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the year 1880, and in that year only i ^ per 

 cent, was paid. 



The policy which this firm has pursued in 

 the conduct of their works has been the 

 prompt introduction of improved appliances 

 and new processes ; and Christian Allhusen 

 always acted on the principle that whatever 

 was worth doing was worth doing well. 

 He prided himself on the perfection with 

 which the plant was constructed ; he believed 

 that a niggardly management was an ex- 

 travagant one. 



Surrounded by great engineering industries 

 in which every method that science can 

 suggest to economise labour, and to prevent 

 loss by imperfect combustion is adopted, 

 these Tyneside chemical works were similarly 

 conducted. The engineering skill for which 

 Newcastle is so distinguished, not only con- 

 tributes to create the position which Newcastle 

 engineers themselves hold, but other industries 

 are greatly assisted and advanced by the 

 scientific and progressive mechanical en- 

 gineering of that district. 



In Allhusen's works the system of working 

 mechanical salt-cake furnaces was first 

 wrought out by Messrs. Jones and Walsh, 

 whose furnace was patented in 1875. 



