Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-09
HAS A RANK SMELL
The Glue Factory Neither
Handsome Nor Sweet.
HORSES AND DOGS CREMAIED
That Their Bones May BE Used 70 En-
rh.h the SoIl-WnAs Is
Ma1e There.

$50 right on down bout eighty rods
psst sunnyside motel and you'll md
road larRing 10 the left. Now you
doE't take that road but little lane
on 'tcther AIDE o. the road and tharll
fetch you there Al rlgnt" said tue
keeper OF the Graadyllls avenue toll
gate 70 q reporter for the HERALD, VINO
was looking for the glue factory few
days ago.
TIE reporter did Is directed and
after leaving the main road and takinga
ride Of ons-eaif mile through = lane, be
came upon Q little settlement OF eight
or ten houses which were nestled down
In the VALLEY and equalled LongfsIlo~'s
arcaiian village for simplicity II not
for cleanliness. Here the workmen IN
the glue factory dwell together IN
brotheEly love. The Glue company
have fifty acres OF laad, lying Just
north OF where Hall street would be
were Is extended 10 the river and IN
tue town OF Wyoming. Inc factory
building, or buildings rather CONSIST OF
three frame and one brick structures,
neither grand nor beautiful. yet where
glue, bone fertilizer, nesIstOot oil, lard
Oh, lace. leather and whip lashes are
made for the markets OF the world.
now the Meas IL Boiled.
In tbs main building ara three tanks
or boilers where the flesh, fsh aud fowl
are boiled To take the meat from the
bones. Boiler No. l receives consign-
ments OF refuse secured from the dlE-
fer-nt meat msfkets- No. Is for
bones, which will be converted into
''bOns dust" and shipped to eastern
markets, where 10 nnds a ready sale
among southern planners who use II for
fertilizers. The other tank IS the most
interesting aud unsavOry, Tor 10 re-
ceiyes the carcasses o animals WIN Oh
are usually considered 10 have souls.
namely dogs aud horses. These tanks
srs yerltaOle steam chests and pres
sure o. axty pounds OF steam - neces-
sary tor the work of boiling OFT the
flesh. The bones are then crushed,
sIIted ~ a centrifugal selye, resembling
a boiling machine IN a Hour mil, and
are then ground up fine.
In this building are piled IN con-
fusion scraps of meat, legs OF cattle,
horns, hoofs, hides and other sweet
smelling particles. The sight of these
scrap piles creates a thought of "a
moment when we long to be alone"
On the day the reporter visited the
factory 10 was not in operation, or the
aroma of crushed vIolets would doubt
less nave been stronger. at gets so,
sometimes" said the foreman, THAT q
man needs his whisky to stay here at
ALL" And il must
Not the Altar OF Roses.
In the rear of the main building is
vat where the ''glue scraps" or pieces
OF hide procured from tannerles arc
washed. As the foreman stirred up
this mas, q smell, neither sweet nor
delicate and which has not rs yet ever
bssn Gagged for party use, arose. IL
cAusss feeling resembling sezsickness
to the uninitisted.
In another building these scraps are
boiled into glue. This building is not
in operation in the summer time. as
warm weather has the same effect on
new giua a. IL does on grocery store
butter. IL will be put into operation
some time this month. and will con-
nnus until May.
Not particle OF material is permit
It'd to 20 TO waste. From the best
class OF scraps lard oil 10 made. This
runs through a press, which presses
out the oily matter. The quality of
lard oil made 10 sold TO sawmllls
Throughout the country. The sub
stance that remains after the oil has
been removed n called "stevrine,"
and IL used IN tsnnerIes for greaslng
hides. The cattie's legs are. IN some
manner best known 10 the operator,
made into neststoot OIL. The part
used r. the fatty substance near the
h0ofs OF the unfortunate bovine. TINS
OIL 3 used as a dressing FIR patent
leather shoes. and IS also used IN Tan
neries for greasIng hides.
The csrcssses are stripped OF the
hltss before the boiling process be-
gins. The hides are also used, after
tanning The method OF seasoning
them differs here from that generally
used III tannerIes. aud instead of max
ings common srade of shoe leather, a
hue grade OF lace leather is manufac-
turcd and sold 10 the factories in this
aud other cites
Gloves and whip Lashes
Dig sklns are tanned for gloves and
scraps are made into who ashes thai
the horny handed sons OF toll wave
over the backs of their perspirng
horses.
The brick building i used for an of
hcs aud engine room. A 15-hOr.e
power. upright engine 10 ased for
power. snd tao boilers are necessary
o. supply steam enough for 4 and the
drying ysts n the factory. The little
world dependent upon this industry
for its salt - sonnesteJ with the out
side world by q telephone. The 4. &
W VI. nave slso placed a side track 30
the buildings.
Ine industry, while comparatively
unknown, = large and increasing
one. Between 6o0. goo and 500. coo toms
cf Fertilizers being made esch year.
This = sh carefully snslyxsd az zoe
sgricu tural college az Lansing before
being put upon ths market. az the an
taor ties OF he state desire to know
What msunsr Of stuff = being used 20
snrlrh TIE sol.
Ten nsa aud four teams are con
stantlv en- pioYed in the works
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