, 1863-06-11

| ~ - '1'o4t144eA1 VI tAe 1uosL unDln6ltnH au-
dactty and unparalleled swind1ing ever devised
By reckless politicians and hungry feeders at
the public crib. No measure ever inaugurated
caused such unanimous popular tndigua.
uon as the Gridiron, and now that 1t is lead.
let it be decent1y buried in grave SO deep
| TINT the Gddiron shall never know n resnr.
rection.
smEDLEY, PECK e CO.'S CITY OIL
WORKS.
We had the pleasure, yesterday, Of going
over the smed1ey, Peck It Co.'s City on
Wor9s, situated on the South Branch of the
Chicago River. On our arrival, we drove into
an enclosed yard Of considerable dimensions.
well boarded In every direction, and high and
dry above the river, with capacious sheds and
onthouses on the right and left. The build
ing, Which is Of stone and briok, and was
erected BY NJ. c. Fairbank, ESQ.,, one of tbe
partners, faces the entrance gates, and has n
noble appearance. It is three stories high,
Is feet wide, and 116 feet long. The firm is
composed Of gentlemen who arc well known
to the business men in the city, and the lead
ing member Of it, Mr. smedley, is an old citi.
zen, and Inns been engaged for upwards Of
seven years In the manufacture md
sale Of oil, and is fully posted, there
fore, In all the secrets Of the busl-
ness: Mr. smedly planned and super
reference to having it complete and perfect In
all lis parts, and model Of the class Of works
it's machinery is 90 arranged as to save The
largest amount Of time and labor noss1hie
with view to cheapcn down to tha Inwest
figure the price Of Inc manufactured nr,icia.
and we must eay that the mesus. ore NJ n,ira,.
ANYWHERE: eyerytl,n% ia cnmn,ct ana nv "Isde saisa
and the whole c1nrer6 ioolrs litsa hr.inase 1a'
W. hcnrfiIv Wal, nnr n,,ter,s;s,,ts fs.
the snccess Wbich thev dcscrPe n +t;s Ja'hens 1s
undertakinp' Ther h3re eyncn,ad N s1 nnn vota ~
the building and lot. the machInery md @sn. =.
eral plans, and have ,uailo IN thejr minds ~ n
succeed. ~~'0e ~ ~'''NN A4tl&u7 "
The experiment il a ncv onc to cb,c,oo
nothInr NJ thc hind IN so ne.,as,.T,-s, sTTu,
a scale having ever hef;,re 1,aa,,
attempted here, aiihoupl thero was creariv =
large necessity that somebody should ATTEMPT lem t
ujnr AWAY from tle citv and "a far d3xtnpt d3 s
niuees reTo reca,vinr ~ nrati+s 40. -
was enmcfhiur ofa sc.6d.i nnpn ths ronntE+,as ~
Of ina GaTisen fS,v If the West Viii, n",,ia
do so uapy things. that she could MT mann. ra
tactu1e her own oil, but must send to St.
nr1frel ~ ln1ricote her cha,;ot Shao1a ouT ~
tirm thoueht it was birh time fo mt a. ston ~ -
that snrf If Mir. o.nsTnchi,1 bpe;,ass Ky "
hence The erection of their "City Oil Works y
In future, the oil merchants Of tlmuns
cities along way south of-us. will not lind it
Inc nude it into oil. send il back to t1 Chicaro
f155aI " III, .ho fra;rht iatT @,.as,e ~ ~,
urc. T eommoItv to hnot r All c1,I,sn sne
Will be hole TO purchase OF smedleY, Peck E
GO, much better article, ut q much cheaper
p,,ce; ana m snose a whom 1t most largely cor
concerns, 9aEe good reason, therefore, to ex-
cxelaim bully for tue New O1 Worksia
Those WHO will be most benefited by the
opening ofthese works, will be the mechanists
and railroad companies.and they will saTe
The manufacture Of oil from Lard ne found
!.e, 70 DC more M 3ntstesling process than VIC had
yored Us by Showing liz whole e,rnhant ma Nd
wc arc inclined to show him to the reader.
We assembled to the third story, where
W s.rh 1ooS% S;ao,. "L p Po leenh1Gay = my eaed
e.cat n,auy barrels fuil Of 1ard. wh,ch had
been bought Of the packers hard By. A num-
Der OF men we're engaged In scooping up the
sas % Win VIZ; = thr, ~ tad M nooat u 5a1a
led in the press. These men put up twenty
ayc thousand pounds per dag. There we're
Xxx esss nnn1d- ~ i teei eaab 1o, anu ~ aees
total Of Leo moulds. Of from 10 to 13 bounds
each. -.
ne e1 Is expressed ron me lard oy means
10 the iron fnicrum at the bottom Of the sa nScss
The amount Of pressure, which is obtaiued
r. tons
Atte5 INC laId ms gone through the process
4 "a MT fato St;a ~ loidn l9a ss plocess]
taucl to i,SI0 caiIons and treated for rrann.
la1ion-that Is 10 say. It is boiled aud cleaned;
i tnen o.asn s ,i nso suos nolnlng e'ghty gallons
nerature IIere # remn,ns from f,n1taen % ~, -,
eighteen days, b.fore It is completely granu.
lated aItd =rrady fnr. = second: pFasauFo Ths
o. the o.. from 1ho steaflne. There are 200
Zach N3''' 00A'>N'"''s s'sAts sA'Aon7
In this state It is rea6v for the hvdran1ic
Pressure-the second process. In the hydrau-
presses, !arger ,nan any other Of the Kind in
- a;1ht ~ 'eet e. "a lnS1es III n Aengtn pls.
t.n uns ~ eifnt teet i1aeg1' 1ne amount q
cytrr day. ohout & I'M nnnn5a ~ aSa,nnnt;,,1,
s,esr;ne for fhc n,oEfr,r ~ oa,5faa T.a.
rora ~! -. alas14S ~ " ca4a!es. 1ney
c,'n,,,s4s ~ 'i,s e;t ~ ,Thn FILE ~ meos.Gf, ms
cnanlsts, q lAls CITY. Inc granutated lard is
now put into heavy canyas bags, piled up
In the presses to q height Of twcntY-t7To teet.
each separated by iron plates tTenfy.twn