The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-07
THROWING MONEY AWAY
NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES IN
THE NAVAL STORES Trade

THa NAVAL STORES Trade
5sfu Waste Could Be Turned Into VAL
liable Commercial Products - 4
Chance for New Industry q the
South Which Means Million Year.
4 SsTzn1shisz Awskss 90 sns 5itus-
rio1 a1d Explains How she Thing
Csa BE Done.
Naval scores operators are annually
shro wing away uousT through sEtnar iz-
norsace OF carslssxnsss, according 20 Mr..
e. B. Warraud os sha city. In speaking
yesssr1ay If shinzz waich srs allowed 70 90
70 waste which II properly cared for could
be turned into prodtabls business, Mr..
" zrrsnd called AEssnEton % the opporsgni-
lies which naval stores men are allowing to
slip through shsir banda.
We produce annually Il tie south, -
said Mr.. " srrsnd, nearly 2,000 600 bar
rsis % rOgt1 aud SPIRITS surpe1st1A. Tbs
amount q crude gum brogghE 70 The stills
a much larger. 80 lesss ons-khtrd or one
fourth mora, which 10 lOss by dIsstllekion
and srrsinEaS. This imnsuse amount Of
10000 20 e00, 600 barrels Is allowed 10 20
20 Tssrs, and Ia Al utter losz co the oper-
as1r PROBABLY Isl, 900 barrels are burned
i1dammabIa refuse. The remainder Is al
lowed 20 90 70 waste a still wassr, which is
produced during the distiIlattoa OK turpen-
tine.
Both wastes are valuable and could be
UE1llzsd By surpsnttns operators aud turned
into valuable articles OF commercs II prop
sriy WORKED up at the stall
A PAYING INDUSTRY.
"The druss can be manufactured into
Ia yz-ET all l.
article Of couusrcs, and large quantities
can be sold ss rsngnerssiye prices, say from
10 % Il cents per pound. Immense quaint
tiea Of leu2blsck are used for sus manu-
featuring Of paints, shoe blackinz, priutsr's
lax, aad n many other ways. The bulk OF
lamp black e produced OF burning the rsf-
Use from petroleum dissiIleFiss. The stuff
produced from rosin dross Is fully equal, II
noe superior 70 any oC the market
"A suitable b1tlituS for the manufacture
OF lanpolack would not be expansive One
hundred dollars would cover the coss OF
veil equipped affair. The only care nsces-
sary after the building has been properly
equipped would be TO replenfsh the amount
or dross - fast IS 10 was burned until .
sufficient quantity Of lsnpblAck would be
prodEcs1 IL could shen be gathered and
packed Ia -four barrels an be ready for the
market The description Of how the build
ing should be arranged Gassde -oGld De too
lengthy, although il is simple enough A
barrel properly packed will hold from 50 70
100 pounds Of lAmpbIsck. There Is not .
turpentine still that could not readily pro-
duce from 80 20 300 barrels year as q
srihing cost and small outlay OF capital.
HOW TO UTILIZE STILL wATzz.
The othar waste prod ucs, known as still
water, consists Of . MIXTURE OF water, acssic
acid, wood alcohol and acston. IL Il far
superior to q similar product which i the
result OF the dissilIaEion Of wood. Il 10 fr %
from smpyreumet1c odor and particularly OF
tar, which are very dificalt 70 remove from
the wood distillatton producs> Pure acesic
acid is worth about 10 cents q pounds or IS
cents gallon. Wood alcohol or wood spir-
it's Is sbous 81 . gallon Acsson Il SOME
what less vzluebIa.
''Al three OF these products are largely
used and can readily bs sold in any qnansf-
ties Wood alcohol Il much used for var
rishes, spirit lamps and IS 9 substitute for
alcohol. Action will readily dissolve fats,
oils and resins, and Is therefore valuable for
the manufacture OF varnishes. Aceac acid
or vinegar hes 50 many and 50 diversified
uses that they can hardly Be al enumerated.
Il is chiefly used for making artificial vine
gar, sugar Of lead acetate OF Lead, Lead
paints, dyes, mordAuBt for dyes, currying
OF leather, etc.
This still water can be accumulated 10
large covered wooden watts, WHARF, il can be
Kept q long Tune W1tnOus deSePi0FAklDR. IL
still water Is redisrilled second time the
wood alcohol can be separated in O pretty
pure and concentrated state. Thia producs
would then stand the expenses Of trans
portation to the rsdneries and nss the
operator Handsome return.
EVERYTHING IN THE STILL VALUABLE.
Nothing would remain in the still but
acetic acid, which can be treated with either
lime or soda and converted into acetate Of
lime or acetate OF soda. The LIQUID IL
evaporated il open pans like sugar cane
pans and the salt TINS obtained IL placed in
barrels and sent 20 rehneries. As every tur-
pentine operator has still all the neces-
sary outfit to utilize the still water would
not cost over S75. A coupls Of wooden
watts and evaporating pans IL all that il re-
quired.
ANY man with common Intelligence -
continued Mr.. Warfand, ''can with proper
directions, make all Of the above-naned
! products, as the whole process il simple
enough. IL is within reach OF every sur-
pentine operator 20 add from 81, 600 TO
| g.. 600 to his income annually by utilizing
these by-products. which have been allowed
| to 20 TO waste through ignorance or neg
lect. From $500 ,0o9 to 81, 900, 600 could Be
saved annually and added 60 our commerce
| exports"
ANY one desiring 1ny further information
on this subject can get it from Mr.. War
rand, who hes carefsllY studied the matter
| IL Is certainly worthy Of the attention of
the naval stores men, and no doubt they
will awake 20 their osportunities