Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14

suit Of happy union of cid dresses and odd
ends of rops. Yet few operations are more
interesting or more suggestive than the man
ufacture Of paper, as we learned yesterday,
by visit to the two establishments Of the
Cleveland Paper Mil Company.
Getting out Of the Kinsman street cars at
Forest street we wended our way down a
PERCEPTIONS hill and up the ravine to the
buildings Of what was formerly known as
the Lake Erie Paper Mill. Upon entering
and making ourselves known to the Super
intendent, Mr.. Henderson, we were politely
received, and the task Of initiating US into
the mysteries of the art was begun.
Having ascended 70 the upper stories we
were ushered into room where some nine
teen or twenty girls were employed in sort
ing rags. This is called the "Picking" room
and here the different qualities of rags, the
caiicOs, delaines, &C., are carefully separa-
ted, accordingt the use which is to be made
Of them. They are brought from all parts
ofthe country, and Of course are Of all kinds,
colors and descriptions. The larger pieces
require to be run through Coulter" in order
to reduce them in size. Connected with
this "cutter' is the ''duster, consisting of a
box containing q revolving axis armed
with iron pins, which beat and stir the bits
Of cloth until the dust is completely sepa
ted and is expelled through the wire sieyes
beneath. They are then prepared for the
third process, that of bleaching. This is eff
fected by throwing some $500 pounds Of
rags, together with two barrels Of lime into
an iron cylinder and admitting steam tOths
contents, which is thus exposed to great
heat for about sixteen hours, at the expira-
ton of which time, it is discharged all the
many colored hues having disappeared, ,leav-
ing the whole mass Of muddy, yellow col
or, and ready to be carried to the ''washer."
The e'washer' is large tub which is con-
tinually admitting clean and diseharging
dirty water. The rags remain here for three
hours, or until they are thoroughly cleansed,
and are then run beneath cylinder which
revolves in close proximity to rough bed
plate, by which they are reduced to coarse
pulp and are at the same time exposed to the
action Of chloride of lime and oil Of vitrOl !;
after which they are worthy to be christened
s'half-stuF." The yellowish color is now
entirely gone and has given place to q pure
white. Next come the "drainers" and then
the "beaters,' where the pulp becomes fine
enough to work up; and lastly it's conveyed
to huge vat where the whole is stirred
with water to a uniform consistency, by
means of revolving arms, and then pumped
upon the paper machine in such quantities
as may be required for the article to be
| made.
It enters upon-the machine, firstly, into
| the "pulp- dresser" box containing num-
erous ereyices in its bottom, through which
the fine particles of pulp held in suspension
by the water, pass, while the eOarser are
retainad.
The next process differs materially in DIFF
ferent machines. In the mill which we are
inspecting, there are two descriptions of ma
chimes; the 'cylinder'' and the 'FOurdinierj'
the latter French invention, and considered
" Mr.. Henderson to be much superior to the
,ylinder" The advantage it possesses, con
sists in the fact that it continually agitates
the pulp by rapid side motion, and thus
s4u.cs the fbrsst To lie in all directions, in
cad of assuming nearly parallel Positions
md the result il, that the paper obtained is
Of much greater strength than that made
upon The old method Book publishers, we
were informed, make use of the Fourdinier
paper, on account ,f its greater thickness
enabling them to make larger sized vol
uGee. ID
| The pulp then, having been received upon
this vibrating bed, which is composed o
6ne wire, the wStsr passes away through th'
mesbes. leaving an eYen larger not unlike
cloth in appearance, which is carried for.
ward and received upon the first pair Q
rollers, where it is subjected to a pressure, by
which the water is partially driven out anS
some little density given to the sheet. A
second and third pair of rollers Increase tn
pressure and the dryness, until at length tn
/ heated rollers are reached, where the pape
rc1r such it has now beeome) is thoroughly
dried. and being cut into proper lengths By
a revolving knife, is fitted for bpndling.
Little idea can be formed save by actua
inspection of these machines, of how neces
sary it is that the parts should work tOgethe
in presrfect harmony. Should any derange
ment of the complicated mechanism cauS
any one of the many rollers to run proper
/ tionately fsstsr than the rest the long stFi
of paper must inevitably be torn, and tn
r work brought to pause. Of cOursei there
fore, it is necessary that the engine whie
furnishes the motive power should be abl
f to doits part of the labor regularly and vel
and such is here the fact. It has run day an
T night for two years, and was made by tn
Cuyahoga Furnace Co. There are five boil
/ ers, which require from seven to eight ton
of coal every twenty-four hourS. The en-
CINE is of one hundred and sixty horse pow
, er. The engineer, Mr.. PiersOn, who seem
d. as proud Of his handsome charge as it wer
a member of his family, thinks that uOthin
. in the statesEi1l suTpass its working Powel
HaEing thus travelled "frOm turret to four
dation stone" of the great factory, we 81
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out for the mill, formerly called YounslOV
) L Hoyt's. It being nOon-time, the heads
the establishment were absent at dinner, br
we found our way over the premises, whic
do not differ materially from those we hsy
attempted to describe, except that there
but one paper machine. While We wei
present paper for the Buffalo Express va
being manufactured.
The latter Company was started in ls4
}, the former in December, 1883. As we haJ
already said, both are now consolidated ap
!. are known as the Cleveland Paper COmpan
0 Mr.. NJ. c. YounglOve being President, al
N. W. Taylor Business Agent.
We are glad to learn that the business
highly remunerhtive, and can only vii
that dozens Of other manufactures Of ECU
- nsgnitude were in operation iu our, midst.