The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-22
SAGINAW SALT MANUFACTURES
Making IA Salt weii-A ">ai, Blook"-rb.
Various Pro'esse-.

shoulder Is made. upon which ret.il.
iron tubing or casting Below ths.
the hole IL narrowed 10 two or t.r..
inches. and carries that size Down d.
brine or sail. Where rock salt !, tlc f.a.
tsriaI AT bottom frcsh water Is aro.t
down from the surface. II dissolve, OLD.
salt. loads tsel! with all II can take up
about - per cent. and lbs the same
downward pressure OF surface uater
flows into the "cisterns' through an fa.
side pipe. rs clear as distilled water
good well viii yield from 400 20 coo bar.
rels OF brine per day Bur constant
pumping will clog up the pores ri iis
salt rock. produce constipation of the
well. SO to speak. and the Yield flll4 %
such an extent that II become, pcce.,try
to remove the pump and administer A
cathartic in the form Of a nitro-giyceune
torpedo
The water az it comes 10 the surface
empties into hugo cistern- bulk 0n
trestles high enough TO admit ~ dmmny
them into the settlers inside ol OBJ.
'salt block The brine - c.pa, s.
pumped. but as the air acts upon DO tts
iron it contains I'm solution takes no a
rIIst color To get rid at this taD iu1.
is "hmed' IN the cIsterns a wash 0.
lime l. stirred into 1t. which p,ciurs
the iron. and IN week the water stands
perfectly and permanently clnr llm
i, is drawn into other large circn- m
the block that are called settler. These
are fitted with iOur.inch galvanized iron
pipes. through which a current % steam
flows. heating the watel o. l,jat-.
Fahrenheit This heating does iWnthns
II throws down the GYPSUM WHICH cN-ii
in the BRINE ~ a sulphdc. ani teanr
ates the water - per cent oi winch
must be thrown oil in varol leon
crystalilatlon takes place Nlf Ua
reader VIII understand me hcuor Dc I
first show him "a salt block
One having acapac.ty NJ 92j barrels
per dly may be described a3 follows.
The block Is 20s feet hy go iO fe.
high under the center which includes
the ventllator running the entire iu-,A
OF the Craincrs. and l6 feet l.-a m fla
posts Il contains two "acit'er each
i40 feet tong f.oi wide ani ten
deep. rs the ci-tog, outside ln I..l
enough 20 drain into the s,rl .If0'
latter are high enough to drain f'0 t.t
'graiuols Of which there ac t.lr n.I
80 feet long. 10 feet wide anl d. inches
deep Through these also m cl,u
nized inch steam pipes lo ha' -,.
tler- and griluers there are 31il fat %
such ype. and other pipes connected nir
the works Uiake a total oi 5000 rt
The grainers stand about 9 0r f,Dt ium
the ground. and over their center rur' IS
platform upon which the salt as lifted
j. lrfi H. dram before being dumped mD
lhe bins. OF which there age a.ou.
twenty. Connected with the bins am
the packing rooms and ADJOINING o."
Oiccb Is the "shed. 930xlj0 foct N,ih4
capacity at 5000 barrels of -a.t
NuN lG u- 90 into the block tH.
Tine settlers are full II Is. sly soH0cA
p. 3d. The block /, 20 full OF steam u.i
Nou viii have Ia strain your vision iD -c'
The floor ON which YOU walk and gmi
against mi-step- The graIner are neu.
empty Of brine. hut fhcIr bottoms at
covered with the saIt that has h"u
quietly falling there for twenty t.r
hour, under a heat az U.s. d,g- A"
each side of "a grauer the gang Oi '..t
men Is strung ont each with Dos s'.a.
These men are naked e. thc waist 0,.r
the lower limbs are drawn od wa0
drawers. red being fancy color a.i ..
the feet old shoes or boots with Oh. I.-
cut away. Each man has ID i1e lni
shovel With the one he pulls oh. ,f
from the center 10 the side Of tIe -Il..
and with the other bee lifts ituf d..
aforesaid platform On every mu rI.
spiration stands IN great bead, ODD uc.I.-
down his skin In tiny streams -' n"l
of Turkish baths for these fc.l0W-' iA.'
are a. clean. solid and hardy DIS SOL
trained athletes.
Tie salt lifted, the graner- afe riii
WITH BRINE from the settlers i's t.niH
AZURE raised 10 lSj degree ana ODD
short time YOU will see film i.mh-
over thc surface OF the saturated hlt
That /, salt Watch Il icw m9meaa
and Won will see this film break hD
pieces and take header down ttI".
So the process goes on for twenty ioH
hours. when tho lifting operation D. ie-
pcated. and 50 from day e. dag through
the season. BY II O'Clock the men la''
wheeled the salt 10 bins and tncro settles
over the granting room a silence a' p''
found "a that which must have bro..-i
over the abyss OF nothingncss ere Dc "ai
said there should be light Yet u l-A1
silence goes on increasingly from hour %
hour a mystery rs wonderful. aa tc4J
tiful. "a divine. as is seen inthecT luton
or dissipation 4 a world The h'i' u'.
folds the wings. as IL were 90 tI' "
cules OF water and they use OLD. i-h
the air. but the sodium j. to- h"'.. l
earthly. and cannot soar llafm-
the mitten. rs 1t were, % turns ,o l'-
atoms of chlorine hanging round 4N't
embrace and materiaiize IN uny ''eH
cubes. Charles Ellis in Chicago h,ilA
How People Become KNOW
Yes. we keep the name Of r'tf
prominent family living within ii faIi''