The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-30
foILIne The IFRfpo.
The tsreosote Preparation Of piles
Against Them.
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Last eyening Mr.. r. K;rkenSerke.
OF TIE Page. sound ssrecsoting Com.
pzny, nasie the following statement
concerning the purposes and cnndsfior
% ais isompany TO a reporter at fhs
Occidental.
Oar works are located in Salmon
Bay. answered Mr.. Riekensecker
at Joint SIX miles north Of Seattle
Aessrsl. Allen 4 Nelson Of this city,
hare just finished q r. shaped wlsari
FOR sls,i which il $50 feet long. and .,
feet wide inshore. and 100 feet wide
and Isil feet long in the channel. This
wharf rozt $3.50.
We hare about flashed the enc.
ton OF seven buildings. One is the
rreosoGing building. tn which the piles
are coated. Il Is 70x1o6 feet. There
are two buildings OF i72xse feet each.
In there the creosose Ia % be manu-.
tnred. There are two cottages. Z
boarding house and an office. These
structures are frame, covered with
corrugated iron. and viii cost from
$l5. 40 10 - 90
What material win you use in the
manufacture of creosofe7r
Cresssofc can be made either from
coal tar or wood. We will us<
the latter material. creosote Il a sta.
pie article of commerce IL il a dark
oily fluid obtained by disfiilzfion frorl
the pyrohgn acid and tarry mat.
ter in wood. Covering piles with ere
osote Is the only method in use thai
will protect them from the attack oi
she terrible teredo and preserve them
from decay In salt water. II
is 4 method which has been used
by engineers in England for sG
years past Piles driven in England
40 years ago are still n sound as dol
lar where they have been subjected "a
the crestsoting process. In the United
States the process OF creosoting has
been used only for Is years, and has
given the most satisfactory results.
Its use is sanctioned and indorsed by
both the American Society OF Civil
Engineers and the Royal Institute oil
Engineers OF London. England. Our
works when completed will be the
largest on the coast. II not in the
United States. In addition to cover.
ing spilass. creosote viii be furnished to
the regular trade by the gallon
.sCreosote is extensively used In the
East to prevent dry rot in saiIroad ties
and In telegraph and telephone poles.
Ii Is also used 10 cover shingles with,
as IL il not only waterproof. but i
practically fi.e-proof, e. boards or
other lumber covered with creosote
burn very slowly
..0ur works VIII start up in about
two months. l will leave for the East
tomorrow for the necessary machin-
cry. Most OF our machinery is now
ready ct Richmond. Va, and the four
large pumps which We viii use will be
obtained from some pump nanufac-
trrer. The pump will have capacity
of $50 to So gallons per minute.
As the works will be run night and
day we will also procure an electric
light plant All sorts OF labor-saving
devices will be used. For instance a
locomotive viii be utilized 10 haul the
plies from the wharf 70 the ereosoting
bailding and 10 hoist them In and out.
The total cost OF the machinery will pe
$4,000.
I'VE will employ about "A men and
consume, about lis cords of wood per
week. The residue after the ereosote
is extracted is the finest sort OF char
coal. This will be sold to the iron
furnaces at Kirkland and elsewhere to
be used in smelling ore so there will
be practically no waste
'sEreosused piles will cost about twice
as much as the ordinary pile. This
Is very cheap whtTa il Is considered
that the creosotesl pile viii last 90
times rs long as the one that is not
subject To our treatment
What viii the total cost OF your
plant bei''
THE total cost of our plant when
complete viii be about $i25 600 and
We viii be able 10 turn out about loo
piles in "a hours