The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-27
in New York state Watkins, Ludlowvillt
and Silver Springs.
GuIs In EroEns
salt in Grains.

| in New York state-Watkins, Ludlowville
and Silver Springs
Salt in Grains.
The product of the vacuum-pan process
| is a beautiful article, and commands a
| higher price than other salts. The grains
| form In cubes instead of fakes. The salt
| obtained from the indirect heat (steam-
pipe system is also of an excellent quail
ity. Years ago there was a prejudice in
the minds of some provision packers
against American salt, because II was not
quite so pure as the more fastidious buy
ers wanted. That objection-in the main,
a just one no doubt-was based on the
quality Of Onondaga salt, which contains
a good deal of lime, and was obtained
by solar evaporation. But now that the
grainer or indirect heat process and the
vacuum pan have come into vogue In this
country, and purer brines have been found
it is possible to get as good a quality Of
salt as can be had anywhere in the world
There is now no reason for importing
the English article any more.
Salt has been obtained from sea water In
many parts Of the world. Owing to the
foulness of the drainage into the ocean
from the land it is desirable to be partie-
ular about the source of supply. More
over, there are regions in the tropics
where the saluity of the water is greater
IMAM IL Is III COiueT CLIMATES, ana where
the same amount of labor viii yield
larger quantity of solids. The industry
is carried on, however, in a modest way
on Cape Cod, and in Bristol county, Mass
achusetts. A more considerable business
is done In San Francisco bay, in the coun-
ty Of Alameda. From twenty-five to
thirty establishments are in operation in
that part OF the country other factories
for getting salt from the sea are situated
in Los Angeles and San Diego.
The salt beds of America are found in
various geological formations. Those of
Western New York, Northern Ohio aud
some parts of Michigan represent the ST.
lurian period. when the earliest forms of
animal life made their appearance. The
deposits near East Saginaw. Mich, belong
to the Carboniferous age, which is much
later. The Kansas beds are placed in the
Triassic series by Prof Robert Hay And
some of the Virginia wells tap tertiary
rocks. From the taste of the ocean of
to-day il is apparent that a good deal of
salt is still left undeposited The work of
solidihcation and storage has been going
on, then, more or less Internationally for
an almost incalculable period, and yet is
not finished.
The purity of salt In a commercial sense
depends more upon the kind than the
amount of other minerals mixed with the
chfortde OF SODIUM. SulphateS or calcium
and sodium are less Objectionable than
chlorides of calcium and magnesium. The
latter impart bitter flavor 10 the sah. A
sample containing from / TO 112 per cent.
of the former impurty Is fairly market
able commodity, bus half that amount OF
the chlorides or carbonates of calcium and
magnesium is serious objection. In adj
dition to the chemical composition of a
brand of salt the buyer is apt TO consider
! also the appearance and mechanical condi-
ton 10 some extent Looks count for a
good deal in this business, as in many
others