Jeieuiifit !tueritau. CLIMBING THE GREAT CHIMNEY OF THE CLARK I John Phillips did the climbing, being an expert in this height is 335 feet. Its internal diameter is 11 feet, THREAD WORKS, AT HARRISON, N. J. work and familiar with it from his experience in Scot-giving one circular flue. At the summit it expands On the morning of Friday, March 28. the great chim-land. He is a slight-built man of Scotch birth, and into a well-proportioned capital surmounted by a cast ney in the Clark Thread Works,

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... Harrison, N. J., was seems to treat his achievement as an ordinary affair. iron coping. The latter weighs six tons, and is com struck by lightning. There were two discharges, one Our drawings give an excellent idea of his appearance. posed of thirty-two sections. They dre bolted together at 8 A. M., the other fifteen seconds later. The first He has done one of the finest pieces of chimney climb-by inside flanges. so as to present a smooth exterior. threw down bricks from two spots ; the other, more ing ever executed, and deserves great credit for bring- The foundation is in concrete, composed of crushed severe, attacked it in eight or nine spots more. Alto-ing it to a termination without accident of any descrip-limestone 6 parts, sand 3 parts, and Portland cement 1 get her, from fifty to seventy-five cart load of bricks fell, tion. In performing his work he relied partly on a part. It is 40 feet square and 5 feet deep, forming a cattering widely in their descent, the outer surface behook attached to a piece of rope which was fastened block of 8,000 cubic feet volume, and weighing about lng stripped in places to the depth of three courses of around his waist. The hook he �aught in the rungs of one million pounds. brick, or about twelve inches. The occurrence excited the ladders, so as to leave both hands free. In going On this the base was started, composed, like the much alarm among the operatives. The works were at up and descending, he attached the end of the fall to shaft proper, of brick laid in cement mortar. Two once shut down, pending an examination of the chim-this hook and had about half his weight taken by his qualities of brick were used. The outer portions were ney for stability. men working the rop"l from the ground. It took him of the first quality North River, and the backing up The shaft is unprovided with any ladder or other about ten minutes to make the complete ascent after was of good quality New Jersey brick. means of ascent. The original idea was that if it all the ladders were in place. Every twenty feet in vertical measurement an iron should become necessary to reach its top, a balloon An examination of the interior of the chimney, made ring, 4 inches wide and % to % inch thick, placed edge would be sent up in the interior, carrying a line. The from a boatswain's chair suspended as shown in our wise, was built into the walls, about 8 inches from the cast iron cap which surmounts it has an edge at the cut, showed that it was perfect, and the thread works outer circle. top so thin that any method which involved the use of were started into operation. As it starts from the base the chimney is double.