The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
SECURITY CEMENT AND LIME PLANTS.
A Visit Of Inspection To One of Maryland's Large
and Thriving Industries.

A party numbering nearly one hundred,
composed of Gov. Crothers, other state
officials, many contractors and builders
and representatives of various organiza-
tions of the state, on Saturday last paid
visit to the Security Cement and Lime
Company's plants at Berkeley. w. Va,
and Security, Md. The company. through
its president, Mr.. Loring A. Cover, ex-
tended the invitation for the purpose of
showing representative Marylanders one
of the states most important and grow
ing industries and the fine materials pro-
duced. Their plants are the superior of
any that have ever been built for the man
ufacture of lime. cement and stone pro-
ducts, and represent an investment of
nearly s., ,ooo 900 of Maryland capital
The party left Camden station, Balti-
more, in private cars attached to the s
o'clock train Saturday morning for Mar
tinsburg, w, Va, distant about 100 miles,
via the B. & O. railroad, and arrived
there at HIS. The cars were then at
tached to a special which took the party
to Berkeley, few miles distant, where
are located the company's lime kilns,
stone quarries and crushing plant.
The Security Cement and Lime Com
pany was organized in 1909 by the con-
solidation Of the Berkeley Limestone
Company and the Maryland Portland
Cement Company, the former at that
time in course of construction, the latter
with capacity of 800 barrels day.
The lime plant has now been in operation
for more than year and the capacity of
the cement plant has been trebled.
The Berkeley plant consists of three
modern gas burning kilns, the largest in
the world; modern hydrating plant.
mammoth stone crushing mill and six
limestone quarries. 1t is located on a
tract of 3o5 acres of land held in fee and
is adjoined by a leasehold of I4o acres.
Passing through this property is broad
belt, practically inexhaustible, Of the
Martinsburg limestone, famous through
out the country for its purity.
The stone mill, with its three large,
crushers and grinding fuller mills, turns
out stone of all sizes from the finely pull
verized material used for agricultural and
filler purposes to the huge bowlder that is
difficult for one man to handle.
Arriving at Berkeley, the party was
shown samples of the companys products
and given an interesting and instructive
address by T. w. Lazell, chief chemist of
the company. who explained the manu-
facture and uses of the various grades of
lime and stone.
Mr.. Beebe, the superintendent, then
conducted the party through the various
buildings and stone crushing plants at
this point, explaining everything in detail
There are 26 different products of the
company and the plants have capacity
for turning out $500 bushels of lime and
S, 900 tons of crushed stone day, and
cement out put of 1900 barrels daily.
The farming contingent listened atten-
lively to the explanations of the manufac-
ture of the lines and the pulverized stone
used so largely for agricultural purposes.
The agriculturalists were also deeply in
terested in the process of burning, new
process which uses gas as fuel, thereby
eliminating the introduction of cinders
and impurities in the manufactured pro-
duct
This lime is made from the purest lime
stone in the country, being on the famous
Martinsburg belt from which for years, the
Pittsburg Steel Mills have been furnished
with Flux Stone. The lining of the soil