. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. nthese large and expansive tanning-units. During ea,i1sr years a tan^nery was of temporary :o be soon abandoned for a nowi-et like the small steam portablesaw mill of today. The tannery wasoften built miles from a it it most important tobe located at best centres of lail orwater transportation. Hence forthe-e reasons was born the necessityfor the building of chestnut and oakextract plant?, such as we are abouttc describe. In 1905 the .Juniata Oak Extractwas organized, and 13 acres ofground was bought of
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. nthese large and expansive tanning-units. During ea,i1sr years a tan^nery was of temporary :o be soon abandoned for a nowi-et like the small steam portablesaw mill of today. The tannery wasoften built miles from a it it most important tobe located at best centres of lail orwater transportation. Hence forthe-e reasons was born the necessityfor the building of chestnut and oakextract plant?, such as we are abouttc describe. In 1905 the .Juniata Oak Extractwas organized, and 13 acres ofground was bought of James Barnesin Shirley Township al:ng the E. R. R. near iNIonnt Union. It wasimportant that railroad connectionsbe had with both the P. R. R. andE, B, T, R, R,. so the latte;- companylaid a (bird rail from their tothi~ iocat-cn for the purpose ofhandling standard gauge Aftert-everal months the plant was ei-ect-ed and railroad switches laid, and inthe early spring of 1906 the plrntwas put into operation. The mode of operation consists of. °°°~~~°~~nf>TO>iiirt>uii>i|»u .373 grinding up about 50 cords of cliest-imt wood or hemlock or oak barkdaily. This material is torn up intovery small pieces in the shreddingand chipping machines. This chippingmachine is callad a hog. It is wellnamed. It is powerfully built, andrevolves very fast, and into its capa-cious jaws is dumped large chunksof cord wood as large as a man-:l>ody, which it tesrs apart with the{greatest dispatch. The wood is teddirectly into this hog from thecars. After still further preparatio;,the wood or ba^k chips pass bymeans of conveyors to the leachhouse, which is a huge building ful!of large round tanks about 14 feetdeep by 14 feet high. In these thechips ?,re dumped. Here the t:.nninand other soluble matters are wash-ed cut by hot water and then pump-ed to the evaporator house. The chips a:3 nnw practically val-ueless after fh-:^ tannin has bsen re-mcved. But it is necesscry t
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