The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-01
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 1897
TRIP TO WHITE CLIFFS,
Description of Process for Making the
Best of Portland Cement at the
Big Factory There,

visited White Cliffs, to look over the
big factory for manufacturing
Portland Cement, of the White
Cliffs Portland Cement Co. We had
intended to write at length upon
what we saw, but having been kept
up all night returning home on the
local freight which arrived here at
4 o'clock this morning, and it being
lst of the month, we will condense
as much as possible,
The cement works are upon East
bank of Little River; railroad runs
out six miles to it from Wilton,
terminus upon West bank Of river,
Inecessitating lerriage Of every
thing, There are two very large
main buildings, one stories high
75Xl00 feet, other 8 stories and
about 60X00 feet buildings of wood
The company owns 5000 acres Of
land, 900 acres on which 1t is known
that white chalk 81 per cent pure,
exists chalk is along a high bluff on
east side OF river, while the neces-
sary pure clay is in the river bot.
tom on the other side OF the river
The company Is composed OF the
two Messrs Kelly and two Chicago
capitalists Mr., John Kelly Is Sec
retary and Business Manager and
we found him to be a genial gentle.
men as well as great hustler, and
we are under obligations to him for
courteses extended. He informs
us that the cement works started
up about May lst, and run until
along in September manufacturing
some $4,000 barrels Of the best
Portland cement, as good az any
made In Europe and II stands
easily tensile test of 500 lbs,
Process Of making the cement Is
as follows Chalk Is gotten by blast
ing, after which it Is lowered to the
largest building first passes through
crushers, where It Ia broken up into
small pieces next 1t Is carried by
machinery into mills, where ground
into fine powders next IL Is elevated
into the third story to the chalk
bins, where II Is weighed and mixed
with finely pulyerIaed clay In proper
proportion, four large mixers of
1000 lbs capacity each, stir aud
mix the two for one hour pulyerl6.
ed and mixed article IL then con
yeyed to a pug mill, where 1t Is
made into a stin mud, and moulded
into bricks by brick machines
bricks are then dried In 4 large
steam dryer, after which they are
taken into the second large building
which contain four large furnaces,
into which they are placed and
subjected to the highest heat
known, coming out IN the shape Of
rough cement powder aud cllnher
| and, after the same IL ground into
a Ane powder becomes the finished
produet=a lretselass Portland
Cement 1t Ia allowed TO season for
80 days when It Ia ready for putting
up and use,
Capacity Of the works Is 300 BAR
rels per day, and when run on full
time gives employment to from 100
to 200 men, Company keeps fine
chemist who superlntends the mix
Ing, making tests, etc, The many
machines are operated by an lms
menee G0flIss compound eohdeneng
engine of 600 horse power IA hhe
piece Of machinery as we ever saw,
IL also operates an immense pump,
aud by means of large water hose
reaching all parts Of the buildings,
splendid fire protection is afforded,
but we have not space or time TO
write more at this time, We Visited
town OF White tllns, which has
some half dozen or more stores, etc,
We return sincere thanks 10 agent
Miller for kndaesses shown Hope
TO again visit the place, Ia the not
distant future,
Mcssrs, Ghat0eld 4 lluhrman Of
tble city, are sole agents lof thle
hne Portland cement, and IN a
home product Of real merit, We
hope 80 see II have a large sale
DID Not Arrive
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