The Irish Builder from Dublin, Dublin, Ireland • Page 11

302 THE IRISH BUILDER. Dec. 1, 1888. they have to study the quantity instead of the quality of work they have to' turn out in a given time, can turn their ingenuity to fitting and splicing a lot of pieces together which, in the slower and more costly process, would havo to be 'amed out of the solid wood. What we have been noticing in the furniture trade we can see reflected in the building trade, where the tendency in every department of it is to look for lower qualiti a of goods in proportion as prices for the better kinds go higher.

engineer of eminence Mr. Rogers Fiold to undertake it. Sir W. Bartellot asked whether Palatine-square, in the Royal Barracks, was still occupied by troops, aud whether that square had not been infected with fever for the last forty years Sir. Stanhope As to what has happened during a period of forty years, I think 1 might reasonably ask for notice.

It is perfectly true that there has been fever in Palatine-square, but the recommendations have in the main been carried out, and others are now being carried out. Sir J. Goldsmid Has the right hon. gentleman satisfied himself that Mr. Field is an eminent sanitary authority? Mr.

Staubopc I know there are enormous differences of opinion with regard to any particular sanitary engineer, but I know he has undertaken works of great importance, and carried them out satisfactorily. Cfcc guilUtr. Correspondents should send their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication. It it to be distinctly understoodthat il though tee jive place to letters of correspondents, we da not in all cases subscribe editorially to the opinions or statements set forth in same. shall be ulad to receive notes of works in contemplation or in progress in town or country.

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INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF IRELAND. At the annual general meeting of above Institution, on Wednesday evening next, a paper on Sewage Disposal by the Gravitation Syphon System," will be read by Mr. Kaye Parry, member. The report for 1888 will be read, and a ballot for officers be taken. BRICKS, TII.ES.

SHWER PIPES, TIMBER. HEALS. SLATES, NiiKWAt SPARS, FLisjltWO. CEMENT, Jtu. SUBSCKIBKKS have pleasure in announcing thst.

having recently discharged several Cintoes of above, they are In a position to offar the trade, and parties building, escevttonally good terms. Orders received at their liocka utlice. and letcuhoued to Saw At ilia fur Uiuncdiale Wood Oil. La fiaturt state Ibal the extraction of oil from wood In Sweden is becoming; year by year a nor important Industry. Tuoee parts of the trees wbieb bate hitherto been regarded a useless, such as the alumna and roota, are no longer left in the forest to rot, but are aubjeetaxl to various methoda of treatment, by which not only wood oi! hut also turpentine, creosote, acid for inegar, charcoal, and tar are obtained from tbem.

The oil, as it is now usually extracted, cannot ba burned in ordinary lamps, for it smokes too much. But it may be used in special lamps, which are not dissimilar to the usual phologen lamps. The latter can easily he adapted to wood oil, and when the oil it mixed with a certain qnai lily of pbologen, it may be consumed in ordinary lamps. It cos ta about 3d per pint, it does Dot explode, and laste twenty-five timea longer than photoven. When intended for ligblinz.il la extracted wholly from pines and firs.

Thirty factories in Sweden make its extraction part of their business, and the production is now considerable. THE DUBLIN JUNCTION RAILWAYS. TBB VIADCCT AT BKBES'OBD-PLACE. The Board of Public Works have reiased to sanction the erection (according to the last amended design) of the proposed viaduct across the enclosed space at west side of the Custom House, held in Trust for Her Majesty and Her Successors by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland," giving as their reasons for objection that the npper portion is to be of iron, and the piers of stona such plan not being in harmony with the bridge sanctioned by the Fort and Docks Board to cross the river close to Butt Bridge in connection with said viaduct. Until some arrangement is come to between the severs boards interested, the works at that portion of the line will necessarily be stopped.

The company have given notice applying for a Bill in Parliament for an extension of time beyond the 28th of July next, and for other powers. THE ROYAL BARRACKS AGAIN IN THE LOWER HOUSE. The question (so often debated) as to the unsanitary state of the Dublin Barracks was again before the house on the 20th when the following took place Mr. Addison asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been called to the fact that another officer had died from typhoid fever contracted in barracks at Dublin, and that several other officers were at present suffering from the same disease whether the recommendations made by the commission presided over by Sir Charles Cameron, with regard to the sanitary condition of the Royal Barracks, Dublin, huve been carried out whether it is a faci thut in the Wellington Barracks (formerly known as the Richmond Bridewell) it is impossible to light tires or beat the corridors in which the troops are quartered and whether he would take steps to have a thorough investigation made of the sanitary condition of all the barracks in Dublin Mr. Stanhope Fonr officers have been ill from enteric fever lately, which is believed to have been contracted in Dublin, but I am glad to say that no death has taken place among the officers since that of Lieutenant C'ruftou, who died of typhoid on 2bth October.

Most of the recommendations of Sir Charles Cameron's Commission have been curried out, and nearly all the remainder are in course of execution. There are, however, serious difficulties with regard to all the Dublin barracks as to the diffusa! of sewage, which difficulties can scarcely be overcome till the sewage arrangements of the city itself are Improved. In the Wellington Barracks, the heating apparutus has been repaired and improved, und no complaints of its insufficiency have been received. The sanitary state of the Dublin barracks has been and is a source of great anxiety to me. It is not to be tolerated, if human science can prevent it, that officers and men should be exposed to the risk of contracting this fever.

And, therefore, although I am by no means prepared to say that any reasonable step has been neglected, I have determined to institute a further wholly independent inquiry into the sanitary state of the Royal and Wellington barracks, and I have appointed a sanitary TO CORRESPONDENTS. P. B. Co. Held over for want of space will appear our near.

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mil. by -oat Ka.LCQ.tui, 63 'iperS4ckvlite at rect, Dublin. Contents. Psge Brim Notes on larsa lrocsraias 21 New Waterworks at Koscemmun TA Folk-Lure Jl Lighting 2ki Historic Memortalsof Leix Vtl The Presidents Address, Hoyrt laaUtute of Urltlsu Architects Jl Irish Pitts snd Usruourt TH Irish Local Legends No. XL Legend of St Maillot, County Carluw Jul Books liecelved New Church snd Schools, Llgonlel.

Heir st ml Northern Assurance Otncs, WsstmoreljDd street Additions to St Patricks Cathedral, Newry 397 St Aoduen's Church, Corn Market: Its History from Its FoundsUon to ttis Present Time continued litre" preservation of Memorials of the I lead 300 New Hallways in the County Kerry 300 Notes of Works Son Preservation of Nations! Monuments 301 Armagh Methodist Church Ihe state of Greystonea HsrUour 501 Cheap Furniture 3il 1 The Junctions Rallwsys aui Tks koysl Bsrracks sgaln In the Lower House lotf Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland 30'i i To cerreapoudeuts 3oi.