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Adam Schantz

In seiner Winter-Residenz, Daytona, Florida, starb am 20. April ganz unerwartet der bekannte Bierbrauereibesitzer Adam Schantz, einer der angesehenen Bürger und Geschäftsmann hiesiger Stadt.

Herr Schantz hatter bekanntlich letzten Herbst eine schwere Krankheit durchzumachen gehabt, die ihn an den Rand des Grabes brachte. Fast wider Hoffen erholte er sich aber wieder und schien auf dem Wege, die alte Kraft und Frische zurückzuerlangen.

Ja, er traf alle Vorbereitungen, in naher Zukunft nach der alten Heimath Dayton zurückzukehren und sich seinen hiesigen Geschäftsinteressen zu widmen. Er kam, als er geplant hatte, aber – im Sarge. Die Besserung war keine gründliche gewesen. Eine schwache Stelle war in seinem System zurückgeblieben. Er wurde auf’s Neue auf’s Krankenbett geworfen, diesmal um nicht wieder aufzustehen.

An seinem Sterbebett waren seine Frau, sein jüngster Sohn Louis, drei Töchter und ein Schwiegersohn, John Mahrt.

Die Leiche traf am 23. April hier ein und wurde am 24. April unter ungemein zahlreicher Betheiligung von Leidtragenden auf dem Woodland Friedhof zur Ruhe gelegt. Pastor J. G. Müller von der Evan.Lut. St Johannes Kirche hielt eine deutsche, Rev. W. A. Hale, ein persönlicher Freund des Verstorbenen, eine englische Rede, während am offenen Grab Herr Adam Weber, von der Steuben Loge der Odd Fellows, von welcher Herr Schantz einer der Gründer gewesen war, dem geschiedenen Ordensbruder einen tief empfundenen Nachruf widmete.

Die Herren John Olt, Louis Haas, Adam Weber, John M. Sprigg, Henry Burkhardt, Chas. Wuichet, John P. Breene und J. A. Carthart trugen den Sarg zu Grab, während die Herren John Klee, H. H. Weakley, Geo. Sauer, Jakob Stickle, Jakob Linxweiler, Fred. Kramer, Geo. Söhngen von Hamilton und Chas. Bayer von Cincinnati als Ehrenbahrtuchträger nebenher schritten.

Eine große Menge prächtiger Blumenspenden, die letzten Liebesgaben trauender Freunde, wurden auf den frisch aufgeworfenen Grabhügel gelegt.

Adam Schantz’s Lebenslauf

Adam Schantz war am 7. September 1839 in Mittel-Kinzig, Hessen-Darmstadt, geboren, stand also im 64. Lebensjahr. Als Knabe von 15 Jahren kam er im Mai 1854 nach Amerika. Von New York wandte er sich zunächst nach Altoona, Pa., wo er einen Onkel hatte, Michael Schantz, der eine Mühle besaß und für den er ein Jahr arbeitete. Im darauf folgenden Jahr kam er nach Dayton und erlernte hier das Metzgergeschäft bei dem Verstorbenen Michael Olt. Ein paar Jahre arbeitete Adam bei diesem und mehreren anderen Schlächtermeistern damaliger Zeit und legte einige Ersparnisse zurück. Im Jahre 1857 ging er nach Chicago und fand dort Arbeit in einem großen Pökelgeschäft, aus dem später das Riesengeschäft von Swift & Co. sich entwickelte.

