The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-15
NEW FERTILIZER WORKS.
The Georgia Fertilizer Company's
Factory in Process of Erection.

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NIessrs. Hammond, Hull & Co. have a
force Of about 10 men employed in the
construction Of the new fertilizer factory,
to be called the Georgia fertilizer works,
which they are building on their recently
acquired purchase between the Southern
cotton oil company's mill and the water
works. The site has frontage on the
Savannah river of 400 feet and runs back
to a depth OF / 200 feet. The now company
is incorpo rated with q paid up capital of
100000
The building proper, including mill build
ing. engine and boiler room, will be S47 feet
long by 122 feet wide, with capacity to
store about Is 900 tons Of fertilizers. The
boilers, two in number, TO be used in the
factory are being manufactured by the
Logan iron works Of Greenpoint, L. l., and
are to be 10 feet in length, with diameter
Of 6 feet, and are to be made Of Otis fire
box steel, the very best material obtainable.
The engine is the improved Green, of IT'S
horse power, which is claimed to stand at
the head of the list for economy in fuel,
strength and durability. In grinding phOs-
phate rock the improved Frisbee- Lucop
pulverizers viii be used, the best machine
it is said, now known to the trade. For
manipulating fertilizers the factory will
employ two OF Pool & Hunts mixers, hav-
ing capacity of 100 tons daily, connected
with automatic dump cars and other ma
chinery necessary for economical handling.
The acid chambers building, including
sulphur burner rooms is to be 343 feet long
by 70 feet wide, with a capacity to, con-
sumo 5000 pounds Of sulpur daily, and pro-
ducing twenty tons of sulphuric acid every
twenty-four hours. The acid chambers
will be connected with Glover and Gay
fbarahvy izip0
nitrate of soda, and practically producing
sulphuric acid at the lowest possible COST
Upon the site will be erected machine and
blacksmith shops, also houses for operatives
together with every other facility necessary
to promote the interests of the company.
With the production of sulphuric acid, as
stated above, the Georgia fertilizer COM
pany will be able to manufacture about
1910 tons of fertilizers annually, but they
have so planned the construction Of their
chemical building, that whenever the bust
ness demands it, they can double their ca
pacity by simply putting in additional lead
chambers, for which room has already been
provided. The number of employees re-
quired to operate the works in simply man
ufacturing will be from thirty to forty, but
in the shipping season perhaps three times
as many will be necessary.
The Georgia fertilizer company is an ad-
d1tion to MesSrs. Hammond, Hull q Co. S
business, now operated from Port Royal,
s. c., where the firm has large fertilizer
works, but to meet the demands upon them
required such increased manufacture as to
justify the building Of additional works, and
Savannah was selected because it affords
superior facilities over any other port or
place tributary to the trade for this pur-
pose.
Mr.. Hull, in an interview with MORN
ING NEWS reporter, said: 1.-The works are
being erected after the very latest plans
and improvements, with every labor-saving
machine known to the trade, and when
completed will be the most perfect plant of
the kind in the United States.n