The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-03-08
paper Will at Bath, sc.

Of the Paper Mill at Bath, on the railroad,
six miles from Hamburg, We copy from the I
Charleston Standard ::
"The waters Of Horse Creek are. destined
to be celebrated in the history of South Caro-
lima manufactures. Besides their grist and
saw mills, more numerous probably than that 4
| of any other stream of the same length in the
State, she has in few miles Of each other,
Vauclusc, Graniteviile and Bath. The first
two are already well known, and therefore we
pass them by. But what and whereis ath
This may well be asked. Two years ago it
was the site of an old saw mill that had been
abandoned, the timber, mill dam, all gone, it
was known only as what had once been Mil
toms Mills. Now it is beautiful little vii
lage Oh the South Carolina Railroad, aluidis--
tant between Graniteviile and Hamburg
The fine water power of the creek, and the
pure, clear water of some little streams whictTs
there empty into il, attracted the attention IF
some persons now connected with the South ,
Carolina Paper Manufacturing Company.
They had searched q long time for such site.
The Augusta Canal and other water power
had been carefully examined, but 10 where
else could they find the silvery water SO me-
cessary to making white paper. At Bath,
therefore, they secured site and hundred
horse water power, and at once erected their
mill and cottages. The former is of brick, in
width so and length $50 feet, besides a wing
40 by 40 feet, stock house of 10 by 30, and
receiving and delivering depot on the raila<
road turn out Of 80 by 60 feet. These build
ings make up the most complete mannactur-
ing arrangements. The stock-house has a
railway along itsswhole length, which extends
to the mill and the depot, so that the rags and
other material for paper to be stored there,
can be transferred from one to the other with
great facility. The material received daily,
at the depot, is easily transferred, as wanted,
to the second story, at one end of the mill,
and from this point it progresses constantly
until in the shape of paper, bleached, pressed,
folded and in bundles for market, it is passed
into cars at the other end of the mill. So
much for the buildings; if any can be more
complete, We would like to see them.
1.-The machinery is all Of the latest and
most approved construction, and consists Of
one Fourdrinier and one cylinder machine,
each 66 inches, eight large iron engines, and
one large iron cylinder bleach, besides bleach
tubs, steam boilers, rag cutters busters, devils,
ETC., all of which, during months trial, have
been found TO work admirably.
"The establishment now employs 90 10 25
men and boys, and Is to 20 girls, who turn
out between $500 and 5000 pounds of paper
The same humber Of hands after little more
experience, and with the mill in full operation
will be able to make more than 5000 pounds
The qualities vary from the finest book paper
to the strongest and coarsest wrapping paper.
No writing paper is made there, experience
elsewhere having proved that even large es.
tablishments should not attempt 10 make so
many different qualities.
1--WE would willingly describe the process
of manufacture, but could not do so intelligi. (
bly, without proper drawings. The following
skeleton may, however, serve to give some
idea Of the successive steps in the process
The rags, as We said before, are passed into
the second story of the builling. There they
are sorted, busted and cut, and thence are
passed down into the Cylinder Bleach. This
is large iron hollow cylinder, six or eight
feet in diameter, and fifteen to twenty feet
long. 1t is rcvolved by water power, and
when filled and in notion stream of steam
constantly passes through it. This gives the
rags their first bleaching. After this they are
passed into the engnes-a sort Of iron tub, at
the bottom of which is an inclined plane, ira.
versed with knives, with their edges slantng
upwards, above which revolyes a. succession
of blades, set into cylinder. In these engines
the rags are thoroug ghly washed, and slightly
reduced to pulp. Thence they are passed into
the steep chests for u thorough bleaching
Thence the heating engines receive, aud, with
their sharp knives, reduce them to complete
paste. This is passed into the stuff chest.
whence it is transferred TO the machines, which
through their succession of rollers, and hollow,
cylinders heated with steam, roll it out into
dry white paper, ready for the folder The
web Of paper, before it reaches~,he cutters,
may be of amy width up &c inches-the
width of the machines and its length is lim-
ted only by the supply of the pulp-tha. be.
ing constant, the operator may roll out con-
tinuous web ofas many thousand yards as he
chooses.
"Mr. Walker, the agent of the Company, Is
now receiving from the mill daily supplies of
book, news, and brown paper. As yet the
demand has been greater than the supply, but
he hopes soon to be able to supply all his GUS
toners with every desirable quality. The
success of this enterprise, now considered Ger
tain, will make all kinds of press and wrap.
ping paper as cheap in Charleston and Augusta
as they are in New York. Southern publish.
ers will then be able to compete successfully
with the Northern, aud thus, in the end, we
shall learn and practice self reliance
A PuzzLE.-The following sum or problem
was given to boy by gentlemen who offered
him $50 if he would do it within six months, at
the same time assuring him that it could he done,
and there WAS NO "trickn or .scatcLn about it.