The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-03

very favorable for transportation to market.
The territory extends to both of tbs pro
posed routes of the Union Pacific Railway,
which can thus bring it to the markets of
all our western cities. There is no good
reason why Kansas salt should not meet
the eastern supplies half way.
The usual method of making salt is by
boiling, but in New York about one sixth
part is made by solar evaporation instead of
artificial heat. This is found to be bet
ter article. Solar evaporation, too, is found
to be more economical than the other meth
cd, even though the first outlay of capital
is twice as great.
If solar evaporation is the most econo-
nica in New York where fuel is cheap and
the climate moist. our climate has very
decided advantage over all the states where
alt is now made for the market At
Onondaga, the number of days on which
rain falls is one hundred and twenty-five,
while the records of Fort Riley show only
sixty eight. Again, Onondaga, is situated
about hree degrees of latitude further north
giving long winter. during which no So
lar salt can be made, and but little, except
during the summer months. While here
owing to our we'll known dry air and mild
climate, evaporation goes on during most of
the year. The constant dry winds which
prevail during our summer, produces a
powerful evaporation. All these causes
combined will undoubtedly give an evapo-
rating power three times greagr than New
York; or, in other words, an ordinary vat
or ''coVer," 16xI8 feet, which at Onondaga
gives fifty bushels a year, cannot fail to
give Us one hundred and fifty. Solar evap-
orafiCo tbaa ho IL,
to make salt in Kansas.
The purity of our salt is another circum-
stance in our favor, The analy ses show
the amount of impurities at Osawatomie to
be only two ~ PER cent, and that from
the Tuthill marsh to be two and half per
cent. The average of foreign and ocean
salts is about double, aud the Onandaga,
salt which is acknowledged to be the best
is no better than ours. In one essential
point, that from the marsh stands better in
contang no! trace OF chloride of calcium,
the most Objectionable impurily known
For diary purposes it cannot be surpassed.
The present consumption of salt 10 Kan
sas is abou. 40, 900 barrels or 900, 900 bush
els, saying nothing about the Denver mar
ket. This cOs,s. including profits at Onon-
daga and Saginaw, is at present about two
dollars per barrel, and when prices are low
only half thai sum. With US the first cost
will not be over fifty cents per barrel. Any
school boy can see bow large tribute we.
are now paying to eastern salt makers and
transportation companies. Instead of pay
ing, we should no: only keep our money at
home, but supply even the ST.. Louis mar
ket, which we can easily do.
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and the adjoining
territory, are estimated to consume 2, 50O,-
600 bushels ofsalt per year and the amount
is rapid y increasing. We can supply all
this and more, and thus draw money into
our state instead of sending it out. Our
supply is absolutely inexbaustibe, and there
is no good reason why Kansas should not
in few years be the first salt producing
state in the Union. Two companies have
already leased the State Salt Springs, and
have given bonds to Immediately establish
works at each. The state has offered the
liberal bounty of ten cents per bushel for
all the salt not exceeding 5000 bushels at
one spring. made in our state.
The abundant supply, our dry climate
aud the good market, offer an extra induce
ment for capitalists to develop this article of
daily aud hourly consumption.
B. F. NUDGE,