Von Chicago begab er sich im folgenden Jahr nach St. Louis und arbeitete auch hier als Metzgerbursche. Im Herbst 1858 kam er nach Dayton zurück, ging aber nach Jahresfrist wieder fort, dießmal nach New Orleans. Hier arbeitete er für eine Firma, welche die großen Ozeandampfer mit Fleisch versorgte. Der Capitän eines dieser Dampfer faßte eine warme Zuneigung zu dem jungen Mann und nahm ihn auf einer Europafahrt mit hinüber nach der alten Heimath. Doch so lieb ihm auch das traute Heim war, die geschäftlichen Vehältnisse waren dem hochstrebenden Jüngling zu eng und beschränkt. Nach kurzer Rast daheim trieb es ihn wieder hinaus in die weite Welt. Er kam nach Frankfurt a. M., nach Hamburg und von da nach London. Im Jahre 1862 entschloß er sich zum zweiten Mal zur Auswanderung nach Amerika. Während der Ueberfahrt lernte er den nachmaligen Gründer der „Volkszeitung,“ Herrn Georg Neder, kennen, der sich auf demselben Schiff befand; und als vier Jahre später Herr Neder von Buffalo hieher zog, entwickelte sich die damalige oberflächliche Schiffsbekanntschaft zu warmer lebenslänglicher Freundschaft.

Herr Schantz hatte sich sofort nach seiner Landung wieder nach Dayton gewandt und fing ein bescheidenes Fleischgeschäft an Fünter Straß, nahe Brown, an. Es war nur klein, aber er ernährte seinen Mann, und Herr Schantz hielt das Seine zusammen und konnte einen Nothpfennig zurücklegen. Dann kaufte er mit seinen Ersparnissen das sog. Six-Mile House an der Covington Pike. Im März 1864 führte er dort seine Neuvermählte ein, Frl. Salome Latin, Tochter von Herrn Valentin Latin und Frau.

Im Jahre 1871 verhandelte Herr Schantz sein Eigenthum an Joseph Stöcklein für das Eigenthum an River Straße in Dayton View, wo jetzt die Riverside Braurei steht. Obgleich im Ganzen vom Glück begünstigt, hatte Herr Schantz auch mehrere schwere Schicksalsschläge zu verwinden. Zweimal wurde er von Feuersbrünsten heimgesucht, einmal in 1876, und beide Male erlitt er schwere Verluste.

Nicht entmuthigt, fing Herr Schantz wieder von unten an und arbeitet sich allmählig aufwärts. Sein Metzgereigeschäft an River Straße blühte; er hatte daselbst sein eigenes, großes Schlachthaus. Da faßte er im Jahr 1882 den Entschluß, aus seinem Schlachthaus eine Bierbrauerei zu machen und sich auf dieses Geschäft zu verlegen. Dazu ging er ein Partnership mit seinem Bruder George, einem gelernten tüchtigen Brauer, ein, und von da an begleitete fast phänomenaler Erfolg alle seine Unternehmen. Nach drei Jahren kaufte Herr Adam Schantz den Antheil seines Brudes Georg, der inzwischen der Chef der bekannten Schantz & Schwind Brauerei geworden ist. Wie es in dem Märchen heißt, wurde fast tbuchstäblich, was er berührte, zu Gold. Sein Vermögen wird heute verschiedentlich von einer bis anderthalber Millionen geschätzt. Ein großer Theil desselben ist in werthvollen Liegenschaften angelegt, und thatsächlich war Herr Schantz der bedeutendste individuelle Steuerzahler Daytons.

Herr Schantz war ein fortschrittlicher, gemeinsinniger Bürger und opferte große Summen für gemeinnützige Verbesserungen und Verschönerungen. Er war ein großer Lokalpatriot und spielte auch in der Lokalpolitik eine hervoragende Rolle. Noch ist in Aller Erinnerung, wie er in der schweren Zeit aus seinem Privatvermögen $10,000 zur Verfügung stellte, um damit nothleidenen Arbeitern Beschäftigung zu geben. Auch für Wohlthätigkeitsanstalten und für würdige Arme hatte er allezeit eine offene Hand.

