The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
LIME GRINDING PLANT
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
gfnba's Action Reflection OF New
Interest.
STATE HELPING THE FARMER
Virginia Supplying Ground Lame at
Cost Of Production-Machine Fur
nished Plant BY Richmond Com
Germ.

illustrating the interest that many
states are taking in the advancement
OF agricultural industries is the recent
establishment by the State of Virginia
OF a i'me-grinding plant at Staunton.
reads an article in the Manufacturers
Record. 1t continues: Commissioner
@. w. Koiner. of the Virginia Agricul-
tural Department, has sent a circular
letter all over that State which is suf-
ficiently explanatory, and is as fol-
lows:
AT a meeting OF the Convict Lime
Grinding Board was directed, as Sec
rotary, to give public notice that the
board is now ready to receive orders
the present is fixed at rs cents per
ton (. o. b. Staunton. Va. Orders will
be filled In the order received. Each
order should be accompanied by a
remittance in commercial form cover
ing amount of stone ordered. and ship
ping instructions should be clearly
stated. Orders can only be filled for
carload lots, the minimum carload be-
ing thirty tons. but cars can be loaded
to forty tons, IL desired. Check should
cover exact minimum or maximum
carload. For the present the product
will be shipped loose.
The act provides that no one can
order more than one carload until all
orders on hand have been filled. All
orders should be sent to W. W. Martin
secretary. Box 1475, Richmond, Va.
General contract for the erection OF
the plant was secured by the Smith
Courtney Company. manufacturer and
1obber OF supplies and machinery,
Richmond. Va. In order to furnish
the equipment All the work. includ-
ing the building of concrete founda-
tons for and Installation Of machinery,
was carried out by e. ]. Andrews and
A. p. O'Brien. Of Richmond. under the
direct supervision OF the Smith Court
ney Company.
The plant consists OF a building of
steel framework with one large steel
storage bin 200 tons capacity for, the
finished lime and one steel bin OF SO
tons capacity for crushed rock, these
bins being constructed In the Frame
work OF the building.
Machinery installed includes a 200
horsepower SLIPPING motor. manufac-
tured by the General Electric Com
pany. schenectady, N. r.. for driving
the main line shaft. From this shaft
the power Is transmitted by means Of
pulleys furnished by the Jeffrey Man
ufActuring Co.. Columbus, o., which
are fitted with cluthches to the crusher
for reducing the limestone to about
Z 1-1-inch size. The crushed lime
stone Il then conveyed by aJeffrey In
clined continuous bucket elevator to
the crusahed-stone bin. then by gravity
through automatic feeders to the JEFF
frey swing hammer pulverixers, which
reduce the stone to twenty mesh and
smaller. From the pulverixer the pro-
duct travels by vertical steel encased
bucket elevators over Jeffrey vibrat-
ing screens to the storage bin as q
finished lime. Cars are loaded from
the bin by means Of chutes. The ele-
vators and screens are driven separate.
ly by . twenty five horse power Gem
erai Electric motor.
Smith-Courtney Company would be
pleased to hear from anyone interested
In lime-gr!nding. and can furnish COM
plete outfit, as in this case. or can sell
the necessary machinery. A large and
complete stock OF all materials Ineces-
sary for eQuippinE power plants mills
and factories. machine shops garages
ana all necessary supplies AZ we'll as
supplies and tools for railroads ana.
contractors are carried by the cons
panx.