The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-03-19


MARCH 18th, 1920.
By virtue of an Order of the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, passed on the
Goth day of February, 1920, in the case of
(. OIlyer X. Emigh, ct al, VS.. Baltimore
Roofing and Asbestos Manufacturing Com
pany, the undersigned Receivers will offer
for sale, at public auction. all of the real
estate, plant and equipment of the Balti-
more Roofing and Asbestos Manufacturing
Company,
At the
Main Plant of the Company, Asbestos.
Carroll County, Maryland, on the 25th
day of March, 1920, at IL o'clock A. M.
The factory site is located on the West
ern Maryland Railroad, about twenty -four
miles from Baltimore City. The Pataps-
co river flows through the entire length
OF the property and furnishes reliable
supply of pure water, which is required In
the manufacturing processes Of the plant.
road siding TO date the Western Mary.
land Railroad has accepted shipment OF
less than carload lots at the plant.
The following real estate and easements
in Carroll County, particularly described
in a Deed from Hosea nj. Nichols to the
Baltimore Roofing and Asbestos Manu-
featuring Company dated May l, 1913, and
of record among the Land Records OF Car Car.
Folio 1872 tie which reference is made for
more detailed descriptionl, viz
IA tract of land, containing 10 acres,
3 roods and is square perches, more or
less, beginning for the same at a stone now
planted at the end of two perches on the
north seventy five and one-Quarter de-
grees east, thirty-two and nineteenth per-
ches line in a deed from Benjamin Bond
and wife to John w. Zepp, bearing date
| April IL, 1885, and recorded among the
| Land Records Of Carroll County aforesaid
In Liber f. T. s. No. % Folio 304, etc.s
and running thence with lines Of division
as now laid out and surveyed ID south,
thirty and one-Quarter degrees east one
hundred and twenty-six perches to q stone
| now planted west of and near tie side OF
| the Patapsco Falls; thence crossing the
degrees east nineteen and two-tenths per-
ehes to stone now planted on the west
side of the tract or the Western Maryland
Railroad az the same is now located )
thence. still with the same course, t3j
north sixty -four degrees east, two perches
to the middle of the tract OF the said
Railroad and to the boundary line OF the
tract of land formerly owned by BENJAMIN
tract of said Railroad as now located and
with the eastern boundary of said n act
of land formerly owned by BENJAMIN Bond
in accordance with the present readlE 6
of the compass, al north, tw enr v-elA LIT
degrees west, one hundred and eighteen
and three enths perches to the land OF
Gist, and thence with and boundary on said
GistsS land f51 south Seyea-y six ard
three fourths degrees west, two perches ID
a stone now planted: and thence with the
same course, (6) south, seveaty-sIA and
three-fourths degrees west, twenty eight
and nine-tenths peTcheS to the beginning.
All those rights of way to and from the
plant of the Baltimore Roofing and Asbes-
tos Manufacturing Company connecting
! with the County Road leading from Finks-
burg to Asbestos Station as particularly
described In the said Deed of May LIST,
1913, from Hozea NJ. Nichols. and also the
right in said Deed referred to to eBTeT mp
on the remaining land of the Grantors,
and there to construct the necessary re-
tanning walls to govern the dow Of water
in Patapsco Falls.
Improved by concrete and steel con-
| structed building S67 feet long by 81 feet
wide, and concrete and steel constructed
general warehouse 81 feet by 800 feet, End
frame executive and sales Office building
with vault 32x50 feet and also power
houses, machine shops, storage bui'dines,
laboratory, paint plant motor houses rag
rooms, carpenters shops. garage aud ,.a-
ter system building the whole n9nstitut-
ing modern and thoroughly etlttipT ed
asbestos, paper mill, felt mill and roofing
plant.
The plant is equipped as follows:
IN PAPER MILL
Machine No. /. 112', 4-cylindar Az
bestos Paper Machine complete with
80 Overs, stacks of eaiepdars dram
winder, 2 presses. PIP DI;lre screens
and Marshall drive All neces Saly
piping fan pumps and complete
equipment ready to opert-e aud hos
capacity of % to 50 tons of COM
mercial asbestos paper every "a
hours.
This machine can be used also to
manufacture Red Rosin Sized Sheath
ing Paper and dry Saturating FeIts.
Machine No. 2-One S.. single cy-
lind ns~xx CT Tr1YA
chine, 40 dryers. IL roll stack or
calenders and one extra cylinder,
complete with Reeves Drive This
machine was used exclusively for the
manufacture of dry saturatipg felts
and has daily capacity of Is tons.
IN .sATURATING ROOM
Three Moore q White asphalt sat
TRAITORS, complete with dryers for
taking moisture out of felt before
1T comes to the saturating machines
all electrically driven, with a capa-
city of 100000 pounds of saturated
asphalt wool felt every "a hours
One of these asphalt saturators is
especially equipped with additional
heating coils for use in the satura-
ton of asbestos paper. for asbestos
roofing with a capacity of 5000
pounds of saturated asbestos paper
IN PLY ROOM
This department consists Of COM
plete ply machines especially design
ed for the manufacture. coating and
surfacing of ready roofing with
mica surface. tale surface, grit and
slate.
Rubber Machine No. 1 has ca
pacity of $500 squares In a hours
and rubber maebine No. 2 fitted to
manufacture iaminatpd roofngs. as
ItlaIf and slate surfaced roofings
and Shingles. and asbestos roofing, a
capacity of about LOCO rolls every
q h0urS :.
Both tlaehfrres are, fitted mp to
make smooth sHrf,c5s1s roofing, with
a daily capacity Of z,OOOsro1ls every
"a hours.
IN BEATER ROOM
The beater room contains nine
1000 Valley Iron Works heavy duty
heaters and one Dowington 800 beat
ing engine with concrete bottom,
making a total of 10 beaters Felt
beaters, six in number, are driven
by 150-horsepower motors, direct
connected with Morse Silent Chains.
Four Asbestos heaters are direct con-
nected with 75-horsepowef motors
and Morse Silent Chains, Machines
and beaten line stuff chests are all
connected and fitted with Shartle
Bros stuff pumps. All STUFF chests
are horizontal and are all of concrete
construction.
ASBESTOS MILLBOARD
DEPARTMENT.
This department contains Eve 56'
wet machines, three built by the Val
ley Iron Works Company, with CYL
inderS 36'' in dfamatnr two huiIf