Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-07
Cleveland Manufactures.

LAKE ERIE PAPER MILL.-IllS mill, OF which
a short notice was made several weeks since is now
so near completion that it will be in complete run
ming order this week. The mill is situated near
Kingsbury Run, just outside the city limits, and in
the township of Newburgh It's on Forest St, to
the right of Croton, and within few rods OF the
Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad The grounds
belonging to the Company comprise about four
teen acres, portion of which lies within the city
These grounds are most admirably adapted 10 the
purposes and eonveniences of the mill, and are be-
ing improved by the Company, who are also erect
ing number of convenient houses for the accom-.
mediation of their operatives.
The water facilities of the location are unsur
passed, the hills in the neighborhood being sup
piled with numerous never-failng springs, from
which fresh and pure Water,-a great desideratum
in the manufacture of fine paper,-can be obtained
in large quantities. large circular cistern, twelve
feet deep and twenty-five in diameter, and capable
of containing twenty eight hundred barrels of wa
ter, has been built above the MILL which will insure
fresh water at all times. From the water pipes and
facilities now completed, six thousand barrels per
day can be delivered at the mill
The buildings consist of a main and engine
house, sixty four by one hundred and ten feet a
storage and drying house, forty by fifty feet and
connecting building, twenty four by seventy feet
These are all built substantially of brick with stone
foundations four feet thick, the brick walls being
about sixteen inches thick the window silIs being
of stone, and the roof protected by stating.
The engine used was built by the Cuyahoga Far
mace Works, and is of about two hundred horse
power.
The boilers are arranged so as to obtain the great
est heat with a comparatively small amount of fuel
The fire passes through the ues, beating the boil
ers then back at the sides of the boilers then un-
der them to the main flue which conveys the smoke
by an underground fiue to the chimney one hundred
and eighty feet from the building, which chimney is
seventy feet high from the ground and one hundred
and sixty from the ground floor of the works.
Now, taking the bales of rags, as they are
brought to the mill, let follow them through the
various processes which they undergo before they
again appear to the world in the form of smooth
white paper Commencing, then, in the asserting
room, we find fourteen boxes or bins in which are
piled the rags, while girl stands at each one dvi
ding the mass into seven different sorts for as many
kinds of paper These are then taken to the bleach.
ing apparatus, which consists of an iron horizontal
cylinder, capable of holding twenty-five hundred
pounds of rags. This being filled, it Is tightly
closed and steam forced into it for twelve hours,
the cylinder revolving all the time. This SO bleach
es the cloth that subsequent washngs will separate
the colors The rags are then placed in vats called
engines of which there will be six, where they are
beaten, ground and washed for several hours
The pulp to which they are then reduced, is con-
veyed by pipes to large drainers underneath, where
it dries and drains for day or two. There are seven
Of these draIn=rs in the buildiuG After remaining
here for a sufficient length Of time the mass be-
comes as white as snow and looks much like cotton
This is then taken back to the engine room by an
arrangement similar to a dumb waiter, and there
boiled until it is thoroughly saturated, and until the
brous texture is evenly distributed throughout the
mass 1t is then drawn off into the "stuf chest,
from which it is pumped into tank with small
perforatiOns in its bottom. From here, the old
method has been to take up the pulp on cylinder
and allow it to pass of upon wet felt" to several
other cylinders and rollers from which it issued a:
the finished paper. In this mill this plan has beer
discarded and Fourdrinier machine substituted fol
the cylinder. This machine consists of a number
Of horizontal rollers, overlad with cloth and &
wire netting which, by means of connection witt
the machinery, vibrates from side to side, spread
ing the bres evenly, entirely preventing the pres
ence of "clouds" in the paper thus formed. From
this machine the pulp passes to various cylinders
and rollers used to press all the watery particles
from the pulpy mass, and to calendar" the paper
or give it a hard finish. These rollers are Of solit
iron and weigh about half ton each. The -Four
rinier machine will regulate the width of the shee
to any desired pattern. When at the ordinary poin
the sheet is of double the width of the Week.!
Leader sheet.
The machinery throughout is entirely new
and promises to work admirably. The mill vii
be the most complete of any in this region
At present it is designed to make only printing pa
pers, but in the spring, the Company intend to en-
ter into the manufacture of fine letter and writing
papers.
MANY improvements are being made about tn
building in the way of streets, grading, bridges
&C. A substantial stone bridge is being erecte
over the stream which flows through the River
The arrangement for bringing coal TO the work
Will be very convenient and easy Of operation
The c. & M R. R. Co. are to build side track a
this point upon which coal cars will be run and un
4 loaded upon platform. From this point, raj
road is being built by the paper company, on whic
h hand car will be run, thus bringing the coal d
rect to the furnace doors without any delay, as tn
hand car will he loaded by "shute" from the pla
c form above. The engines are so constructed as
nm the whole force of the mill with four tons {
coal per day When six engines are in operation
} about thirty five hundred weight Of paper will b
turned out per day. Probably but four of the Ell
gines will be run this season. making ton of papt
per day.
The paper machinery is from the mandatory
Goddard, Rice Co., Worcester Mass, the Gu
ting press from the foundry of Messrs Blish 4 Ga
lick, the brick work by Messrs. Stephenson
Spencer, the msson work by Mr. Henry Rose, ii
doors and windows by Mr.. L. V. Piper, and IL
whole superintended by Mr.. Turtlott than whol
= g more experienced and competent operator of p
per works could not be found. The whole of Il
Works are well arranged, and well built, andrehe
credit both upon the projectors and the Workme
Such manufactures are worth more to CleVelar
than rich mines would be, for they bring solid ca
ital and worthy enterprise into thecity and make
NJ what it should be, first class manufacturing cit
ie The Company will employ about forty hand
- when in full operation and will add to these FRO
r, time to time as occasion may demand.
5 The scenery about the mill is particularly Fin
and in the summer months we doubtif pleasant
z spot, or one of more romantic interest is to
found in the vicinity of the city. This establis
ment will do much to build up, and populate th
ST portion of the city and township. Already the
Nv ora many nez- bonses poing nm and streets Q