New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
TALL CHlMNEIS.
.r,-, CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT
STACKS IS A SPECIALITY
IN BUILDING.
IN BUILDING.

, 1.olo,r,ant of manufacturing Industries
,n the vicinity of Manhattan is slowly pu' sur
uniting the crowded island in a frame Vi 9n'
scraring chimneys. All along tle i''
side Of the East River a continuous chdiii VI lev
,ios Sbovs towering smokestacks, and the Same
is true of The Bronx side OF the 'i''N
Hardly a month passes but some ne" iac'oiS
- ,,r ON tho New-Jersey side of the HUDSON
and at Bayonne and Constable HOOK 'ieie 10
regiment of tall chimneys.
"a, .ba leland there are evidences OF a lfdiiie
within a frame for along both rivers 1ac'oi'e''
hreweries and power houses of various Sol - oh
finding room in spite of the high Saiua'
real estate. Their Chimneys are Sprihsihe ~
tbe air as if by magic and becoming ue
feature of the landscape At seventy 81
and the East River a quartet OF Say "p
thimnevs towers over the new power hou'o "
tho Manhattan Railway Company. Ihey are
.,1S feet high, and combine TO form tis hioE'
striking chimney exhibit in this city
chimney building is rapidly becoming
snecialtv in the United States" said puiiuei
of chimneys to a Tribune reporter yesterday.
alt has long been considered so in Europe anu
+ra contractors for big factories would ho' '''''
If having their own masons bullu the 'i''''
w, were slow to grasp the idea tha' oe'tei ~
sults could be obtained by mahihs '
,uiIding a speciality, and that much tiiie ''o'o
be- saved by training masons LOT chiiiii'S .,
-. ,.h;ro else OF course, many builders sun
follow old methods, and their Tesui'i ~
rs erect ouadrangular and octangular chI'h
,ays and even round ones. when 90 "4'l'7
=, ,.;oIanca of storms and the wear OF "ta'll'i'
Most of the very high chimneys Whloh nav
,o,, erected about this city In the ilS' ~"
>aars have. been round. and many "l 'h'i
after The European method perfected oy N,p''o"7
,ustodis and adopted by the German "''
sian governments The talleSt chlihheS III ''
I-nited States, the one when lowers l"i ~"
over the works of the Orford copper N"iii''
. constable Hook was built on the 'ust"d!s
nIan. in a surprisingly short time me iou' NO
,I,i,nro,s for the Manhattan Railway COM
,.,nv,s mower house were competed "i't'h so
months The secret of this speed lies not oi'H HI
~. ernnlovment of specially trained worhmth'
but in using perforated radlal nr1chs'
The. ,erforated bricks decidedly Il Hiou
or, chimney building Development Inc P''
forations vary according /" the i'h''h VI '
brick and are vertical in direction me "''
faces of the bricks are "i2 lncheS "iue -
inches in height. The sides are de'eF'ii'h'u -
drawing the radial lines to the centre oi '"e
circle ir WHICH it is assumed the priIhS Win nv
rrbis doae AWAY with the troublesome work or
cuttinc which made round chimney pui'o'ns
with common bricks such a task BESIDES. 'he
b,r Indicating To what level they belong
In huiIdiug a high chimney the hrst cohs'uei
at,op ie the foundation. an eng gineerlhs piopioin
which must b, worked out with great care. Inc
>.,erior Of the chimney takes its circular form
comm distance above the floor level. ana the
thickness Of the radial work decreases &"
~, levels For instance, in a ZlS-foot chimney
recently built at Camden, \. J., the thichieSS
f tho brick work Of the first level was 70 lnches'
aud the level extended upward 13 feet III inches
The successive levels were each 10 feet hches
IN beipht and the thickness diminished from =
inches to rs inches at the top
Modern chimney builders work from the IN
side on a wooden platform, which is raised as
the work proceeds The material is hoisted in
tucl<ots by a steam engine. The tripod winch
holds the pulley wheel through which the hoist
ins, cable runs is supported by the platform on
which the work. The men VINO buiio
chimnevs do not consider their work particularly
dangerous and accidents infrequent The
tIilding companies, however usually rel use 10
emplov men who heavy drinkers, FOR there
is nothing to keep them from falling from the
working platform.
Bv using bricks of different colorS the modern
chimney can be made a work of decorative art.
Almost any design can be worked out to inathe-
matical accuracy SO we'll do the builders know
where each brick goes Some of the chimneys
worked in colored brick, as well as deco