The daily gazette., 1879-10-14
FIFTH EDITION.
BuildinD the Pulp UOrAs.

from Market street bridge, ON the strip
Of land stretching back Of the Walton
Il Whann Company's bone mill, the
stretch OF low marsh Is gradually under
going n transformation through tue
efforts OF la ge force OF woikmen. FOR |
month back buse scows with steam !
engines and derrlcks upon them have |
heen busy along the shore of stream.
The bank has been lined with men ply
ing pick-axe and spade, and the around
back of the embankment has presented
busy scene a, the spongy marsh iahd
/ is beng prepared for the ly ins Of mas i've
founda ions. 1t is here that Jessup X
Moore's new pulp works are going up.
I he way by which he place where all
this Is going Oh eau be re- ched Is by
Marsh Lane, Ga great many people drop
| the aud call it IN ash Lane.D IL
starts in at the Harlan and Ioliings-
worth Company's ship-yard and by
| devious way leads out aero the Hats
| past the bone mil and over Mill creek
where the stream empties into sort Of
| mill pond, that was made so long ago
| that but few can tell It's former use, a
| few hundred yards from its mouth.
Following the bauk that encrcles his
pond for several hundred yards and yoH
come To the spot.
| A GENERAL IDEA.
A GAZETTE reporter visited the
| grounds yesterday afternoon, and in do.
ing so had a iiresome and dusty ramp
for mile and halt along the winding
marsh way. A fsw inquiries among the
gentlemen manag ng the work showed
that they We're not unconm,lnicative,
but rather disposed to assist the seeker
af er news in OBJ aiming all the iniOripa-
lion the publication Of which would not
| be Objectionable. In looking around
much was seen that was Interesting.
Along the bank that prevents Mill creek
from overflow iLg was row OF substan-
tial .'shanties," made Of rough boards.
he largest 1, used as an office by the
engineer and supervisor, but the rest are
used as dwelling houses for the work
| men.
Over on the marsh was pile diver
al. work, diving down long logs with
steady, sullen blows, and a large force If
men were constructing a wharf along
the creek. IL would be difficult thiog
for a person To form in the mind a dih-
nate idea of just how ,a,t these works
will be, unless he could get a personal
look at th' preparations going on. The
company bought eighty-four acres oi
| ldliu Stillt ilphi
parties of this, seventy-two border on
the creek and extend back from it T any
hundred yards, giving a water front OF
G0OO feet. The remaining twelve acres
extend back TO the p, w. X Ii. Il. X
VIII ch Will give railroad connection
| The woI k to be done will be Oh AL cX-
ccedingly large sea e. Seven buildings
| in cluster will form the main ediiice
Outside If thes- will be a boiler house
an evaporating house, store house and
a resery Dir. The en- incer Of the work
is ii. d. Taylor, tf Philadelphia, ant
the builder is III X. Coiumb, Of Chester
Mr.. b. +. Supple, of = Philadelphia, /
capable young architect, is the genera
supervisor Of The work.
LAYING AFouNDATIoN
Building in a marsh is different from
a silni ar occupation on firm solid ground
The earth is spopgy from the natural 10
situation, anu a successive building pu
up would gradually settle down into tn
marsh, were no measures taken to pre-
vent such an event. In order to do 3
the bui ders of the mills have taken
plan that will give sure foundation
The plan is pile driving. 1t ls an inter
estimg Thing to see-this work Of drivin
piles. A derrick fifty feet or more i
' he. .ht is erected over the p ace wher
the pile is to be driven, and made so
can be moved. 1t Is rigged with bloc
r. and tackle arrangement ont p and has
ST. am engine close by. To a rope rur
le ning through the top of the derlicl
q. which is also attached to wind a
ne worked by the engine, Is a ''hammer,
b.. which is nothing less than a huge iro
:, casting weighing $500 pounds. III
| =, IN. Ton Of .
th piles is put in the frames Of the derric
er The hammer is let fall upon the upp,
"a end Of the pile with mighty blows, an
ni i in a short time ii is driven into the sol
la. Welding soil. Tln sc piles are driven
to '.thick. as they can stick" and being :
feet long, (35 of which are put und
ground,) and from is inches to Two I,
in diameter, ii is easy to see that u
~ foundation they give must be firm. "N
bs. have from five to seven thousand piles
". drive before we are DONE" said the for
'h' man Vi the work. ~
. DuILbING TIfr WHARF.
z Al Though the work on the wharf col
L menced month ago, bat l'ttle has be-
done, taking the whole job into consi
y eI alton. 1t will be "A substantial "levet
about four hundred feet in length. Il
contractors for this work are Isaac NJ
cling q Son of Philadelphia, who al
2 do the pile driving.
The work has a good bit of pile dri
ing about it, too. The piles are abe
fortv-five ie' / long aud are driven in I
mud about thirty-tive ,et. They are I
70 along in several rows, parallel TO
wharf line and long logs are lnt"rwov
to Ike. p them in place. When this |
been me the inside is filled with mi
dredged from the creek close to the ed
T., of the wharf. In order to drive the pi
the driver has to be erected Oh scow
The Messrs. Neveling have thirty-t
men at work and will soon increase til
force. ! he wharf will be completed
)I November 10. Most of the piles IL
'h' come from Frankford, Va, and are
IS yellow pine.
THE RESERVOIR.
The work on the reservoir will moi
!. commenced for some time. IT, will
an immense affair, being about 500
square and IA feet deep. The reser,
~ is to be used as "A settling pond, that
l., be filled either by pump or some OF
plan. 1t Is rendered necessary by
fact that paper cannot be male fr
u.s.. muddy water, and clear water ca N