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fKE MICHIGAN J v PIT CENTEff 5U.VAGEWDTP OF iprtrt AOKS WRITS LSA1> * COZX>k WORKS OF DETROIT HAS AHBK HO0S PROGRAM. WHITE LEAD MJLNTJTACTUHJ5 TO BJS EEVOLOTIOHIZED New Prooeaa Owned Kxdoxivuly By Tht* Frogresslru Ftant Make* ti Ft mmio i* to Corrode Ued tn Six Instead of 130 Do**. Sp*tal to Gdir-Qrtd: Detroit. Mich.. Juts* 17.--Withto <r 7tm Detroit u likely to b* the world'* psJat, earolsb end whit* lud cfcur, if the plan# of the Aetna White Lwd A Color Work* or thl# city "are o*m*<l cot. Already thU plant en joy* tt* distinction of being tbo larg est of It* kind In th* world, end grow ing wo rapidly that the dkg eoexn* not far distent when it wiU have devel- oped th* paint and rarnlah buslaea to uch * capacity Chat -Michigan wUi be th* leading state of th* union la this respect. A few days since * party of Sagi naw- bualae** men visited th* mam moth pleat la this city and w*r* than agrtsably eurprteed to Hole th* magnitude of it# work and th* enter prise and ambition* of it* xaaaxgom*oc. Within a half year th* com pany bu added a whit* 1m4 corroding 'department. wh*r* it la revolutlonlxLfig th* whU* lead bualacao of th* world. ThU depertmsoc bids fair to bvtb* moat taiked-of departure la (cad bu#tn** that ha* *v#r exalted th* atten tion of th* world'* cI#&U#ai and bud as* mao. and already It ha* com manded th* respect and Investigation of the government'* expert*, a* veil a* tbo* from many tat*a and col lege*. Camdr* Lm4 In 6 ZaAeed of 12< Day#. In this plant pi* lead la eorroded In tlx day*, under what V* termed th* "mild proceea." For catuxlee pant th* eorrotoa of lead `has been ac complished under somewhat medieval conditions, requiring from 12b to 12b day*, aod then with a partial lorn of th* neteria] Ad at a considerable expense. Th* "mild pro<**w# employ* aii days, no ion of material and eery little expense. It U a patent procaaa that U mo aicnpf* as* U Impelled t* 4k why co o d bad thought It OUC yean ago. and yet la It# alznpUcJtjz not a ihioc Uck# to tun oat th* bi#t product at th* minimum expsnx*. It U this department of th* aigoa4yr larg# Aetna establishment that >i tmm a creator fntar* paM, And it far- th>o, dauaybift m*ac# erwft gooff Jut ?S13 paint and nnUb caster. Th* -trip threagfc the lead work* *u the moat enjoyable part of the vistt. H*re wu found an atooiuto1 OrO'proof building, nothing employed la U# construction befog Inflammab)*.' And here th* visitor 1* howu th* vnr- ion* lUfts through which ptr lead pa*** before, after a period of *lx day*, it t* turned out parfect l*ad JwUd (a h eernat of __________ gag wWA In tows than it honnr* veto* th* hydxcaddd* into whH* k-- which coauins^ao- imptuntia* and ready to b* pumped Into th* dryle pan without say washing or MparaM tog process wbat*v*r. Np Add Xs Haod. No acid* alkali, taa bark or oust. tinder th* 'old Dutch proee** th* lead was moulded into disc* weighing about on* pound each, and from sixteen to eighteen of tbeee dUcs pieced In mbtal pot* containing aootSe acid. Thee* pot* ar* arrange! la layer#. plied on* upon aaothel; board door* separating the different layer*, each of which reel* upon Mreral inch es of groans tan bark, which Is aiao -as* rvQuirsd in this process. It simplicity and *cooom.y itself as wal a* praotioaUty, and produce* th* b whit* lead th* market ha* ever . forded. With this great department rtlll la Its Infancy, and tb* paint and varais plants using for their own needs considerable proportlpn of tha eoipatl placed about tha pots, Th* pots rentlQ burled in th* us hark Cor a period averaging about 118 day*, dur ing which th* chemical action caused by th* bant of th* Cemsenflcr tan bark and th* acid, slowly convert* th* metallic Into carbonic* of lead, which I* commonly termed "whit* lad.M During' all of this Urn* the lead 1* burled and beroud the control of workmen- In addition it 1* a pro cess requiring haaey *xpen**, as much labor ii employed is taking down the stack* and removing the pots of cor roded mtaV such a* Is also employ*} la tniUdJag them and coartytng tha tnstal. Th# corrosion under this pro just what th* future has In store ror this plant eaoaot bg d*finitly totA' but It will b* very successful beyond doubt. Ordinary developments mean that la a f*w yean *11 Usd manufac turer* la this country will b* *rion*ty handicapped by th* superior quality and redunsd cast at which the Acme company can market its product and #oonr or -later branch *stxbUshm*ots wtU have to be placed about tb* country, all of which will sid the Acme company In it* effort to beeom* a center of the paint and varnish busla*** of the world. cess bn* never been comp)*!