Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-02-05
SOAP FACTORY.
u1rI BE RUNNING REGULARLY
IN A FEW DAYS.
..sw COMPANY WILL ASSUME MANAGE
sEvr THIS WEEK IMPROVEMENTS
MAIDS AT FACTORY.

rea ellsworth soap factory VIII be run
,,.s regularly in few days. Marx sher-
in Of csabfidgaport, Mass, who IS
,.s.fdeut aud nausEsr OF fhe new com
S.,v arrived this week, and Is perfecting
s,,snrsmenss for starting ~ this factory.
rhe formal trsasfer OF the property
tam the C;lenroso Soap Co. to the Seer
u-Busrill Soap Co. win be made prob
.h,v to-day, aud the new company will
,hsn be nrep@res for operations.
The factory has recently received i'm
..ovements, some modern machinery
s,sav added. and IL - now one OF the
ssat-equippsd soap factories of Its size In
New Englsnd.
Tse building, which Is OF brick. was
huil, a little over foar years sgo. especially
,or the manufacture Of soap. IL is located
an Main street, aud within few feet OF
N. railroad, whieh gives !, exceptional
facilities for shipment Of goods.
The building Is 30xe9 feet In size, three
.,o,,es with boiler room isx2S. Tse base
men, is large and light. The interior OF
the building Is flushed in North Csroiins
,Ine. and the brick walls are painted
white. giving he Interior very light and
clean appearance. TIE building is iigh
nv electricity aud heated by steams
An elevator runs through the building
from bssemen, to top door. II Is opsr-
s,sd by hydraulic pressure, the large
p,.,on extending into the ground forty
,eet below the foundation OF the building.
Tns elevator has a lifting capacity OF
$500 pounds.
In the process OF soap making the raw
ms,erial starts from the top floor and
goes through the varsous fioors 20 the
basement, then tack again to the top
aoor and through the finishing processes
until Il finally reaches the shipping room
on the frat fioor.
The frsi operstson Is the preparation OF
the raw material. On the top floor, and
fush with the foor. are the mouths OF
three tanks. They lock small, being only
four feet In diameter, bat should q man
accidentally walk into enc, be wonid
strike bottom thirteen feet oelow. The
tanks extend through to the second hoor.
In one OF these tanks 10 put the csas,se
I've, in another the taIlow, and In another
the cocoa oil and other Ingredients OF the
soap. From the bottom OF these tanks, on
the second aoor. pipes lead to the huge
mouth Of the kettle la which the soap Il
made. This kettle Is eight feet In diam
eter and twelve feet deep, and Its espac-
ity Is 90 900 poaud.. II Is heated By coils
OF steam pipe IN the bottom
The man who stands guard AZ this
kettle and sees that the proper proper
tions of the raw material iiow into it from
each OF the three tanks, h the soap-msker.
He must understand his business. There
Is also over the kettle two wooden ehutes,
from one Of which comes resin and from
the other salt. The soap-msker has
merely to open a valve here and slide
there to pat the proper ingredients in the
soap.
The kettle extends through the hrst
floor, where pipe leads from 1t 10 the
mixing machine. Beside 1t are two stor-
age tanks, into which the strong iys Is
drawn from the kettle TO be pumped to
the top floor 10 DC used again.
The mixing machine consists OF two
cylinders, one within the ether. In the
inner cylinder IS special arrangement
like huge sugeg. As this snger turns