The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

the Factory ID ali parts vi II AouIA
On the tracks during the season can tie
seen hundreds of cars loading for cub
toners in North Carolina, South CARR
I linia. Georgia. Alabama. Virginia. Ken
lucky, Tennessee and other states
During the past season about ID end
the shipment Of fertilizers has amJur-
ed 10 20. 900 tons. TITS an in
crease Of 100 per cent OVER last year
In freights alone. Messrs- Powers.
Gibbs & Co. paid out this s-asoa
500. 900.
TO ENLARGE THE COMING SEA-
SON.
The season is now on, and in order
20 meet h demand which the value
and popularity of Messrs. Powers. Gibbs
& Co.'S manufacturers have created,
the plant has been acknowledgements
There will be a large addition TO the
main building, a large amount Of the
very latest improved machinery Will Ire
put in and the capacity Of the plant
viii be increased to 0 1000 tons. A
printing office with power presses is
also to be added to the plant so that
the bags used for the fertilizers can
be printed on the grounds.
The printing plant will be added for
t3e reason that, the printing on the
Bags can be done more expeditiously
and cheaper than With the stencils now
in use. The factory requires about
300. 600 bags a season, and many of
them are printed where they are man.
ufactured. The bags are made in Phil
adelphia and Wilmington, but Messrs.
Powers, Gibbs & Co., expect to add a
bag factory to their factory sooner or
later, as they will require a still larger
supply Of bags to keep pace with the
extension Of their plant.
The factory last season has given
employment to 300 hands,, and this
season will witness the employment of
500. The pay roll averaged this season
from 1,4oO to 81, 500 a week. and that
goe to show What this factory is worth
| to our city.
Mr.. c. c. Livingston, a capable, ex-
| perienced and clever gentleman, holds
| the responsible dual position of mayor
| Of Alnont and superintendent Of tAe
factory. Mr.. W. M. Hale is his well
| qualified assistant superintendent. Mr..
"A. M. Chinnis is shipping clerk, and
| Mr.. Earle st. John i assistant. They
| are both clever young gentlemen and
are busy men during the shipping
| season, which lasts from August till
| May.
The works and village have a regular
fire brigade. They are supplied with
a hose cart and a Thousand feet of
hose. A large fire pump tina runs by
] SiCdll1 Id ACpt S'-o III S0oC
| OF an There are also water
hydrants all yer the place, and there
are also plugs On all the floors Of the
buildings. There is no possibility of
exhausting the water supply, as North
| East river is flowing light by in i'm
mense volume to be utilized if neces-
sary. AS a better means Of protection,
perforated pipes u along the combs
of the roofs Of the factory buildings,
| and when water IS forced through them
it is an easy matter to floods the roofs
| and the buildings with water. The
| fact is, the factory has every superior
| protection from fire.
FAMOUS FERTILIZERS.
The high grade fertilizers manufac-
| tured by Messrs. Powers, Gibbs q Co,
! nave become famous throughout the
| several states in which they have been
marketed and not only give the manu-
| facturers reputation, but Wilmington
1 as we'll. They manufacture twenty
| brands of fertilizers of their own grade
| and also put up grades according to
| any formula desired by the purchaser.
| Experience tha clearly demonstrated
| that intelligent a~griculturists demand
| better and higher grades of fertilizers
n in this respect Messrs. Powers,
| Gibbs & Co.. have established hig
grade for their goods. The Messenger
representative who visited their works
| learned enough about the manufacture
of fertilizers to know that the grades
can be lowered and the price CORE =
s~pondingly reduced. but CONSCIENTIOUS
manufacturers, like MesSrs. Powers,
| Gibbs & Co., desire rather to stand
| on their own reputation and the merits
| of their goods, are loath to put upon
the market were mixtures or fer
| tilizers of any and all kinds.
The grade and quality and consequent
~ the price of fertilizers are
heightened are lowered according to the
quality and quantity of the elements
employed in manufacturing the phos-
phate, but we have seen enough to
declare hat it is false economy for
| planters to seek any but the high
grades, and thus it is clearly to the
advantage of planters to use the best
and highest grades Of fertilizers. The
value Of a suit Of clothes is according
of the quality of the cloth used, and
so the quality and value Of fertilizers
are regulated according to the e1e-
ments employed in their manufacture.
1t is tout natural that the best should
cost the most, and it has been demon
Strated that the best is worth the most
and therefore the cheapest to the plan
ter in the end It is poor economy
to hazard an entire years work and a
years entire crop for the saving of a
few dollars in the purchase OF fertili-
zers. 1t is, therefore, incumbent upon
the farmer n be far the better part
Of wisdom to enrich his lands with the
best plant food he can get from respon-
sible manufacturers.
In further pursuing this subject, it is
worth while to remark that it is not
SO much how many pounds or ammo
mia, potash or phosphate acid a ton of
fertilizer may contain, but it is all i'm
portant whether the plant will assimi-
late these elements in the material
contained in the fertilizer. Science has
demonstrated the fact, therefore, that
various plants require different fertili-
ling properties, and hence fertilizers
are manufactured on a different basis
for different plants. Messrs. Powers,
Gibbs & Co, follow out this principle
in the manufacture of all their ~fertili-
zers and their grades are established in
accordance with scientific principles.
experiments and exhaustive feStS All