New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
CONDENSED MILK, AND HEAT
BISCUIT.
A Grass Hesion-Process OF Concerning
lIiiL-Lady Mechanics and CLERKS
Condensed Nent.

+ rom Our Special Correspondent
DoNooLA, Union County. H., Nov 10. is65.
Elgin is in Kane County, Illinois, 40 miles
from Chicago II contains about 1900 inhabitants. II
Is partly on hills and partly in little valley on Fox
River, which affords abundant woterpower. bitches
OF races from the main dam under some OF the
streets to mills and machine-siops This pait Of Illinois
is well settled. Railroads in all directions Every
few miles is a good.sized town. All kinds Of grain do
well Orchards are abundant. Sometimes they hne
peaches and they raise grapes which they eat before
they get ripe, for fear the frost viii Kill them. This Is
region natural for grass that there is no trouble to
get stand. 1t grows everywhere, and is good On the
roadside All around ElgiD and even in the town. arc
hills and beautiful springs. Prares aud forests are
mixed The traveller is reminded OF the Mohawk coun
try and Of Orange and Duchess Counties. 1 stayed
over Sunday and went to meeting where they sang the
grand old tune of "Egin." Five miles distant Ii the
tow of Dundee. Twas surprised find such beautiful
rural and thrifty dairy region and so many green rocky
hills md such beautiful springs and streams. 80 near
the deadeyel and widepraIie region surrounding Chi
cago.
AT Elgin is large building, nearly finished belong
ing to the American Watch Company. was told that
the inventor of the process Of making watches by ma
chnery supernends the construction Of these works,
and that he gets 5000 year salary and beside Si6
day for the use Of his patent.
visited an establishmentne the town devoted TO
condensug milk and making meat biscuit The build.
ing is Of large size has engine and boiler ROOM bath
and Pal ROOM rooms for condeusiDg meat, tin shop
room for sealing and packing a cheese room. and two
ice houses. The capital invested is about $4,000.
The water used is from spring, and so cool thai.
10 Int Zoe. hons
should not be less than l2 feet squares that it should
have double walls 90 inches apart connected and held
together by iron rods and it may stand the ground
but should be perfectly ar.tight around the bottom
The ice should be well packed and chinked In. 1t
should not close TO the wall The first hard Ice IA
worth most and the best size for house is IL by ~
feet. When inquired If there should BIO drainage
they said such provision would let in cir, which Is
fatal. In house properly constructed the Ice never
should melt. Ventilation is required in the top On
the sunside there should DO double roof TO keep OIL
the suns rays.
Mix is brought by teams TO the door, In cans; aspec
linen OF each mess is marked and set away in a. tin
basin. TO test its quality then the milk Is poured
through straner into square vat holding several
barrels and large piece OF ice Ia put in Another vat
several feet lower partly filed with clear water con-
taIned l2 bright brass cans with handles 10 each. In
these believe was the nights milk The mornings milk
was run through hose into the brass cans where the
milk looked quite creamy and II II would be good with
light bread. LII the bottom OF this vat IL an opening
that permitted steam 10 enter was let on thc WAFER
began 10 bubble; the room filled with steam. and
there was great Soon the water began violently
10 boil and Ia due time the milk scalded. The de-
gree 10 which 1t heated they W shcd me 10 keep Sc
cret which will do-fOr though they told me, have
forgotten IL.
Meanwhile the cans In which the milk was first re.
ceved were scadcd by being placed over Jets OF steam
and cold water. The vat and the hose were steamed
The floor had been running with hot and cold water
II was neatly mopped up and water nowhere was TO DO
seen except In little cutters across the floor which run
night and day All the work here was done by men.
NEXT large tin vat. holding several barrels. was
brought up when can Of the heated milk was ponied
INTO il, and then two men add TO II barrel of nice
white sugar, and the whole was thoroughly stirred.
Now a wooden vat stands close by with coiled tube
,upted and afterward the sweetened milk IN the tin
,sn poured In. The work now proceeds with great
,spidity. Steam lot into tho cooled tube tbs masa