The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-29

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in power and thereby quadtupling
the output of aluminium. In . that
room the repairing is done and for.
the present the cast aluminium ware
lis polished.
There is modern boiler house to
supply steam pumping, and the,
company has its own water supply
system from the West Fork river.
The storage building holds raw
material in the shape of purified and
crude bauxite and other materials
used for the manufacture Of the
fluxes, fire brick ofzthree qualities
and other Innings for the furnace
which have to be renewed every year
or two.
The chief product OF the plant Is
metallic aluminium in ingots and
kitchen ware such as spoons
kettles and so forth and the
company's main market for these
lis in New York, although
lit sells all over the country
and has demands as far west as the
state of Washington and many IN
quiries from England and other
countries abroad.
The fuxes made by the company
such as kryolite are used by glass
workers to tint fancy glass and by
Ifoundries and iron workers as fuxes
ia their business.
Sulphate of aluminium, commonly
known as alum, is another product
of the plant and is used in filtration
Iplants by dyers and in many other
ways both industrially and medici-
Inally as drug. Other compounds
of aluminium such as fluoride used
in chemical manufactures and fancy
metal work such as tinting and
cleaning are also made at the plant.
The company also makes calcined
oxide of aluminium used by high class
pottery people, emery and polishing
powder manufacturers and for
numerous other purposes.
lHydroxide of aluminium is another
side product made by the company
which is used for purifying sewage
and freeing water from bacteria as
well as in the manufacture of other
and rarer compounds of aluminium.
The products of the plant are
marketed by the car load and the
plant is running now to the fullest
capacity of its equipment The
building is sufficient to quadruple the
capacity, which would mean five
tons Of aluminium every week,
and corresponding amount of the
other products, which at the present
price of kitchen aluminium ware
would sell for $4,000 or more. Cast
aluminium ware is now selling at
$500 or more ton at wholesale.
With quadrupled capacity the gas
consumption Of the plant would be
~ 600, 900 cubic feet daily. The
plant runs every day and night ia
the year. There is opportunity for
the extension of an unlimited capac-
ity of the plant in the matter of
kitchen ware, and II the plant were
only one-tenth the size of the only
other aluminium plant, it would em-I
Iploy nearly 1000 skilled men at
wages from SO to IS day.
The plant including the ground
represents an expenditure of $780,
600 economically applied and the
company's shareholders may we'll
feel proud of their investment as
the industry promises to pay them
manifold returns on their money.
The plant is managed by Mr..
Dame, patentee of the chemical fur
mace, who has a scientific as we'll as
a practical knowledge of the manu-
,facture of aluminium and the by
products named. which knowledge
together with his high executive
ability is invaluable to the company
in the operation OF its plant.
The operation has been Of suf-
ficient duration to demonstrate the
fact that the industry here is highly