The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-17
LAND CLEARED FOR NOTHING
STUMPS SOLD FOR A PROFIT
Industry Developed by T. S. jackson
Will be of Greatest Value to South
Mississippi Because II Creates Cash
Value for What has Been a Waste
Product and the Greatest Hindrance
To Agricultural Progress.


plant is a success. After having been
operate Aday and night for about ten
lays, th plant has met every expecta-
don of Jthe officers and there is no
longer any doubt as to it's future pros
perity.
T. S. Jackson, manager Of the COM
pany. who has spent two and half
years in studying every detail Of the
operation, is thoroughly satisfied with
the work that has been done and de-
clares there is no reason why the COM
pany should not clear $l.000,000 within
q few years. This money will all come
from outside the state and will mean
that much additional cash for Hat
tiesburg and its surrounding territory,
he says.
The mechanical department which
prepares the wood for reduction, now
Ishas capacity of 100 cords of wood a
5iday, but the refining department can
handle only about twenty cords. So
thoroughly convinced is Mr.. Jackson
\ that there will be no further hitch in
the process that he has called a direc-
tors meeting for July 21. At this
!. meeting it is expected the capital
stock will be raised from 100000 to
$15O,OOo-r hereby enabling the manage
1 ment t jnlarge the refining capacity
to at lsast fifty cords of wood a day.
1t is planned to make additional en-
largements within the next twelve or
Weighteen months until the plant can
handle completely 100 cords of wood
a day. The company will then repre-
? sent an investment of $250,000.
The system is the best in the world,
he says, and no other factory in the
= world has it. Within six hours after
the stumps have been thrown into the
mouth of the big hog which receives
, them, they have been reduced to resin,
turpentine and resin OIL No other
plant in the world, he says, can COM
= plete this process in less than twelve
,shours. This is also the only plant
in the world which rotates the wood
while the products are being extract
ed. There are other features which
:. make the process superior to any 9TH
,r that has been discovered in points
[ of ecor:c,py, time and thoroughness.
ID is fed in hog" which
# of cutting up the biggest
X ~ small pieces of wood. 1t
u A .Nried to the shreader, where
thksize of 2 wood Is reduced to lit
! tls 1ore dust and splinters. In
tht -condit ID it is carried to bins on
nird floor of the building.
r>rnis completes the mechanical
~ .rocess. From the bins the powdered
we,d is taken to the retorts, where
tie wood pulp is separated from its
commercial product. The last step is
tlfe refiner, which separates the liquid
into resin, turpentine and resin oil.
wood can be bought in greater guam
\ fit~ can be handled at $4 cord.
A TAes Wing process will cost, when
Iky( ~ bacity Of the plant is increased
XT cords day. not more than 50
aCbrd. 1t costs more than this now,
but the operating expenses will not be
Sppreciably increased when the plant
Is enlarged. The total cost of the
wood anStthe process, therefore, is
sbout s.. eord.
From JHhe cord of average South
mississippi pine stumps, the process
8 )xtracts at least SIS worth of market
able products at their present market
kaiees. This leaves net profit of IS a
Ia for the stockholders. If the
6lar. had capacity of fifty cords
IN the net profit would amount to
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