The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-10-21

Chimneys.

Two gentlemen we're waking through
Ihe manufacturing district along the
North river above Fourteenth street the
otber day, when their attention was call
ed to tall b,ick chimney Of an unused
factory. The chimney was more than
l50 in height and stood apart from the
building to which it wss connected by
an iron fue about six feet from the
ground, but the fue had been taken
away. Under the hole where the due
entered tue chimney was pile OF brick
and stone. The hole itself Was appar-
emily open, but q second look showed
that heavy cofiee-sacaing hung over |
on the inside OF the chimney wall, Fhich
seemed to be about twenty inches thick.
When the men first looked at it . boy OF
l3 years vas climbing through the hole
into The chimney.
"The boys have den in there, pre-.
.ume," said the elder Of the two men
at is warm and dry and very like the
caves they read about iu their lime
stories. black as VOLTS mouth you
know"
Don't the light shine 10 at the top OF
the chimney" inquired the young man.
"Yes, b1t it does not reach them. Let
me tell you something about chimneye.
That pile Of brick is twenty feet square,
and where that boy went in it is 20
inches thick. Then comes space that
Is more insn three feet across and then
twelve inch wall surrounds due that
is about seven feet on side. That va.
cant space between the inner and the
outer walls makes . 6ne cave for the
boys. The chimney is thick for its zig.
There is one in Lawrence, Mass, 234
feet high. and is no larger on the base
than this one. Down town near the
North river ferries is the largest chin
ney ia the world. The in.iie OF the fiue
is q feet 10 inches long by feet 4
inches wide. 1t is 22l feet high. 1t
takes the smoke from four tiers Of boil.
ers, 80 in all, in which 1000 tons of coal
are burned IN day.
"There are some very queer chimneys
in the world. l have read Of one in
Mexican tactory which was made OF sun
dried bricks that we're ten inches long
and seven vide. and three thick. There
is q chimney in Pennsyl,ania that is
made Of old iron rails that does good
service. Queer, isn't it7"
.Yes," said the young man. "The
house that Christine Nilsson was born
IN was made Of unhewn logs piled mp
with mud chinked into the cracks. The
chimney Is said 10 be OF wood also.
Long q It pieces we're split out OF the
logs and laid up as we're the logs Of the
house, but ioto the shape Of . fireplace,
od into a Aue where smaller
sticks were used. Inside OF the fireplace
a wall oi round stones was piled up aod
thickly plastered With mud. ss Was the
inside Of the wooden fue above. When.
as occasionally happened, the mad fell
of, her father climbed up inside and
plastered more on. Whether that chin.
ney was made 80 or not, plentv Of 9th.
ers are in the West and South. y
"Speaking about freplaces." said the
older man, "reminds me OF very sin.
gular place where they we're formerly
used. One hundred and fiftv years ago
stoves were unknown. The fishing
smscks that sailed out OF Gloucester 10
those days ~ere small affairs Of from
twenty to forty tons, but thev had to
carry fire, OF course. In the fore cuddy
thew built . brick fireplace. With a brick
due running up through the dock. nev.
er heard that any Of them burned, either.
though the back log must have been we'll
shake up when they got into chop ses
on the Georges bank The Willow,
the Blaney, and the Squirrel we're pink.
erys' when they fitted out in that way
between l720 aud 1880 Tradition says
that the dues we're good places to smoke
herring, and that the fishermen we're
about as badly smoked in the cuddv %
the herring were In the hue.-N. r Sun