The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-23
STARCH MAKING.


low starch manufact in the island OF
Chlos; and sixteen centuries later, the beau
ICES OF The court OF Qneen Bess stifened their
gorgeous rufus, and nsde their pulls, furbe-
lows and Hounces prestntable, by the use OF
an artlcle not much better. Potatoes and
wheat were he only articles made useof In
the production OF starch; until the demand
ter "a purer, whittier article, to satisfy The
tastes OF our later civilization, brought out
new American Invention and in 1912, Mr..
Thomas kingSford, OF Oswego, N Y, per
icclcd a process for the manufacture Of starch
| from indian corn
! Ills trlais, at first, were such as fall to the
! 'Ot OF all inveG tors and it was not until lS48
that confident OF his success he secured sutfi
cIent capital to enable him to erect such
! factory as was needed. The perfected OSWc
go corn starch being now placed in market,
rs superiority was everywhere acknowl,
edged. The fame Of its snperi II excellence
spread TO England ard thence to the CONT
ntut and all parts OF the world.
The factory was enlarged again and again
new labOr-Savlng machinery was init Oduced
new water power was called into use and in
! 1886 a new factory was erected which exceed
ga III capacity the original one with all its
| addlLiUns.
The Oswego Starch Factory now occupies
about twelve acres, Six OF which are covered
with massive stone buildings, several of
them seven stories high. On entering the
81 ruct ure where the corn is received, the view
is beWllderng Great corn bins, strength
ened by Il net work of iron rods and braces,
rise TO the height OF five stories a forest OF
iron columns, fifteen inches in diameter at
the base, towers gradually up 10 support the
immense root; while u labyrinth of tanks,
mills, screens. shafling and pipes, fills the
space from floor TO root.
In these great bins the corn is deposited by
elevators, and is thence carried into enOr
nous clsterns, to be so so sOftened as to ena
IN he rat ted from
impurities; then passing through series of
great burr stones and iron rollers, it is RI celV-
cd Into scr ems where the starch is etfectual-
y separated from the hull
1t Is now deposit ted in cisterns, which Gov
er everal floors, and have capacity OF TWO
and hal million gallons and is ettectualIy
clcansed from al! conceivable impurities For
LII 5 pupOse here "a forty large force pump
capable OF raising five hundred and twenty
TIRES Thousand gallons o. water per hour
the length OF cutters for distributing the
Starch Is more tnan three miles. and there are
over seventeen thousand feet OF water
p.pe, equal 10 about three and quar-, r
mi' S, from which the Starch is run nt O
mouids and settles into SOLID cakes. These
Cakes are bloken into pieces Weighing (when
drirtD rom SIX TO eight pounds, and LIact d
in immense ovens containing over twenty
five ml'es al Steam pipe, for drying purpose.
The impurities which have settled III y~t-
low crust upon the surface, are now scIaped
oil he cakes are wrapped i'll blue paper and
again placed in The ovens, where they remain
until dry chryellilzatiOn " has tax p'ars
AID the starch is ready to be packed aud
shipped to market.
rWo hundred and fifty thousand pounds Of
arapping paper are required cach year and
our mIt,IOn Ices OF lumuer and seventy thou
sand pounds oI nails are annually used in tile
Manufacture OF boxes.
/ he OswegC Corn s. arch for buildings, Gus
tardo, etc, Is universally ts Gemrd as grra
d-lIcacy, and Is SAID by eminent physlc an 0
bt cqndl 10 ArrOW root TODD tor lnV,tua
aud Iulants. This establishment gIv"s en-
1 plnNmenb 20 SIX hundred operatives; and
consumes annually lour thousand five nun
dTeI tons oil coal
H. has u clphcIty to produce eight thousa I'D
40 hundred and fifty tons OF starch each
wear, or twenty SIX and halt tons per day,
and yet new buildings are In progress OF ercc-
G!oa -ScrtbmeT'S Monthly
REvEeeES OF FORTUNE.-One of the early
| piDuceGs al Sau Francisco was William EuIs
a printer by trade. Beng a first class joh
printer, ana man OF steady huOils anu good
& n raj abilities, he pr0fited well during he
flush days His family was IN Chicago, auu
u wife ne rcmlLted large portion ot his
earnings. she, with faith IN the future OF
| Lha, ely, Invested the money in real esla.r
wulch was hen very low In the Spring eft
! 1854, property III Chicago took rise, and he
ilIOECJ W ulSu was lnVeSICu luCTC maui Il rs
independent. Having no further ncce Sci
Ut working tors living, he returned 10 Chlra
go, where he has since re. idcd and has grown
With tue cry 10 he a man OF wealth. But
san Francisco had still u strong attraction
IOr nim, aS 1t does Tor all who were here III
eaily days, and he determined 10 visit this
cuasb once again. He had another induce
ment Tor SO dolng-the healLh Vi his vile,
who was d sufferer from pulmonary ailments
Sume two months ago he arrived with his
vile, whom the journey and eXpOsur, SO lar
xnaustcu that he found il necessary TO take
her mo Que of The interior valleys, away
from the crisp ocean 5reeZes. While there,
the news OF the Chicago fire came 10 hand
informing him that tie was very heavy
loser. All this time his wife 1ad b Gu grad
uaiiy falling, and about week ago SUE died
Sad at heart, he turned home Ward, bearing
with nlm the corpse of his wife, to blaC k
and desolate hearthstone. He t,,ok passage
on the train which lett this city Thursday
mornIng This was the dictated train winch
was thrown from the track. Among the pas
seHgers seriously injured was Mr.. Ellis and
he now lies mi a critlca lsconditiUn in the
Sacramento hOspltal.-S0fa francisco Bulletin
A "BARBERoUs" Joke "A fireman in
Pennsylvania went into a barber shop 10 geS
shaved, and finding the barber out he con
Guided to have q tile Jun before his return
So he took off his coat, put on thinner one,
andf quietly waited for Il Gust omer. An Old
gentleman came in soon Have shave,
sr?" said our impromptu barber The old
gentleman took char, and our artist began
t. father, expecting every moment the Dar
Der would appear. Five IN n !teo passed, and
no barber. Ten minutes; no barber Now the
ord gentleman felt pretty we'll lathered. Five
minutes more ; no barber. The OLD ge:iE.c
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