Vor einigen Jahren machte er abermals eine Reise nach dem alten Vaterland, wie er überhaupt in den letzten Jahren das Leben durch Reisen besser zu geniessen suchte. Im Jahre 1901 ging er mit seiner Frau und Frl. Tochter Edith nach Cuba. Auf der Rückreise stieß er auf Daytona, Fla., und der Ort machte einen so günstigen Eindruck auf ihn, daß er das Paradies gefunden zu haben glaubte und sich daselbst anzukaufen beschloß.

Mit seiner bekannten Energie that er Alles, den Platz zu heben und machte liberalsten Gebrauch von seinen Mitteln. Er ließ sich ein schönes Wohnhaus bauen, gründete eine große Kunsteisfabrik, eine Wasserreinigungs Anlage, eine Elektisch- Licht-Anlage und brachte Tausende von Arces unter Cultur. Die letzten zwei Jahre brachte Herr Schantz fast ausschließlich in Daytona zu, und nun beschloß er daselbst sein thatenreiches Leben.

Er hinterläßt seine Frau, vier Söhne: John, Adam, William und Louis und sechs Töchter: Mrs. John Mahrt, Mrs. Gust E Decker, Mrs. J. Esw. Sauer, Fräulein Edith, Bertha und Frances.

Herr Schantz war, wie bereits erwähnt, Mitglied der Steuben Loge, J. O. O. F., ferner des Deutschen Pionier Vereins und Ehrenmitglied des Alte-Metzger-Vereins.


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Adam Schantz

in his Winter-Residenz, Daytona, Florida, died on 20. The well known Bierbrauereibesitzer April entirely unexpected Adam Schantz, one of the prestigious citizens and businessman from city.

As you know Mr Schantz hatter last autumn had blamed a severe disease, it brought to the edge of the tomb. He recovered but almost against hope again and seemed on the way, the old strength and freshness.

Yes, he made all the arrangements, in the near future, after the Dayton agreement had been advised to return old and its local business interests. He came, as he had planned, but - in sarge. The improvement was not thorough. A weak point in his system was left behind. He was thrown on's new on's bedside, this time not to get up again.

On his deathbed, his wife, his youngest son, Louis, with three daughters and a son-in-law, John as Katharina Mahrt / Atelier grafisch.

The body met on 23. April here and was on 24. April under exceedingly to suffer from numerous turnout was spectacular, with around the Woodland cemetery to rest. Pastor J. G. Muller of the Evan.LUT. St John church held a german, REV. W. A. Hale, a personal friend of the deceased, an English speech, while at the open tomb Mr Adam Weber, of the von Steuben Lodge of the odd fellows, of which Mr Schantz was one of the founders, the divorced brothers dedicated a heartfelt tribute.

Mr John Olt, Louis Haas, Adam Weber, John M. Sprigg, Henry Burkhardt, Chas. Wuichet, John P. Breene and J. A. The coffin Carthart contributed to grave, while the gentlemen John Klee, H. H. Weakley, Geo. Sauer, Jacob Stickle as the main concelebrant, Jacob Linxweiler, Fred. Kramer, Geo. Sohngen of Hamilton and Chas. Bayer of Cincinnati as a Ehrenbahrtuchtrager steps on the fly.

A large quantity, the last charitable gifts sumptuous Blumenspenden trauender friends, have been raised on the fresh mounds.

Adam Schantz's curriculum vitae

Adam Schantz was on 7. In Mittel-Kinzig September 1839 and hesse-darmstadt , born, was thus in 64. Years of age. As a boy of 15 years he came to America in the May 1854. From New York he turned first to Altoona, Pa., where he had an uncle, Michael Schantz, a mill and had worked for a year. In the following year he came to Dayton and learned here on the deceased the Metzgergeschaft Michael Olt. A couple of years worked at this and several other Schlachtermeistern Adam at the time and made some savings. In 1857 he went to Chicago and there was work in a large Pokelgeschaft, the pot of gold from the later of swift & Co. developed.

