Evening journal., 1918-06-03
BEAT Record With
NEW POWDER PLANT
du Pont Engineering Co.
Three Months'Absad on
Government Project
ONE DOLLAR PRICE
FOR NASHVILLE WORK

sold Hickory,- the Irsest Of the
lsvsrnments new powder plants. near
iNashville Tenn, started operations in
. sulphuric acid unit on Saturday
threc months ahead OF schedule time.
lFshis rapid work was done by the du-
Ipont Engineering Company Of this oity'
and the contract price for the entire
operaiAou. when eompleted. will be ono
dollar. The entire project 10 being done
by the DUPONT Engineering Company
Tor the government and a marvellous
record is being attained b3 II.
According 10 the contract Of January
-, 1913, The plant was to start on Octo-
Der m ore Of It's units, succeeding
Units to follow al intervals OF si1
weeks. The production per day. BY
contract Is 10000 pounds OF smokeless
powder.
The nitric scid plant viii stsst with
IN week and mixed acid upits will
closely follow, so that the p,ant VIII
be manufacturing gun cotton by June
~ ard smokeless powder itself before
the end Of the month.
T71s new plant combines all IT,
features Of NE Carney's Point powder
plant and the HOpswcll gun cotton
works, thus being seifeustsining
Every Ingredient Of powder Will be
manufactured there, including enough
hphenylamine to supply both "0ld
Hickory" and sthe government powder
plant at Charleston, w. Va.
The plant will have one OF the most
ttupendous power producing plants In
The world. Eight gigantic stacks. 200
leet high and IS feet In diameter, " II
belch smoke and in the boilers beneath
100000 pounds or $500 tons OF coal
will be consumed daily. This amount
Is the capacity OF two trains OF 30
BARS each. Each twenty-four hours
100000 gallons Of water VIII be used
ln the plant. The entire city OF VII
mlngton, with all its great manufac-
turing piants and thousands OF homes
consumes less than 100000 gallons OF
water per day.
There will be 6s boilers IN this power
unit Of s25 h. p. each, Tpaking total
b. 2. Of 5000, which will supply
enough steam 10 generate 1900 kilo-
watts OF electricity. The steam will
blsO ne put 10 otuer uses.
The plant will be divided up INTO
nine units, each Of them eight times
the size OF the largest smokeless pow
der factory in this country prior 10 the
outbreak of the war. Thus IL will be
seen that the plant as a whole is more
than seventy times the sire OF the larg-
est similar enterprise prior 70 July,
tsil
sOld Hickory" is located IN a bend
pf the Cumberland River, about IS
miles from Nashville. The government
had options on part OF the land, but al
the time OF signing the contracts no
turveys had been made. In the winter
The water OF the river was so high that
the plant could not be reached except
by a considerable detour.
The entire town and plant OF "Old
Hickory" occupies an area Of approx
,mately 10 square miles being miles
long and ~ miles wide. II was
necessary TO build a town adjacent 10
the plant 20 accommodate employees,
and when finished there will be ar
eommodations for 10000 persons. 10 Is
expected tiat 1900 employees Will com
mute from Nashville. using the rail-
road recently constructed 10 the plant
In adltion 20 this railroad. II was
necessary 20 reconstruct all highways
leading from Nashville TO the plant