The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-19

BANKS, as far as the carrying on of,
manufactures or the ownership of man
ufacturing establishments is concerned,
generally find themselves in the same
canoe with State governments when
they enter into schemes OF internal i'm
provement. Both institutions usually
find themselves swindled without hav-
ing conferred any public benefit. Our
civ banks are no doubt able to. add
their full weight OF testimony to the
truth of our proposition. One of them
at least found the Virginia paper mill
to be considerable elephant, which,
after lapse OF some years, il was glad
to get of its hands at, we don't know
what proportion, of loss. The property
had, as 1t passed through the hands OF
one and another, consequently deteriO-
rated until it became quicksand in
which almost every man who I'M
dertook TO run It, sunk all the
money he had, and if he hadn't
discretion enough to stop at that, soon
sunk himself hopelessly in debt Sew
| eral years. ago the bank sold the proper
| ty to Mr.. Daniel Cushing, at u nominal
/ figure. He recognized the fact that
there was no money 10 be got out OF the
concern, unless a good deal was first
j put into it. He has gone to work sys-
tenatically, and completely and entire.
! ly overhauled the entire establishment,
| putting in new machinery and refitting
! the old, until he has made II one OF the
best, or rather, the very best brown
| paper mill in this section of the coun-
/ try. He has kept pace with all the im-
| provements that tend to the economical
| production ofthe best quality of straw
| paper. Instead OF the old process Of
preparing pulp from the straw by
steaming it in a great open tub, where
| twas thrown by fork fulls, it is first
\ cut up in a machine as fine as if intend
ed for horse feed, is then put into
huge iron cylinder twenty eight feet
long by seven feet wide, and which will
/ hold about ton, the necessary proper
ton Of lime is thrown in with it, the
manheads of the cylinder are then
closed. Steam is admitted through the
Journals upon which the cylinder re-
wolves. The straw is subjected to the
action of the lime and hot steam for
| twelve hours. The manheads are then
taken of and the revolving cylinder
J empties itself into a great vault under
| meath it, The straw seems to be liter
ally chewed up by this process, and
looks more like II pile of scalded
sawdust than anything else. The
pulp then goes through the usual
process for mixing the hard stock with
1t, with the exception that before pass
ing into the tub from which it is pump
GU ~ the IoilsI ~ ~ ConNeyeu into
machine that seems to be a sort of cross
between n coffee mill and u blower,
where the hard stock is more thorough
| ly and evenly mixed with the pulp
than by any other machine now in use.
| This is an Improvement which Mr..
Cushing now regards as indispensable
to the making of the best quality of
paper. We never saw brown paper so
literally flow in an unbroken stream
before. Every thing is indicative OF
the incest adjustment and faultless
regularity in the working of the ma
! chinery. Mr.. Cushing gives the bust
ness his whole attention and brings the
experience OF years to bear on il, and
| make his establishment turn out quail
| ity of paper that will stand equal with
the best in any market, and add another
laurel to our city's reputation for man
I ufactures.