The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-07-13
The Cement Works.

through the KINDNESS OF MIR. Cum
mings, General Superintendent Of the
Standard Cement Co., of New York, Of
which the Mankato Cement Works is to
be one of its prominent branches, we
were shown about the grounds on
Wednesday, and found about eighty.
five masOns, carpenters and helpers busy
at work pushing the mammoth build
ing to completion. The walls for the
first story are completed, the
fire kilns are fully onc.half up and car
pentcrs are now at work on their part
of the structure.
The main building, rs we have before
noted, is 20Ox50 feet. The first story,
or warehouse, will be nine feet in the
clear, and the second story, which is to
he used as barrel loft will he about
12 feet. An iron truss roof will cover
the building, leaving the packing room
entirely free from obstacles in the way
warehouse will be arGhcd doors. suiil-
GENTLY wide to admit double wagon
to pass through. The walls to the grind.
ing room, all apaetrnent 40x4j feet. are
nearly completed, and adjoining this is
the engine room 40X3G feet, which is al
so nearing completion. On The cast of
the engine room and connected there
with by large arch way is coal house
with capacity of fifty or seventy five
tons. AT the south end of the building
large elevator cage will be erected 60
feet high, where the cement stone will
be hoisted for burning. Running into
this cage railroad track will be built.
and used for conveying the stone from
the quarries to the kilns.
Having thus given Il brief outline of
the building, We would state that the
structure is so arranged as to enable the
loading Of six carloads OF cement at a
time, and when it is asserted that six
hundred barrels of cement will be
burned, ground and barreled every TWEEN.
ty-four hours, the necessity for constant
shipment is readily observed.
Many of our readers,-arc wholly ~
norant of the extent of the Mankat0 Ce-
ment WOrks-in fact we say that very
few are cognizant OF their magnitude
and immensely. The lodges Of stone
are apparently limitless. A briet in
spection showed us lodges twenty-five
feet deep, and an acre of this stone will
measure 100000 barrels of cement, and
this multiplied by the number OF acres
eighty owned by the company, would
give total of thirty.two million bar
rels. The manufacture of 600 barrels
per day would take 81, 1873 days III which
to consume this stock of stone, or about
ITO years. So il we divide our results
by two-allOwing one-halt for editorial
enlargement-wey yet have works that
| will give employment to from fifty To
seventy-five men tor three score years
and ten. At least there is more stone
underlying the earth's surface in West
Mank alto than can possibly be consum-
ed in the present generation. Every
thing aside from the kilns is arranged
with capacity forl ZOO barrels per day,
and as soon rs the trade will warrant
another battery of kilns Will tic erected.
For this enlargement provisions have
been made, and six kilns the size of
those in process of construction can be
put in at any time in thirty days.
In addition to the cement works the
company will put up buildings and
manufacture sewerage pipe and well
CURLING, and intend to push the enter
prise for all it is worth.
Mr.. w. F. Funk has the contract for
the carpenter work, Jno. F. Meaghcr
for the iron roohng, and +. ii. Williams
for tho painting. 1t thirty days from
this date, with fair weather, it is very
likely that Mankato cement W i'll be
placed upon the market.