The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-10
ROCHE HARBOR LINE.
Most Elaborate Works in the
United States.
4 THOUSAND BARRELS a DAY.
Process 81 Basnfsg sA~ white -sene-a
Tbsuazas Years snFPiy = Marble
seem 50 be oasrrssa.
po@ rs~zan.f Leases.

F9Es 7 J~GesTf3 tsra2EEs
The Jarrett an5 nsss elaborate line
~osxs IL sAe United states are these stts@-
ted a Eesch4 Harkor. ou tEe Northwest
coast Of s@a J1An isszad. 81. hEnstre4 AMI
fifty barrels day II the record a. present.
sn4 wssh the conyls:aoa u sks additional
E.srs row tn COARSE Of construction. ore
thousand barrels o unas wsl be saFne.l cat
saeh sorking DAP q The year. ~ tbs oFs
factory.
Lane Is the oxide Of the nets! caicsara,
% as Il Is called ia chemistry. alkaline
sagsh.f Ia 5 state q parity Il Is white
yow Ter, with alkaline rearEi07a. ard "a IN
fssssbie 81 " resist very intsmse heat. In
heating carbonate 81 lime - fsA red o.
white heat. carnonsc a1ld il expelled and
iirne i left. IN this state Il is cslisd quick
line or burned isnze 10 distinguish il from
slake5 time. ON poHriag water on quick
lirne the bulk + increased ard the twe ronl-
hgne. forralng q white. dry p0Hdes and
causing grsst heat After being ;has
"slske4 wlih water. tbs line agsseriss ear
boTale scies fr0fa the az ard hasslens, which
causes the pToeess IN setting brick walls,
etc, the grave being added 70 FORM "cen-
ters' for hardening arounp.
The finest nsarhie II the nsarest 60 raFe
iims Of any kn0wn substance. Other
forfls Of carbonate II lime are found in
rocks, the various varieties q Sea she.is,
etc.
The use 81 line dates back many cen
tur5ss-long before the tine q written his
tory. The process USED by tne aneieHis in
making lime from the carbonate Il M
kaoEn. but the method in vogue s few
centuries ago was very crude. ard many
Improvements are being made even al the
present time.
The FIRST process a. burning lime that
was used in Baodera times was known As
the pot kiln. " This was usually vail Of
stone from three To tosr feet high about
eighteen inches tn diameter, with an open
ing at the bottom for furnace The
Kiln would he filed with lime rosk, and
IRE maintained underneath f9T couple Of
~eeks, or until the marble Was sufficiently
burned, when the fire would ~ Withdrawn
and the lime. after becoming cool. removed
from the top Of the Kiln With a shovel
formed for the purpose.
The rot kiln Was improved from time
- ttsne until ia recent years line wns burnt
~ large quantities IN kin which was
male % waa Of masonry about twenty
feet high and eighteen feet saaare with
cross tisabers on top. leaving diameter OF
FIVE Zee, which was flled with iime rock
the furnace Was AZ the bottom, where the
lifue vas also taken cut alter cooling
About thirty years ago. when the owner
ship OF these Northwestern islands was in
dispute, the matter was settled Tor the time
by a joint occupation by England and
America, and during ihis time the English
soldiers stationed on san Juan island
burned large quantities 81 nme, using the
pot kilRs" described above.
When the dispute over san Jnan island
was settled hy eonoeding il to the United
States, the lirue quarry on Roche Harbor
was homesteaded and In iSss the Roche
lime Company was organized This lime
was found % be OF superior quality and
was eagerly sought. bat was only manu-.
featured In limited quantities at that time.
In IssT the Tacoma Lime Corppanv
which then controlled the Puyallup OUTPUT
became interested Ia the Roche Harbor
enterprise, and soon came into possession
OF IT, The two companies were eonsoI-
dated. Systematic Improvements we're At
once begun looking to the manufacture of
lime on large scale. and today the Ia
cone and Roche Harhor Lime COMPANY
wouA not take Il million dollars for its
works on Roche HsTbor.
ac tf1ke - OF rttia Hiarbies extending
from Roche Harhor 10 Westeots bsv a
distance of mote than half mile. nearly a
thousand feet wide and over two hundred
ard hfty feet above the water. IL Viii re-
quire more than a thousand years To con.
sume the rock above the waters edge
which may be only small section OF the
entire ledge. The stone Is the nearest 20
pure lime Of any set discovered in the
RH tat
cent of carbonate Of Ame, with DO sulphur
wh atever.
TIA the intention Of the management 10
utilize everything about the quarFies, and
allow nothing ca be wasted that can lie
turned into money IN any channel. In the
past when lime Was being manufactured
here and there 10 small quantities. improve
meats were not 50 profitable, bat In
large factory as at Roche harha-.
the saving on few cents here and there.
few minutes time made on an operation
~ turning something 20 profit which had
previously been thrown aside a. useless
afncunts ia a scar g. thousands 81 dollars.
aad The most successful manager Is the
one wao watches these points the most
closely TN any undertaking Indeed. Amer
lean genius has seldom exhibited itself ia q
mere practical way tnan In the numerous
improvements made in the manufacture Of
lime.
The "spawls. ss thu broken az chips of
limestone are called. haye heretofore been
dumped 10 one side IS useless bat a market
has been found for them az san Francisco
oswego Or, and other points. snd ae soon
tae new bankers. y hjch are ROW Ia course
Of construction. ara completed thev xili asl
b. shipped ia market
4 systematic development al the plant
and 4aarry was begun by thR TAeoma Com
raey a. soon IS they obtained The Roche
HARDER works sR3 every asv sees Improve,
meets * 40 important nature ~ progress
A new deck has been built which IS ls
feet lous and has bo feet fFontage. or Wh;s a
has eeeu tulif = couwctious W8rehau<s
tog storn9 the iilne before shipment A
SYSTEM os uasks arg lssd on the lower
eoOT .; the Immense works whtch leaa "a
the warehouse and horse ears arr used 81
cAFrv aat gae f.ict barrels 81 ilsae- Trark.
v5th steel rails have been laA fresa tbs
Quarry - The kiins sega which the stos,e s
eAfrse8 Down n dump cars The taessns
- slight, ana The tw0 nlea Who rlde ,fasn IA
oatup gAe hEe ont oG the csc San easily
r.-sa i aack 10 the 9a&srs
The Monitor ksln uov ia ase s.. Ra.hs
Hareor a sTeAt improvement over anv
he-esatore Ia sse. A. tie bottom of "a,
sAu is abe foundation zreh. eooaee rseeg,
t&e.e end iggnaer. Ahoye shsth is ghe Aaa
paorsf Tbss consists 80 twa th}rkrst.ss4
al tes tftek secao& Nhich isa sa-Aet 90.
fsaslss sgv1- saace II $40 iacAss between
th0 sss bye and lie laeSet Is t,3.e4 ultA
gFsfea A ksn a; tA5s kin& fet4 rs 5ns