, 1865-03-29

HOW 1t ts MADE, and Where-The
Great Starch Factory At OttA tga,

r.t. f,1Iovaro descr3nt;o,, or A.
NC copy tae r,:s.-. - eon y. tne
'starch factory' one ol u n. llnlo,s most noted
.Ipstf:utions, from the Otfaro Ffee Trader Of
| March 18th:
4 stranger visiting Ottawa seldom fails to
| mint ont. as the most conspicuous obiect
! that meets hls eye, an imposing structure on
The bydfauIic basin, aud to ask, "What is
that great bulldiugs" :, The ready answer is,
ssThe Starch Factory" But If he inquire
further In reference to said factory-lts na-
lure, extent, prof ableness, &c, ninc-tenths
Of our citizeus would probably have little
more TO impart than that 1t ls regarded - a
tsbjg thing" and making heap Of money.
So little Is our in1ere It in thing divested Of
| the char N Of noveltyl Hundreds Of our citt-
zeps Know as little of the interior Of our
starch factory as they do Of st. Paurs Ca,he-
! 'dral in London, Who yet, we're they first to
see 1t at Chicago or New Yo.k, would rush
| into it with the greatest cagcrness and curl
osity.
Ne have had some distreBsingly dull md
g1ocmy weather this week.. and in an effort
| to keep OF the bines, the thonght struck us
that Some items might DC had BY taking run
through the Starch Factory, Which would
prove interesting to our rea1e1s.
And trst, let us correct an erroneous In
preston, which oursely yes had partially shared,
that the folks at the sta:ch iactory are aEerse
to receiving v5sttors|that tue manufacture OF
starch Is profound secret, Which outaldc1s
NIGH steal, and Who must therefore be rlgtdly
excluded. This Is not co. 1t Is true, IN m
establishment Ike this, where mnny persons
are employed and all arc busy, they want no
| loupgc1s; but citizens or strangers, really de-
sirous of seeing the Interior OF an establish
| ment SO novel IN much OF Its machinery and
operations, are not only freely admitted, but
coufteously shown through the works.
| Before entering the building, however, let
rs take survey Of the exterior. The main
l hn11Hin0 nj In han al F1f
ESQ 1eet, and extends back fram the basin $50
fest; ESQ BY 50 feet IF the main building j. six
| Stories high, eurmounted BY cupal0 Of two
more stories the balance Of the main build
| Ing is from two to four stories In height.
There are, however, other buildings attached
that gives the whole . working area Of about
four acsts: That 30 Large space should be
occupied IN the 'manuiacture Of the simple
article OF starch, would seem almost fncredi-
BILE; yet such is the fact, the Ottawa Starch
Factory being, with one exception, the largest
st1,ca ia,,t ias,tio5y ,1y,13l ~ the Torld
corn, after Its removal ffom the cob aud IN
aefEo!ng so1tenins PIC process. Is conveyed bY
eIeEat9,is W ny !ns sessn n.nstolJ' and taltner nc
o 3oliom ~. +,'' w. nua ~ taete IN h9se hopper,
no.a,ng 1s;i, oi :; noes uasues y pass-
es ao"n IN neo . LILLE ~ gIuunu, anu thence
passee in.o sreaE seYuxing sepafato
At L..
lnese !. lasses oft"eeH Monssious iron roll
mense pressure that they, would tlatten out
nsaue paper. on the dith, iourth aud third
Kind Of machinery, ali apparently carrying
the corn through the same process, stopping,
however, on each story 10 series Of great,
round tapks. like those In brewery, hut ot
such ENORMOUS m dimensions that If filled with
lager, 10 Uo Dutehmen could alaks their thirst
/ knF ! FtFA q mol a11s$S S,.,
custd: however, from any further attempts at
describing this grinding and crushing process,
or any OF the stupendous aud complicated
machinery by which it ts done. Our run
| through the establishment was haaty, and 1t
would take days to leath, and many columns
Suffice 1t to say, the object oFall Is to elimin-
ate'starch flo1n the other component parts Of
the corn, and 10 deliver it, thInly diluted
with water, into the immense ranges Of rats
tr cisterns that cover the two lover stories.
OF these there are ECO, and as thew arn
ranged in columns closely side nv aida 400
TINT vast area. thev nresrnt a;cbt vo-th
! eerinr. nicturc ~ fhe Marsh ,n,ntas 49, ~ "
Harper,a Macazine. of an i1men.e xno.r =. ~
fshl}si,ment r. Cnh. varid ~ ha 4o hoJ eda. 800 81
sentation OF his rart Of the 0ttapa ~ stanch
FactnIy The etarrh " r. ~ ~ "m@ +h;s, ostlsn
stafe Il decanted 'Tor1 one t;sr - .not,as Muset
fhsae vata ,nt;I - T. thornnah1, aH1 aIua9es .!
Then sf narpfed f,n,o tha 8ata- ,nhsH ~ NV ~
rra1v TX he rs,nnr,d ~ tha t;,, - 49, ~ -
irr;nr' AVA 't@1~@
IVA iea7ued. On fnuuiry. that the rres.pt
capacitv Of the estabI,ahment was eGual tn
800 OOO bnshels of com 4 year. from which
are produced abont 6.O0o0n nonnds ~
| atarch. or about 20. .OO0 pounds Der dar. The
: starch finds a ready market 1t remnne.atiye
prices. Thele is good reason for It, Every
| konsavife knowp that ato rrh from nntatooa ~
any Similar article ia GOOD. bad or }niiffcrent
| In nroportlon to the purity Of the Wnter 11sed
in makine it. The cfeat advantage the OTIS.
va Starch Factory possesses over' ali nfher.
consists in the nnrItY or the water II nsss
THIS is 10 email ttsm-the dall3 reonire,
ment beiBe come f0O000 ra1fons ria ~.
ter Is brouEht In Ironr pipes from eubtsrra.
mean lake which underlies n larra trarf q,
country on the south s;ie Of The IilinoIs River
two miles south Of Ottawa. Thfs remarEabie
lake living at an altitude above the cunoIa oi
fhe factory, the wafer Is available in aii narts
Of the vast building without the aid Of Dnmps.
The water, with is extraordinary purftv ani
abundant supply, was: not dtscofered nnt1l
some iour after the factory waa hnfit
whole enterprfse mad narrowly escanei Inv.
Ing q failure. The company are Whn11T in.
debted to our enterprtstng fellow-citizen. the
I Hon. Ex-Chief Justice Cation, who is q Largo
I etockhulder and president of the comnany-
for The discovery ana introductlon az thiti
water into the factory, and the people Of Ot.
tpwp are no less indebted to him for convey.
. ing 1t into the city. It being. us we have ii.
tii1,ated, fact we'll established. that starch Il
pure In exact proportion 10 the nuritv nj The
, water used In It's mapufacture-on this nrfn
msde anywhere. for the perfect purity Of tht