The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-18
NAVAL STORES OPERATORS.
a Suggestion as to How they can II
crease their Profits.

crease their Profits.
In Il former article called the atten-
ton of the turpentine operators to the
waste of the turpentine distilleries, which
is commonly called turpentine dross.
This dross consists of about 80 per cent
of rosin, the rest is cotton, chips and pine
straw, all heavily impregnated with ros-
in.
Rosin consists of 10 atoms of carbon. 10
atoms of hydrogen and l or 2 atoms Of
oxygen. Hydrogen is sixteen times
lighter than oxygen and oxygen several
times lighter than carbon, hence by
weight 90 per cent of rosiu is pure car
bon. One tone of rosin will easily yield
LOCO to 200 pounds of lamp black with a
good furnace and properly constructed
house. If the arrangements of the lamp
black house are not properly constructed
not more than half of this yield will be
obtained and the quality of the lamp
black will be inferior, as the slower the
rOSin or drOss is burned the better the
quality of the lampblack and the larger
the yield Thore is nothing in rosin to
give the lampblack faint or iniure its
black color; hence with proper care an
excellent article of great purity ought to
be the result
l have had many inquiries from turpen-
tine operators, who wished to manufact-
ure lampblaCk; the only drawback seemed
to be to find q market for the same.
have taken much pains during my STAY
hero in New York to ascertain if there
was a demand for lampblacE. what the
prices were, the best mode of shipping
and packing the same; all of which
will, no doubt, be of interest to your
readers.
Lampblack is used in large quantities,
by paint manufacturers. One house alone
stated to me that they used from 5000 to
1000 barrels a year. Manufacturers of
printers ink use enormous quantities ;
manufacturers Of shoe backing also use
large quantities. A considerable amount
of lampblack is used by rubber manu-
facturcrs. Fertilizer works and many
other industries also use lampblack in
limited quantities.
From what have learned 7 am satisfied
that all the flampblaelz that can be pro-
duced by the turpentine operators can be
sold at far ana remunerative prices The
prices paid here will depend on the quail
ity. Much depends also on the admixture
of sand, dirt and other foreign matter,
which is liable to get mixed while the
lampblack is being gathered and packed
Tor shipment. The usual mode OF ship
ping lampblack is in barrels, each barrel
holding from thirty to forty pounds.
However, the best and cheapest mode
OF shipping is TO pack the lampbacll in
large burlap sacks five or six bushels in
a sack. This way is especially desirable if
1t is shipped by rail in box cars; the loss
is then very insignificant. A car will
hold from five to seven tons of lampolack
packed in bags. The freight from an in
terror point of Georgia TO New York will
be from $50 TO $75 per carloads
The prices that lampblack VIII bring
VIII range from ! { to 3 cents per pound
n RON 70,
bags. Ii the lampblack is shipped in
barrels it will bring from 2i5 to 5 cents
per pound, according to quality aud pur-
lty; the freight on lampblaCk in barrels
Is, however, much higher
The cost to produce lampblacl1 is very
small The stiller and his assistants
could easily attend TO the lampblack
house at odd times without any additional
expense TO the operator. The only ex-
pease would be the gathering. packing in
bags, hauling to the depot and loading on
board OF the cars, all OF which viii not
exceed $500. A ton OF lampblack will net
at least from Sl5 To $50, or from 500 To
500 per car load. Every still can easily
produce from eight 10 ten car loads a
year out Of material now utterly wasted
OF burned.
The expense Of erecting q good lamp
black house is not large From 500 TO
500 will be ample IL Will pay for itself
In less than a moath ! have applied for
patent for a furnace that is especially
adapted to droSs ana rOsiu. 1t is cheap.
safe and efficient
Upon inquiry Messrs. L. w. Devoe IL
Co, probably The largest paint manu-
facturors in the United States, recon-
mendcd Mr.. Ellis y. Earle, - Liberty
street, New York city. to me as .
Thoroughly reliable ana irustwor.hy sap
Ply dealer, who Us IN position TO dispose