Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-11-18
Printing PAPER.


country Is one Of disappointment in ihe
receipt o. paper, and ducing TINS hast cam
palgn some Journals were forced 10 issue
only half q shee, daY.
The New Yoek Tribune gives Us some
very curious SiatlsIcs in regard 10 the ia z
and paper business-aGd as We believe,
many, f not most of or readers viii rel
iSh Little change in the readable matter
or our columns after an elsc,ian excite
nent, we venture to offer them a sketch
which - not only amusing, statisticalIy.
tat Interesting to those who desire 10 know
something Of the paper and rag ira Ie,
and what becomes Of it.
\ gentleman, intimately acquainted
win s-le PAPER business, informs Us tha,
there are about five hundred and fifty pa
per mills III th1s country; some put the
huEber as hlga as seven hundred and If
y. II. Y. Butler & Co, ef Paterson.
have two mills one cf which is one Of
the completest in the country. The es-
tabasbment Of Persse s Brooks, al WIND
sor Locks, Conn, is ca i very extensive
scale. The largest mil In this country.
II not N the world, is that of the Chelsea
Manufacturing Company, at Norwich.
Conn, and produces seven tuas Of paper
a day
The quantity of paper used in this ci.v.
II II could be ascer,aned, would he =
imposing aggregate. Some particulars
VIII be OF interest 10 our readers. We
viii take the Mcssrs. Harper as the largest
house, from Jan. j., 1875, to Jan. !. lG5G.
they used $50, Geo tokens of paper. each
token containing 2JU sheets; lhs: i, they
printed IN one year, 81, 500, 900 sheet. Of
various sizes. Tins paper cost abou,
soUJ $40. The present year the same
publishers vii consume 1000 tokens,
or about one quarter more than last year.
The Monthly edition Of Harper's Maga-
zIne uses 1880 pounds Of paper, or
about 9OOOOO pounds year, which is
ab0u, $50 ,uGs. In their editions Of the
third and fourth volumes OF Nacaulav's
History, they used up 20 tuns Of paper
Ihelr editions o. this work alone amount
Ell TO 5000 sats. Of the lir4tsaad sec
ond yolumes they Published 100 600 sets
In printing the 2UU,0G0 tokens Of paper
this year, they employ 81 Of Adams pow
er presses.
In the Bible House ;hsv use from So
600 to 10000 tokens wear Of yariouz
sizes. or about , 500 0O6 mounds Tast
year the Tract Society u,ai obonr u nm
reams, or $4,000 tokens. The american
Messenger, The organ of the Society. re-
CURED about l6S,U00 povads Of paper
The particulars from o:her Publishing
houses we have not collected; BAT if enc
viii pass along john, Eassau, Bee ekmrD
and Cliff streets, and see how r.sot, rrir,t-
ing-houscs there are, he wiI not be slow
"a admitting that the aggregate of .psper
annually printed IN books pamphlstx
handbilIs and newspapers IS enornogs.--
If we take u glance - the new.ya2eYs of
this city, the facts VIII appear reinsrEs-
bic. The Era.-geIist uses weekly nqsr
90 tokens Of paper, or some 5000 a wear:
the Independent, Is is SAID. uses sbo1
dou.le taat quantity, and the \. Y. OF
server aoou, 80 tokens week, or over
4,00G year. These three weekly relig-
Ious newspapers CUasGun about 900 ono
pounds o. paper q wear.
Ada to tbasa the Cir,~.;,, s4--,.,.,
(Meth8.iis.. The Raro-ls-- Ipsr,:.,aE !
The Chu-cninan. and PralaN,a9f ON
t,!ar. (T,DjsegDa aIiaY1 The F,-aa,,a,,'s -.
mai. (Ra.s71 C.fhCl;. ! -. +, - ~
the weeaIjes q i,,:, ritv. AID : -, -. -.
certain thar tba c,o-.,-rn,io,, ~ r.-o- -.
Them is vast. The Iaadiog relt.s,sror,.
consume IL whalEsqla or9.,+;tisr ~
Tribune. for instance. nri6ts = EonfI90 010
coDies : week. including i,s 9s;Ir ,,,saI-.
~, semi weekly and Csljrs-r;s It,r3s,ia----
near -. 500 600 comics a -a@r II n.
newspapers issued by the T~7nga1;zt ,Sa
Observer. tn. Ind..D1adaat Tho T.Et,,9o
and ono or TWO IF he o,ha~ aa;Ir- n,-,e-.
for p sinrla vear- v.ara .7ra-I ~, -
smooth surface. thew would c9var II 001
acres Of land. that iq oa5rl- h,rr, +,.r.r-
shin six miles e7nsre T-ri,-tta1f., -
cll9iar the ANIMAL ;szs,s ee the Ea-ba-
DIST. f27Dtist. Tnie,1nal,7, Raforf,ad
D1,rh (,arn,an Red Tv.L,~.-
Rome CatAo55r and cts-al..9--,;-..:a-'
u ,7~.. il III. nv 80 ~ -
da5Ivrnf waal,lr 3or;,;@,J "a t.. -
newspa Dess not mentioned such - IT,
Courier and Inquirer, The Post, The
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