The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-28
Squeezing Cotton.

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How to pack cotton and stow 10 away
on shirboatd in the stiialleet possible
space is a problem the solution of which
has long been a puzzle 1t is claimed
that the method now brotight forward by
the newly 6fRanized o5ean transportation
company clears mp the entire difficulty,
and cotton can be placed on board ship
in the smallest possible, space. An ex-
l1ibition OF the new plan OF stuwtnH cot
ton by hydraulic jacks was given Monday
aftetnQOn, in the prestg1ee OF n humber
If naettstitets and shipping lnen, on
board the ship Monarch, lying at the
dock of the company at Hoboken. The
e8hibitidN ,ads, q ebt1plete sttccess, and
lfialiF OF the insurance representatives
expressed their appreciation of the method
enpIoved. 1t was thought at first that
the great t1reest1re psed would have
Il ettaElring efieGt on The 5hi 3, btit tltls
was shown to be an error, as the force
was equally difused, and. it was also
cIaiihel That tlipte tyag less danECt Of fire
than under the old system. Formerly
the most cotton that could be slowed in
d ship WITS three l,Bles TO the register
Ef,n. tdtt ti6W from fodr to i've bdies 10
tile ton can be readily put on board For
slowing the cotton the deck has been
HEED+tl.l5dd Will Tic necessary piping I'D iill
sides, SO that the water may be forced
from the engine-rnOm to vessels at any
berth alongside The power is conveyed
10 the vessels hg flexible double bose.
Tie water Is firstforced from the tank lilo
n lack or accumulator In the engine-rOom,
and by mechanical device pressure OF
about soc. poiindB per square inch IS at,
tanned The hose Is then connected
with tile ship and inside of the ship by
means of series of couplings with each
jack Che iaGks used are about the same
Weight as the ordinary screw, DuT are cyl
indricaI in shape. At one end are slight
projections, and at THE other q, fork with
sl0tt hOFns, called a dag Of aagget, by
means of which the jack may be used at
anv angle. The flexible hose is attached
to the jack by coupling or flange, at
Glitch tsbiht "a a16o gdpneeted d valve
worked by a strong handle or lever,
which being moved one-eight of circle
or turn. allows the hepress1re to commence
and the dag to be foIted Uttt eth 8 tres
sure of from to 10 tons per each jack as
desired. thus pushing the bales into a
space considerably smaller thanis possible
81 my method hitherto employed. By
moving the lever back The Pfes5tfe Y gt-
rested, and by reversing the same the
dag comes back TO its original position.
rio Jack has d ptessbfe or b'lsliiing
power of %, 616 pounds, or more than ten
tons toeach. The engine for compress
ing the cotton is situated in the middle
Of the deck and has two boilers of 800
horsepower and carries 18Q pounds of
steam. It .hps cylinaet 9f p inches,
with an eight-foot stroke The pressure
exerted on each bale is equal to 800
tons, bringing the bale down to eight
inches in depth. The company's dock
is a shielded one, $50 feet long, with a
width of 70 feet, well lighted with gas,
anil tai5abie Of afTotding facilities for the
loading of four vessels at one time. 1t
has telephone communications with the
maritime exchange, produce exchange
and the freight cpntets. -Nct0 FORK
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