THE WEST SHORE.
adding materially to the product The new brick and
iron kilna yield nearly fifty per cent more lime than
the old stone ones in proportion to their capacity. It
takes about forty-eight hours for rook to pass through
the old kilns, a drawing being made every three to
four hours, while in the new ones a much larger draw-.
being suspondod from the top by strong ropes to per
form this work. In those a strong charge of powder
is placed, and erery noon and night after the men
iait work the Hints are fired, the object being to
shatter the rock as much as possible. The next
mnrninff (lift Uma rock ii all Drized down to the bot-
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torn of the quarry and the work of drilling resumed, ing made at snorter interval in ine new ones,
The stone is first loaded upon dump cars, the large ; also, a system of drafts has been adjusted to the cool,
pieces Uiinu fint broken to a proper size with sledge er so that a current of fresh air ifl constantly passing
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around tne lime, mus cooiing ii more rapiaiy man
formerly and facilitating the operation of barreling it,
as well as adding to the comfort of the operator by
drawing off both the hot air and the dust
When the lime in the cooler is sufficiently
deprived of its heat to admit of being handled
safely, the barreler grasps the lever whioh opens
the bottom and pushes it to one side, and
the lime slides out and down the
chute to the opening in front of
him. He then places a barrel up
on the scales under the mouth of
the chute, and with a combined
hammer and rake draws the lime
into the barrel, breaking open
every suspicious looking piece
to be certain that it is thorough
ly calcined and contains no
"core." Thus every ounce
of it is carefully examined
by hand, every particle of
" core " is removed (it be
ing seldom found), and the
lime is put up entirely free
from dirt or any other for.
eign substance. As fast
as one barrel contains
enough to indicate two
hundred pounds on the
scales, it is set to one side
and another is taken from
the bottom of the barrel
chute, leading from the
store room above, and
placed on the scales. The
barrels are then taken in
hammers, and the cars are pormitted to roll down the
track to the various bins located above the kilns, into
which the stone is damped. In this way the bins are
kept fall, a loaded car be
ing left in front of each
bin when work is stopped
in the quarry at night, to
bo used flrit in the morn
ing, as the kilns are kept
rannin
and d
cars w
the quarry by a cable, the
sama power that rum the
drills being used for this
purpowi This dopartmeut
is in charge of Mr. Harry
Banders as foreman, an ex.
rienotl quarryman and
bluter.
The Monitor kiln now
in dms inreuted and pat
rnUl by M. U IVItou, dif.
fers materially from the
stone one previously do.
scrilwd. It ooniiiU of two
thlckneues of fire brick
and oua row of red brick,
all enclosed in a jacket of boiler iron
a space til two hchea between tU .ri..V VV,
til 111,1 Dim i.A.A luilttf All.. 1 'iL
leeched aibes or small travel, whirh ' V If
serve. Uih as a non-couJuctor of heat and to re
lievs the kiln from the f ffects of the great expan
sioo while burning. This retaiu. the hMi ,,.
ated by the fieroo fire constantly maintained in the
aconstantlvbynicht Nfc if: fl ITTT UtX
ill be drawn back to sjjsgy - - :trhSJ fl fj
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furna ao perfectly that the exterior of the kiln , r a t , barre1' Me tben M 1
never become, warm that uXllt I LM b' tb. who quickly and deftly lay in
held against it comfortably. The kiln hold, about
thirty tons of rock, and is alway. full, as it i. charged
with new rock from the bin u fut as lime is drawn
off from the button, It ha. two fu,nac, one on
the kiln, creating a bettor draft and more rU
the heads, set the top hoop in place, nail it and brand
the head "Roche Harbor Lime, Ban Juan." The
burning department is in charge of Mr. Charles Erick
son, who ii also the general foreman of the entire
manufacturing business.
A system of tracks runs through the lime sheds
leading to the warehouse, and on this runs a long,
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bg lbs Urns consumed in the proJ of LT I J1.0?' Dpn which lhe filll barrelo are loaded and
l roe, of burning, I hauled by horse power to the warehouse on the dock,