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Tarta- Works Company far tho erection of buildlor the mftnunciure of creau of tartar The buildings will bo two in number, located on the ea«t side of the spur track connecting with the Polla«ky branch of tne Southern Pacific railroad otDo«ite tho northeast corner 1 01 tho bt Geoige uerv.One nundred and Utmty-fhe thou sand fee*. of lumber will be n«ed in con struction The heavier timbers were cut to measurement in tho for03ta of Puget sound Moat of the lumber to be usel, being Oregon pine, will be iur-mehed bv San rranciaco dealers the balance being procured in Fresno To prepare the ground for the buildings one and a naif acres of vicea had to be uprooted The grapea were just turn ing to ripeness and tho Mnea were heavily loaded. It looked !tke\andal ism, but the march of progress coull not bo stayed The process to be used m the Fre«no tartar works la that invented and pat ented by G dc Latour of San Franciaco, an eminent chemist and manufacture!, who has spent veare of valuable time and money in making experiments It is neither claimed nor expected that a fortune will be at once realized by the promoters of this industry, but thev hope by economy m management and strict attention to detail to obtain a fair return for the capital uneated All the kettlee, pipes and in fact everything that tho acid cornea m contact with are made of copper, so that tho coat of the plant is neeeasatifv large The firm expects to spend at least 000 before realizing a cent of income. From 20 to 25 men will be regularly employed in and about the works Besides the helo m the buddings eomo 20 to 2d teams will be engaged during the gripe crushing season in hauling pomace from neighboring wineries This pomace will he stored in a building 40 bv 106 feet, 34 feet high, with cement bottom, and built of timber 12 b 12 inches This building will have a storage capacity of 3600 tons of pomace Contracts ha^e been made for a term ol ears with most os the winonoa in tho v cinity of Maltermoro for the pomace and !pgb, to be used here in tho manufacture of cream of tartar Some wine makers have been using the pomace or refuse for fuel but that it can be eo need profitably is verv doubtful, from the fact that the bi tartrate of potassium ig a Bolvent of uaet iron and steel This is prominently evidenced by the fact that cream of tartar manu fftctnrers ore compelled to use copper fitting throughout their work** Still other YineyArdi3t9baveu«ed the pomace ub a fertilizer, hut thie, too, is of doubt fill utility After using for a few veare the pomace eeeme to “kill1' or sap ttie strength of the beet land Mr do Latour is the only person who has been able to successfully rmnufac ture crude cream of tartar Othei attempts have bcoa made at Lapa and Los Angeles, but. in each case a fortune wag sunk in vain The labor and fuel problems were the insurmountable ob etacles in the way of successful tompe tition with foreign manufacturers Tiiere are two other crude cream of tartar factories m Oahfornia, located at San J^se and HealdBburs. which, to i
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Fresno Republican Weekly
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Aug 06, 1897
Page 8
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