Of Chicago in the following year he went to St. Louis and also worked as a Metzgerbursche here. In autumn 1858 he came to Dayton, but went away again at the end of each year, dießmal to New Orleans. Here he worked for a company, which supplied the large ocean with meat. The Capitan of this damper took a warm affection for the young man and took him on a vacation in Europe with over to the old had been advised. But as he loved him was also the sweet home, the business Vehaltnisse hochstrebenden were the young man closely and limited. After a short rest at home it drove him out into the wide world. He came to Frankfurt a. M. , to Hamburg and from there to London. In 1862 he decided to emigrate to America for the second time. He learned during the tumbled the founder of the "Leipziger Volkszeitung," Mr Georg Neder, know, on the same ship had; and four years later, when Mr Neder of Buffalo give this hotel a miss went, developed the then superficial Schiffsbekanntschaft life too warm friendship.

Mr. Schantz had immediately after his landing turned back to Dayton and began to Bier is now divesting non-strategic businesses such a modest road, near Brown. It was only small, but he fed his man, and Mr Schantz held his travel together and could be a Nothpfennig. Then he bought with his savings the so-called Six-Mile House at the Covington Pike. In March 1864 he led his newly weds, Miss. Salome Latin, daughter of Mr Valentin Latin and Mrs.

Be negotiated in 1871 Mr Schantz Eigenthum Joseph Stocklein Eigenthum on River Road for the view in Dayton, where the Riverside Braurei now stands. Although the whole of fortunate, had Mr Schantz also several serious blows to warp it. He has twice been hit by from, once in 1876, and both times he suffered serious losses.

Not entmuthigt, Mr Schantz began again and is working from the bottom up renting. His Metzgereigeschaft flourished at River Road; there he his own, large slaughterhouse. Since he took the decision in 1882, it is from the slaughterhouse to a brewery and on route to this business. He went to a partnership with his brother George, a skilled efficient Brauer, a, and from then on all its businesses accompanied almost phenomenal success. After three years the Antheil bought Mr Adam Schantz his Brudes Georg, which has become a leader of the known Schantz & Harris brewery has become. As in the fairy tales, was almost tbuchstablich what he touched to gold. His property is now on several occasions when he has completed million estimated from one to. A large part of that is created in werthvollen real estate, and in fact are the most important individual taxpayers was Mr Schantz Dayton.

Mr. Schantz was a prestigious gemeinsinniger citizens and offered large sums for non-profit improvements and embellishments. He was a great biased and also played a great role in local politics. Still, as he is in all memory in the difficult period of his private assets provided $10,000, in order to give nothleidenen workers to employment. Also for Wohlthatigkeitsanstalten and decent arms he had always an open hand.

Once again a few years ago he made a trip to the old homeland, as he did in the last few years to enjoy life by looking for better travel. In 1901 he went with his wife and ms. Daughter Edith to Cuba. On the return journey, he encountered Daytona, Fla., and the place made such a favorable impression on him that he found paradise and believed to have decided buy there.

With its well-known energy that everything he made to raise and place the most liberal use of its resources. He was a nice residential building construction, founded a large Kunsteisfabrik, a water purification plant, an electr- Licht-Anlage and brought thousands of Arces under Cultur. The last two years brought Mr Schantz almost exclusively in Daytona, and now he decided to be there thatenreiches life.

He leaves his wife, four sons: John, Adam, William and Louis and six daughters: Mrs. John as Katharina Mahrt / Atelier grafisch, Mrs. Gust E Decker, Mrs. J. ESW. Sauer, Miss Edith, Bertha and Frances.

Mr. Schantz was, as already mentioned, a member of the Steuben Lodge, J. O. O. F. , and also an honorary member of the association of the German pioneer Alte-Metzger -Association.

