Daily Republican., 1889-02-23
BURNING LIME.

representative Of the REPUBLICAN,
going up the northern Central Railroad !
one day this week, bethought himself Of
the new process Of burning lime by gas,
carried on by Wilmington men, and
Wilmington eapitsl, aid having few
hours of leisure before reaching his des
tination stopped OIL at Coekeyvllle to
take look at the enterprise. 1t being
the noon hour he stepped into the hotel
and got dinner, after which, he
made inquiries for the location OF the new
enterprise OF middle aged, intelligent
gentleman.
care there not some Wilmington men
In this locality engaged in new process
o. burning liner quoth the new paper
man.
mo, there are none here that know
OF" rays the man, "but down the road |
here about mile and half, there are
come Delaware people trying TO burn |
lime by gas, but they have made failure |
OF It, and are now taking down their kiln |
to make alterations
DO you think the new proce will be
tuccessP "Oh yes, II may afr
awhile, but If it is, II viii knock spots
cut Of us fellows who burn Lime W tn
wood, aud cal you see | have been
lime burner all my life and ] know
something about II. There are 60 many
around here In the business that 1t Is
terribly cut up and there Is nothing in It.
Som times we form combinations TO Keep
up the price TO living profit but some
| fellow Is all the time jumping over and
breaking the pool"
our newly found ifleud then went on
TO ftaie that line could be manufactured
aud put into the Baltimore market, about
| ulft.a IaldsV a pfoft nj 1G can't. Al
bushel. Rather, however, thsn to do no
business, he would put lime In the Balu-
more market for 10 and III cents
bushcl, but there was scarcely living
margin of profit ~ those prices. II takes
from to 5 cents a bushel Tor cJal and
wood IN the manufacture OF line, and
this new company, is said can burn It
with Pas ct from s TO cents bushel,
"if this be SO, said our informer, "the
new company will take the market, and
we Will have to resort to the same
method 10 eompee with them, and that
requires more capital than many of Us
old ime-burners can command
Feeling In crested Ia this new enter
prize, the representative oil the RRrrBL.
CAN, having nearly five hours Of leisure
time concluded to walk down the rail-
road track 10 Texas, besldos b ing ac-
/
maker, lent the intended visit double
Interest. Reaching the upper ind of
Texas Will e. OF some 800 qua7Tymeu
AMI burners where these o'd-ia>hioned
lime ki ms are On either side OF the road
and the whitest Of limestone projecting
from every prccipice and hank, we
made inquiry for the new ideal lime com.
pany.
"Oyer there, where you sec all that
machinery, cables, steam pipes aud bnili-
ings, you will lind them. IL Is sWead all
around over thert," answered lime
burner on the old plan, WHO evidently
,, looked with somewhat Of Jealous eye on
the new comers Thus directed we were
soon htAnding In the midst, sure enough,
of overhead cables, overhead steam pipes,
engine and boiler houses, Tremendous
warehouse, and Kiln of The new process;
where several men were at work taking
out the lining TO make alterations. To
our inquiries we were informed hat Mr.
Warner had not been there this weex
Tuesday,, and Mr. slaytnaker had just
left for Baltimore, where he at present
resides. We then looked around and
took IN the situation. An acre or TWO d
ground looked as il they had been d.
namlted, aud the bowels OF the earth In
the shape of pure white limestone had
been thrown TO the top This limcsiOni
was as white us the driven snow, but OF t
coarse texture. much OF It easily knockct
TO pieces before burning. 1t is of
crumbling nature, very strong In thu
chemical ingredients that make good
lime II is said that this Ia the hest limt
In the Upited Statet, and builders prefer
II 10 all others. For two or three miloi
around this is q vast basin of limestone
and the further down the quarrles 20 The
better the stone. There aTe re eral We M
OF pure white marble psrmeat'Dr tht
valley. The Washington and North
Point monuments in Baltimore, and
several of the public buildings in thai
city, were built of the marble from these
quarres. A productive vein OF marble
has been opened on the grounds ope-
rated by the Messrs. Warner and SlaJ-
maker.
The company has gone to great expense
In putting in the necessary machinery
and erecting the necessary buildings ioi
prosecuting the wort. The warehouse Ii
an immense two-story frame building
Here lime will be stored to meet all posi-
bile demands In any season Of the year.
The upper ttory is to be a cooper chop Ia
which barrels will be made TO ship lim'
BY the barrel to any section of the coun'
try. Large as this building Is, the ioun
. dalton piers have been planted for another
. as large.
, The kilns in which this llue is burn
consist of iron tauks in two sect'ons
about 80 feet high. The company he'd ~
vet only erected one OF these kilns, ant
upon this one they were experimenting
before erecting others. The tank is abou
IL feet In diameter, al d ia II was liOint
OF IS inches of fire brick and clay, pre-
7 venting the iron tank from becoming
oyerheated The FIRE brick are too
long, placed with the ends towards tn
centre diameter. Between the brick ant
the iron coating, three quarters of an iLcl
u thick, is III ing oil lose earth.
AT each side or rather at two opposite
sides of the tank IL, are gas generators
with gas pipes opening into the kiil
: among the limestone, which gas, wtt
ignited, burns continually ae long us tn
gas is produced.
The trial of the new kiln was not !
failure as It pointed out the imperlec ion
and the needed alterations to make tn
system success. It was soon loun'
that what was n SUCCESS for hard lime
stone that kept its shape would not an
swer for this crumblRg limestone, ina
fell to pieces at touch Whether burne'
or unburned. The erumbliDg OF IL.
stone filled up the openings aud shut Of
the necessary draft. THIS had to be CD
. waited, and the company is now putlinl
in a thicker lining, reducing the diane
ter to or 8 feet, whi.h will insure
constant draft. They expect to max
another trial In about week.
AS originally intended each kiln wa
! expected to turn out 400 bushels OF lin
j. every "a hours, buE after the alteration