Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-03
THE COTTON COMPRESS.
An Enterprise of Which Macon lie
Proud.

Proud.
From tbs Macon tGa.> Doily Telegraph, Sept.
%, 1856.
There is nothing in or about Macon
that adds more to her business interests
and gives life and activity to her trade
than the cotton compress OF /. b. English
& Co. Indeed, few people aside from
those engaged in the cotton trade have
any idea Of the immensely OF the enter
prise. Wespent an hour at the compress
yesterday, and felt that we were indeed
living in a commercial metropolis. a
train of cars had been pushed on a side
track to the edge OF the platform of the
warehouse, and a large force OF hands
were engaged IN trucking the compressed
cotton from the press to the cars. An
other force, equally as large, brought the
cotton from the storage rooms TO the
press, while around the press, in the
office, about the immense engines and
boilers, every man WAS at his post, and
everything was moving in perfect har-
mony. The noise of the steam as 1t
escaped from the large exhaust pipe gave
evidence OF activity and quick work
going on.
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. f. d. Stew
art, the affable engineer, the Telegraph
man was permitted to pull the lever and
let on the steam on a bale of cotton. We
are also indebted to Mr.. Stewart for the
following particulars In reference To the
pOnderous machine: The press is Of the
Morse patent, has 90-inch steam cylin-
der, and in working, about 100 pounds of
steam is generally used. On each bale a
pressure of about $500 tons is eXerted.
This pressure is not all obtained from
steam, however, as q portion is the result
OF an accumulation of leverage. For in
stance, the steam cylinder gives pres
sure of 1920 pounds on each bale, and
the accumulation of power from leverage,
combined with steam. gives pressure Of
$780, pounds. Deduct for friction
|, 109, 760 pounds and there is left a total of
100000 pounds or $500 tons pressure re-
CURED to compress each bale.
We inquired OF Mr.. Stewart as to the
manufacture of this machinery, and were
glad to learn that the immense boilers,
which generate the steam by which
everything is moved, were MADE in Ma
con, by Messrs. j. S. SchOfeld & Son.
''See here" said Mr.. Stewart, us as
handsome battery Of boilers as can be
found ia The United States. We nave put
them to thorough test, and they give per-
feet satisfaction in every particular.
Messrs. l. B. English & Co. are not only
pleased with the work they perform, but
are delighted with every arrangement.
which for convenience and appearance
cannot be excelled. Yesterday we CON-
pressed 500 bales of cotton in about ten
hours. which you see is eighty to the
hour"
''Fbis,'' said the reporter, "is certainly
rapid work, and inasmuch as our own
tow Dsmen are entitled to the credit Of
making and arranging these ponderCus
boilers, will you please give me some Of
the particulars as to their dimensions,
etc. %
"You had better see Mr.. Schofield, who
will doubtless be glad to give you any in
formation you desire in regard TO Them"
said Mr.. Stewart.
Thanking him for his courtesy, we left
and sought Mr.. SchOteld, from whom we
gathered the following particulars in rel
erence to the mammoth boilers: They
were made (thTee in number) of Otis
steel plate "a of an inch thick and are 90
inches in diameter, with forty-four 4-inch
tubes. The length of each boiler is 16
feet and two steam drums SO inches in
diameter rest above the boilers and reach
their entire length. The drums are made
of G-inch government standard IRON con-
plete, each boiler is supplied with steam
gauge and three gauge cocks, gla-s water
gauges, check valves and blow-ofT cocks,
castiron fire fronts and CRATE bars. Tower.
Ing above the structure is smoke pipe A
inches in diameter and 40 feet long.
This work was done by Mr.. Schofields
regular shop force. He can duplicate the
job at any time, and IN the language OF
Mr.. English, who had the work done,
There is no need for sending North for
any kind OF work in the machinery line"