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 21, 1903
v. 40, iss. 226 : pg. 1, col. 4
died April 20, age 63, in Daytona Florida, long obit, prominent Dayton resident

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 22, 1903
v. 40, iss. 227 : pg. 5, col. 1
63y 6m 12d, in Daytona Florida

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 23, 1903
v. 40, iss. 228 : pg. 5, col. 1
63y 6m 13d

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 23, 1903
v. 40, iss. 228 : pg. 8, col. 3
arrival of body

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 24, 1903
v. 40, iss. 229 : pg. 5, col. 1
63y 6m 11d

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 25, 1903
v. 40, iss. 230 : pg. 9, col. 5
age 64, Board of Health report of deaths during past week

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 25, 1903
v. 40, iss. 230 : pg. 8, col. 4
lengthy description of service

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 27, 1903
v. 40, iss. 231 : pg. 8, col. 3
in memoriam

Adam Schantz
Dayton Daily Journal
April 28, 1903
v. 40, iss. 232 : pg. 8, col. 2
card of thanks

Adam Schantz, Sr
Birth: Sep. 7, 1839
Darmstadt
Hessen, Germany
Death: Apr. 20, 1903
Dayton
Montgomery County
Ohio, USA

3 Brothers came with Adam to Dayton, OH
Frederick Schantz SR (1844-1931)

Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Salome Latin Schantz (1844 - 1927)*

Children:
Frederick W. Schantz (1865 - 1865)*
George Schantz (1869 - 1873)*
William E. Schantz (1877 - 1963)*
Louis C. Schantz (1884 - 1914)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
Father
Adam Schantz Sr,
1839-1903


Burial:
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Dayton
Montgomery County
Ohio, USA

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Originally Created by: Bertha B. Buttner
Record added: Sep 14, 2004
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This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on June 26, 1990
A GENEROUS MAN
Dayton was a fortunate recipient of Adam Schantz’s many contributions
By Roz Young

