Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
POWDER.

lit i'li''N itlS itititl,' WIS tiiiibil-flctf
in l." thilad,.lphia .>f'u' Il Snort time
a:c".a and furnishes I. good idea of how
GrhpoW,ier Is lind,' and the dang, Il
attending itN ii.;,iiuI;sctur.:
'HuN ,tp v,iu max" ppw,:rr' ," asked
a correspondent of tn, manager of
the mill, located ii, King, Station,
on the Little Miami river. near Nor
row. Dino.
We tir-t make our charcoal: then
pnlvrrize the charcoal as fine as flour.
grind saltpetre through a buhr as fine
as flun'. the same as wheat is ground.
"All together
NO. indeed: the ingredients are all
ground separately. They are put in
a mixer and mixed"
when do the ingredients become
explosive"
As soon as they are mixed After
mixing them "" grind them all up
together"
The deuce You do. What time
does the next train pass here
"Wi i"a way
ANY way
"Don't get ratified: there is no dan
ger"
WHATS the reason there isn't"
Because the powder is always wet
while being ground. The powder is
ground under two iron wheels weigh
ing about eight tons. and each of them
is eighteen inches wide These
wheels travel around in Il circle. and
til" powder Is on an iron bed The
object of having two wheels is t" pre-
vent an explosion On" wheel runs
on the outside OF the circle and the
other on IL" inside. SO rs to keep the
powder at the proper stat" and to
keep il between two iron bars As |
said before. the powder is kept wet
and if in grinding it gets by. yorl
lose Your mill. If the powder he
comes too wet it wraps upon tine
wheels something not to be Il, sired
The thing to do then is to put some
more powder in the mill, and this re-
duccs the nix to its proper consist
ency"
How much powder do You charge
a mill with at once
Two hundred and fifty pounds, or
ten kegs"
And if she let's go. does the whole
business 90 at once"
Yes. That is. if only one mill
lets go. But if the packing house
should take notion to fire itself off.
there would be several hundred kegs
instead of ten. 1t requires about two
and Il half hours to each charge of
powder. and it is then sent to the
press and subjected to IL pressure of
two hundred tons. 1t is made into
cakes twenty two inches square and
one inch thick before being placed in
the press After leaving the press it
is sent to the corn mill. which takes
the cakes and chews them up into
grains The grains are then run over
screens. to get the different sized
grams. There is more or less dust
accumulated. and this goes through
the press again. From the screens
the powder goes to the dry house,
where it is spread ont on tray of
muslin, twenty six by twenty four
inches. and these are sacked up to
dry. The temperature of the dry
house is kept at from one hundred
and ten to one hundred and twenty
degrees. and the powder requires
forty eight hours to dry. The dry
house is heated by hot water. The
room contains Il large coil Of pipe.
and through this is forced boiling
water from boiler outside After
being dried the powder is transported
to the glazing room. and there it re-
mains twelve hours, receiving Il
Polish. Then it goes to the separator.
where the fine grains are separated
from the coarse. 1t is now ready for
packing When packed it is taken to
the magazine"
DO You have any trouble in getting
men to work at this delightful busi-
ncs,
NO. sir. We can hire all the help
We want by paying good wages.
When We employ Il man We require
him to discard his own boots or shoes
and to wear shoes of make which
Wa prescribe. They are shoes with
no nails in them. Thy are pcgScd
with wooden pegs. In the winter
time our men generally wear gum
shoes. and in the summer they usual
ly 90 in their bare feet. We Go not
permit anybody to have any matches
or nails OF files. or. in fact. any tools
except the wooden shovelS used in
the grinding mills. AS soon as a
piece of machinery gets out of order
1t is stopped. and the fac: is reported
to the master mechanic. who makes
the repairs"
What kind of hammer does he
use.''
He uses copper hammer. 1t is
claimcd that Il copper hammer will
not strike fire but had Il man killed
once at Nenia while using Il copper
hammer. 1t struck fire andexploded
Il mill"
A NATION OF HANDSOME PEOPLE.
An American lady who has spent
some time in Hungary, writes Ell
Enthusiastically about the beauty of the
people. The men are simply gor-
geous the handsomest in the world
The first of them she saw, the captain
of Danube steamer, was "a very god
in physique" and she soon found
that he was only fair specimen of
the race These grand fellows dress
with taste maSnificencc. In describ-
| ing one of them who visited her, she
says:
He came in a robe as splendid as
the robes in an Eastern tale. He
wore the costliest of velvets, the rich
est of satins and the rarest of furs.
He wore Sirdlc of precious stones,
and his superb mantle was fastened
across his breast by large rosettcs
composed of jewels 1 am willing to
confess that l was impressed. Never
have l seen man So splendidly ar
rayed and SO worthy of it. You can
fancy how imposing company of
| these mobiles are on a state occasion.
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