Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-12

hob In the morning following The croad Of
hght work renders ii Necessary.
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ton Aeluats'i by curiosity Ia sec how they
make paper, together with desire 70 make pub
lie some facts connected With deserving a1d
Old established concern, We yesterday visited
hepaper MIL u Armstrong; ( Co., located at
Fulton, one mile Fast Of th,4 city, on the Nation.
al ROAD We found the Min Ia operation, ~ il
HlrAys Is turning out a first elas. quality Of
white printing paper. As to tie process ofma
Mug paper, W. feSl like describing II asdii the
iIlilenlr old gentleman, when asked to explain
the working Of steam engine, by The we Of
var. Gof"WhaI,you ems and "gimeraekA
The rags ontof which The paper Is manuhftur.
Ell, are first assorted, the white separated from
tbs coored, BY girls and boys They ate then
placed ina machine called cutter, By which
they are cut and torn into strings ard shrcdA
Then they pass though machine which par.
italy cleans them Of dirt and dult lfcolofcd,
aiisr passing through the cluster they are
placed in q large kettle, and boiled from ten to
twelve hour, when they arr transferred to what
iscaIled the rag engines aud bleached with chic
ride Of lime. Ia this condition they are kept
constantly agitaled until the Ipc, Of all eolors
are formed into thick white pulp. Arier
time, this pnlp is conveyed toA vat or estcrn
where It Is diluted with water and agitatel IN,
III Ills formed into a Kind Of liquor resembling
curdlyd milk This liquor is then conveyed, by
means ola pipe, to the machine upon which the
paper is formed The liquor first flows upon a
square sieve made ofwire cloth, along the sides
ofwhich there arc two pieces Of India rubber to
form the edgcsofthe paper. As the water flows
into this forward moving sieve, the fluid passes
through, leaving the pulp upon the surface which
is::carried forward, anil passes Through set OF
rollers made Of wire cloth, aud Is carried from
,st to set ofrollcrs by means ofn sheet Of felt,
andby the time ii arrives 1t the opposite end Of
the machine, it has become perfectly dry, and
completely pressed, like the sheet in Your hands
Its then slaughtered out pressed, bundled and
ready forusc.
There isquite Glarsc quantity Of hemp used
with the rngs, in order to make thcpaPer strong
aud durable. The hemp Is taken through sim
ilnrproccsS with the rags. The Mill is capable
ofmaIing about 10000 pounds ofpapcrpcr day,
their sales amounting per annum to 10000
This establishment was built in the year lS32
by McSSrs ]. Fisher & Son, Joseph Morrison
A. Armstrong, mud f. Ircn4ley and made pa.
per by cylinder machine
In the year 1851, the mill was renewed, and
Fondriner machine substituted for the origi
nal cylinder.
Tho present capital employed, is twenty thou.
sand dollars, The establishment is exclusively
used in making printing paper 1t employs
about twenty hands, including the owners 1t
uses about five hundred thousand pounds of
stock, aud liny thousand bushels OF coah aunu.
ally. 1t is now owned by Alexander, Joseph
and Hiram Armstrong, and Walter Marshall.
The proptietors manage the business Of the
mill, aud are their own book keepers The div
idcnds from tue mill for the last ten years, have
averaged fraction less thun eight per cent on
the amount invested. The mill mas good rep
utntion ab,ond and at home, and finds ready
sale for lis products The quality of the paper
is superior, asc,idcnced by the fact that it ha.
been used in ST. Louis and Louisville, and Other
cities Of the South and West, in preference t,
that manufactured in their immediate vicinity
We heartily recommend the gentlemen compOs
Ing this firm, aud the product of their establish
mcnt, to paper consumers every where.