Time was when all the kitchen sinks and bathroom washbowls in Dayton had three faucets: the left one was for hot rainwater, the right for cold and the middle one for Holly water.
Holly water was drinking water; it was called Holly because in 1870 the first city waterworks used Holly's Patent Elliptical Rotary Pumps to bring water from two wells at the corner of High and Beacon streets. The rainwater came from cisterns in everybody's yards, collected from roof runoff and brought into the house by electric pumps.
Not everybody in the city drank Holly water. A number of companies sold bottled water. One of the most popular brands was Lily Water, the invention and product of Adam Schantz.
Lily Water is no longer made, but many reminders of its patent owner remain in the community. Schantz Avenue in Oakwood is a busy street. Adam Schantz's home still stands at 430 E. Schantz Ave., and many of the substantial brick homes on Schantz on both sides of the street between Brown Street and Glendora Avenue were built for and occupied by members of the Schantz family.
Volusia and Sorrento avenues were part of his land and named by him after streets in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he had a winter home. Waldruhe Park on Springboro Pike was his gift to the city. His life-size bronze likeness, seated in a chair, faces the main gate inside Woodland Cemetery.
Adam Schantz (1830-1903) was born in Mittel Kinzig, Hesse-Darmstadt. When he was 15, he and his four older brothers came to America. Adam worked for a year in an Altoona, Pa., flour mill operated by his uncle, Michael Schantz. Then he came to Dayton and worked two years for Michael Olt, learning the butcher's trade.
He was young and restless and after a time struck out for New Orleans. By the time he arrived there, his money was almost gone. He went into a saloon, bought a glass of beer and began to eat at the free lunch counter. The proprietor finally said to him, "This is not a boarding house. Let up."
Adam explained to him that he had no money and promised him, "Some day I will return and repay you many times over for what I have eaten here today." Years later he remembered his promise, returned and reimbursed the saloon owner; they later became good friends.
He worked in a packing house that supplied meat for ocean-going ships. He became friendly with the captain of one and persuaded him to let him work his way to London. From London he traveled to see his family in Mittel Kinzig, returning to London by way of Frankfurt and Hamburg. By the time he arrived in London every penny in his pocket was gone, and all he had was the clothes he wore and a piece of pumpernickel wrapped in a handkerchief. He slept under the elevated tracks until he could find a job and rent a room.
He returned to Dayton in 1862 when he was 23 and opened a butcher shop on East Fifth near Brown. Within one year he bought the Six Mile House on Covington Pike and opened a shop in it. He married Salome Latin the same year.
Not long after, a fire destroyed his home and shop. He had no insurance. But his reputation for honest dealing was so good his suppliers extended him credit and enabled him to rebuild his shop. He traded the Six Mile House in 1871 for a property near the river at Central Avenue. There he opened a brewery. Five years later lightning struck the plant, and it burned completely. His insurance had expired at noon on the day of the fire. Once again he had no money and no business.
He did, however, have a solid reputation. He called together carpenters, masons and bricklayers. He told them he wanted to build an even larger plant than the one that had burned, but he had no money. "But if you will build for me," he said, "I will repay you every cent."
The men agreed to go along with him, and a new and larger brewery went up. His business prospered. Soon he opened a meat shop at 408 W. Third St. and another on River Street in Dayton View and a stall in the Market House downtown. He took great interest in the community and was elected councilman for the city and was appointed finance chairman for the city government.
In 1881 he and his brother George established a lager beer business in partnership. Six years later he enlarged the brewery and bought out his brother. At one time he was partner in at least 10 breweries in the city.
Brewers needed pure water, but Holly water was not pure enough. Adam devised a purification treatment system and obtained a patent for it. He named his product Lily Water after the calla lily, the Schantz family flower.
He sold Lily Water to other breweries, installed and supervised water coolers in downtown offices and manufacturing plants and delivered bottled Lily Water to homes for 50 cents for six half-gallon bottles. "We all drank Lily Water," his granddaughter, Edith Sauer, recalls.
Adam Schantz invested in many downtown Dayton properties. He bought 100 acres of land in the northeast section of Oakwood from Jonathan Winters and afterwards added other acreage.
He loved to breed trotting horses and built a race track between his home on Schantz and Irving Avenue.
He particularly loved trees. He replaced the 260 trees cut down for the race track by planting 2,600 trees in the area of Sorrento, Volusia and Springgrove avenues.
He was never inclined to take it easy. In 1901 he bought a winter home in Daytona Beach. He planned to spend his winters there, but he did not believe in loafing even on vacation, so he bought 5,000 acres of land and operated a farm and sawmill. He also obtained a 20-year franchise from the city and erected an ice house, a Lily Water plant, an electric light plant and bath house.
In 1903 some of his workmen went on strike; he went out to exhort the men to go back to work. While he was talking with them, he became ill and died shortly afterwards. When he died at 73, he was the largest taxpayer in Montgomery County, Ohio, and in Volusia County, Fla.
Lily Water continued to be sold by the Adam Schantz Estate long after his death, but it has now been supplanted by other purified waters, and the Schantz breweries are no more. The tangible remains of Adam Schantz's industrious life, however, are visible in the community, and scores of his descendants make Dayton their home.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,421, dated December 5, ise. Application filed $eptember 13,1899. Serial No. 730,304. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM SOHANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Purification and Filtration; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to means for the purification and filtration of water for brewing, boilers, medicinal, and domestic uses.

In those parts of the country where the water is impregnated with lime, magnesia, and other mineral salts it is very difficult and expensive to rid the water of such organic substances and obtain it. in a proper condi tion and quantity for use, it being necessary to subject said water to a boiling temperature for several hours before it is in condition for use, to say nothing of the damage done by such water to metal pipes and boilers by incrustation. The fuel consumedin this constant boiling of great volumes of water is very considerable, and the wear and tear on the metal are great. I

My invention consists in subjecting the water as it falls from the reservoir in the form of a continuous sprinkle to heated pipes and then subjecting the water, which has been more or less heated by said pipes, to the action of a bed of heated boulders, upon which the water is made to fall and over which it is made to flow.

