Show J 1 j i Marvels Wrought From I. I Utilization of Vaste Waste Ori Originally beautifully situated amid I well woo wooded ed hillsides golden cornfields 1 01 or verdant pasture land watered by limpid the country countr around co ill all large manufacturing centers Is soon r sterile and unsightly b by the output of oC refuse an and waste matter matter- the piC excreta o of Industry Industry forming forming huge hUle mounds of rubbish polluting the streams ams killing the vegetation says I Chambers Chambers' Journal Sometimes the mounds of or unprofitable rubbish In InI InV V I so ou of or time b become hidden under undera a L cover er of rank c vegetation but only such plants as ai require but little sustenance sus sus- e and that fly chiefly derived from the atmosphere thrive e on such unproductive e soIL in other othel parts this waste ma may be utilized m In r reclaiming or forming new laud and hut this is only possible where special ge geographical grap conditions Pre lire of or rivers or on vail van as at the mouths land At the estuary stuary of or ortha marsh or lOg hog time the Tees rees miles of oC sandy marsh have 1 been cen recovered from the tIll sea h by tipping Up- Up ping ning slag refuse froth from the Innumerable blasting furnaces which abound on both banks of or the 11 river r. r This Ihl reclamation tion of or land is effected cl as follows An embankment nl of or slag Is pushed out from the land lantI above bove mark marle extended outward over o T and intI gradually J th the marshy ground covered b by the extended ed L Pit Is l n LIU Jt v low low-at-er level until untila line of low water nl along ng- ng the jt a large JarEc tract is By dus additions the bank Is br broadened mis until jintil of strength to resist Inc in In- In of or the water vater The Ih inc incoming nIng r Ole ibe al- al In and a c closed space is ij then luen filled HUell n settle down and where a few fow fewS lowed Jo to sr 1 naught but a wildernesS wilder wilder- S years year r arg before wa was r town desolation a thriving nesS of Into being springs 1 ron iron from I uses et of or this waste Minor or wool Slag numerous smelling are arc and anti Silica wool I Is I In appearance r and antI Is similar to asbestos Properties steam steams for Hugely as s packing largely employed ac- ac on boilers etc cylinder cylinder- s pipes JIles s. s a n. non con excellence as s count of its 2 wool Is prePare Prepared stor of heat Slag Slag- hot As Ais the b by a vcr very simple from froni Process the thC blast furi fur fur- slag runs i or of over temperature has a i Jacc it Through this I I 1001 1000 degrees steam seaP a Jet of oC l molten l. l I forced which carries canles out with Is team steam which are of nales it a cloud shaped I through a funnel driven on chamber under Into a cy wool like o a rH v f where the slag the heat of boil boil- at lulL but snow now shower sho V tn wat r. r blocks are and ancI paving pa i fila Slag K the thc molten slag In InI b collecting made nade What molds on Iron I pedal merry merry-g merno ol o- o like a 0 v 1 much is Ei loni hot sets gets Into In these slag l Jam tran which as the of or U oro transferred by h means annealing oven V to an subjected lO 10 n. n further they the are aro V form form- cooled down V heating a and d material for lasting a cement antI and also a variN V A purposes this un- un ornaments are made madu of from I and promising looking material I basic slag chemical manure Is pro pre pared lared rich In silica and phosphates ren rendering It specially valuable as a forth izer for tor cereal crops Vast volumes of gas and ammonia arc are evolved during the blasting These rhese were at alone one time Lime all allowed to lo escape and pollute the surrounding surrounding- atmosphere atmos- atmos phere and utterly destroy vegetation Now Sow the combustible ba gases es are arc used wed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hot air blast by which means a steady temperature of degrees I al Is maintained with a lower engine power The rhe ammonia gas is employed In the the conversion con of brine into alkali und end sal From alkali to tu soap hoap is a a. natural transi- transi It Il is not yet ct 20 years since the tILe modern mol mod cm ern introduction of oC With purpose I 1 say modern Introduction for sheep's wool fat fal was used as an unguent emit ent in ver very ancient times being mentioned men men- men men-I by Pliny and as used In lit the toilet o of ladles One of or the tho first if if not tILe the vcr very first samples samples of which came caine un to this country passed through my hands hands- At that time I was sas with a firm o of German chemists In London From 1 Gone Cone Co of or Dresden e we received cd a small consignment o of wool wooi fat fa This sample was a viscid mass yellowish yel yel- lowish brown color and of the moslI most evil e odor such as pervades a hide and I skin mart malt on a n. hot tIa day Is d. d 11 1 1 C lu I 11 I I I I I no now a l nou WUI U ti i 03 m t i wide demand as a l delicately perfumed emollient toilet er cream am flow Bow man many tons tuns of or this valuable adjunct to pharmacy pharn phar phar- n macy nc have been n allowed d to run lun to lo waste In Itu the wool washings it V Is im- im to compute The Thc last place one would expect to 1 find lind nd material wherewith to compound toothsome confectionery would be a cotton mill Yet Yel the tIme u used us-ed ed up UI pickers which have ha been discarded from tILe the spinning looms loom form the basis of or certain ce- ce tam tain jujubes or pastilles The picker consists of a long strip o of hide studded with wire teeth like a wire hair hall brush hrush After a L time time the the- picker becomes becomes becomes be be- comes clogged with fluff dirt and by a new create gr and is then replaced one erie Until quite recently the discarded discard ed eel were consigned d to the waste wasll heap now ns as I said maid th tile they form time thu staple o of a profitable I Industry The rime hl hido lo is separated from loin the wire and andre treed Heed re d from grease case anti and dirt dirl the gelatine gela- gela tine line i Is h then extracted und purified combined with or sugar Mugar coloring coloring coloring col col- oring and flavorings la s. s and antI sent forth fortl agaIn in u. u variety of or tasty confections hat What left the mill for Cor or the thc waste hear heap Veri Von dainty sweet as tU a a. I. I anti and butterfly o othe ol of chr chrysalis ly h the grub Jub the tho workday world From hide to leather is a n. natura s sequence quence What becomes becom's of the ol ok oh boots boots' A As fa far as I have been able tc U gather the brown paper and no further use after being tra have leather but from the vf a as aH of boot uppers buttons ar art portion math mantle The leather is and so converted into horn sub suh which may be colored an un p limb into an any thal shape or Oi style of or 01 There i j and useful button nothing like leather when it is leather I From whichever er side Ido one enters enters' the Lancashire town of SU St Helens the center of the plato plate glass Industry ones one's at attention Is arrested by the numerous banks of sand and which are arc all around They are silt slit from roni the grinding and J polishing of the plate glass This is done by fixing fixing- the slabs Blabs of oC fired tired glass glass glass- varying In thickness from a quarter of an Inch to three or four Cour Inches Inches on on to toa toa I Ia a circular table which union revolves es like a huge luge potters potter's wheel above c this a mechanical me- me arrangement of or polishing pads Is s fixed sand and amI water are arc thrown on to the revolving disk or table and antI andt It t Is the washings from flom these polishIng polish polish- lug Ing ng tables that have havo formed the huge mounds of waste The minute par par- tides of glass mixed with the sand Band rendered It quite useless for fOI any purpose until recently a 0 means I was vas discovered for or utilizing a portion of ot this erstwhile useless waste vaste |