The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-12
THE NEW PAPER MILLS
WIND OR LOCK S
The Factory Where the New York Herald
Paper is Made.
DESCRIPTION OF PAPER nssrFAcTUaE.

some months past to supply our establishment with
better quality of paper complete and that hereafter
IN this respect as in Others the Herald will be inferior
70 other paper in the world. Five six years ago
paper mill considered sufficient 10 supply our
demand but great has been the increase in crcu
hton during that comparatively brief period that our
maDafacturers Messrs Persse Brooks have been COM
PEELED to erect mill, at expense OF $780, oo,
70 meet Their establishment is situated
m the little town Of Windsor Locks, in Connecticut,
within few hundred feet the old one, which is still
good condition. and capable of manufacturing about
two tons and half of good printing paper daily. 1t
is however, inferior in many respects to the building
INST erected both in extent and the quality capacity
of its machinery. In branch OF manufactures
have greater improvements been effected than in the
making paper AMI the greatest proof this that
can be offered Is the contrast by the appear
ancc Of the mills erected eight years ago with that
iust constructed
The mil Of Mcssrs. Persse & Brooks three sto
ries high including the basement, two hundred and
ninety-fv feet long and forytwo Deep built in the
strongest and most substantial of stone and
brick, with slate roof and fire proof possible.
The principal motive power is obtained from a canal
which extends in front Of the building and from which
y failing supply of water is procured from
the Connecticut river. At the of the mill
flows the Connecticut famous for its historical associa
which have been made along its banks. The canal, DO
sides furnishing the water necessary for
the paper also the Of transport for the
material of which II is made and which is brought
up the very door in boats They have also the Hart
ford and Springfield Railroad further means of
transport, which passes directly in front of the MILL
thus giving the propretors unusual facilities for
freighting their stock and manufactured goods at all
of the year. To this little town, hardly
known of the State, brought rags from every
part of the wordfrom Florence distinguished the
birthplace Of the great Dante Petrarch, Calico, Michael
Angelo and host Of eminent men; from Rome, the city
of the Cesars from Naples renowned for the beauties
Of nature and art that cluster around it, from the Ger
towns along the Rhine from France, from Holland
all furnish their quota to the great amount necessary
supply readers with the DAILY HERALD. large pro-
portion of the rags obtained from Lghorn and they
said to be equal not superior in quality to the best sent
from other parts of Europe. Good judges tell at
glance whore they procured FROM and when they
find any better than ordinary, it is not to
hear them give vent to their admiration in such words
a. smagnifcent' "spendid, :" "superb," &c.; though
the objects which they bestowed might, in the
eyes of any other but amateur in such matters APP
pear disgusting in the extreme. Each bale weighs be-
tween six and hundred pounds, and is composed
Of the remains Of every variety of clothing every
eeivable shapenen pants that have at ono time
ed the neither extremtes of plantation negro bandage
from hospitals shirt bosoms Of the finest texture
baby clothes, and the thousand and articles that
make up the total Of lady's wardrobe. Seven
eight tons OF these discharged daily from boats
at this mill, and in the of two three days
out again in the form of pure white paper,
such in the printing of the He
RAID. After they taken from the boats they
packed away in the store ROOM from which they
again taken to the apartment occupied by the rag
This lisa very spacious room, and have doubt
would be considered model Of it's kind by thos,
who take interest in such things; but to there
would DO very little choice between it and coal NINE
is constantly filed with the dust from rags of all
kinds, and this is inhaled by the workers during the
eight hours which they constantly employed in IT,
Their wages certainly well earned If they received
twenty instead Of three four dollars week. In this
found about thirty women at work tearing
cutting and asserting the rags previous to their being
thrown to the devil," instrument which plays the
very deuce with them, and Of which shall have
to say hereafter 1t is not uncommon told for
these to find in the pockets of the cast OF
garments when they their title to is considered
indisputable bequeathcd to them by the original
possessor No ordinary degree Of attention required
IN the assortment of these rags and the greatest
10 necessary to prevent any foreign substance such
wool india rubber from being mixed with them, as it
would very materially damage the paper in the process
of making it. This part of the manufacture is perhaps
the most disgusting and leave it with much haste
did the rag after giving it all the considera
ton to which think it entitled.
After the rags sorted they taken to the lev
and thrown promscuousy into his capacous nav.
This instrument is furnished with large iron cylinder
provided with powerful teeth and this cylinder
wolves with terrific rapdity it literally tears the
into shreds When the 'dcv has done with them, they
put into the dnster large revolving machine sup
piled with screens through which the dust falls they
whirled in rapid revolutions This is the third
process to which they subjected and far its
immediate effects concerned, it bears the
repulsive features the first have described
II is necessary, however, to wash them, to
tract the colors and reduce them to a pulp be-
fore they at to be made into paper After they
sufficiently busted they thrown into large cylindr
cal boilers four Of which capable Of boiling
thousand pounds in twenty four hours These boilers
supplied with lime, which extracts the coors from
the rags process which absolutely necessary when
they to be manufactured into white paper. These
boilers revolve Wy, that the strength of the lime
and steam is brought to bear upon the colors with much
greater power than in the old system of boiling
stationary caudrcn When they come out Of these
the only distinguishabe color is dirty brown traces
of the original dyes being entirely obterated The boil
ers used are far judgment in such matters will
allow to express opinion, the best that could
procured for the purpose, and consider necessary
that they should be good material at least to resist the
corroaing action Of the lime.
Wehave got them out Of the boiler but still in such
dirty condition to render further publication nd
pensabe They arc accordingly thrown into iron tub
of an obong shape in which they are cleansed from the
hme and dirt. While in the washer" as it is called
sney are kept in constant circulation and water is
non rcd hem In
eight those washers in every day and thes. arc
capable Of cleansing all the they come out of the
boilers 1t requires about eight hours extract the
colors and three in the subsequent process Of
washing When they have been thoroughly freed from
the dirt by this process they beached the ard
Of chloride Of hmc in large revolving cylinders The
chloride Of lime is previously dissolved in water and in
this form is called bleaching liquor" The rags are
left in this liquor for about twelve hours and when