New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20
eTAkCB MANUFACTURE.

% ayeW cb hor1 ne city ooO OF ic-'O De1 W ~%~0
b he Inauguration Of r;1,h factory, tssntynVo
ni,es off, in The retired pooh Of Glen Cove. N''"Ns
GAcst Of tie enterprise competen: 70 estabnsn zoe
eorrk<e works Of their kind ir the vord, Woao 'nu'
have ysatarsd 70 d.trb the current Of men 'h0sgnH
,.d 8y~>t them N ,b;s sew Fsd. Wthno qaesaon OF
sssoc.sssnl ss.e .he Glsa Cove SssIc1 Msnu'sc.cr-
nr Company, through tbsr seofet.fy, wm Ddrysa'
.srt forth their invitations, src on wednesday, the
ISL q, o. n., though the arrival CT the Niagara w.s
,~,ouno.5 In the Day the uers soOn filed the sesgner
M, ,ecver cksr.e-ed 70 convey tksm 10 Gen Cove,
.sS smother rssner vss promptly furnished for toe
seoormodshon Of tbose ths. continued 10 coass !, is
vel .kis so-.hst tkll and enterprise should be sp
rress:sd every department. in which il s exhibited
And starch especially II by no mesns 70 bades2.sed
Ttp,sh 1o., Ike guts perchs, scaptsd to give iTm
add strength 10 submaine c,bes, not essenaAto
noss Of criroire, which give rorud'y and copeness
10 re female figure And, a. 80 sliuen is 10: IL
psesass property to bai Up the sdpose subssncs ia
oJessre the deposition Of fat, ard adding to The sna-
hahy Of The humau species BY the nnuhiplcI.oD Of
Peivicis' Ssch is lie natuYe, H obfervttion AID
e zky ysioog.s prove TO Us scd sucs, fog fashion
ssd ssrsliiys sske, IT ia worthy Of eDcclregsmsa.-
Sseh we're or reflections he two steamers, united
BY cord, made Their way through the Est River into
~ Ssund, s1d safely reached the termination Of the
vsysgs in the besuhful habor Of Gtsn Cove, on the
Long Islard side Our arrival, TOO, was welcomed BY
- dnei.yge Of cArnor AID Uoiwcrths Band wiJb os
Sseouysed excellent music as Dodworths Bsad vS
&c soub. s'so do.og at the slime tns n Se"-foTk
10 s3S 70 tke varieties ard delights OF The e1.1rfon
The kzdpg was made not az the wnstVe' OF ,ne CON
pany but at the regular stssnbos. laodng, and ca!
rsses we're furnished 10 take the numerous company
rsund through the village Of Ger Cove 10 the works
sssyly NILE distant, the movements beng drsc.ed By
the Dsrrhsls, Messrt. Weeks, Fros. and Titus. A.
tbe wcrhs, bsving been welcomed by hearty spsech
fom Mr. Coles, the company wss taken charge Of by
Tie accomplished and gertlsmanly secretary, Mr.. Dur
yts, who devoted himself especially to the elghten
ger. Of the members Of the Press, as bs waited upon
them in their progress through the factory. Aud
though, under the circumstances the examination OF
lie operations may be regarded as the pursui. of
ksovkdse under difficulties few could have failed 10
acquire much Instruction, and none to be impressed
with the skn, good tas.e sId judgnen: displayed in
The construc.ion Of the works.
This factory has been recently completed upon the
rums Of former one, which wss destroyed by Ere
lie 9th Of February last-ony about yesr after it
hsd been in operation. Insured for 10000, the poll
c,es were 20 promptly met by the insurance com
psfjss that in thirty days the furnished
TO resore the works; and this has been done with i'm
p-ovenents and enlarged scale They cover more
than ard half sores of ground, and in psrs are
three stories high. A creek admits sloop, from the |
fsybsr 10 the walls OF the building, aud pond above
turrshes the pure soft water which s required in this
rsaufscture, ard consumed to the amount OF about
100000 gallons daily II aso, by the arrangements
soy made secures sbundant means for extngaishug
fires a. was exhibited 10 the company by the torrents
thrown over the roof through five huge pipes OF gutta
peYchs. The raw material used in the manufacture |
IL white corn, purchased at the Corn Exchange 10
New-York. TIE capacity Of production OF stsrc1 is
seSn when compared with t)p rhols production p
is article Of Great BrtsH 10 1885 PTeviogs Y ss.
