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THE AIKEN RECORDER. CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Manager. AIKEN S, C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1886. VOLUME 6.—NUMBER 2. C,i:OI«;iA CHKMICAL VVOKKs* Dlnnur.ictnrors of li'erfMl*er»—Ofllce and 737 Ratno+dt hf+pof. Without doubt, one of the r^o^t im portant induntriea in the City of 4M* gusta, and with the exception pf t^c cptton factories, employing a greater amount of capital owl a larger num ber of employes tljop apy ptlier, is the GeorgiaCUemic%^ >yorks,convenient ly situated on the IJpe of the Ceptr^i and Port Royal Ftailropija, with conr sections with all other lines, an<J Ip every respect a mammoth concern, cempletely fitted for the economical manufacture of fertilizers of the best quality on an Immense scale. It is to-day the largest and most complete fertilizer factory in the Houth. Tljp Qffleers of the Company are Alfred Baker, President, a sagacious b usi ness man and able financier, being also president of the National Exchange • flank "of Augusta; J. Rice Smith, General Manager; A. Smith Irvine, /gecretury and Treasurer; Prof. C. D. F. Lowe, Chemist and Superinten dent, who is one of life tyeqt y e F* e< 1 and most scientific exemplars of the value of chemistry, practically ap plied, in the country. The business being under the management of so altle a board of officers as the forego ing, the wonderful success of this in- ititutiop is not as surprising as it plight otherwise be. Beginning with u capital of $200,003, and a productive canacity of 10,000 tons of commercial fertilizers annually, the value of the plant lias since been greatly augmen ted, and by increase in theeapital stock the capacity of production Increaseif so that, with the new improvements gilded for manufacturing and storage, ipctuding a new acid chamber of solid construction and large capacity, these works are able to turn out each year the enormous amount of 30,000 tons— treble the original amount. A num ber of a^ros are covered by the build•• fngs and platforms qf the works, and, with lots, twenty acres are occupied, The mill building is three and a half Stories in height. It is provided witl} an engine of 120 horses power, and fitted up with all the latest improved machinery for crushing, grinding and mixing all the materials that enter into the composition of a first-class fertilizer. Near the mill building stands an- pther building, containing two qf the Gompauy’s acid chambers, This building covers and protects the lead en chambers, in the construction of ^-hich about 100 tons of lead has been pmployeJ to enable them to resist the porrosive action of the sulphuric acid. In connection with these chambers flic Company have just finished the erection of another improved cham ber, which is uudoubtably one of the pi wt perfectly arranged in the Unit- pd States, aud required 85 tous oflead for its construction. The furnaces of these buildings for burning brim stone do their work constantly and perfectly. The new warehouses of the Company built this year will h%yc a storage capacity of 15,000 to 20- 000 tons. Six others, with ? capacity i'anging from 2,000 to 5.00Q tqus each, are conveniently arranged around {}}e main building. Two immense chiiq- nevs, “ach about 110 feet in height, furnish draught to six boilers of an aggregate capacity of about 250 horses power. Five side tracts enter their yard and afford quick, easy and economical pouuections with tlie seven Railroads ]e^ ling from Augusta, thus providing ihe most convenient facilities possi ble for the reception of stock and ship ment of manufactured goods without delay. In the manufacture of the fertilizers made at this establishment, only the purest and best ingredients are used —sulpher from Sicily, phosphate rock from South Carolina and the West Judies, fish from Virginia, nitrate of jsoda from South America, potash from Germany, and bone from the best American sources of supply. Tiie rock is crushed, ground to pow der by powerful mills, carried to tl.^i third lioor weighed and mixed by ! machinery, deposited on the second j floor, treated by sulphuric acid, and j dried, and the disintegrater an 1 scre\y I pompletes the work. All the brands of fertilizers manu factured by this successful Company have a famous repute lor excellence, Among them may be mentioned the. Mastadon Guano, Grain Fertilizer, Lowe’s Georgia Formula, L^^sqlved Bone and Potash, and their acid phos phate, botli with and without Potash, have no equal. Special brands are made to order, onlj’ genuine chemi- pals ind pure materials being used in every case. In this representative Southern in dustry a large number of hands f^re' employed, lienee large sums of monpY 1 are paid o:u and distributed for wage*; aud material necessary in the iiiauu-, factureofan increasing annual pro. duct, which is sold in every Southern State. Too much can hardly be said in praise of those who have created and carried on this great institution, so advantageous alike to the citv where 'jocated and to the r rlouitu *1 inter- eats of the whole Soum, on which, In fact, p 1 incipallr dejiends the prosperi ty and welfare of the entire sectio. | y deserve all honor. GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS I STANDARD GUANOS! fl- J*. M r ■ rtSV'.i MAMUFACTURERS m S T o :d o nsr, LOWE'S GEORGIA FORMULA! ~~ "vv '_r- GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS IN 18S5. First Ton was Manufactured December 22. 