| Show THE agest TANNERY IN THE WOULD elk county in pennsylvania has the largest tannery in the world it is known agthe as the wilcox Tanner tannery j and was built three years ago the proprietors own acrea acres of land on the clarion river elver all heavily covered with hemlock the bark mills of the concern are in a building 45 by loo feet two stories high and capable of grinding seventy five cords of bark per day dayi these mills are driven by an eighty horse orse power engine and the only fuel used is spent open atan tan tau the leaching house Is 38 by feet feel and two stories high it contains twelve leaches of immense size the sweat pit is 70 by 90 feet feets of stone seven hundred vats are now in use the company makes nothing but sole leat leatherland Ieather leather herand and of this the product is sides per annum though when the tannery shall be completed will be turned out the consumption of bark ia is cords per year the company has erected twenty seven tenant houses and employs from to mep bep at wages ranging from 20 to 70 per month mouth the capital invested foots up to about and nearly feet of hemlock lumber is manufactured every year at the companas comp anys mills the hides used are imported from south america it will be scarcely credited that fifty toas tons of hair bair are collected and sold annually at this monster establishment among other incidentals are the if and a hundred barrels of soap gresafe are obtained from them I 1 |
