The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-25
THE PINES WASTE PRODUcT.
Worth over SI.OOO.OOO IL IL Were
Converted Into Tar.

Converted Into Tar
How 10 utilize the waste resulting from
the distillation Of the crude turpentine has
been a problem for years. This waste
commonly called turpentine dross aggre-
gates several hundred tons TO every stin
each year. It is bulky. infamable ana
unwieldy. and it is therefore not profita-
bic to transport 1t any distance. yet It is
very rich in hydro-carbon. and can find
profitable technical employment If con-
centrated.
The most simple. inexpensive and eff
cient method. it appears. is undoubtedly
to manufacture the turpent.ne dross in
log or dirt kinds into tar at the turpentine
still. The tar is a concentration of all
that is of value in the refuse matter. and
can be handled with great advantage.
This refuse can be thus made a source of
considerable revenue. The process OF
making and burning the tar kiln is very
simple and cheap, the cost of production
will hardly exceed 25 TO 80 cents per bar
rel of tar.
The barrels in which the tar is market
ed are made from the same material as
is used for rosin barrels, they must of
course be tight, but the same truss hoops
are used. The cost of making such barrels
is about 10 to Is cents per barrel more
than resin barrels. Tar is quoted at $1.35
per gauge barrel of $50 pounds. The usual
barrel of tar will weigh over 500 pounds
and Will bring from $50 to SEQ. leaving
about l0O per cent. profit. If the value of
the dross is not taken into consideration.
The tar can be used by any establish
ment manufacturing rosin oil and 1t can be
sold In unlimited quantities. When the tar
is subjected to distillation considerable
quantity OF polish spirits of turpentine or
tar spirits is recovered; this can be recti-
fed into camphine or pinoline, which is
almost Identical with spirits of turpen-
tine, and is largely employed instead of
turpentine, especially for the manufacture
of varnishes as tar spirits is an excellent
solvent for all oils and resins.
The heavier tar oils obtained from the
distillation of tar resemble the rosin oils
very much, if they are not identically the
same. The main constituent of both is
retinol, an oily mass, odorless and taste
less, when pure 1t is well adapted for the
manufacture of lubricants, car greases or
for printers ink.
The residue remaining in the retort
after the distillation of tar, is the common
pitch of commerce, which is used in ship
building, as well as in the manufacture of
brewers pitch or shoemakers pitch, II is
always in good demand. and IT is exported
to every part of the world.
The season is now at hand when the hard
turpentine or scrape gum is gathered
1t contains large quantity of chips, pine
needles, and other impurities, which are
skinned off as soon as the gum is molten
and before the spirits of turpentine is dis
titled.
All this dross can be saved until the still
| ing season is over, as it can be kept any
| length of time without deteriorating and
| the turpentine operator can manufacture
it into tar during the winter or early spring
months, when his coopers and his teams
are idle, and when labor is plentiful and
| cheap.
1t has been estimated that every still
wastes refuse enough to make as many
| barrels of tar as there are barrels of tur-
pentine produced or, on an average, 500
| barrels Of tar so that no less than 100000
| barrels of tar, worth $1,250,000, could be
annually produced, and which are now
utterly wasted.
In order to foster and encourage the
manufacture of tar, the Plant system has
had the best obtainable information gath
cred as to the methods of manufacturing
the dross into tar, in log or dirt kilns and
such information as will enable any in
| telligent man to make tar will be furnish
| ed free of charge to the patrons of the
| Plant system anywhere along its railway
| lines, by addressing c. B. Warrand, i'm
| migration agent at Savannah.