The weekly Iberian., 1916-07-08
EXTENDING.

mas not lOSt faltb IN the future q
this section and are preparing t
entertain Big Business this fal
and winter. Mr.. Luke Bertrand
the head and general manager o
the finn, bought some eight 0
the machines formerly used by th
sash, door, and blind factory o
the Iberia Cyress Co. These ma
chimes are all modern in desigI
and some of them were bough
new from the factory but shor
while before the big plant CLOSED
down,
These machines were transport
ed to the factory they will serv.
in future during the week. They
were stored till the necessary
building for the proper housing of
them could be erected which will
have TO be about az large as the
present factory and when the new
machines will all be ready for seiv.
zee, the output capacity of the fac.
tory will be considerably more
than doubled.
Some time ago a large gasoline
engine was installed to drive the
machinery then installed. Ii rem
dered good service; but the price
of gasoline began to soar till il
was doubtful economy to continue
to use gasoline for fuel. After
corr espondiDg with the builders
of the engine, to learn if there WIS
not some device that might be
added, which would enable the
substitution of Goa. oil. instead of
gasoline, as fuel, Mr Bertrand
conferred with Mr.. Jno ADgers.
The latter thought it could be
done BY an oil teed pipe, coiled
around the escape-plpe, the coal
oil fuel is carried to a high tenn
peIature, so then when sent to the
cylinder through the cOrburator,
and mixed with air and water, it
renders as reliable service as did
gasoline. After a thorough test
of the change of fuel the new de
vice is pronounced responsive to
every requirement..
These changes were made fully
two and half months ago by Mr..
Angers. The engine has to be
started up in the mornings with
gasoline and run with that fuel
till the oil pipe can be thoroughly
heated. Then there IL no more
trouble. When the engine il
shut down for dinner at noon, it il
found that it retains ample heat
for the oil at one O'Clock and the
machinery is again set hummlng
without loss of time or lnconveni
eDce. Mr.. Bertrand said that the
engine is now using less quaint.
ty Of coal oil than it did of gaso
line to perform like task, or PEI
hour run full load. This led to
the keeping of accurate records of
the quantity of coal oil used, hicb,
when compared with gasoline
ruling prices, shows a saving, il
the past q months, OF s416
That saving alone represents b |
very fair profit on the work done
With the installation of tb.
eight recently acquired machine,
it is evident that the power uni
will not be adequate to the call
FOR the operation of fair part OF
the plant at one time. This
means that the power end will
have to be increased at an early
late. Mr.. Bertrand is cOntem.
plating the installation of an oil
burning engine Of ample power
Tor present and prospective needs.
The increasing OF the machines
)f this plant, together with their
constantly increasing hours OF
work, developed q new problem
demanding solution. There was a
lime when the local demand for
he sawdust and fine shavings
rom the several machines of the
plant kept the place fairly free of
his menace from fire; but this re-
use began to accumulate ahead of
he demand and prompted the
Ieeking OF other channels for it's
disposal By q contract made
With Mr.. Emile Simon, the New
iberia Foundry & Machine Shops
will take the sawdust and shaving
,nt put. They will be used, in
generating steam, under the foun
lry's boiler. Thus the Bertrand
,lant is kept free of shavings.