Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-22


coal Tbs = done BY piLing TOO cords
cso-eiy ia rectangular brick kilns sixty
feel long. sxteen feet vide. alcnea a.
TIE Top. After these kllns are allied
they are fred, and combustion pro-
cssds Until the whole mass has been re-
duced 10 charcoal. Al these works
1900 cords Of wood are on IRE al the
time. AL tue smoke arising % drawn
from the kllns ~ fan blowers and
forced INTO eondensers. where IS per
csnE 8 reduced 70 liquor form ana the
balance, being non-colidensable, IS
forced under a large battery of boilers
tO generate steam Tor dlstIliing The
liquor and SEPARATING liz valuaole pro-
ducts from me water and other sub
stances. The amount of liquor thus
Obtained Is abuuL ninety tons every
tSeuty-fOur hours. This - nfst
pumped into setting tanks and the Tar
preclpltated aud urasn of, amounting
from twelve to fifteen barrels
daily. Tue uquor 5 then mixed WITH
the milk of lime, when the acetic
acid mites with the lime, forming
neutral liquor. This passes into eignt
stills OF 600 gallons eacn. Here tho
temperature IS raised 70 point that
drives OF the wood aleoh 1, when
passes over 10 the alcohol mouse and Is
rsdisiilled until 1t comes on. 80 per
cent, which 5 the commercial test re-
CURED. The remaining hqaor, wnleh
contains the acetic aeId, 10 then evAp-
Grated Ia large pans JOx7 feet, feet
deep. Hers IL - boiled ana SKINNED
until i granulates, forming over toe
steam oils from foot TO one and one
hall feet IN DEPTH 1his - shoseied
into cars, which carry 1t TO the drying
pans IN a room 4Oxl00 feet, with boiler
iron floor. under when the heat passes
from large furnaces placed IN tue rear;
The acetate IL rsked along the pans
until drv, and = then put 10 IN gunny
SACKS holding about rs pounds, ready
for shipment. The product OF these
works last year was 10000 gallons OF
wood alcohol, 3.5OO,OO0 pounds OF
acetate Of lime, aud 1000 barrels of
wood tar-yalue, so, 0O0. When We re-
member that this IA all made from
smoke, it demonstrates clearly what
waste goes on daily N the consumption
OF fuel
The IRON furnace became the prop
erty. through various changes, OF the
Fix Rapids Iron company and today u
- the prOudest monument to Amerl-
can ingenuity and enterprise the world
has ever seen. X - the actual exam
pie, reduced to practical form. of
scientific economy IN manufacture.
All this through the business aeumen
ana sagacity OF Henry ii. Noble.
To-day Ar Noble - three times a
millionaire lie resides n a palatial
home, situated upon an elevation IN
full view of Grand Traverse bay, of
his broad acres of manufacturing
plants and amidst the scenes ne loves
so we'll. lie is a social and political
power n the state IN winch he lives.
and as name - syuonim for all
that 3 wise and SPACIOUS IN finance.
He - nonored by MS neighbCrs and
friends who know nim best, and re-
specied OF al the world.
MIR. NOZZLE married his first wife,
Miss ClsIa Sears. a. Dexter. Mich, IN
ls41. Two daughters and a son sur
we their mother. Again, IN 1870. he
married Margures +. Ewing. also OF
Dexter. Edwin sears and Charles Ew-
iDg Noble, two promising sons, are the
otfspr.Bg OF this marrisge. These
yOung men are now At the State Uni
verslty ~ Ann Arbor. Though now 20
years OF age, Mr.. Noble is
IN the full vgor OF his manhood,
IN possess on OF the full force of his
undimiuishsd mental and physiclal
fcrces. and still closely engaged with
the interests which MS genIOus has
made " O..
II. Fl. Noble has been prominently
identified WITH every Important move
ment IN Michigan for many years.
TINS year be IL chairman of the poard
OF trustees of the Northern Michigan
ASYLUM for the insane.
Win his wife, Mrs. Margaret Ewing
Noble. one % the gentlest and noblest
o. her sex. Mr Noble spends the active
years OF AIS advanced age in the full
enjoyment Of his wsll-earned hoEo-s
and abundant wealth.
Eik Rapids IudustrIes-
Manufacturing at Elk Rapids at this
time consists OF charcoal blast furn-
mace making 10000 to $4,000 tons of
p.g iron per wear, consuming $4,000
cords OF wood; a saw mill cutting o.
600 .0eO feet Of hardwood lumber; and
charcoal works for utilizing the smoke
8 uug from the kilus during the pro-
cass of burning the 80 900 CORDS of wood
into charcoal, a roller process grIst
mil OF 100 barrels capacity per day;
brick yard with steam machinery,
capable OF turning out 4 200. 900 bricks,
and a brewery OF 5000 barrels capacity.
A feature Of this locality q thu pos
s6I ity OF making these lakes the finest
summer resorts IN the United States.
No cD&In Of lakes "a extensive remains
untouched. Land can be had from s.
to SIS per acre. and there are literally
hundreds of places which nature has
made beautiful. where clubs, hotels
aud private cottages can be erected.
The lakes ofTer facilities st a times for
small boating, secure from storms, and
ara extensive enough for yacats and
stesmers on "a large a scale as The
taste and means of the tourist may
dictate. Torch lake. the third IN the
cham, = eighteen miles long and about
three miles wide. With its high head
lands hitting out, 10 "a more ike the
upper Hudson than any other body OF
water N tbe United States. Elk lake,
near Fix Rapids, ana last IN the chain.
- nine miles long AMI two miles wide,
and 3 almost the exact counterpart OF
lake Geuevs, " scOnsin. None OF
these lakes have a particle OF swamp or
marsh about them, aud the water - of
remarkable purity. A gentleman as
sarss me that be mas tested a quarter
Of dollar as A depth OF thirty feet IN
loren axe. and could see IL distinctly
The summers sre deiixhtfui; warm
during the day. but never such thing
"a close. rot n xbt. The shores OF
most 4 the lases rlsa N three terraces
the lower having birch and elm. the
second bsissm. pine. aud other ever
greens. snd ter higher. maple and
beech. In autumn the white fringe Of
birsh next the deeD blue water. with q
band OF evergreen rising back of it.