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


strong as darkness and light.
FROM the nrmIcratic Advocate.
A Visit to the Eagle Mill Paper Works.
Mechanic Falls is one Of the sprightly VII.
hscs of Apdroscocsin County, with Pop.
ulation OF i've or .iH hundred, and - located
on either ,ide Of the Little Androscoggin.
which here divide, Poland and Minot. The
Grand Trunk Il. L. bss depo, here. and
Poland. Minoi. Hebron, Raymond. Cascu,
Eack6,ld. and We, Turner. find thi. village
their most convenient crutrc of trade. With
out douh, Mechanic Fall, p,-.rs.c, the ele.
m5nts of substantial future prosperity. the
degree Of which will, OF course, depend up
on the enterprise ct it. citizens. Bugwhut.
perhaps. gives Co the village its greatest No
turiciy. are lts Paper Mills. There are two
of these. one un the Minoi. and one on the
Poland side of the river. the latter Of which,
called the E,slc Mill. ,hough bull, but Goc
year. ago, has already gained almos, a ua.
uonal rcpuau0n, hc,ausc Of the superior
paper which It manufactures.
Asvr visited thr. village the other day
and examined, 10 some extent. the Eagle
Mil and %, modn' rp,ra1ai. prrhap. s1mc
account or the ,.i,hIi,hmcnt and Of the
prnc,,. ct Paper Making, may not he alto
esIher unntsrr,,ius &, our readers. 10 u,
certainly, much ,ha, We .aw, was not only
novel. but marvellous.
The proprietor, Of the Eagle Mil are \.
c. Dcui,ln aud r. ". fylsr, two Of Yer.
uouts cutcrIri.ing " boys" They are
cousins. and hail from Burke, Caledonia
county. II the Green Mountain State has
Others like them, Maine would Dc glad 70
furnish ,hcu with homcs.
The,e gentlemen, after prospecting in Va
r,1us l,cali,ic,, aud trying in vain TO pur-
cbas, a ,itc at lewiston. at last hJush, the
water pri,il,stat Mechanic halls, castsiir,
together with several acres of the adjoining
land. A, ,hi. place the Little AuIro.cos-
giu ha, = f,ll OF about iorty.G,c feet, aG0ri.
ing an excellent water power, aud a. the
water j. very pure, it l. nicely adapted to
paper manufacturing. Upon ihi' privilege,
when ii came into their possession, was an
old saw mill, which they rohuil, for the
particular purpose ol saving lumber i1r the
proposed Paper Mil, a. well a. Tor general
Use. Otherwise. everything on the priv.
l.ss and land rurcha,ed Was in a Wild and
uuiupr,ysd condition, presenting no sisn
OF 10. present civilized appearance.
In thc summer OF l-j3 the Eagle Mil was
put up. and in Dcccmbcr Of the same year
commenced operations In every rc.p"ct,
beauty. workmanship and convenience. It T.
a model mill. having no superior and lew
clua.s ia ,bc whole country. ltis Isl feet
long. has an average width Of 10 feet. while
trs main buiIiins i. three stories or 81 tcct
bi.a. The whole mill b. built IN the most
substantial manner possible. TIE timhgrs
arr OF the most ccnerou. dimensions iron
D, used literally where required; and in the
basement walls ATE 1900 cubic yards NJ
granite. laiI by Nathan Walker Of Poland,
u,w At work upon the nsw fort az Portland
Indeed. where everything could he aided to
make the mill more substantial. u was ad.
dei and consequently an the heavy machi
merry now moves with scarcely rerccptihle
ur. No repair, are therefore needed. No
changes have been made in the original
plan; the builders knew what they wanted
when they commenced operations NJ ex-
rcuse was spared; and when the mill was
completed, il was what the business demand.
"a. substantial, cOmmodious, aud eouye-
uiynt.
The basement is chiefly used for bleach.
ing purro,,s: the second story is divided
into pulp rooms COR washing and heat.
ing the stock, water ,ats, aud room for
boiling the stock aud icr the trst process Of
tIeichin:. The third story Is used for
"slrtins," cut,ips." "dus,ins," and
rrgrariu: the stock for bleaching This is
the main building which D. 60 feet long aud
about IS feet wide. On level With the
second story Of the main building l. aWius,
one story high aud llj feet long aud 81
Zee, wide. which contains the " machine ="
room where the "pulp' Is wrought to
paper. and the " Finishing room where
the paper uuJersoes the hnal PREPARATION
Tor market.
The whole mill is warmed by steam, for
which purpose. aud ior boiling, bleaching,
Gc., there i, IN the rear OF the " machine 20
rOom, a bolIer 30 feet long and 20 inches IN
diameter, which consumes COO cords Of wood
annually.
Asid, from the mill proper, there are sew
eral other buildings that 20 to make up the
establishment OF A. &. Dcnlson Il Co.: a
barn 40 by 90 feet Tor the horses and oxen
they 6nd u necessary to use ; two dwellings
Tor their workmen; and building 3j by
gj tee, aud two stories high Tor storing
their stock, and another 80 by 40, two s'o-
ries high, expressly for storing cotton waste.
We may also add that they are now erect
ing building ~ by 60 feet, two stories and
a Lalt high, with az l. 27 by 80 feet, two
stores high. This !. To be devoted To the
use Of the public, as hotel. a good hotel
gives character to any place, for the travel