The art of soap manufacture

✍ Scribed by Penny, T.

• Book ID: 102886866
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1928
• Weight: 755 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000471002

✦ Synopsis

operntcd by t,Iw Stiinrlnrd Oil with its lending rcfiiiery a t Bnywny, thc !l!csris Gnlf, Vncuii~a Oil and Tide Watcr Oil. The Pacific Const Borns Co. opcrittcs :is tlic ncighbour of n Stnni1:ird Oil nnit in 13nyoiinc, N.J.

Port Tvory, thc Inoilern plnnt of tlic Proctor "?, Ganiblc Co., lics iu tlic Ncir Jcrscy edge of tlic Nctropolitnn district, n n d nffortls the visitor n vicw of iiiodcrn glyccrinc tint1 so;ip 1)rodrrction a t it.s Lcst. 'l'licrc arc n nu~nbcr of otlicr soap plants in the Nctropolitan district, covering tho production of cvcrvthing from finc toilet to spcuinl industriul S O ~J I Y a i d clctcrgclit prodricts.

Itubbcr and plristics iirc likcwisc \dl rcprcscntcd in tliis Nctropolitan iircn. Two of tlic p1aiit.s of t,hc I3akclitc Corporat,ion arc witliin eiisy rc:ich of Ncw Yorlr, not to lliciition a IluniLcr 14 uctivc plants producing casein plnstics. Thc ginnt I!. % l h b b c r c'o. lins its rcscnrcli hcndquiirtcrs i n Xcw York City, and opcrntes n Inrgc siibsidiary plant in the nearly Jcrscp city of hssnic. TIic Nnnliiittun Ituhbcr CO. Iir~s nti cqunlly iitt,r:lcti\rc plant in tlic snnic city.

JIoclcrn nictiilliirgicnl opcrritioiis ntlrl to tlic interest of n visit to this district.. Ncwiirk is tlrc homc 01 two p\atinnni compiiiiics producing pIntinuni iirticlcs for all of the inciiistrinl nnd art nscs. 'hrning to coppcr, thc visitor will find largo rcfiniiig operations :it thc Laurel Hill plant of tlic Nichols Copper Co., or nt tlic Rnritan Copper Works in tlic New J c r s ~y district. Xost iiiodcrn Amcriciiii prnccticc of clcct,rolytic refining is carried on hcrc.

Otlicr inet:illiirgicai pl:iiits of intcrcst are those r i f thc Crucible St.eel Co., tJic Ihiver-Hnrris Corp., nnd tlic Americau Sinclting C ! Refining Co.

Chcmists intcrcstcd i n the cont,ributioiis of cliciiiiciil scieiicc t o tltc Iiiiilding industry will find tlic Nntioiinl Lcnd Co.'s plnnt in Uroalclyn of w r y great iiitcrctst. The US. Gypstiin Co., :in indiistriiil ginnt l~rodiicitig cnlciiniiics, plnster hoiircl and other gypsun\ products, opcrntcs on ii lnrge sciilc in tlic New York clist.rict,. 'l'lic Jolins JInnvillc Co., Icadiiig fiictors in aslicstos prod\iets, opcrntcs :i pliint within n short. ilistnncc of Naiilicit,tnn.

Rcfrtictorics iirc producctl 19-sciwiil phiits located in Ncw Jersey, nniong wliicli mights tic noted tlic OnrLorunduni Co. (rcfrnctorics niitl itl)rasivcs), :IS \veil ns tlint, of tlic Scnbonrd ncfrnctorics CO. Clioniiciil stoncwnrc in lnrgc vnricty is prodiiccrl n t t,Iic pliint. of t.he Gcncrnl Ccrninics Co.

Tlic su1)urban Kcw Jcrscy district ( J ~~W S too great ii vnricty of clicniicul proccss upcriition for f u r t h r tlctailcd description. Pnints, vitrnisltcs, piguicnt~, linsccd oil, tcstilc products, rind fiiic clicniicrils in grcnt vuricty iirc all produccd in :I nrinibcr of c!stnLlislinicnts cnsily acccssiblc froill New Yorl!. I'r'otcwortliy of spcciiil mcntion rirc the cstciisive textile I)lcacliing ond fiaishing p1nut.s of thc Pnssitic district. A wry Inrgc pliint for tho I)roiluction of contccl tcstile ftibrics is also in ol)crtit.ion hcrc. Within the Iicnr future n conimcrcinl plnnt for thc production of solid cnrlioli diosidc will bc piit in oporation iii tho Xe\v ,Jersey district try tlic Dry Ice Corporation.

Altlioiigh frir rcit~u~ctl froin tlic soiirccs ol \vood pnlp, thc papcr chcinist iiccd not go nwiy cinpty-l~i~ndcil. Tho Tide Wntcr Pnpcr Nil1 Co. opcratcs iit tho ~n s l ~ Terininnl in 13rooklyn. Mcw Pork City is not n ccntrc