, 1873-03-27
Beautiful Land, a Foot and a Half
Deep with Refuse, that Grows
Splendid cabbages.
Wahl Thinks the Chicago Boys Burned
His Place Down III Revenge
for His Stink-Shop
Complete History Of the Manufacture Of
Evil Smells, Roth Ancient
anll h5oflern.

came UP boforo Judge thrWcll, yebtofttay.
Lou1B wAnr
wna tho first witnosa examined. lilo depoEcd na
follows, rs to 1nachino ho is about constructs
ing after Bomo preliminary mattor: The 1na-
chino IL not sucooss as yet; docs not think tho
Company is handling the materlal III auccess-
fully as it could with enc OF thom. I1o thinks
tho Company spond too much money
In improvements. Thero il nuotller
Fersilizing Company near tho stock
Yerils. Witness camo to tho city in tho, Your
1864, at whicl, time oifnl Of elaughtoring mud
pncling-housoa WIS dumped pronliscuouHly on
tho prnircs, tho favorito spot being tho corner
of Tlirty-tirst stroot and the 1ttsburgh j. Fort
Wayne 1sailroat1. seoing there a large quRntity
of bones and animal matter,
TIE IDEA SUGGESTED ITSELF
that thoy might bo utilized. Thoro wore g1au6h-
toriug-houses on tho North Branch Of tue Chi
cago River, but ho canlnt say where they got
rid Of their refuse. This establishment was
within lalf block Of Thirty-irst street and tho
river. The charter Of the Northwestern Fertl1-
fzing Company was granted in March, 1867. At
that timo ofal WIS conveyed out Of tho
city III tho cars Of tho Pittsburgh
d. Fort Wnyno Railroad through Hyde Paris.
The depot at Twenty y-sixth street was establish
ed in 1867, md removed two years ago this
spring. For Tho ycar previous 10 tho obtaining
Of the CompanyH charter tho process Of Bun
drying the oiral WAS employed. 1n june or July
the city t,irned OIL force of mon from tho Bride
we'll to bury tho ofral which had been dumped
On tho prairie. Witness attontod tho organiza-
ton meeting Of tho Northwestern FertilizinC
Company; remembered tho procuring OF the
charter for which his brother went to Spring
field; was not colyorsant With the business
affairs Of the Company, but-1tnows it did not
cost anything to put tho chartor~ through. His
firm subsequently sold out to a Philadelphia
party, in July, 1867, to whom they sold tho
cEartor, together with tho reat Of tho Com
pany's possessions. They had thon on land d
large quantity Of raw material. They nado d
written trauafer Of tho property for $4,000.
Docs not know whether tho Company lavo in
croased thvir property Or not. Has been down
to visit their works about twice vcnr since tho
sale. He vent onco Will. tho Corporation. Tloro
was unused material lying round at tho tinlc.
He won't do"n i'll E1uy lust to look at the now
machine, tho 1:a!ston dricr. TLoro were then
pomo
5000 or 1000 roSs OF RAW MATERIAL.
It was III good condition, al most Of it Ind boen
run through tho arier, 400 or 500 tons. His
object in going down was to SEQ the machinery
rather than to eco tho stuff. Thoy lad sovon
driors working all last aonson with daily capa-
city each Of about fourteen tons Of dried matori-
nj. The espense Of putting up Ralstou drior
ia about 81 600 piece, making tho yaluo of tho
seven in tho establishment s11,2oo. Thinks
the establishment could DO improved by tho en-
ploymont Of moro driors. The sooner the oiral
is dried after its rooya1, the larger tho amount
~ 1bnrro1 rt0ffnr IL tYro o,,1 In
tho profit of the fortilizor-mattor. Witness ex-
p1ainod n 1nothod by which ho hopes to coutlonso
the mal-odorous latoam employed in drying mn
terial and convey 1t
IN tue SHAPE OF wArrn
from tho factory. Tho machinery possessed by
the Company was not sufficient to work up tho
large amount of olIal which is supplied thom,
produced by tho Ganglatoring- Of the city,
and had 10 knowledge Of how the Company
transport tho material from the city. Ho con-
<luctod tho business Of making fertilizer in Chi
caGo In tho years 1868 aud 1861 but loft tho city
BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE SMELL
Lis factory nlnde. Ills place vas burned down,
mud he thinka the citizens Of Chicago did it. Ills
present works at Ainsworth are thirtoon milea
from tho Court House. II tho Con,pany's ostab-
lishmont could only work mp tho winter accum,,-
lation of mntorial there would bo no trouble Mt
other parts Of tho year. Tho otfal, when fresh,
does not emit my odor, and il 1t wore rushed ut
once through tho drying mills no odor could
arise. Tho buildings the Fertilizing Company
occupied before tic fire wero Inexpensive md
rough. Besides tho machine which llo is por-
fecting, and by which ho proposes to conlonso
the
otaL-oDoRous srEAaI,
tloro il another simple mothod Of condensirg
It, which is not, however, employed at present.
Have never tried to pnsH ''soft stun, tint III to
cay, liver, lights pluck, etc., through tho drying
machine without its undergoing process. Tho
amount OF profit in the business is in proportion
to tho anloilnt Of evil smell which is relaincd;
thus it III tue interest of tho manufacturer to
dry tho material as soou as possible. Tho ayer-
age amount Of offal sont during ono month from
the city BlanEltorhouaea, amounts to 0,000 or
l2,00o tons. Tho hcayiCAt killing by Chicago
butchers is fror, tho LIST Of April to tho 1st Of
October. The process Of handling; tho material
has beon conbtantly improving. and it liz hoped to
DO able to reduce itB evil olor to a minimum.
". ". THOMSON.
OF tho firm Of Thomson & Edwards, was the
noxt witnesa. lie testified that ho has boon in
business III mnkor OF fertilizer for Boven years.
Has on hand from 1000 to 5000 tons Of vet ma
kerial; uses tho new drlor; tho result Ia ncarly
double, md tho atlnonia obtained nosy Ia noarlY
Twice Us valuable as TINT formerly.
CHARLES =. wILI.lAas,
of Rolla, Miss, Director Of tho Missouri gchool
Of MinoB al, ! Metallurgy, waH thon oxa!nined. Ho
ern Fertilizer Company to examine their work.
In 1865 and also apont n week thoro In July laat.
Formerly tho company dried the raw matcrial.
AniEnal matter generally contains about GO
per cent OF water. Wien dried in the sun
It will produce from to g per cont of nitrogen
moro OF ammonia, which result 10 obtained from
an analysis Of the product ln 1897 aud 1868.
Has visited othor fortizing Embellishments, but
Knows Of nono other whore Tie ray material ts
worked. Last year 10 spent palt Of a day at
the Compauy'a works. and his impression was
that great improvements had bccn made In nsan-
aging tho work. The material was very care
fully managod, and at the time tso expressed linn
Holf satisfied. Tho proccss Of drying u now
carried on CAUSES tho
PRODUCTION or NITROGEN
to be from Z to . pcr cont. Ihis waH caused by
the fact that through the agency Of tho now
driers much Of tile component parts OF tho ma-
terial, which had formerly eacaped as compound
ammonia, ta now retained; His svsit to tho works
in 1879 was ~ - Response to al invitation from
gontlemon OF tho works to gtyo opinions and
mako suggestions, which, as chemist, lo might
deem necessary. tie was unable to suggest any
improvements. The nlatorinl used to div "tank
stun" wnH Ha!t caAo. Illus oftou seen driod blood
aud analyzol It, It contains over 10 por cent Of
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