The great importance of its certain effect in the immediate extinction of accidental fire in chimneys.
The great practical economy effected to the public through the perfect operation of the Machines, and the consequent incalculable increase of convenience in the domestic arrangements,—as all the chimneys of a house can be perfectly swept at one visit, in much less time than is now required; with a guaranteed security, for the due performance of the specific duty undertaken, and against injury or loss from carelessness, mismanagement, or depredation.
The Association has also in view the very important objects of affording complete relief to the entire class of sweeping adults and children, by elevating them from their present degraded and enslaved condition to the rank of well-ordered, decently-appointed, and justly-paid workmen.
The date of each application for sweeping chimneys in a house, and of the execution of the order, with the names of the workmen employed, will be entered in the books of the Association, at their principal office, 34, Foley-place: thus affording satisfactory proof, in cases of fire, of the chimneys having been properly swept, where the cause of fire may be the subject of legal controversy; and preventing any disposition on the part of the labourer to commit petty offences, from the absolute certainty of immediate detection.
The PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION, to carry out these great objects, have appointed respectable persons as Agents to receive orders; and will employ workmen of known good character, provided with suitable dresses to carry on the operation; giving them thus a cleaner and more decent appearance, when not absolutely employed at work, than is at present witnessed; and who, in lieu of the scanty and precarious pittance hitherto allowed them, will receive wages of sufficient amount to afford them the comforts and secure to them the self-respect enjoyed by other mechanical labourers.
The Association beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that, under these arrangements, on application being made at the Central Office, a workman and assistant will attend with the Machine, and, if necessary at the first trial, the Superintendent will himself be present at the operation. The usual rate charged for each chimney, under the old system of Machinery, will not be exceeded; and should it be desired, houses may be contracted for by the year, on the same terms as heretofore; no extra charge being made for machinery, or for the greater convenience, cleanliness, and security of property, afforded by the arrangements of the Association.
W. S. TROTTER, Secretary.
Superintendent, Mr. W. Speller, 30, Berkeley-street West, Edgware-road.
⁂ In connexion with this establishment, the Association has introduced a Patent Chimney-pot, which effectually cures the downward draught, and supersedes the use of “cowls,” which cannot escape fracture by the Machinery employed in sweeping the chimneys.
