The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-15
A NitrO-Glycerine Factory.


Near the village of Tweed, Ontario,
and at the waters edge of .Stoco Lake, is
a fair sized, unpretentious, isolated,-
wooden building, the appearance of
which would cause a stranger to inquire
why such good building was erected in
such an isolated locality. and why it was
SO closely guarded as solitary watch
man, day and night the year round,
checks the steps and inquiries the busi- ]
ness of the curious as they stray near.
As the eye passing upwards reads
aTNitro-glycerine factory, very danger
oasrf in big letters above the door, the
use for which the building is intended
and the necessity for watehful care over
it is apparent. At the door were seen
lying iron casks sheeted inside with lead
and intthese casks are imported thepure
glycerine and mixed acids used in the
factory. f-fi@' @'s3s-ea Fsfs
A cask of mixed acidsis hoisted
by machinery @ to the upper story
and dumped into. mixing tub,
in which the mixing blades are
moved by a crank turned by a man
who is stationed in tight box and has
in front of him a thermometer. AS the
glycerine runs into the acid, the yapor
| is engendered in which, life is, scarcely
supportabie, hence the man turning the
crank is stationed in close box. The,
! acid and glYeerine in their ,admiXture
/ rapidly heat, and the compound has to-
! be toned downsby cold water or iees
the greatest. watchfulness. is necessary
| at this point, as the heat is allowed to-
run upsto eighty degrees and.the nitro
glYeerine. explodes, at ninety degrees,
there remains but telf degrees of heat
between the known and setarnity lor,, IS
| the manager remarked, if the heat was
allowed to run up to ninety degrees they
would not haye time to pqcker their
mouth to say good-hy.
1t is needless to say that, while the
work is going ION, strangers, are never
allowed to enter the building, as it is ne
scessary That every man sheala have his
individual attention at such times upon,
] his work. ...Strict rules govern our
men, remarked the 1afTna ger 3 as the
4 least venture at experimenting would
lsleaYe no one to tell how the accident
happened The nitro-g -glyceriae thus
manufactured has an e exnlosiyeg forcesten
times greater than that of blasting pow
Irtier, and is used on very heavy work, but
I we sell very little in that shape remarked
I the manager, as it IS run down a thhnel
i to the croonn below. Wllere, it, is naanu7.
lfaetured into dynamite, dualin Oh. .vigor-
ite, all Of which have nitro glyeetiae a.
4 their basis, but are known bye diaerent
names to designate the degree of power.
I. As rapidly as possible the hitio-gglycef-
inc is mixed with charcoal ,l9yoed pulp.
4 or other mixtures, and reduced into a
I tconlnodfty more readily handled; for
although,iynamite is. understood to be
extremely dangerous to handle, 1t is
ramlned into the cartridges witha stick,
i with hsslittle apparent fear of the result
slsassYould be the case were the substance
sa1huch dirt. -. S88 8Sss E3,a@ Ysif
sTheeartridges are made 70 hold from
Aapound totwo pounds each, and are care
!. fully packed each day antIstakens o9an
isolated mHgazipe soWned by the com-
Z pany. The managerremarked: 81 have
b TO pay my men large salaries, although
4 the work .is .eomparatiyelY Light, as q
Il very slight accident would put them out
of tlle way ofsdfawing their salaries. "A
Il have worked at the .bnsinessfor, the past
u seven years and own mill in Algoina
1 as we1Ias this one here, butinahis busi-
ness life is the result of vigilance. ~
: lsalfos7satfdctlLreFS, Gazette.