* and re Ka&gemcat Aggress!** and Capablo, quire* a vigorous treatment of crash, lag, rolling, *cr**niog# grinding and Hoatlog to separata th* pertlally eor roded lad. taobark and raetalUe lead. This la ltsU Is also an *xpo*tv* opersUco, and not entirely satufac- tory. \ To th* laymaa th* dUBculties and handicaps of this proeeas b*com* at one* apparent, (t is e-ovtly and 1~ Asid# from the superior and exclu sive process Ibis company use* la the a corrosion of pig lead. Its established 5 bustaeand recognized standing s* leading paint and varnish manu4 facturer. theambltlonaaod energies or 1U officer# and xnAoageroeat Is a pow er for greet good. Th# compassy b perhaps ex ably managed es oy in compUi*. requiring tb* u** of great the United Btaeea, it# ofUcer* and di aaantlU** of acid* and expensiv* tan rector* takleg a k#n pereooel pride bark, pota lumber, which must con La Its affair* and closely devoting stantly be replaced, and doe* not de velop satisfactorily. their soUr* time to Its policy of pro gression and advancement. William -Now rroctw Is Huh, fioperlor. AU of the** drawbacks are over come In Ihe "zatld proevaa,-' which , neither require* mclfiu, tha burying *f lu Davie#, the prerldent. has long been Identified with It. hetdlng lsrg* share of thw stock nd b*tug b*#o at th* helm since lit*. ha th* company Amt branched out. ThosveO. metal, th* delay of thr-s* month* for NrsU ike secretary end general mth- fenneotaUon purpossa or th* *xp*o- *g*r, is also a larg* ato^kbMr t->4 air* outlay for lac bark, lumbar, pots, |tb* Acme plant of today, th# aaogi' tie. formerly seeded. This saving 'modern and successful of its kind b* aloD* would Justify th* ntw- procase, th# world. r*pres#Bia th cobia< but It has oth*r advnntsra th* full eoargy. ability and fuecucui c ml d rb*or*tlcal chemical tnorraa* of IS per acemeat of Chasn two aod a-.nr cent fer matsd corrosion being se buaittea* tnn. Bvery d<- cxjl -j C tb1 cured, as well a* th* utilisation of all buala**# ha# tor years b*4 :r.tr oei parts ef th* pig lead, which can b* aenal attsstlon and both - of th* ordinary market pmduct and b* found at thetr desk# J*r-r not a cpacini taacal mad* tor thl* hours of the business d*r w. tCJskj porpcHm. WhU* and A E. White. t* l D jThe new proca* bas passed . th* ? xp*rinental *taga. its product having ! sold for fl* y*ar and bn lUor'oughly demonstrated. It Le th* In. v*ntlon of W. T3L Rowley, formerly of Sc Louis, but now the aup*rtat*nd*at of this department of th* Acta* plant. Th* proe* 1# a* follow*; Tb# lead after melting is at once atomised Into an Impalpable powder. Then th# atomised lead l* dlsttlbated by pump* aod rmvity to tbs desired placea Th* finely powdered lend 1* pumped iQtO) Urge metallic duplex cylinder# up-. pllsd wnh powarcrl agitators, whar*; tt U kept continually agitated with * water In th* prasaoc* of sir which 1* f**e*d through Lb* cylinder* under low praarur*. Tbl* oparaUoo U com plete in im thssi two dsya.. -It Is trolt's brt koowo captUiura *r# a)- o effleere of tha torpor* :>. *^m1 ai-r though Interested in cor- r other/ large lartltutioa# tak# * "r keen) Inter**! la tb# deveiopm*',? .t ths] Acme plaot. Th* office boildlag of r. tnpxnyt La #ald to bo tho Qncst ;o ~ und.' and It# trtabllahed potter t -- ruriog and holding buotaeu is nece recognized math* moat ecC'**-" iM successful pursued by nr . .. ^*:0t or varnih house In th* ->- i ^ub-' la a #bort period of lea* ni, 'vrey year* I! has mad# all f .-^-lucts known th* world otr. upon every brand ertab:;#*..* \>x*e bas been *eeomplineU dlxMtlon wlil b tar* - . ->n*, ^ucsi- then passed Cirengh th* Mpacating rystim which remove# any aligbt m*- taUlo raldu* reiaalsiag aad Is than puzoped late lha carbcmatinr cylin der* which are somewhat sfraflar {q th* eyltnder* already dMcrfbad. Sara' tha baste hydroadd*# of load;- as they d In the white U*J which, with the ov c#A 1# rare to rev*;.bustiMM# and commune Klchlgaa as th* lxdm# . oala In UU* o w s v Ik i r pft>J rbU.' issut Me adnai.su gg .uratsgjjmg, enwii 0007--SWP-037425 N22920