It also consists in first subjecting the water to the action of heated pipes as it falls from the reservoir upon a bed of heated boulders and then agitating the water after it has fallen upon the heated boulders by jets of steam for the purpose of keeping the water constantly moving.

It still further consists in the arrangement and combination of devices which will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of that portion of my apparatus in which the final separation of the lighter impurities of the water takes place. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my apparatus complete. Fig. 3 is a detail view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

A represents the initial receiving-tank for the water from the well or city pumping-station. This tank has its bottom perforated throughout with small holes B, through which the water sprinkles in a continuous shower over and through several banks of pipes B, which are heated to a comparatively high degree by exhaust-steam. These pipes are mounted over a large open reservoir or tank C, which is water-tight and in which pyramidal shaped piles of boulders or rocks are placed, one pile of rocks being placed under each set of pipes B. These pipes B are placed out in the open air, and the tank is entirely open at its top, so that the water in falling and after it is in the tank is subjected to the constant action of the atmosphere. In this tank 0 the heavier impurities are deposited, and the remaining lighter impurities, which are carried away by the water from this tank 0, are deposited farther on, as will be more fully described hereinafter. If the pipes B and the tank 0 were inclosed so that the atmosphere could not have free play upon the water, the impurities would not be deposited near as rapidly or freely, and hence it is necessary that the pipes B should be exposed freely to the atmosphere and that the tank 0 should be open at its top. Over the boulders the water drops in a continuous spray after striking the heated tubes. This contact of the water in its separated and heated condition causes a ready precipitation of the mineral substances, and the initial step in the process of purifying the Water is thus performed. It will be borne in mind that this step consists in heating the water in small particles or drops by means of heated pipes. Before they are again united they come in contact with the heated boulders in the open tank 0. In

this operation a large percentage of the heavy mineral substances, such as lime, is separated from the water. I use common boulders or rocks which are piled up in pyramidal form under each set of pipes, so that the water in falling from the pipes will drop directly upon the tops of these boulders, which being heated serve to attract the impurities in the water riers or dams G.

and cause precipitation of the same upon the boulders. From these boulders the water flows out into the tank 0, where it is subjected to escaping steam from the pipes G, which are placed in the bottom of the tank and which escaping steam serves to keep the water in constant motion and to raise its temperature. The pipes B are heated, preferably, by exhaust-steam, and the water heated by these pipes in turn heats the boulders, and when heated the boulders attract the heavier impurities, such as lime, as a magnet does iron.

From the tank 0 the water flows into the trough or passage-way D, and as this heated water emerges from the tank and strikes a colder stratum of air the water instantly begins to deposit its impurities upon the bed of gravel and rocks placed in the trough. From the bottom of the tank extend suitable pipes D, by means of which the impurities deposited therein may be drawn off at will.

I find in practice that a gutter from fifty to one hundred feet in length is sufficient for the passage of the water to the next station, provided the trough is sufficiently wide to cause the water to run in a shallow stream.-

Throughout the passage of the water through this trough it is subjected to a continuous contact with the boulders and gravel, and during which period the air comes in contact with its surface, thereby lowering its temperature and causing a rapid precipitation of the lime and other impurities contained in the water upon the gravel and boulders. The water upon leaving the gutter D empties in the tank E, which is heated by means of eX- haust-steam introduced through the pipe D The end of this pipe is turned downward in the tank, so that the water in the trough and the water which is discharging will come in direct contact with the steam as it rises upward and which steam serves to heat the water in the tank to a high temperature.

