New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-04


roll; and so hard is it that il dulls the turning tools
quicker than iron. This paper roll works against
heated cast iron roll, and the process gives the
paper the smoothness and compactness necessary
We have been thus particular in describing the
process Of max ng paper, because We SUPPOSE 70
be Few 10 many, If not the msjority of our readers.
gtntltmsn, intimately acquainted with the
psper business informs US that there are about five
hundred ard fifty paper mills in this country; some
Put the number as high as seven hundred and fifty.
II. V. Butler Il Co. of Paterson have two mills,
one of which Is one OF the completest in the cosn-
try. The establishment of Persse Il Brooks, at
Windsor Locks, Ccnp., is on very extensive
scsle The largest mill IN This country, If not in
the world Is that Of the Chelsea Manufacturing
Comrapy. al Norwich, Conn, and produces seven
,uns of paper day.
The quantity Of paper used ia this city, il il
could be ascertained, would be an imposing aggre-
gate. Some particulars VIII be OF interest 70 oar
readers. We will take tie Messrs Harper
q, the largest house; from JAM I, 1855 to Jan.
I. lss6. they used $50, coo tokens OF paper, each
token containing $50 sheets; that s they printed IN
one year. y, 500 eco sheets of various sizes. This
paper cost about 100000 The present year
the same publishers will consume 100000 tokens,
or about one.quart.r more than last year. The
monthly edition of H. rper's Magazine uses up
-, sCOpounds of paper, or about Wo,ooo POUNDS
year. which is about $50 tuns. In their EDITIONS OIL
the third and fourth volumes of Mscaulays History,
they used 50 tuns of paper Their editions OF this
W, rk alone amounted TO 5000 sets. or the hrst
and second volumes they published 100000 sets.
In printing the 9Oo, 900 tokens Of paper this year
they employ "a of Adams's power presses.
In the Bibl House they use from $4,000 ~
40,CC0 tokens a year of various sizes, or about
2,5O0 0C0 pounds. Last year the Tract Society used
about Il, 600 reams, or "a, 900 tokens. Tie A~tri-
can Messenger, the organ Of the Society, required
about l6S, eco pounds of paper. The particulars
from other publishing houses We have not
collected; but If one will pass along John,
Nassau. Beekman aud Cliff streets, and see how
many printing houses there are, he will not be
slow in admitting that the aggregate OF paper
annually printed into books, pamphlets, handbll''
and newspapers is enormous. II We take glance
at the newspapers of this city, the facts will ap-
pear remarkable. The Eramgetstuses weekly near
| on TOKENS Oh paper, VI sout ooVV ySsh, ~" ."
ndent as is said uses about double that quantity,
! and The n. Y Obserrer about 20 tokens week, or
over 4,CCO year. These three weekly religious
newspapers consume about 100000 pounds OF
paper year Add TO these The Christian Adro-
cate (Niethodist), The Recorder (Baptst), The
| Churehman, and Protestant Churehman (Epscopa-
lian). The Freemans Journal (Roman Cathclic), or,
in word, all the weekies of this city, and it is very
certain that the consumption Of paper by them is
vast. The leading newspapers consume IN whole
sale quantities. The TRIBUNE, for instance, prints
about 43O, COO copies u week, including its daily
weekly. semi-weeky aud California edti"n-or
near y, 800 600 copies year. Ii the newspapers
issued by The Erasgeiia The O6'errey, The Inde-
p.,dent. THE TRIBUNE, and one or two Of the other
daily papers for a single year were spread out over
a smooth surface they would cover II 600 acres OF
land; that is nearly half township six miles square.
Undoubtedly, including the annual issues OF the
Methodist, Baptist, Epscopaan, Reformed Dutch,
| German Reformed, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and
other denomnational papers in this city, together
with the daily and weekly political aud literary
newspapers not mentioned, such as The Courier and
Enqsirer, The Post The Journal Of Commerce, TA<
Commercial idrerfiser, &c.-sOme sixty newspa
pers-all the paper printed in newspapers IN this
city in single year, if spread out, would cover two
townships of land, or seyenty-two square miles.
Take THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE rs an illustration
Of bulk. Its weekly issue weighs some ten tuns,
aud horse and cart find constant employment on
the day il is printed, from a. IN. until a. m.,
nineteen hours to carry the mailbags ~ tho Pos
Office. If all THE WEEKLY TRIBUSEs prin oil in
year were loaded on wagons, at the rate OF two
tuns 70 EACH il would make line Of two hundred
and sixty wagons. The total issues Of THE TRiB-
rYE and the other principal journals Of the city for
a year would load some 1900 wagons, with two
tups TO each If these wagons were put in iine
with teams attached, they would make procession
of ten niles long If all the newspapers issued in
this city for year were loaded in the same way,
the procession would reach from jersey City TO
New. Brunswick, some thirty miles
We have made these singular calculations 10 give
some idea of the paper business in this country,
and in connection with il some little insight into the
newspaper and book business. Many of our country
readers will also be interested 10 know that the
paper clipped in binding books, all sorts Of old paper
thrown into the street old books Of account, &C.,
are revoked by the mills into paper. We heard
the other day Of one Of banks which found their
old ledgers required more room than could be
Afforded The Directors resolved 10 burn them, but
after they bad been burning books whole day,
learned that paper dealers bought them for two
cents pound, and the remainder ofthe ledgers were
sold Tor $500. Frequently whole wagon ioads oil
old letter fes are bought, and any quantity OF Old