New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-23
the LIQUID fou. out into great reservoir beow. 1

up with water Il is certainly very unlike this q a
white papcl /, "a, hovs.gl, soit 10 tie fcel. an,
shows 20 uJ4eticed eye that it contains the uid
uals e.sor required BY tie papcs-mahcr.
! We 90 10. mean 70 say That the fiber q stsaY
,anncf be obtained BY weaker alkaii, 0nd love
degree Of heat because it is vel known, probably
10 most of our ieadcrs that straw paper has hcel
made these last twenty years, for vfappingpuposes
and Las been used by printers to considerable ex
ten, FOR half that time; bu, it's only wi,hin 81,
last Eve OF six years that tie art b.s been brought
10 anything lac perfection And this has been ~
tie discovery thar TIRE straw could rot be reduced
III open boilers, noy in anything but real oaustie al
kali; aud 40 los. pressure MSS been settled upon
after great deal of experimenting, as the poin
that is necessary 10 reach 10 lgoauce economical
result.
Tho mechanical contriyanco for blowing of steam
ard IiqCid from rotating boiler, is worthy of a
passing notice. Near one end O! The bolc; there ID
what is cc,lcd a " flsc head, which is perforated
with numerous holes, which let tho water and
steam flow into e chamber opening into the pipe
through tbs shaft, and from this tLcIo are branches
ia different directions.
These boilers ere necessarily mads very strong, 20
bear such IN enormous pressure, and consequently
tlcy arc when FIJI, very Poaderous, md have TO he
very s'roagly mounted 10 enable thom 70 r5golyo
safely.
TIE pCLv--UOW IT IS Wo1TED.
Tie dlr,y-looking mass that is empted from tAo
rola~ics bcips largely dia,ed With Niegaa wa,cr.
Is pumped igo.n thc va, 10 on Iron beating onginc-
I .frrf e. f'rt-s
IN which re Gives Q shat. armed with mon am,
which ara driven nj great speed by 9 water whe b,
ard str tic pulp and water into homogeneous
mixture, so.1cr7ha, resembling muddy water ght-
II thichcned with some Gbrous substance. ITum
.h,s engine il is Iun through another that grilaa
tie tter between s.cel plates, which reduce ely
bard humps aud maze the nixtlro si.l NOE homo
e,Itous. from this engine the Irip is thrown BY
the centrifugal force OF tie We as into spout tlat
conducts It INTO tie bleaching v4ts where lie sur
pins ws,cr is taken of by a revolving wheel covered
with brass wire eeuze, which rolls in the pulp in
.ucl mann rtaat rho water passes through With
~ closing the steamer, which would 70 the case if
& WIS stationary.
There is another wheel constantly RAINING in
cach vat which toops the pulp continually il mo-
ton. By which The chlorine liquor Is thoroughly
mixed with every particle, and il lAs previous pro-
r.'gs haze been y,f.et he Nc2eA..--SS ~! Ac j
tie Gikaii, n which charge Of tie boiler hes boon
cooked shoul 40. have been Of lie Il GIT a.reuglh,
or the steam asf.lel "a reach The STANDARD height
ell eGO.is Of tie bcacher 10 get TIE pulp white L
AL. The color will not come ont. And thatisuot
all tta r=perwiil show Particles OF le"oe. tsa~.
aad it y "a have harsh fee VIII lie initie, and
vi.l rot take Ike ink kindly FROM ihe yrs. This
Was The character Of 81 tie early iede stsaw pint
ing Iara.. The failure Was hot in The beating, sr-
ring MIXING, grinding, which had been found saih-
oent or rags, bat it was in TIE hard boiling IA aka
l.-hardor than Was possible in an open Kettle, ard
haGc. than Was given az aTt n closed b"i:crs, be-
cause 1t first tbs heat wasoI:aiaod from s.eaLi gen
cratal in another boiler aod not by action
Of fire. tut mainly because Il IS very l-cent DIS
eogery lhGt The siiar becomes completely disiAie-
grated hy boiling IN alssh at degree of heat Only
atianabie BY e pe.S4ra q siaam 100 LIS ror iro.'
Fgoia lho missing ya,s where tho bleaching liquor
is added, The palo passes 10 = lower loo' where II
is found economical 20 let it stand on The Iglcr
IL cor1,1tfd vots ahout two Gays, O. until th"
is perfectly RAite II il then charged with acilna-
ted water, 70 rcut71i7a any portion al l"ne that
may remair. and III large lrenoh ~ clean ~a;cr
TO wash { IS pup,pcd mp 10 The sITauing ya's 'ho
bottoms Of which ere Stats, covered with coa!se
sacsing The great rilo which look, as it j. foT'cd
up, ike d suo. hauk. il now ready tor use inine-
oia,s, or may h dried aid Stored ior future use
or transportation.
Tac pnip thus prepared from straw. Is more or
less niyci wilh Pulp made of rigs. fax straw, as
e may be necessary 10 give strength TO the paper
IN Some ir stances, whom ths processes have ai
worked raynTai'y tic straw appear 10 afford pulp
that IS quite sufficient for making first quality paper
without any admixtu7e OF stronger fiber. Al tie
Niagara Mills, tho percentage of atmivtuTe Ct fax
OF ras pulp 10 foa 70 10 50 per cent, bit develop
plents ii tie working Of straw indicate tina: the
tine may come when nothing bat siGaw Will be
nee ssary 10 .aako Gsi-r.lo paper.
When Tia pulp IL ready for conversion into sheets
Of paper, !. s ciriod to the puytox, wiicn stands
E. tho I'D OF ono OF tho most wonderful ioaohino
il existence; T.. lie p-ip, mixed With ~ CT nati
ID LOOKS somewhat like nik pon.4se II oae end oi
The machine, Is delivered at Tie olLcs end in dr.
smooth sheets Of papeE.
This IS called. after the inventor, a Fcugdnnier
machine, and is To PePoI-mafers what lie cotton
iruny is TO cioth-uaicrs. Until this invention, al
tie pa2e. wa made BY very SLOW, laborous pro-
ccss tAc pulp, 5e.rg kept a. .Eo night Temperature
~ Ire underneath, aDd aFi,a;cd by hand, was
dipped up, siree sheet At time, and coase-
qgelt.y oi small size, and spread over vie eauze
iratcAed On C. fam was empticl sncet b. sheet
uYon pieces Of wooien iet 10 absorb the moisture,