| Show ALTA WHITE LIF illi wor WORKS new orvices Pr vices fo he of tilt bend I 1 I 1 prom alo mining anil scientific L last t week by the lind kind invitation of the president of tho the above works mr bir otto kloppenburg we accompanied him on oa a visit to the extensive manufactory which this coman company b has 21 just erected in tho the visitation valley r I 1 ey on the thore shore of san rean francisco cisco bay and nearly opposite the six mile house on tho the san ban bruno road the building is 13 large and evidently well yvell adapted for the purpose for which it was intended tho the size eize of the main structure la is feet feel in length by CO 50 feet in width besides which there are other sheds connecting with willi the larger edifice mr 0 0 lluc ger the superintendent took us over the premises and explained the different uses of the machinery employed in the manufacture of white lead one of the most novel features in this establishment is the furnace which is on aa entirely new dow principle nod and is so constructed that it consumes the ilia greater portion of its own smoke while the residue and the gases from the other furnaces are arc conveyed by underground pipes to the idail w bieh ii 11 on the out bids bide of the building the drying rooms are arc are two in number and consist of two systems ol of endless bands over rollers so EO arranged as to carry the material from the washing tanes and after r discharging it from one bet act 0 of bands to the other finally empties it into a conveyer which which then carries itin will mill where it is with oil ond and IT rendered Eldered fit for market between the banis bands say a system item of steam pipes are arc introduced which gradually dry the lead the water of condensation densa tion is then carried back into the boiler boder thus saying saving considerable fuel and labor of pumping in one portion of the building is erected a backing R ling tovo which is capable of granulating sixteen tons daily this lead is then placed in earthen towe towers rs filled 1 from rom the top odthe of the building the acid nitric is then poured aured on the mass and pa stia F down co collects P elects in tanks anken hero it is id precipitated t c when washed and ao finally run off into the dra drying in rooms room U the soda boda roo room w adjoins adjoin I 1 this a T portion 0 r i of tile the it an and i in a this thia do c the soda used fur r prec I 1 p t ing the white while lead is dissolved mcd and cleaned this factory the cn t of its kind in tb the world elie principle on which the while h it 0 Ms hjad h is produced baying been in ie cw by mr frederick victor has been built by an all efterp enterprising and sanguine company i of df five who are arc persuaded that they will in their project which is ig nothing less than to produce white while lead for the whole coast at a cott cost greatly below that now cow ruling for au in interior article in new yolk the they imato to they lire are able to with tho machinery DOW in use from five to tons ol of white while lend lead pet pel biem if thegean they can do abis aud and there beems to bo be little or no doubt of it their is is an es filet ana how it is a cull culi fornia production product icil and us ua nuch duch born bora with ith the new year we wish it joy and tile ol of tile season iu below clow nrc arc a lk lit orthe officer |
