The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-10-22
About the New Papermii'.

The new papermill in this village is
just approaching completion. 1t is scarce
ly three months Stree the first work on
the mill part was commenced, after the
fire. Mr.. Dorm, who had charge Of the
building, pushed the work very rapidly
and thoroughly. Few men are like him.
The men that are employed by him,
expect to work, and if any talking is done
it must relate to the business upon which
they are engaged He is no idler him
self, and will have no "drones" about nim.
Hence the jobs which he takes to do,
move in short he is an everywhere
present man.
Mr.. c. w. French the millwright, was
employed because he had good record.
He has. fully sustained his reputation as
skilful and ingenious workman. AL
though not papcr-maker, he seems tS
have perfect knowledge of the working
OF every part of the crooked and twisting
world of machinery about him, and cal
culates their revolutions with the same
accuracy and precision that the astronos
mer calculates the revolutions Of the
planetary world above US. The proprie-
tors were fortunate in their selection o!
mechanics.
The present mill building is one hun
dred feet long and ii ghty wide, is covered
on the top aud two rides with the Middle.
bury Company's Fire Proof Roofing, which
is thoroughly water and fire proof.
To ensure safety against fire, they
have set their boiler in one corner Of tn,
building down low, aud made til; room
where the shaviogs are stored, aud thu
boiler room perfectly FIRE precise that by
closing the doors and windows, The fire il
that department can be perfectly smoth
cred, and not greatly endanger the build
ing ubo,e. In addition to this precau
ton, the proprietors have put in an indie
pendent force pump, SO that it will b.
able TO work "all hours Of the day an,
evening" and not be like some human
QSehiuery-always dry! This puml
WIZ not only be a great safety TO tn
papermil, but will be protection to tn
adjoining buildings. With these precau
tons there is no more reason TO thin
that a papermiIl will burn, than an
other manufacturing building.
Some idea may be formed of the i'm
meuse work, when We state that Their
was used about the wheels and other ma
chnery below the main floor, more tina
twenty thousand feet of clear stuff pin
lumber. The wheels, shaiting and gear
ing will weigh not far from twenty tons
! The building is to be warmed by stear
} from 60 horse power boiler, which heat
= the cylinders in the paper machine. Thu
boiler is fed mainly by the shavings fror
Swiney Il Burrows door factory, Shic
. is quite an item in the saving OF fuel.
1t may be interesting to some to kno
how paper is made. In the first plac
y the stock is brought to the mill an
4 drawn up into the upper story of ii
building, where it is unpacked and sor,e
aud thrown into a machine which tax,
- out all the dust. From thence il is throw
!. into spout which conducts it iuto an il
mense cistern, filled with bleaching liqui
At the bottom of this large tub, is ,
IRON straiuer, aud when the stock b
n been sufficiently bleached, by means
3 steam pipes, ut the bottom, this strain
It is raised by an immense screw, to Il
g top, where it is taken off, and is ready
9 be put into the engine or oblong tn
ID where it is kept in motion by wheels ru
a ming 10 water, which is constantly rene
Is ed by being pumped in as fast as it
ID drawn of. This process lasts seven
e. eight hours, until all the coloring is wor