Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-19
A NEW INDUSTRY.
The Plant OF tho Goiding g. Sons Co. to be
Put in Operation Next Week.

and dOcKeBBln In tnlB ptHJ6' lueIe
are now three factories in operation.
One at Hockessin prepares the material
for the plants at Trenton, N. j.. and
East Liverpool, o., where it is finished
for the market. The Wilmington plant
will do the same class of work as is
done at the Trenton ana East Liverpool
factories. The company is anxious to
have ths local plant in operation as
soon as possible in order to relieve the
other two, which are rushed with
orders.
Through the courtesy Of William
Golding, treasurer Of the company,
who is looking after their Wilmington
interests and has superintendent the
erection and fitting up OF the plant
here, a reporter OF The Gazette was
shown through the various buildings
Friday afternoon.
The company owns five acres of
ground between the works of the LOB
dell Car Wheel Co., being bounded on
one side by p, ". & 3. railroad
siding and on the other by Whining
ton g. Northern siding, which furnishes
the very best railroad facilities. The
Wilmington & Northern Go. has two
branch sidings into the yards. one of
which IS elevated. The r., W. e. b.
Co. also has branch into the works.
MIR. Golding is delighted with the
location, which he thinks is the very
best in the United States for manufac-
tuners, especially those having business
In foreign countries.
sin my opinion, he said, "the ship
ping facilities of this locality are not
excelled anywhere. We had a big fire
at our Trenton factory in February,
| 1896, and spent whole year examining
| sites along tho Atlantic Ocean from
Jersey City to Nav Castle. We made
critical and thorough examinations at
many places, and selected this one,
which il the very best / know of any
| where. Here we have unequaled rail
facilities and the Wilmington e. North.
ern pier gives us an eScellont oppor-
tunity to receive our foreign consign
ments direct from ships. l am de-
lighted with our selection and further
than that think Wilmington is one of
the most delightful placea of residence
in the country. 1t is pretty, attractive
and healthy"
Mr.. Golding having seen a great
deal of the country, is competent to
judge ana his statement can be ac-
copied as an unbiased opinion. In re-
gard to the shipping facilities, ne init
mated that the company might some
time find it advantageous to have pier
of its own.
The plant has heen erected and fitted
up to correspond with Mr.. Golding's
opinion Of the location, which opinion,
by the way, ia generally shared by Will
mingtonians. There are four buildings,
all of which arc new and specially
adapted to the uses for which they are
intended. The grinding mill occupies
the western end of the enclosure, and
besides it the raw material is deposited
from cars on the elevated tracks. Ad.
joining tho grinding mill is the finish
ing room. AT the eastern end of the
group is the boiler aud engine depart
ment, which are separated from each
other by partition, The length Of
the group Of buildings is about 200
feet. They are all connected and com.
municating. There is an Independent:
building between the operating de-
partments and the Office. IL covers an
area 40x60 feet and is intended for
storage purposes. The entire plant il
enclosed by high fence, with a gate
adjoining the office, at the eastern end.
In the engine room there is a 275-
| uuTbo-pOWCT ITOWn cnEUpt WuIIu WHH
built in Fitchburg, Mass, after the
latest and most approved designs. Steam
is to be supplied by two 125-horse.
power return tube boilers. one of which
has heen steamed up and tested for sew.
eral days. The boiler and engine rooms
are large and roomy and have cement
floors. In the grinding room there are
four upright revolving grinding stones,
each weighing $500 pounds, and two
bed stones of the same weight. The
finishing department contains six
Alsing grinding cylinders, which re
sBmble revolving boilers They are
lined with 5tout hickory blocks, SO
curely fastened in, and prutruding from
the hickory blocks there are a numbeI
of granite blocks, which assist IN the
agitation necessary to produce the re-
suit.
The crude material is thrown under
the heavy grinding stones in blocks from
three TO four inches IN thickness. AT
ter being ground for a short period un
dor the large stones thB broken mater
ial after passing over screens goes Il
the finishing cylinders, whore it ii
ground into fine powder, ready fol
shipment. The finishing is done by
nearly round French bowlder tlints
from IL to 2 tons being placed in each
cylinder, and the cylinders make % revo
lutions per minute. The bowlder tlinti
used in the finishing process range from
one-half to three inches in diameter
and in most cases are regular in shape,
being almost found.
The firm has large supply of raw
material with which to begin opera
tions. cargo of French bowlder iiints
which were procured from the EngIist
channel at Dieppe and shipped tt
Philadelphia, filled 40 cars. There were
5000 tons ono half of which came here
and the other half went to the Trenton
factory. There has also been received
at the local plant GOO tons of English
cornish stone from Cornwall, whict
was shipped from Fowey direct to thii
city, this hoing the first of the com
pany's foreign consignments to CONT
direct to Wilmington. A cargo of Englisl
ball clay, $50 tons, which is to COME
, direct to Wilmington, is overdue and
schooner laden with fedspar frou
Maine is expected here to day. There
has also been considerable spar shipped
from Embreeville and Glen Hall, Pa.
and Hockessin.
The company has an extensive marke
; chiefly in Trenton, n. j., and Eas
Liverpool, o., the pottery centres; Gin
cinnati, GAINESVILLE and Findlay in Ohio
Covington, in Kentucky, and many
other western points.
Judging from Mr.. Golding's opinion