Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-04
OIL AND FEED MILL.
New Enterprise That Will En-
pIoy 400 Operators.
New Switch Locomotive for the Norfolk &
Southern DR.. w. *. Wood Married.
Revival Meetings WIN Continue Next
Weck--Missionary Convention to Meet.

An industry that will soon employ 400
persons Is developing here. Few per-
sons Know of the extent of the plant
of the Cotton Oil and Fibre Comn,nv
ana many citizens are scarcely aware
of its existence
me TWO large three story brick fac
tory buildings. one for the oil donart-
iheht' the other for the cotton DEPART
ineht' ana four other large buildings.
constitute the plant. The latter forr
buildings are Il two-story brick Office
warehouse capable of holding 3. 800
n cotton warehouse 'e
Ihesc buildings are on n lot of nine
acres OF land on the Elizabeth river
between the Norfolk and Western and
.nc SaniPoS'cila bridges 1t is an adj
| ihiraole location for Il factory havipc
water and rail facilities for receiving
ana shipping material and product If
niso mas an abundance of fresh water
rom drlve-wells on the premises.
ms enterprise was started Il year
| ager. 90 '''"H
a reporter for the vIrCinian- Pilot
visited the Cotton Oil and Fibre Com
panys plant yesterday. and under the
4 vi MT AlcN1IlN
through the two mills. one is devoteS
10 cotton-yarn making, the other to
cotton-oil making.
he cotton seed comes directly to the
factory in bulk as the seed is thrown
out by the gins from the cotton fibrc
There is track room for twelve cars to
unload at once within two hours
| me seed is lifted by an elevator to
me third floor where it is cleaned and
1nen United. The lint is a feature.
IN lnn
seeds to realize thirty pounds OF lint
10 the ton OF seed. This is used for
spinning into yarn
Ihen the hulls are crushed and sep
arated from the meat. all by machin-
cry. Then the meat or kernel Is
squeezed between immense steel cylin-
/ derS Till ii takes the form of meal
The next process is that of cooking
Inc meal Is boiled in twelve great ket-
ties ana when at proper consist
presses. The hot oil is expressed and
runs into a tank beneath ready to
be barreicd. while the solid substance
I is left in the form of a cake three
iourths of an inch thick. twelve inches
wide and twenty inches long
| These processes yield three products.
| oil. cattle feed and lint
| The lint is n by product. and is the
result OF cleansing the seeds OF the cot
| ton that sticks To them i'm spite of mo
process OF ginning.
The meal is the most nutritious food
that cattle can eat. The extraction of
the oil makes the meal palatable and
wholesome for feed so that it stands
nrst' IN the table of fifty varieties of
| iood. And even the hulls stand 37th
IN the list in food value. Ordinary
foods stand as follows: Oats, 10: bar
ley. %; wheat, "a: buckwheat 81: rye
IS. and corn. "a.
The oil is the chief product. 1t is
l used for the hp fnr II.
Is used in miners lamps. because 1t is
| inilammable, and for soaps because
IL is not offensive like animal oils often
are.
The capacity of the oil department is
SIN car loads of seeds, 120 tons daily
The product at that rate is $500 gallons
of oil daily and 80 tons each Of meal
and hulls. There arc about 40 gallons
of oil to Il ton of seed.
The factory has separate engine
| mouse between the two larve brick
mills. in which there are ventilating
and heating apparatus Il complete fire
plant three steam engines, aggregating
ooo morse power. and an electric power
and light plant of GOO horse power
The oil is shipped all over the United
states and Europe. The meal is ship
ped chiefly to Boston and New Eng
land. The hulls are excellent cattle
and horse feed that might be used here
TO advantage. because 1t is a cheaper
| i'Ot 'hoi VI tUt SidlHS anu lOQ-
| ders and more fattcninG.
| The cotton mill is not in operation.
1t has 1000 spindies and It's chief pro-
duct is cotton yarn used for making
carpets. 1t is to be started i'm two
weeks. when 1T will eve employment
to ECO men. women and girls. The oil
mill employs about 100 men.
This plant is we'll situated 1t can
obtain labor and raw material cheaply.
while the facilities for shipr'~g by rail
or by steamer are ample
FINE NEW LOCOMOTIVE.
The Norfolk and Southern's new
switching engine. No. Il. has arrived.
and was installed yesterday. II is one
of the latest patterns OF the Schenec-
tady Locomotive Works. and n thing
of beauty. The cylinders are is diam
eter by "a inch stroke. and its capaci-
ty is 100000 pounds. The diameter of
the driving wheels is 80 inches and the
working steam pressure is $50 pounds
WOOD-VANDERLI
The news of the marriage OF DR.. w.
*. Wood. n prominent young physi-
clan of Centrevlle. Va, to Miss Elda
Belle VanDerlip. of Indian Lake,
Mich. was received in Berkeley yester-
day. The ceremony took place at the
residence OF the brides parents. Miss
VanDerlip and her parents reside at