Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-08-02
WEST PARIS, NEW INDUSTRY.
CHEMIST MOORE AND WHAT HE HAS IN
yENTKD.--THE COMPANY ORG CANNED
TO MANUFACTURE SODIUM BY The
MOORE PROCESS.

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Hon. James s. Wright was at wes
Paris last Tuesday and organized q cor
poration under the name OF the Moor
Process Company. The officers are u
follows:
| Geo. w. Ridlon, President and General Mgr
II. r. Dennison. Clerk and Treasurer.
Hugh X. Moore, Chemist.
The directors are Geo. w. Ridlon
Harlan p. Dennison, Hugh Kelses
Moore, Edward A. Allen and Arthur Z
Sloan. The capital stock Of the com.
psny Is $500, 700. The purpose Of the
Moore Process Company Is to engage In
the manufacture Of sodium and
other substances In which metallic
sodium is used and q general electro
chemical business. This company will
manufacture metallic sodium under q
new and improved process, the invention
OF Its chemist, Mr.. Moore.
Becoming interested In the new in-
dustry In our own town, the Democrat
sought an interview with chemist Hugh
Kelsea Moore and General Mansger Geo
w. Ridlon Of the Moore Process Com
pany. Mr.. Moore Is young man OF in-
tellectusl traits and fondness for scien-
tifc investigation. Following the nat
ural bent Of his characteristics, he took
course ut the Institute OF Technology
In Boston and Is a graduate Of that In
stitution.
at has long been known" says Mr..
Moore, "that sodium existed In large
quantities In common salt, but the proc
<N 10 h.s al
and expensive, so that, while the supply
has never been equal TO the demand, 1t
has constantly increased until over n
million pounds were manufactured last
year--mostly In England, and the price
owing to the expensive methods Of ex-
traction, has been necessarily kept up to
about dollar pound"
Now, Mr.. Moore set to work more
than year ago with series OF expert
ments to obtain new and cheaper proc
ess for the extraction OF sodium. He
has lsbored with zeal Of the true spirit
of inyention-he has pondered night and
day upon the problem and at last his ef-
forts have been crowned with success
the Moore Process Company as above.
"what are the uses Of metallic sodi-
umg" the Democrat asked inventor
Moore. There are very many" was his
reply. at Is used largely In mining and
labrstory work." and then he went into
an exhaustive series OF explanations and
examples showing the large number Of
uses TO which this metsl-for II Is a
metal-can be used Including the ex-
traction Of gold from ore, sodium ANAL
gsmation, sodium precipitation, sodium
peroxide, sodium flash-light, caustic
soda. bleaching powder, etc, ETC., all OF
which require some knowledge OF chem
istry 10 understand.
1--WE extracted metallic sodium In Lew
iston as long ago as last August" says
manager Ridlon. Then Il WAS In the
course OF some experiments and the
problem has since been to obtain 1t In
commercial quantities. \ small shsnty
somewhat resembling an Italian shanty
was erected at West Paris and there
inventor Moore has lsbored tirelessly
upon the great problem. He has con-
structed special machinery for the pur-
pose and has spent whole year-oftep
burning the midnight oil in search OF the
tricity, that's the magic word. He has
found q process Of extracting sodium by
that mysterious and potent power. He
has constructed small dynamo that has
accomplished the wonderful result. The
Moore Process Company have now under
upon plans made by Its
chemist and mechanical expert, very
large dynamo for the especial purposes
Of the business Of the company, which
includes the manufacture Of sodium,
pots ssium, magnesium, sodium peroxide
aud bleaching powder. BY Mr.. Moore's
process these articles will be produced
at = ridiculously low price, 40 low In
fact that the company do not wish TO
quote IL TO the public at present.
The company Ia capitalized At $500
coo, aud their stock certificates are now
In press at the Democrat office: with
men like County Commissioner Ridlon
and II. Z. Deunison at the business end
OF IL and chemist Hugh Kelses Moore To
look after the mechanical and chemical
details it's safe guessing that IL will psy
portant and useful chemical. Here's
wishing unlimited success TO the Moore
Process Company.
MIR. Moore sent n sample Of his sodium
To the Institute Of Technology where u
WAS ssssyed and found To be 30 S4l00
pure, the purest ever pro-
duced, aud on account OF this invention
Mr.. Moore has been made a member OF
the American Society of Chemists and Is
the youngest man in that society.