; Messrs. H. Brace 01.
Company Limited, saddlers ironmongers, &' -
Goodall Street; and Messrs. Fairbanks, Lavender,'
and Sons, saddlery manufacturers, of Eldon Street.
Inquiries at each place resulted in the same rePl
that eo women tire employed in japanning leather;
\V. men and girls are emp.oyed in stitching
machining, but the work is not of an ardtioDP
character, and with the workshops in which the).
are employed there appeared to be no reasonable ;-
ground f.,r compldint. At Mr. T. Evans's, th,,"'
Summit Buckle Works the deputation found aboel'
200 girls employed. Some of these were working
at light presses, others at burnishing, japanning --
&c. Thera wero no girls employed at halt-titues,
and the hours of labour were limited to 57 houro
per week, wlier_as in the nail trade there is 1"
such limit. It Laving also been stated that woe),
were employed at the ironfeundries in work ins'
as enervating es !milli:taking the deputation visited
James's Foundry, ilrelseenan Street, and found that
girls were only employed in blackinz and bronzillr,
the manuiateured articles, and ia packing. They
, then visi ed the Reuwick Works of Mr. Widianl
, Kirkpatrick, and found that women were enlY
, employed in blacking, bronzing, and colouring.
These visits occupied the deputation the whole
day. Before separating the several member 4
expressed themselves pleased with the satisfaetory
result of their visit. They were especially pleased
'with the attention paid to the comfort of the work
people, and were more than ever determined not to
relax their efforts to mitigate the evils of female
labour in their own districts.

A. DELIORTFUL FLAVOUR. CF.ACROFT'II ARECA-07
i'O9TS PAsTE.—By using this delicious Aromatic Dentl;
friee, the enamel o the teeth becomes white, sound, 0",
polished like ivory. It is exceedingly fragrant, in"
specially useful for removing incrustations of tartarsoi -
neglected teeth. Sold by all Chemists. Pots, 1 I'-v-i
3d each. i (1.4 i Pr,,cr)ftla.)
ALLEN 4.91 HANDURYS' "PERFECTED' COD LIVER Oir"
'ls as nearly taseless as Cod Liver Oil can be."—Lancet
"No nauseous eracations follow." 3fedical Prigs
Schl everywhere in capsuled bottles
.only.
Teat Complexion has always been held to be the more
lovely in which the rose and lily contend for master
in which their beauty is blended. Great sacrifices are
made to prodaca anappearance corresponding with the
combination, but they never succeed. It cannot aP-
proach Nature. The only arrangement that can be ma 43
t ; reneer man or woman independent of all eipedientB ig
to freely use FlaoaN's MAGNr,LIA BALM. It preserves the
skin from premaure wrinkles and furrows—renders it
smooth and supple, ar.d restores the hue which may have
faded through illness, exposure to a noxious atmosphere
the heat of summer co: the froxte winter. To be ob-
teined all Chemists and Perfumers throughouht the
World Vrise 35. 6il. European Deeot 114 a 4.1
HOW MANY PEOPLE SUFFER, wtili dull heavy patios io
the head with tired end languid feelings that sleep does
not remove; with a fulness aoout the chest after eating
often attended with palpitstion. A pain in the side sod
back, with frequent sickheadache ; with nausea after eat"
leg, attendel with flatulence and a disagreeable tasie
mornings; loss of appetite, with vertigo or dizziness, eke
How many people suffer with all these disagreeable feel-
ings and little imagine the real cause of their male* or
the troper mode of obtaining relief. These are settle
symptoLla of indigestion and liver complaint but theY
Wit! be dispelb d at once by the use of "Seigel's Carativa
Syrup" if taken latently after e.ating The
catie the food to digest and give nourishment.he Syrupto wthilt!
syelein, and caue.a the bowels to move with regularity.
oi all '..lheinists.

Susyzazas from any disease should make haste and
ake BRANDR.STO'S Tuts, They do good invariabld
relieve and oft .= cure at once. It is now conceded bY
; all medical men that BRAD/DIM/I'S PILLS are the bAd
medicine, taking hold of what is needed of be
r2moved from the bowels and blood when we are tielt
And such safe removal usually cures Sold 1)7
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