The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-18
BIC MIAMI POWDER PLANT
JUST STARTED NEAR THEBES
Cost $125, OOOCapacity $1,000 Pounds In Ten
Hours23 Buildings In the Plant--Process.
Precautions, Etc.

Orleans. and the charcoal Is received
from different points, q portion OF y |
being from Ulln. III. The ingfed- |
tents are thoroughly pulverized and
then mixed, after which il becomes
explosive Ii then passes through The
wheel mills beneath the ponderous
wheels which weigh ten tons each
There are two Of these wheels in each !
OF the three mills. ana another Of !
tho mills will be installed later. The |
pa ssing OF these wheels over the mix |
rure serves to incorporate the nsred- |
tents thoroughly, after which it II
taken 10 the hydraulic press and sub |
iectea to 1000 pound pressure to the |
square inch. This presses it into |
cakes about Y of an inch thick and %
fncha. square These cakes are taken /
to he corning mill and passed Be-
tween brass rolls which breaks The |
powder into grains These grains are
taken to a glaze and placed inside of
of revolving cylinders which serve to
polish or glaze IT, sieve separator |
divide. the different sized grains AZ
ter which the powder is packed IN
sheet iron kegs ready for shipment /
Tho kegs are shipped 20 the powder I
company put mp ready for filling, but /
the company will probably add a key
sh3p to their plant later and manu- I
facJure their own kegs. The company /
also expects to add machinery for the /
manufacture Of gunpowde"
Safety Precautions.
When the great degree Of care /
to prevent accidents is known il Is /
not wondered that danger il minim (
led and fatalities fewer than in rail
roaaing and mining For instance, all +.
metal parts Of the mill which comes in +
contact with powder is made of brass /
copper. aluminium or phosphor bronze.
meme OF which will spark, thus PIE
venting any danger from friction
Even the nails and screws u.ed in
constructing the mill buildings are
either brass or copper. An additional
precaution to prevent sparks is the
spreading Of tan bark along the rail
road track trare1sed By the mules
which pull the cars to and from the
plant Another is that every mill
floor is swept twice daily and brushes
are kept at the entrance of the build
ing and employees required 70 brush
the soles Of their shoes before enter
/ ing the mill, Trespass notices are
posted on the boundaries Of the com
pany's tract Of land and no one is
permitted to pas over this land with
out permission from the company.
FayviIle.
Although the powder plant is 10
Gated at Santa Fe, Ill., proper yet Che
plant and the compssty's buildings
surrounding il are known as Fayyillc 4
tlrns called IN honor of A. O Fay
president Of the Miami company.
Favville is now one of the liyciiest
little towns in the county, and though
/ II can never be larger than the pop
ulation Of the company's employees
and their families. it is most de-
/ sirable place Of residence. rs citizens
4 are compelled to be industrious and
/ temperate in habits and in return
| thew are given all pos ible advantages
I such as cheap rent, free pasture fot
COWS. etc. Good schools and Sunday
schools are in operation and church
will be built later. With the enlarge
ment Of the company's plant in the
linear future more residences viii be
required and some enterprisiug mer
chant will be permitted to start a
. D.
will not be done in connection with
the powder company. but viii be a pri-
yate enterprise, sanctioned by them a.
convenience for their worI1mCu.
The Miami Company.
The Miami Powder company is on
/ of the oldest and largest independent
powder concerns in the United States
/ The present plant is at Xenia. Ohio.
+ where il has been conducted since
/ 1915.
The officers Of the company arc as
/ follows:
4. o. Fay. President Chicago
Addison G. Fay, First Vice.Prc-i
dent. Chicago.
r. L. Lawrence. Second Vice-Pre.i-
dent. Dayton, Ohio.
l.. NJ Garfield. General Superintend.
eut. Nenis. Ohio.
Geo. c. Stokes. Secretary and Treas.
lurar. Xenia Ohio
c. C. Whitmer. Nenia. Ohio.
General Superintendent Garfield.
who had charge Of the construction Of
the plant ar FayyiIle has been with
the company since 1872.
J. ". Sparrow is superintendent Of
If the Fayvillc plant. Cha limerick
is foreman. and H. Piancrt is chief
clerk. M. sparrow has been witl
the company seventeen srar-. and Mr
limerick h. been ~ the powder bu
mes iwpntr ftr vcar- while SIR
TIancrt wa formrrlr ritv clerk a.
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