Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-12

the yard, and in three or four weeks
put into the steam tank, 10 make soap
grease. The smaller ones are of more
value and are cleaned for sausage skins.
1t may be interesting for information
to visit one of these lsHi l5afs.
STEAM RENDERING ESTABLISHMENTS.
Some seventeen years ago an attempt
was made to make available the offal Of
the hog. At the establishment of Koe-
bic & Miller, near,the Brighton House,
but one of several establishments in the
city, we learned to what extent even
the smallest and most inconsiderable
portion of the hog was used. The rem
dering apartments are built on the banks
of a ravine which carries all the waste
matter off to Mill Greek. On the side
of the building next to the rayine is a
row of twelve large wooden tanks with
tops, which are raised when required,
to admit the stock, of which black and
white grease are made. Hogs that have
smothered to death, or such as were
scalded by the recent explosion, worth
&c. a pound, are thrown into these
tanks, whole, and with the big entrails
are boiled and steamed, the grease at
proper times being scummed off and the
bones and refuse matter let down into
the ravine by touching lever which
opens trap door; the bones are picked
up afterwards and sold for one dollar a
dray load, to be made into ivory black.
This grease, purified by lye, becomes
clear and white, and in another build
ing is placed in linen cloths laying in a
small frame by 12 inches, the cloths
folded over and the packages thus fold
ed placed between boards and put, in
some establishments, under steam or
hydrostatic pressure, and others in pres
ses, arranged in great numbers up and
down long apartment, regulated by
cogs, levers and weights, by which a
gradually increasing pressure causas
the lard oil to exude, which runs down
into vats in the lower story to be bar
relied, the residum in the cloths, being
the article of commerce which is called
stearine, of which Star candles are
made.
Stearine is from Greek word '.'Stear,
tallow or suet. The various kinds of
animal fat commonly consist of two
substances, principally stearine, solid,
and olein, a liquid.
The Stearine by further process gives
another article of commerce known as
Red oil, which is used in making what
is called Olein Soap. Cincinnati has a
wide spread reputation for her manu-
facture of Star Candles and superior
Soap. The amount of capital invested
therein is immense. r..- ..- -
In connection with the same establish
ment in which the large entrails are
used in the Steam tanks, the gut fat
and heads of the hogs are submitted in
other tanks to the same steam process
and an excellent white Grease or Lard
obtained. which is extensively used by
the Lard Oil Manufacturers. r......
Some fifteen or twenty men are also
engaged in another part of the building
in cleansing and thoroughly washing the
small CUTS, which are passed some three
times through salt, and with much care
packed in barrels, and shipped to Eu-
rope and various parts of the world,
where they are used for Sausage skins.
This has become very valuable trade,
the whole barrels at the Factory being
worth $40, and the half barrels s35.