Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-12
Wonderful Process of Manufacturing
Paper Packages.

Paper Packages.
The man who is fortunate enough 10
utilize some waste material, that was
worthless before, because its value was
not understood not only gives to the
country at large valuable acquisition
that indirectly increases the wealth of
all; but IL new industry TO the work
ingman, thus providing employment
as it increases the wants of civilization,
and puts value upon what was pre-
viOusly worthless. OF all such waste
material, that which has come often
est under the eye and is in reality
greater III this section than all others,
is the waste of lumber. Not only in
our saw mills and large lumber manu-
factories, but in every wood shop in
our land, where shavings and sawdust
at least, have had no value. 1t is true
that wood has been worked into paper,
but instead of waste wood and saw
dust, it has generally been selected
wood, which has been prepared at
great waste for the pulp machine. But
now COMES Il patent machine invented
by Jefferson Chase, of Orange, Mass,
that takes wood of any description
from whole trees, to the finest sawdust,
ships or shavings, and converts it
without waste into II pulp, from which
he congresses any Implement that can
be made of wood. This same pulp
making machine can also use any kind
of tibrous waste material, like straw,
chips Of leather, bits OF old paper and
strawboard, ricestraw, cane, pal
meta, cornstalllS or brushwood.
These materials of whatever nature go
water to form a pulp, which pulp
without further preparation is forced
into moulds by hydraulic pressure, and
this comes out in perfect form, let that
be barrel, keg, pail, box, basket, car
wheel, wagon wheel, boat, chair, shovel
handles or mouldings. 1t matters not
from it is perfect and much harder
than the wood from which it is made !;
and much stronger also, as it is one
solid piece. Window sashes and doors
made in this way never warp and swell
with the weather, but are stron5 and
durable as the best OF wood. ANY
articles made OF this pulp can be
turned in Iathes, sinoothed or polished
much better than wood work can be-
as it is solid being entirely free from
the porous condition of wood in its
natural state, Barrels made by this
process will hold the most penetrating
uuid5, like acids, oils, turpeutiues &c.
without damage, while they can be
made so cheaply us to compete even
with the flour barrels, and will soon
ba used for that purpose to the exclu-
sion Of tho common barrels. Though
this invention is but just perfected,
there is now an extensive factory run
ming at Medina, n. Y, making pals.
And company called the Pulp
Package Manufacturing Co" at Great
Falls i'll dorhan, Me, start an extern
sive manutactory there this week, and
another much larger one is in process
Of erection ut Hartford, CT, by The
New England Pulp Package Co."
Other companies are forming in New
England and the West, and soon-yes,
very soon, we shall be changing many
pnsightly wood articles about our
homes, for the more beautiful, yet
stronger and cheaper ones, made by
this new process. And better still, we
shall be able to pay for them in what
has previously been waste material,
But you will ask, Who is this great in
venUor? To mill men lie is well known
yes, We might say, throughout the
world; as his Board mill stood first at
the Centennial exhibition aC Philadal-
phia, aud he there took orders from
almost every country. 1t is probable
that his Inventions have Increased the
idpldilg VI AuiDotT manufacturing olle-
third, ii nor one-haf In Touring and
provender mills, lis improvements
have increased their capacity many
times; and he has just completed a
novel arrangement for> grinding, that
will grind seyenty-five bushels Of corn
per hour, aud yet is Of very moderate
cast \ Fermonter by birth, (his birth
place whs Concord II Massachusetts
mau by adoption, yet it can be well
said, he is ii benefuctor to all the world
its such inventors ever are.
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