Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-23
Climbing 4 CHIMNEY
The Way the Steepleiack Does
His Dangerous Work.
HIS APPARATUS is SIMPLE.

4 Couple Of eo'sin's Chairs, : Trio u
l Shaped iron Pegs, Heavy Ham
NOR and Ball Of Twius viii Take
Hin In Safety to the Summit.
In the climbing and repair Of chim-
neys and steeples It Is, as IN 30 many
of the upward steps OF life. undoubt-
edly the first which counts, says the
New York Times. Once set your man,
with a ball Of Irvine tucked In the
pocket Of his coat, safely astride the
coping Of the big brewery chimney
which rears its bulk Of patchwork per-
'haps 300 feet above surrounding roofs
or on the apex of the steeple Of a ],
church, his arm around the weather
vane's vibrating pole. and you have
the means by which ropes. ladders,
scaffolding and all the necessary
structure for examination and repairs
may be brought into place. To get tho /
7irst man to the giddy summit-that is
the question.
There was day when this was not
infrequently accomplished by what at
a1rst sight might appear the some
what frivolous method Of kitedying. A
kite having a goodly length Of string
attached to Its tail was raised In. the
usual manner and gradually coaxed
over tne steepie or chimney under
treatment, then drawn down until the
taii string lay across tine top. It was
then merely matter Of time and pa
uence to pass rope over and haul up
Z man. BUT tne metnod nad obvious
disadvantages, TO draw tne tail line
Snccessiuiiy across chimney TOP,
stu more across the pointed spire OF
z church. often took more t9an one or
Two attempts Moreover, there must
D 3 fair wind blowing at the time
and a large open space available close
by In which to raise the kite-this last
condition one not often found ABOUT
the chimney stacks or steeples Of a
town. Another system was that Of
ladders built upward from the steeple's
base, exceedingly cumbrous and. In
the opinion Of many modern steeple-
Jacks, highly dangerous.
The man who on this morning stands
beside US at the foot of great shaft Of
brickwork towering skyward from the
very center Of famous northern town
viii fly no kite. nor does a wagon load
of sectional ladders walt bis orders In
the yard. A small man. sinewy and
lean raced, Is me- ana all the tackle mat
ne needs to take MIN sareiy 70 the cop
ang sixty YARDS ABOVE our neads mas
travelled 70 the scene OF action In MS
Pockets OF MS nands- on tne ground
oeiore MN are TWO posn's cnairs'
or snort pianks. through noies az elmer
end OF wnicn q rope Is passed. FORMING
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sc.onu peg wv " 'niee '!e' 10y .ne
nrsI " !nis .ne second cnair - huns'
ane upright arm az a rignt angie 10 tne
peg Preciuues an aanger OF .ne rope
shipping on nor 90 tne chairs nang
close against tne smart ior strips OF
wood prolectlpg IRON eacn eng insure
a space In which the climbers legs are
aree 70 move Now. stepping up INTO
the second chair the steeple1ack drives
the last Of bis three pegs. Above him
Is peg. below another one. on which
bangs chair. Leaning aside and