The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
THE ZINC ROLLING MILL
Something About the steel Buildings
the Huge Machinery and Plans
of Il New Industry.

While at LaHarpe recently a re-
porter for the RBHSTERtook occasion
before the football game to visit the
rolling mills.
It is big concern, much bigger
than the reporter supposed and we be-
lieve much bigger than the majority
of people think. II is located just
east of the smelter buildings at Ian
vonvile. The main building, the Mill,
is 100 by 1870 feet and Is built almost
entirely of steel enclosed by brick
curtain walls. The foundation for
this building is OF stone and is fifteen
feet in the ground, resting upon the
solid rock. The Boiler house, located
lust east Of the mill is, like the mill,
constructed of steel 1t is 5Oby IS feet
Nessrs. $. Diescher g. Sons of Pitts
burg. Pa, designed these buildings
and the American Bridge Company of
the same place are doing the construc-
zion work. They expect to have the
Buildings completed by December Is,
and the mills will be ruNujnp by
January Goth. At least one hundred
men will be employed as the mill will
run day and night, and as most of the
men will BE- required TO be skilled lab
orers the wages paid will be high.
Which means that several thousand
dollars will be added TO the prosperity
Of Allen county every month. The
buildings when completed will not
emily be very substantial but very
handsome also. They are being
suilt upon the most modern principles
and will be beauty and strength com
bned. The inside OF each will be
painted white with the exception OF the
steel work which will bepainted black.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
building may be conceived by knowl-
edge of the fact that in the foundation
alone there were over 5000 brick
used and in the entire buildings over
500, 900. And outside of the fnunda-
ton brick is only used for curtain
walls.
All the brick and cement used in
these buildings was bought here in
lola The steel used in both build
ngs will run over $50 tons. Gas will
he used exclusively for fuel while all
water for the boilers will he heated by
contact with the steam exhaust pipe
from the main engine with the idea OF
saving fuel. The smoke stack of the
boiler house is modern affair it be-
ing the only self supporting stack in
this part Of the country. The base of
it is constructed of brick and5is about
twenty feet high. Rods running from
the stack are buried in this foundation
thus doing entirely away with guy
ropes. The entire stack is so feet
high.
The mach merry foe the mill is the
finest that could be- bought and is
worth goingmuuy miles to see. .Thel e
are three engines, the largest beir g
1900 horse power. They are of the
Mesta Corliss build and are supposed
to be among the best made. The Gu
gines will be set by SDeccmber 10th.
All OF the machinery is very heavy
and for that reason crane is being
put in the building. It will he a
permanent affair as there will be much
moving of heavy articles. For in.
stance the fly wheel on the.main en-.
CINE weighs 90, 600 pounds and there
are many pieces nearly as heavy.
The steam piping machinery is from
st. Louis and the boilers are from G
ii, Gradley, il. 4 Co., ,Pittsburp, Pa
They are OF the Geary type, Wher
completed this will Ice the only rolling
mill between st. Louis and Pueblo.
The process through which the zin,
will go is as follows; 1t will be deliv
cred TO the mill in cakes such as com
from the molds, whichuearly everyon
melted and cast into slabs of sizes t(
suit sheets to reproduced; then heate
to the proper temperature in the heat
ing furnace from which it goes to tn
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and piled into packs which are reheat
ed and passed through the Gnishin
mills 1t is then ready to be sheare
lo flashed sizes and;packedlready ia
delivery.
Mr. Albert Deischer, loi the Grm {
Descher & Sons is overseeing thecol
strucdousof the mills and to him IL
REGISTER is indebted for iniormatio
contained in this article
The Best Remedy for Diarrhoca.
Some years ago while at Martin
burg, w. Va, was taken wit
cholera morbus which was folIowC
by diarrhoea. was advised to get
bottle OF Chamberlain Collie, Cholei