New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-16
cont This economy is the cause of the great

~ 80 ~ cent This economy is the cause OF the great sue
cess Of this Wood pulp process; o,o o,ce
In addition there is an akahouse where there are ase
tanks and filter vais The wOOd-bong house IS 10 Y 10
feet aud contains 10 boilers, capable OF producing voUo
pounds ofpup when dry every u hours heIealso e
How roudepsng and hot water tanks or great capacy
After the wood has been reduced to chips OF small sze
is raised by steam power TO the top OF the eauuos anu
thrown in. When tho boilers, under whlch are suong
heating furnaces filed the liquor Is run ron .nc
tanks by means of hose into the boilers, the IRE SGT
going and the wood boiled to PUPPY substance VI Ira
white color When 1t arrives al the cohus I .L or
the pulp is carried of in large IRON ears OF WhOh
five mn on tracks below the building where, perhaps,
few hours before it had been hard knGy log.
Adjoining the wood boiling is the choppng estap
shaent ~ by 1914 feet where the logs ere cut INTO ShPs
Tho woocboppcrs consist of two massive circular CHUNKS
of iron resembling sold Wheel about SIX feet ID uae
ter with large steel knives set in Stats lett IN he IRON o
their introduction The knives are movable anu eau De
placed or displaced at pleasure They reyoe wlth eed
velocity and capable Of cutting from ~ 10 Az coros vi
wood every "A hours The ehps, as they are .ul' @ so
iron cars and are carried of needed. Here are also
three large pulp engines, each capable OF holding loVV
pounds of pulp, also two Anch wet cylinder cleaning
machines capable of cleaning from 25,OOO TO O pounds
of pulp There is also in this room the beaehnlXne up
pafatns which is quite an important auxiliary ID inc mai
ufacure of chips into paper. The whole OF me machinery
of this building is driven by two large Turbine wafer
becI Toward the river is the clearinghouse, where
the pulp is bleached and the dyngmachne rooms 90 ny
IIs feet where are located one Hnch thirteen dryer
theeect cylinder machine capable OF dryng rom ilOUo
10 coo pounds Of pulp every ~ hours these WORKS arc
controlled by Messrs. Jessup and Moore, the great
dealers and Mr. Martin Nixon, the descendant of old WI
liam Ryttiughuisen aforementioned, who will manulactuIe
the pulp into paper at their mills. by their
ercction II is estimated that the daily production OF
printing paper will be increased about Is 900 pounds ana
the daily consumption Of rags at the above named mills
diminished 20 about the extent, which must nave
tendency 10 cheaper the price of both articles IN ac
the price of newspaper has declined three cents per pouhu
since the Wood Pulp Works were put in operation. =,
IT, in the intricacies of masonry and mathematics
have made my meaning plain the reader will see that TINS
process in the first place perfectly dlslntegrates the
wood that nothing but pulp remains 1t does so AZ less
cost bv saving and securing the chemicals soda especa
that enter largely into the manufacture Of paper ms
ecouomy is the great value of the present experiment
Other woods beside poplar be used although poplar
is the most preferable The capacity of the mills l. very
large and II Messrs Jcssup Moore succeed IN making
pspcr as perfect and useful that upon which am now
writing and which from their mill, they VIII Tcvo
utonze the art of papermakng and greatly lessen inc
cost of knowledge In the experiment hundreds o tOn
sands Of dollars have been spent and this thin sheet OF
paper represents the patience Of many tong years the
intrepid sinking Of capital in the interest oil science I'M
wearied care energy patience, perseverance ieSt1I
day IL a cOmey tree its roots deep IN the eaIn te
birds hopping amid its branches its leaves eagerly seek
ing the Juicy dews of Spring and apparently destined Tor
long life In is forest home But and glkai, and merry
furnace and dreadful tearing hooks, have done their ms
sion and the petentous tree longer known TO the VII
age carries my humble message 10 TIE TRIBUNE Thrice
honored tree with al its sad experience If It be the
means of sending that TRIBUNE TO It's million read
en- 80 cheap and clear and bright light that the poorest
abortr in the land may always be onabed to welcome IL
TO his humble home