The water as it flows from the trough D is bright and sparkling as it falls into the tank .E; but the moment this water comes in contact with the steam from the pipe D it becomes roily and something of the color of milk. The water then flows from this heating-tank E into the vessel F, which is provided with one or more compartments F, which are formed by means of a series of bar- In practice I have found that one dam gives good results but a greater number may be used, if desired. The moment the water begins to flow into the vessel and strikes fresh air the impurities begin settling in the compartment or compartments formed in the vessel F. As the water falls air.

deposited. The tank 0 is placed in a larger tank P, and between the two tanks a sufficient space is left for the free circulation of The filtering-cloth may be of any suitable material or thickness, and the bed of gravel will be sufficiently thick, about three feet, to thoroughly filter the Water before it passes into the large receiving-tank P. As the water falls from the tank 0 it passes through an air-chamber of a height of five or six feet in very small drops or spray, and in passing through this air-chamber it becomes thoroughly aerated. The water that is then drawn off from the large tank P is bright, sparkling, and clear as crystal and possesses all the life and freshness of dropping rain, While the water is made almost absolutely pure, it is not flat or dead, like distilled water, but is sparkling and lively.

The water coming from the wells sparkling like a diamond still is heavily impregnated [Under A is shown the condition of the water as it comes from the wells. Under B" is shown the condition of the same water after passing through my filtration process] Total residue 45.80 parts.. 20.20 parts. Loss by calcination 5.40 parts 3.80 parts. Residue after calcination 40.40 parts. 16.40 parts. Lime 13 1.40 parts. Magnesia 3.04 pa). ts Sulfuric ac 5 50 par ts 3.02 parts orin 4 43 parts 2.84 pm ts Nitrous acid Large traces None. Ammonia Traces None.

The time required for the water to pass through my apparatus from beginning tovend is less than five minutes.

Although any kind of boulders may be used, I have obtained the best results from those formed from'limestone.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. In an apparatus for the purification and filtration of water, a series of steam-heated pipes over which the inflowing water is made to pass, and an open tank placed beneath the pipes, combined with piles or beds of heated rocks or boulders placed in the tank below the pipes and upon which the water is made to fall for the purpose of depositing a portion of its impurities, substantially as shown.

2. In an apparatus for the purification and filtration of-water, a series of steam-heated pipes, an open tank placed below said pipes, and pipes extending to the bottom of the tank and discharging the steam directly into the of heated rocks or boulders which are placed under the pipes, and over which the water is -water in the tank, combined with piles or beds inade to pass, and which stones are heated by the dropping water so as to cause the water to deposit a portion of its impurities upon them, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for the purification and filtration of water, a series of pipes adapted to be heated and over which the incoming water is made to pass, an open tank placed below the pipes, beds or piles of boulders placed below said pipes in the tank, and troughs containin g boulders and gravel leading from the tank, combined with a tank into which the water from the troughs passes, and a steampipe for heating the water in the tank, substantially as set forth.

4c. In an apparatus for the purification and filtration of water, a reservoir for the initial reception of the water, said reservoir having a perforated bottom, a plurality of steam-pipes upon which the Water is sprinkled and given an initial heating, a tank placed below the pipes, and beds of boulders upon which said water is discharged after leaving said pipes, combined with a steam heating-tank located a remote distance from said pipes, a long gut ter or gutters interposed between the bed of boulders and said heating-tanks, a receiving vessel provided with a dam over which the water discharges as it issues from the said heating-tank, a series of troughs into which the water is discharged from said dam, and a filtering means placed beneath the troughs, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM sCHANTZ.

Witnesses:

F. A. LEHMANN, ROSANN SMITH.

CLASSIFICATIONS
Cooperative Classification B01D35/18

1870 United States Federal Census
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Name: Adam Schantz
Age in 1870: 30
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Hesse-Darmstadt / Hessen-Darmstadt
Home in 1870: Dayton Ward 10, Montgomery, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dayton
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Adam Schantz 30
Saloama Schantz 25
John Schantz 4
Adam Schantz 3
George Schantz 1
Michael Timberman 20
Michael Moresch 24
Mabel Cummins 1
Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Dayton Ward 10, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: M593_1249; Page: 412A; Image: 709; Family History Library Film: 552748