1876, OF HIGH GRADE UTILIZE GRAIN FERTILIZER! PtfSOLVED BONE PJ108PIIATE AND POTASH. ACID PHOSPHATE! I I II tia 111 - J- , WITH AND WITHOUT POTASH. Capacity of Factory in 1876 5,000 to 7,000 tons, GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS, WITH AOpiTIONS, IN 1886, ACID PHOSPHATES! Quality, Purity and Analysis of every Ton Guaranteed. None But Best Material Used. SPLENDID MECHANICAL CONDITION, EVERY BAG FULL WEIGHT. Capacity of Factory in 1886 over 30,000 Tons. The goods manufactured by us have no superior as to quality, and our Acid Phosphate either with or without Potash, has never been equall ed, as shown by the following official reports of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Georgia. Read Record for Four Years Past SEASON SEASON SEASON SEASON 882, *83 883, '84 m, ’85 1885, ’86 Aicid Phosphate Without Potash, AVAILABl.E PHOSPHOIUO ACID, 15-15 PER CENT. 15.86 ; 16.80 15.65 Acid Phosphate With Potash. AVAILABLE PHOSPHORIC ACID. 13.25 PER CENT. 1400 ‘ 1 14,65 13.55 ’ POTASH K.l O- , 1.75 PER CENT. 152 f * 1.10 ' L20 ‘ • Season 1888, ’87 official analysis not yet received, but analyses from Dr, H. C. White, State Chemist, of Georgia, on Acid Phosphate this sea son, show 15.80 per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid. We thank the public for its past liberal patronage, and shall in the future guarantee the same faithful service and fair dealing. Sead. for 'Price Xaists and circulars and let us have your orders early. GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS Office 735 and 7 37 Reynolds street, Augusta Georgia. (■MOIMAIA C'HBMICAIj WOKKS. Mantifacturprti of Fertilizers—Ofltoe • 739 and 737 Reynolds Street. The following interesting (pels ws take from the trade Issue of the Au gusts Chronicle: Vast as this original establishment is, under the superintendence of Mr. Lowe, who is architect as well ns sa vant, mammoth new buildings am rapidly approaching completion. The main edifice is 430 feet long, 70 feet wide and 58 feei high. It would make a notable tabernacle for 8am Jones, * 4 while the acid chambers, Just beyond, would furnish an evangelist with In fernal texts. All the labor-saving and' ■ other appliances in the old building will be perfected in the new one. It la exactly the dimensions of the Kiag mill, but built of wood In the best manner. The extreme east end of the lot la used as a general warehouse. A plat form and railroad track run on Mm east side of the building. The sulphur bin in the yard Is un covered, and lias a capacity of 000 tons. It is nearly ala’ays full. Ttw sulphur is brought from Sicily In car go load lots. The sulphur fumasas la the new building attached to the near acid chamber are six in number. There are twelve in the old one. Thosa in the old chamber have been in usa seven years without cessation. Wu will endeavor to describe the NEW ACID CHAMBBK. The sulphur is put into the furnaces, where it burns slowly, whilst front opposite sides of the furnace are fur- uishing fumes of Nitric Acid, remind- ; ing one of the picture of Hades In Mythology. The fumes pass up through a stack and horizontally to a Glover tower M - feet high, Into the top of which Sul phuric acid is pumped and allowed to percolate through the ascending fumes, fitting them for entrance InSo the condensing chambers, where the * acid is made. The acid is pumped to the top of the building aud trickle# * down through towers to the edifice in which Uie acid chamber iasituated. * The building is 230x40 feet, and kfiO feet high. One hundred and seventy thousand pounds of lead were used ht the construction of this new chamber. The capacity of the acid chamber is about 15,009 pounds of brimstone •«- day. producing 70,000 pounds of acid. ; The towers are lined inside with chem ical brick, brought from England* Any other brick would go to pieces In the noid in a short while. WATER PIPES, ETC. Steam, water and acid pipes run under ground, connecting with all necessary points. * WATER TOWER. The water tower is eighty-five feet high, with a tank of 10,000 gallons ca pacity. The water is pumped fruinan artesian well a distance of 900 feet in depth, but rises to within a few feet of the top. It is carried up by pump# to the tank, and flows by gravity to all portions of the yard, giving a pressura of forty pounds. The pump is so ar ranged as to send water direct into th# mains running through the yard. Th# water is cold, clear and with a trace of sulphur. * THE FIRE ENGINE BOOM Is near the well, and so arranged as to be automatically connected with th# boilers. MACHINE SHOPS, FORGES, and everything -of that character needed for the works are on the capa cious grounds. THE ORIGINAL ACID CHAMBERS are in* a building 165x80. On th# grounds there are two smoke stack# 100 feet in height. One is used for car rying away fumes from the chamber and smoke from the chamber boiler* Four of the chamber boilers are con stantly used; the others are for carry ing away the smoke from the mala boilers, each af which is of 60-hors# power. ONE HUN EH ED AND FIFTY HANDS are given employment all the year round, and are paid high wages. THE CHAMBER BOILER HOUSE is isolated from all other buildings. In speaking of the acid chamber we failed to mention that 6,000 pounds of nitre are burned daily, which comes from Peru direct. In the BOILER AND ENGINE ROOMS there is a Fool A Hunt engine of 100 horse power. MISCELLANEOUS. The oil and lamp building Is fire- prof and also issolated from all other buildings. The main buildings are numbered from 1 to 12, and the other buildings^ twenty In number, are lettered fawn A to I. The capacity of the Works Is 40,000 tons annually, with an allowance #f fifteen to thirty days for repairs. The scales, which are so arranged that the oars roll on them so as to be weighed before and after loading, have a capacity of fifty tons, or on# hundred thousand pounds. The brands of fertilizers mgnufoe- tured by this successful company have a fam ius repute for excellence. Among them may be mentioned iJie Ma-italon Guam*, Grain Fertiliser, Lowe’s Georgia Formula, Dissolved Bone and Potash and the Acid Phos phate, both with and without Potash, nave no equal. Hpeeial brands ore made to order, only genuine chemic als and pure materials being used lit •svery case. Every precaution is taken against -oriflagralion. A |*owerful steam lirs engine it* always ready In case of emergency,.while water faeiiitiea are everywhere. THEOFFICERS OF THE COMPANY ARB: President, Alfred Baker. General Manager, J. Rice Hmtth. Secretary and Treasurer, A. Smith Irvine. Chemist and Superintend##*, Prof. C. B.F Lowe. ' X' ’V £-—J HE