, 1875-01-03

Es+aOllHutuEOL, AOQ are Ou!y u CoA@0E
qusace to US in the p-osens Investigation
US indicating which OF tho two establishments Is
the creator producer Of foul-smelhng gases. At
1hcmpaon i Edwards works power Is provided
By = 12-horBe-power steam engine, supplied vita
steam from bol'er Devine's mak=) u fcos
hT feet; fre-doors and ash-p1ts equal to QUE
eleventh area Of fre-grate; average pressure GU
pounds; amount and kind OF fuel used, 1000
pounds per Gar Of tventy-four hours, Of VIII
u1n9tcn coal At
NORRIS, wAI1ELL co.'s
rackng-house, $50 head OF cattle are killed per
diem. This is tho onl7 house investigated by
the writer where cattle are killed md packed.
The entrai1s OF the animals, after bcng boiled i'll
four tanks for tallow, are then thrown outside
the bu,ldlng, and thence carted away. to BIO used
as fetilizer on Mr.. Ched"ick'e farm (whero
heads, hoofs, and tallow sent to BIZ: Morris'
farm. and the blood to Stein, Hrsh Il Co. g
in tho Manufacture Of starch, and
the refuse. We believe, dried into
eps whoh ,.e sea n ths purifying Of sugar
tho vapors from the ta!low-:auks aru admitted
into the open mir with perfect freedom, and 10
attompt ut condemnation. coileT made by
Devine, II feet long by feet diameter, fse-
crate feet inches by feet inches; fire and
ssh-pit doors equsl to onc-twetfth ares Of fire.
CRATE nearly; amount and kind Of fuel uBed.
5000 pounds per day OF ten koura Of Midway
coal pressure OF steam. avel age 80 pounds. At
the ereas Chicago Packing SUI Prof ision Com
psny's CHutchinson's) pacsing-house.
TUE 8ncATEsT pAoK1S3-HousE IN TIE WORLD,
there is room and appliances fer killing 12.0oo
hogs per diem. though at present only about
9.CD0 hogs are being killed. There are no less
than &c lsrd-tapks OF the following sizes:
10 measuring 25 feet hieh by feet diameter, 10
measuring 20 feet high b7 feet diameter, aud G
=: ~
After being boiled in these tanks. the t'tank-
ings" are put ilto Elk presses, and any LAID or
grease remaining in them ia thereby obtain@d.
Each press measures feet BY feet. and The
''tankings" when removed from them ere
dumped as usual into la"Eo rats outside the
manufsctories. The blood ia carted away
in its raw state to be treated BY
some chemical manufacturers for ita
a'burnsu. and. ths being extracted it il rtsola to
fertilizer manufacturers. It Ia insoo.acd, next
snring. to fix apparatus for manufacturing the
whols Of the 4.tankinss" into fertilizers on the
spot. This apparatus will chiefly consist Of
twelve drving-cyl.n1ers. each IL feet long :y S
feet dia1neter; horizontal shalt: carrying 9
number OF nr7ns or st.rrers spaced about IL
OF each cylinder, and motion given tbereto by
bpve} gearing 90 one end at the rate OF 20 revo-
1ut;ons per minute. A furnace wilt be placAd 1T
one end Of the c:1inder. fired from tho end on
the ueual pfEu adopfed in setting M ordinary
and another furnace will DO placed
Just behind the former under each cylinder. but
fred from The side, the object be1ne. Of course,
to keep up aa strong and uniformly lv-diatributed
heat as possible andes the whole surfaeo Of che
cylinder. The gases are to he
DRAWN OFF DF 4 Fan nLowrn
and forced underneath tho fires Of The steam
to be consumed. Unless it eau
be shown that tho rlan on whlrh the gasos are
Lo he burnt in tue steam boilor-furaaccs is df-
ferent from that adopted at Thompson L Ed
wan's', or vt the Northwestern Fertilizer Maui
facurlrg Comrany's works. 1t cannot be ao.
IL deodoriziue tho gases. It ia OF very
great importance that the public should know
that the greatest pacxing-ho in the world is
ano'ft to ersct ap2a,at2sf for manufacturing their
"a iankings" into fertilizer, and that, in the
ikelv to dcodorize tho large quauti.y of gases
,nre to be evolved, and that consequently the
smell which is now SO intensely intolcrable. Is
'keIv to be largely increased whom these works
Ire in operation. It may b. aaid that at} the
J. tankines. produced st this house arc I., a.
in the immediate vi
unity. ard that erecting tho rendering
Inpar.tus. AZ proposed, next spring. will 10
merely transferring the manufacture OF tho fer
ilizer from various factories to the plaza where
hey ars produced. 4 sufficient answer to this
g that those fertilizer rnanuiactories which are
tou supplied with Hutchinson'B s'tankings
roa!o NOT stop work il that supply were to be
ut Oh, but would immediately turn to the new
seeking houses. which are continually in 1rocess
II erection, and receive their necessary eunplv
rom them. Tho power necessary for this
aren establishment is derived from two
neines, ono IS horsepower, tho other
0 horsepower; supplied with steam
rom one battery Of seven boilers and one OF
treo boilers. The saven boilers each measure |
e 1,-,f Fonf r I'm
6 feet bv feet inches. eize Of the hre-grates |
both batteries, feet by inches in fi7o out !
the seven boilers tho hre-loors and esh-pts arc
the same slzs. Viz. one-tenth the azoa OF tire
rate, nearly; iu the other two boilers the fire. |
oors are each one-fourteent5 the area of fire. |
rate nearly, while the ast1-rlt daors arc the /
amo size Average pressure OF stesrn, 50 |
ouuds per day of twcnty-four hours; md |
OF fuel, $4,000 rounds Of VIII
,ington and VerynilIon coal per diem. when the
cven-boiler battery ia in use. All the boilers a.e
lade by Devino.
At TIE pAck1So-uousE OF GEORGE HIGGINS
400 hoos per diem are killed. The entrails, or,
,chn,callg speaking, "offal." ars boilcd. as in
ther houses. in thirteen tanks. each measuring
3 feet high By feet diameter. for lard, and,
rter being pressed M ia Hutchnson'e house in |
and presscs, the "taukjngs are sold to
hompson Edwards, who also take raw all tho
lood produced. No attempt is made to con-
ense the gases and vapors arising from the
Steam is supplied to the establish
leut BY three boilers, each measuring 1G feet
ing by feet 6 inches diameter, with fro grates
ach feet inches bT 4 feet; Afe-doors one-
aud ash-pit doors one-.enth ares Of
CRATE; average pressure Of steam: ~ pounds;
mount AMI kind OF fuel used 10000 pounds
er day Of a hours Of Wilmington COAL
At a. CoTsFoRD co.'s
ackiue house, the cffal is treated in the same
Isurcr Is in the aforementioned houses in nino
each measuring 1s feet high by feet