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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**.
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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.
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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.'
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