The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, October 26, 1886, Image 3
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!
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MAMUFACTURERS
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LOWE'S GEORGIA FORMULA!
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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!
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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 '
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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,
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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.
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