New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-03
UTILIZING BY-PRODUCTS.
TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO MAR
KETABLE ARTICLES

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rort,nt o1e for e,ary r,aru(acturer and indus
trial community Preservation Of water SUNNY
availability or land for plant and storage. to
say nothing Of the pollution Of the air and gen
oral health oe enonloves lareald denend unon
tho solution or this nrob,ero and If also moan.
much in ,,oiiars and c.,,s throuob Tho saving
,ho, f,oi5lo..r,. n,,,. 1. ,.o,,,,.fss,aa
c.o,i and iron MOI, WOW. tho first - find tho
Accommodation, .e d.brie q serious matter slack
and slate could bo puf 20 no $50 Furnaces
were contrfvod that burned slack. but even then
tho difficulty was NOT ohviafed for slate and
dust remained When coke Was made A vast
amount of oraizo (fro Particles accumulated
Riches went Up in smoke until the by-product
ovens came into use and ammonia gas. tar and
carbon were taken out little being left Gas
manufacturers found ruinous waste TN they
began manufacturing tarod roofing paper
ana even mo-" they are MOI SATISFIED with the
economy secured
Iron mill owners from early days have not
known until recently what 10 DO with hue dust
and slas and workers Of mod m saw and plan
ing mills nave n'' qrah'i-.'S '' d's' ana ShaN
lrgS for when there was nothing nut me fur-
mace or loren win danger or c"niagra'loh
PttSourg mas oeeh centre "i acu'''y alons
these manufacturing lines. ana mere me solution
Of saving devices has 1rst been worked OUT Stag
formerly was Jumped our 10 great n'' masses 10
be- broken mp later with the sleds" ana taken ny
| rail t. he used foi filing one day in Steuben-
Vile. ONO workman. pa! ihS c"ih water
through nose upon r'dn"' sag A'''eh'arS
'utieu inc SU''i" dS''i9' "''''" NV" y"
explosion resulted ana Wnen ne l'ohe' Tor 'he
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mass that looked and felt Ike asbestos Tha'
was the beginning or the discovery or one FORM
Of mineral wool Several iron ana steel compa-
| MES have improved upon the Wo'h bod. but the
! rrincipl, remains the same Tho Illinois steel
| .. . r,i,, m a,6s fl, this q roeans ~
! ''''i'''''' "' '''
! using furnace slaS al a proht the Wool IS Tt-
| fer than hair or tanbark as a pOn-cOnd uctOr fOr
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! protecting an" ''''''N "'''' 49,
! ings Recently ii has been used mere IN me
| r.nufact,r, r safes Packed tightly between
| M, 81, T., i,,,-,.r,.,o,s IN tho burylar.
| l'e steer "d'''' ' 80 '''''
| tools 1t will break any drhl known
| Railroad mon ind that furnace Stag well
! 9, , g., ..fi.,,t hoilaet u is also groiird
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: here ana made INTO 'i'S' "'' "'''N' anu '''
! land cement The kind ~ product depends on
| demand and local needs
| , ..,.r,,,,,,i,., bas ,ro,.idos
! l"' SSa'0'"
| new means OF economy l" DUN "'-" anu "i'HV'
! "Brquetuug" has been known in Germany.
! I-,., ,,t K,.olae far several wears II vas
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| brought I'd inc d'''"''"" vi N'''''' '''' ' H'
| consular reports. It consists i'm COMPRISING IN
,,o,,lds by sirrnl. and powerful machinery any
| ,t, ,t...,,.. md boldiro II nv soma
p"'N'''"'" -,
! amalSam or binder su'h as reslh' Dl'u'nen
| or OIL Three years ago Pttsburg heard ~ ma
| chimes for "b~iouatting' through c. White
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"a me'hdinoal c"s"''' 49," B" '1
5 Mould. local manufacturers l"'""E" '"S
system and hers similar dust and waste frag-
. 1900 t ,,-s A,,,r,, tho s,,batao.as
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handled at pI"l' Ai' p''''""9 "'''' ''''' -"
mel dust concentrates. coal peat. ignite. coke
braize iron ore, Hue dust. manganese ore. iron
sand cement sa~dust, cork dust ct. The ma
terial is fed into machines and comes out IN
cylindrical chunks about three lnches IN diam
eter and four inches long
The "brQuctung' machine men complain thAt
times are too good for them Manufa'thtuE
establishments i'm Pttsburg, Providence, Chi-
cago and Philadelphia are too busy Tor them 10
turn out the orders under eight weeks ard
when prices are good and profits are easily
made iron coal and coke men are not particu-
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