Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-22

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may DO. But We are wandering from oui
theme.
F - much for general outline Of the Ia.
glc Mill establishment. But whence come
the thousand tons Of ." stock " that i. here
annually made into paPcrl 1t is evident
that the collection Of :, much Ghrinc is no
small task. IL consists chiefly Of ,hc cotton
waste OF cotton mills, the old cordagc oi
vessels, and Of rags" proper. Tho prinei.
"a, collectors Of the latter are the tin red.
dlers, who are constantly securing the
cOutry, getting a few pounds at ihl. house
and few pounds at that, As but few "
these iiinerant merchants trade directly
with the Paper Mil, they dispose Of their
ris.accumu!ation- at me general rag de-
pot which happens TO b, m their particular
beat Of country. And thence the rags
that have been gathered. pound here and
pound there. find their way in large quan.
Titles 20 the Paper Mil. We herewith give
the principal sources renee the Eagle Mil
obtains its stock" Il receives all tho
4" waste " OF the cotton and other mill. at
lewiston Leighton 4 Co.. Bangor. furnish
- tons yearly, Amhro, Merrill. llallowell.
90 tons. Thomas Merrill. DAmariscnita. 40
tons GrecnIcaf & Co. Bath. N TO ~ tots;
Il IL Day. Portland. % tons; Webster {
Samp-nn, Portland, 20 tons or old sails Sc..
while Richardson & Co, and q 4. Mitch
cl', Of the same city. furnish large quaint.
ties. There are quite {, large numhcr ol in.
driiual. who furnish irom 10 to 20 tons
annually. Large quAr,iiic. Of rag, arr rc-
cciycl from BiiicCorl. Brunswick. Var.
mouth, from Oxford C, unity, from Farming.
ton, Phillips, &C., ~ Franklin county.
while Montreal, Canada. is hrough, under
the rag contribution to great extent Then
from Washington are received large quan,i.
tlo' of the trimmings oC the S.natc public
documents. y many as hundred bales,
OF the s,Er OF cotton bales. have been re-
ceiv'd At once. Thus irom al points ol the
compas. comes the ftrinc ior the Eagle
Mil, the Mill drawing i, toward itself like
vortex.
Three to six cents pr pound are paid for
domestic -aes and tso to seven cents Tor
cotton waste. The stock" will make
about GO pr cent. ofIrPrr.
TIL. Gbrinc stock for the Eagle Mil i. all
received at the general .,orehouse. where we
found som 80 tons OF rags. &c, on hand.
Il ). ir.t received in the lower story aud
weighed. then raised a. ih, second story and
put through a iour.sidei revolving cylinder,
(cIcuse the expression } made Of wire, and
called. in technical pa lance. an " Elephant
Du.tcr." which i. turned by .haf, con.
Meeting with the mill By thu, revolution.
ary rrocss the stock i, relieved OF much Of
10, dust. Hero we alsu found e" Thrc,hcr
and DeyiIing Du.tcT. for threshinc and
cutting coar,e stock, such a. ropc- and bag.
gins one man attend, tn this depart.
meni, all the heavy work OF moving aud
lifting ,hc bales being don, 10y machinery.
After making ~ exit from the Elsphan,
Dus,er." the "stock 90 Is Transported on a
railroad 600 fcc, long, 10 the " sorting"
room, ia the upper story OF the Mil. nrro
- to - sirls are employed in dividing It.
(lor there is ur.tocracy even among rng-J
into Nos. I. =. and ., according To quality.
Fine white cotton rag, constitute M |, and
Of them hook paper Of trs, quality is made.
" Whites " and - blues " constitute No. .,
and of them the second quality Of hook pa
per j. made. " Blues come ~ tins class,
because " blaeins i. used in the manuiac-
turc OF paper. and therefore blue rags do no
harm. The remaining cotton rag. const.
,utc No 3. and Of them }, made newspaper.
(AswnPpin: paper Is not manufactured Ut
the Eagle Mill, the coars.r rags are used mp
at Duck Pond. Wr,throok, where the pro.
prie,ors OF the Eagle are running Mill for
the manufacture Of such plpcr)
From the sorting" ROOM the stock is ia.
ken to an adjoining room where it is put
through Cutter and De,ilng Dus,er."
Thi. i, something similar to a gram thrc,h
ins machine, and. in It's operation, goes a
long way towards reducing the rags and old
ropes to their risinal atoms, while they are
at the same time relieved OF another portion
Of dust. One man superIntends this de-
partment.
The stock, after going through this grind
ing process, is then taken 10 the =" bleach-
ins " room, in the story below, where are
four vat holding about olc ton and u half
each. Here il is boiled from ljt, 81 hours
IN chemical preparation, Tor which pur-
pose steam Is introduced from u boiler
through Ihc bottom Of tie watts. when the
whole assumes light brown linge. This
incipent process OF bleaching consumes
1900 barrels Of lime annually, likewise var.
ious quantities Of soda, ashes ground alum,
alum cake, chloride OF lime and oil Of ,i,ri.
ol, for the storage Of which necessaries OF
the paper art. their is separate building.
One man, with the occasional assistance Of
another in the bascmen,, manages this part
Of the business. We saw hun at work "a
Scotehman,) IN his Edeu Of iaIning, steam
ins watts.
The material is then taken to the " En-.
gIne Washers" as they are called, in an
adjoIning room. These are sort Of circu-
ar vat. II feet long, feet wide, and three
feet deep. and In each is placed gr.nding