zee Of cIipoliDel which wts only about SVVVoVv
lbs per srnuin, as stated by NJ Duryes Dsayeen
tun. of 600 pounds each, per day, would produce
IN 800 working days ~, 800 0OO pounds. Starch has
kr the nost part been produced frotn wheat SAD Pc
:sees II exis.s in al the grains, in fruits s,d seeds
and esculent roots Rice cJDtsins more Of tlsn sny
stheT product. Oats come next, then corn, wheai,
re- &c. While those yield from ~ to 81 per cent OF
ttsyeb, potatoes are three fourths water and ohs-
fourth Only sohd matter, OF which about ~ per cent is
stsych or as commonly obtained, from II to Is per
cent Of the raw material For the sake OF obtaining
starch from articles lot used FOR food, tEe Belgian
Government offered, cot long since, premium o,
&, coo 20 any who viii successfully saosti'ute
sore other material Horse-chestnu.s hsve bsen
Iisd, and for time it was supposed they wond an'
svey; tIt he manufacture is now, We osAeve, 6oah'
0OLse. Com recommends tsslf IN TINS country esPs
eally foY being cheap aud abundant article snd pos
ng larger share say from ~ 10 10 per ceht oi
staIos while the proportion of ni.rogenous, wmcn s
the sutritive OF flesh producing element 3i ioou -
considerably smaller than il s in whes,. Tnis gram
twbeAt) is remarkably adapted, by the variety sra
proportions Of rs Ingredients for nutrition especisy
Il used without being deprived OF the phospoetes
which belong 10 the null, ana whch proViae maSeIai
stS the bones but poorly replaced oy the phospnses
now introduced az medicines IN the ne" mode OF
eaIng consumption 1t is well that cora Should oe
used for starch instead OF the more nutritious whest
and ne greater chespness vii cause 10 os preferred
to fioe.
AZ the corn s delivered at the factory, j. is hoistsd
rom the s,oop to the top OF the buling, where II s
wAnowed 20 separate foreign matters mixed with It,
TheIce passes 10 the vss IN which It - long sosxed
10 prepare il for the mills. To these it flows ~ cur
Tent OF water ana the mired ues and water runs 10
rcughe from the mills TO the room IN which the sep
aIsuon Of the two principa constituents OF the corn
the starch and the guten-s tfsc.ed. This process,
!cY some Iessop, was not exhibited. As ordinarily
CONDUCTED it is effected by sort Of Snssding and
sua;nng AZ the tne the starch in a thin milky
kokng liquid passirg through the cloth, SIEVE or
bolser, and the thich gluten remaining behind. la
this way the sticky gluten Of whesten dough Is easily
ssparsted by hand from the starch, and the washer
woman may supply herself with the lst;er article tOr
her own use from little -four. The gluten which
remains s tough mass, containing, mixed with the
ceIrre pure gutep OF the other constituents OF
the grain Its remarkably prone 10 decompose and
become pltrd, and not used for food but IN hour
Il hae the eIceLent property OF retaoing py lts
tsIAc.y the bubbles Of carbonic scd gas, and holding
Nese, 10 thA. the swells and becomes hight sud
petty. But the gluten OF corn meal, probably from
The different Ingredients assoc sted with It, has n)
Ais property. As saw brushing dowo the tronghs
70 the great vats placed 20 receive IT. i. had musy
ard BY no meaps inviting appearance and od)r 10 IS
tuna 10 be excellent srtce OF feed fJr horses cat
tie Gnt swine, and finds a ready sale for tais use
lts proportion when pure may be, according 10
the following analysis, about one eighth OF sn
.hs ingredients; but the mixture obtained il
lArser tAsr this. The analysis is by Payer:
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