The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-15

when carry it into large tanks in the cattle
YARDS The slop contains, besides wonderful fat.
IehihS properties, respectable proportion OF
Iplcohol. Chemists estimate that i0 each bushcl
OF grain are Il quarts of alcohol: but AS the best
process of distillng yet known ONLY YIELDS s,y
Teen quarts FIVE quarts escape in The sSpps.
The man who discovers a process by which these
additional five quarts can be GOT ont without nd
dItional expenses, will acheye fortune greater
than the fabulous riches of Mr.. Croesrs Tho
als'lIcry now consumes five hundred bushels of
grain per day. From ths Stops are fed G67 head
OF cattle, owned by Messrs. Holdermor e. Niuar
each bushel Of the slop netting to tbe aistil,crv
five dsnts Wv N'''''''''
Ny McNellis at present leases the d,strIerv 70
Mr. c. IL. Cronkhitc.
| The gentlemen who manage the busirose o,.,.
JAS. Iulny, dstlllcr, gentleman and n man who
knows his biz Mr.. VIM. Rolla. government,
storekcepcr; and VIM. II. Nolan, beer runner
| We did not mention, in the rirht ploce thot a.,
one point in the process of distillation the mass
is tolcrublc sort of beer
To give the readers an idea If the .rorn,o,,.
amount OIL money needed to run distilery We
give 'he hSureS oi the immense revenue derived
from hIShWnes manufactured. In the month Of
October just past the government tax paid was
S25, 1880 and in the eight DAYS of November
ending when we took these notes, the revenue
tax paid was Sll ,42l and on Tuesday mornino
last, s2,2659O Since the first day of MAY last
Tour ana one-half months, Mr.. McNellis paid
$4,000. From LIST of May to the 10Th of Septem.
Der 1877, the average tax has been from sl5 GOO
to $4,000 per month.
The distillcry is not run quite up to its fu),
capacity, as now it makes 1000 gallons of high.
wines per day, and pays consequently sl4Oo tax,
or 20 cents per gallon The capacity of the dis.
tillery is about 800 bushels per day.
We mention the above facts as items of general
interest," and also as little matter of contrast
with the diStillcry which We didn't ret at Ottawa,
We are aware that there are certain property
-holders of gilt edged, temperance notions, who
conld not tolerate the idea of having distillery
here, because of its dreadfully immoral effect
While some of these men have pocket interest
which seems to have controlled their conduct on
all other questions, they are blind to the fact
that distilery at Ottawa, which would consume
1000 bushels of corn per day (and one of that
size would be none too lagge) would be posi-
tive benefit to Ottawa. Hghwincs and alcohol
must be manufactured somewhere, and why not
here, especially as this locality presents so many
peculiar advantages? Leaving this conundrum
to be solved or quarrelcd o7er by its pros and
cons, we return to Aux Sable and examine Il
magnificent
STONE QUART
which lies between the canal and railroad Cross.
ing the canal near the dstillery, we go east few
rods where we cross the creek on a splendid
stone wagon bridge 1t is Of solid stone three
arches, nineteen feet in height. The bridge be
tween abutments is 10 feet long and cost S54 600
and is nearly finished Beyond this, up the
creek, stone quarres have been opened which
promise fortune in themselves. The stone is
very light gray SAND stone Of tina finest texture,
taking polish and finish almost equal to mar
Bile. 1t has stood the most thorough fire
test and is exceedingly valuable, The quarry
has been opened to depth of 35 feet and the
bottom of the ledge has not been reached, and
the layer which is perfectly solid, is four feet in
thickness. Should it not reach below 50 feet the
land which it undercs would be worth $1,000
per acre. and should it to 50 feet it would be
worth the enormous sum of one and half mil
lions Of dollars, supposing the stone to maintain
its present uniform superiority of quality. Mr..
McNelhs has 10 acres of this land and will com
mence Guarryns on an extensive scale next
season BEENUS