Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-09-01

equipped and up to date plant in the
world for the manufacture of hydrated
lime-that Is. lime thoroughly slaked,
and beyond the danger that comes from
shaking after being used in construction
work. In Germany and other countries
of the Old World lime is required to
stand in the putty state for three months
before using The ancients let it stand
for three years. But then they were
not III much of hurry about anything
L had an interesting talk about the in
tention of the people back of this basic
products concern with Mr.. A. ID. Hugh
es, the general manager. He said
1--WE are equipping to burn 200 tons of
rock daily, making 100 tons of lime.
The rock will be brought from the
quarries in big hopper bottomed cars
and dumped into No. Gates crusher,
which will reduce il to cubes OF from
! one and one half to two inches. 1t will
then be elevated to the crushed rock bin,
or may be diverted and carried along a
belt conveyor about 200 feet long and
automatically dumped for storage at
any point desired. A return belt will
carry the crushed rock from the stor-
age yard to the bin when needed. From
the bin 1t will go automatically TO the
big horizontal kiln. The kiln will be
| utilized 10 make steam to drive the gen.
| orators for making electricity. The
entire plant Will be driven by electric
motors, about 30, varying in size f;om
30 horsepower down. being used.
After rassing through the kiln where
the rock is buried IL goes into rotary
| cooler, and thence into the hydration
department.
We shall get limestone from our
own quarries i'll Ohio and Kentucky
where we have large quantities of both
the magnesia and the calcareous rock of
| the highest purity. Our quarries can be
reached by either rail or water, and the
rock can be handled with the least pos
| sib!e expense. We will be prepared TO
ship our product also by both rail and
water"
The cars will be lun to the plant ON
elevated tracks, which will deliver the
stone right at the crusher so that il
can be dumped without extra handling
The buildings are all to be reinforced
concrete foundation, and the superstruc-
tures will be supported by steel.
In addition TO this concern there is
another big one in course OF construc-
ton. IL is a plant of the Independent
steel Company OF America now operat-
ing at Cuyahoga Falls, o., Monessen.
Pa, and Chi"ago, Ill. The building of
the plant has been begun, and is now
well under way. The site secured
comprises 40 acres, lying near the Basic
Products plant and the main building
now under construction is 12Ox6O0 feet.
| This concern will employ 400 men as
soon as completed and will increase the
number TO 700 within three years, The
working force will require 300 houses
and an effort is being made to have
them built at once.
A Touring and feedstuffs mill is be-
ing erected, and will soon be in opera
ton.
The city has recently voted a bond
issue of SIC, 600 for street paving and
the contract has been let for the work.
The pavement Will be of brick on a
concrete base, with concrete combina-
tion cutters and curbing. Parts of five
streets are included in the contract.
M. w. Venable of Charleston is the
engineer for the city.
BY the way, this will no doubt soon be
part OF the longest stretch of paved
roadway anywhere on the Ohio river.
Catlettsburg lying just beyond the Big
Sandy river, has paved TO that stream
and this will make q continuous street
from the Kentucky city to Ceredo, a
short distance above this place. A COM
paratively short line Of pavement will
connect it with Huntington's long
street going on through to Guyandotte.
Below Catlettsburg's paving line it is
short distance only until Ashland's
paved streets begin and the cost Of con-
Meeting the two will be but little.
When this work is completed, and it
can be but short time, there will be
continuous brick paved thoroughfare
from Guyandotte w. Va, to the lower
end of Ashland, a distance of we'll on to
/ 80 miles.
I The KenoYa Banking & Sauinna Co