New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-23
Jon are in the harvest-feld in the barn, hand
ng the straw Of your wheat or rye that to-moTrpw

ho nil a. Niagara, leaking with wondering Gln.i-
gior ltthe PROCESSES thai VIC have described, while
you are reading this eriole upon paper which was
actually part and parcel OF that great strswpue, on
y one week ago.
Look AZ that pile; watch it as it is going in e
coptuuou5 STRAIN I'D 10 the chatter, Up there in the
roof, and then down that long spout to the boiler
aoh that as II reyo.ves aEd boils and b.ows OF ~
steam, IND discharges lis load, longer stras-i
is you will Sly, manure nad so il TO- but washing
and bootiDg sad mixing and bleaching and soaking
and grinding aud working have converted It, by the
Wo1llstul power Of machinery, into white paper
and o'h,r machinery hes carried il 10 Newly rk,
and there upon another wonderful machine, tho
great Hoe printing press il has been printed .: the
rate If 5000 IN hour, and thon, az tie ratio OF
twenty -hfo miles ~ hour II las been hurried back,
bacl. 20 It's on.iaa! strawpe winch It left only
one ,Eeel. eG. end there you s.t Feadne-feadiAs
what A bundle Of straw ont OF that pile Nc,
man, that ia Tue TGiHusE; that is smooth, white
poper; tho-, il The straw il tie pile; but OH what
so.d.fg Of art, ard power Of water aud steam nnl
imee.ucry lie jctwsoui 1t is worthy II tong
AM careful contemplation; ald while You nre
about j; let us think little about
TIE HISTORY or sTEAw PAPER.
! So far as We can trace it back at least In this
country, the idea originated with Judge Hcnry Pct
tbone Of Wihsba.re, Pom. AN uncle Of Tie super
inic.1spt Of te Niagara LIN, .boa. Tie year ISL
or @. Although not onc.tenih Of the amount Of pa
per YVES ilcn usol tla is row, the subject OF paper
stock oss GOOD deal talked abont art what could
( be usel 70. stock as e substitute for ra-s.
While the subject was one DAY fresh upon the
miud Of Jcdsc Petitions, then al iioaaync. Penn,
10 wag passing by teach Tub that had jest bernI
erricd % lis contents, among which was hand
III Of ..ap Ira. had heea placed az ths bottom 10
SER, as srainer cf the iyo % it lccched from the
aehos. lie tool, l,'c Of this IN iis hand, and the
ilea q. ones saeg-a,rd itself to hn that it pos
.cssel al thc qualities OF strong hber, which the
: - ~ s3ftered cnii' e vas Ia Q Fcm-gnpy ta'e.
. IL took lhis slrew 20 plper maker, who nAnp-
aoiur paper ron it with such success that he WIS
induced 20 continue tie experiments. OF course
i.s pspeI wax strsg-ool tl and only 1t for coarse
vrappiog a'.l ~as Wy brittle, bot i served pnF
pose, ard came rspiiy into general use few Year,
,,e-. as Il WIS m3lp- .ugcG ~ sr1at many mills
( ~ ssr'oua paris 81 The United sicies.
! Thr G,s; white paper made from straw, 10 any
co.'s 'dotahlc extent, We believe waa ~ John aud
! Dayid Aucs, Of Sprir rfci Mass. They comTar-
ced operations IN 1870 hi, al that s'cy o.'"'-
Iaeo before 1856 very inf'r'oI ludil'! coz
,as with Tia. row in gsc, and even ior sn years
Ino-o to business not successful because ZIG
quality of ,ho paper wssuo, good Il generally hal
Azrsh feel ana vas LritLe, au1uid not tako GOOD
irnr.ssinn The eyes II he readers OF Iic lht4-
feiDitg fedgsr wore made painfully aware OF tHs |
f-cs wAat paper ra.ronisel straw Ct an carly date,
srd,.r1 IN articl, sometimes that did mich 70 Gre
ato d, JUDGE arans; straw paper. PcorlcsAonsli
IL night answer TO wrap up dry goods II wss not
strong enough foT lee, BOX any articles that would
spill an waste whom tie paper broke, rs break u
won.G upon TIC heAtcst strain, aud aoi ur!Teq c'-
iy b, folding The paper us both bdti.caldi rans-
parent. Qualities ,la; ale ~, favorable FOX pnn!er'
stl II has been used To considerable eHtcni, more
Than q dozen y.Ggs.
Faner .nc.ehnu.s IN New York cay that White
siray peer has been H. Iarkc, since 1852. IL Ntsf
not until 1854 tha, tie discovery vas made in |
France aud patented t.efe, aal subsequently here
fir le5. IL, Cuupar & lir.i.cr, ihs' IN increase
# heat progressively facilitates the action OF .
a'raii. IT, a.sL gra'iag ;ao organic soHa' ot al
abrouf suns..aGce,, ana consequently enables The
bsacacr TO ci-c his Yufpo'e upon 1Aein by a?ph-
cation oc ci.oaae, either ~ tie gaseous ~ NlnH
FORM But their ii aoyefy, lar IN aaTsnee IS It IS
# II that hai preceded T. in making papor ofsirar
stl lacked something very csscntia! 10 render The
process economical. Some paper makers Who pur-
chased Che Coupler & Alelirr patent, md incnn'd
lare ,xpen.e i working after 81, ieiiAquished tie
brsincss as Improbable. The paper was no! o. q
quality % make il readily saoable.
/ IA important slco however had boon made in Tie
ught direction b. these Frenchmen which soon led
Yankee ingenuity TO accomplish all that t.e oihers
had failed in. The French patent contemplated
the use r. csnstic akali, and boiling IN closed,
steam-tieh, boiler, bot not az high pressure since
USED. We believe r-r Che discovery Of IT, eject
Of boilin- az high temperature, is due to Coo S
ilachanan, nc lciatiyc Of J. u. No hole) Rock
= CITY. s.lAtosl County, \. r. IS lefe asihe yoar
1851 or is,e, and the fret paper made 'nder tbs
Frstem was 81 Fort Edward u Arlington Co., NY.
! ITO disco,erT 81 9ucha1an was 20 the 81 g; that
boiling under pressure Of 100 ibs In cauric sltol
ios q 90 p G.re~s, completely disaierrattl the
icifaw and rendcle. soluble the sex that coats 1t,
end breaks down aii Knots which al tint it was
Aonght necessary to crush with iron roles Under
this system # was found that clean straw was not
essenlia-lho boiiir, aud powerful akaii cured aii
such defects ~ dit, knots, ETC.
Tho alkaii IS made by one formula low before Us,
os follows,
Sod ash ofo3 pc- cent. TO ~. Caus''c lne' 81
ID. Dissolve 30 lot water aad fettie Draw OF i'i'
nf tie Iauos and slis Up te sediment and add H"ie
iter TT lye Of les rroAetl. Another hIiauia
gives !l-J IS. soGs agA ~ so hs VI Line.